Female filmmakers join forces
Datshiane Navanayagam on film festivals in India and Egypt that showcase the women who work behind the camera.
The film industry is massively dominated by men. But women-only film festivals are shaking things up, celebrating the female directors, producers, cinematographers and editors behind the camera. Datshiane Navanayagam meets two women who run female film festivals,
Bina Ahmed in India is the director of the Asian Women's Film Festival in New Delhi. As a film editor with decades of experience, she recently saw one of her films celebrated at the Cannes film festival in France.
Amal Ramsis in Egypt founded and runs the Between Women Filmmakers鈥� Caravan (BWFC), which showcases films directed by women from the Arab world and Latin America. She is also a documentary filmmaker.
Producer: Hannah Sander
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