Films of Desire: Sexuality and the Cinematic Imagination was
a four day event that aimed to explore the ways in which
visual representations in features, short films, documentaries,
animation, music videos, and experimental films engage with
ideas of sexuality in South and Southeast Asia.
At Films of Desire there were fifty-nine films screened,
and twelve panels and two skills building workshops were
conducted. There were twenty-six speakers and eighteen
film makers present. More than 100 participants from over
15 countries participated in the event. The films were mainly
from South and Southeast Asia. Some international films
were also screened. Three film packages were especially curated for the event. The panels addressed themes as
diverse as the question of representation itself, censorship,
heterosexualities, visibilities and invisibilities, concerns of
representation of pain and exploitation, queer politics,
right wing movements, digital technology, Indian cinema,
biographies and films made for social intervention.
Films of Desire was organised by CREA in partnership with
The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality
from March 7 – 10, 2007, at Neemrana, in Rajasthan, India.
CREA is an NGO, based in New Delhi, India, that empowers
women to articulate, demand and access their human rights
by enhancing women’s leadership and focussing on issues
of sexuality, sexual and reproductive rights, violence against
women, women’s rights and social justice.
For more information on Films of Desire, visit:
www.filmsofdesire.org Check out the blog on the website as
well.