more info on events in Belarus

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The following announcement was recently posted on the BELARUS discussion list:


>                IY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL
>
>                         MINSK, BELARUS, MAY 17-23, 1997
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>The Festival (first initiated by womens film studio =Tatiana= and Belarusian
>Union of Cinematographers in 1991) is designed to bring women film-makers,
>journalists, scholars and many others to Minsk for a week of opportunities =
>to watch films, participate in discussions and share ideas. The 1995 Festival =
>attracted film-makers from 19 countries throughout the world. One of the
>>challenges of the
>1997 Festival is to heighten cultural understanding through films - and to
>keep us all aware and concerned of the problems women and men face at the
>>threshold of
>the third millenium, as well as of the situation confronting film makers .
>Accompanying the Festival a conference will be organized which seeks to explore
>such topics as  power over women (or women and power) through culture; the
>way women feel about themselves and the world around them at the end of the
>XX century (=womens identity=) and gender and films.
>The format of the conference is three roundtables of three to four hours,
>one >on each day of the Festival. We encourage participation by
>researchers capable  >of speaking =non-academically= and captivatingly on
>the topics mentioned,
>as well as by artists, critics, political and NGO activists.
>Deadline: April 1, 1997; though some presentations of may be added later.
>We will appreciate any support (financial and organizational, as well as ideas)
>Contact for the conference:  Elena Gapova
>Kupala st., 11-98, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
>Tel (375)(17) 222 39 41
>Fax (375)(17) 262 29 90
>e-mail: igor at psoft.belpak.minsk.by
>
>Contact for the Festival (if you have films of any genre):
>Tatyana Loginova, Irena Pismennaya
>K.Marx st., 5, room 46, Minsk, 220050, Belarus
>Tel (375)(17) 227 04 71
>Fax (375)(17) 227 04 51
>