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Left, “Filmmaker Vandana Sood believes the mainstream media tends to typecast Muslim women. ‘Ideally, this film festival will break some of those stereotypes,’ she says.” Right, “Human rights lawyer Catinca Tabacaru co-founded the non-profit organization which is sponsoring ‘Women’s Voices from the Muslim World – a Short-Film Festival.'”
An online competition is now open for what’s being called the first-ever international showcase of short films about Islam and women.
The films focus on women of all faiths and backgrounds who are living in Muslim-majority countries, as well as Muslim women living as minorities around the world.
The festival’s lineup hasn’t been finalized yet. Digital film entries are still being accepted in an online competition that runs through November 24 of this year and is open to filmmakers of all genders and backgrounds.
Women’s Voices Now
When human rights lawyer Catinca Tabacaru heard that someone was thinking about putting together a film festival about Muslim women, she knew she had to get involved.
So, in January 2010, Tabacaru joined with philanthropist Leslie Sacks and others to found Women’s Voices Now, the non-profit organization behind “Women’s Voices from the Muslim World – a Short-Film Festival.”