Yerevan hosts ‘KIN’ Women’s International Film Festival

Yerevan is hosting the ‘KIN’ Women’s International Film Festival, on November 1-5.

The festival’s goal is to promote women’s creativity, establish a network between woman filmmakers from different parts of the world and give hand to a better understanding of different cultures and each other. The purpose of the festival is to address through films issues of violence, inequality, discrimination and other problems related to women’s rights and gender problems.

This year, 157 films created by women-producers from 15 countries are participating in the festival.

The winners will receive the Best Film and Special Prize awards. A retrospective of cartoon film by animator Gayane Martirosyan will take place as well.

Among the sideline events are workshops and roundtables.