The annuals Birds Eye View film festival returns this year to shocase the best work from women filmmakers all over the world. It will feature over 70 events including screenings, workshops and parties at 7 London venues including the ICA and BFI. Two screenings are from India this year.

Lakshmi and Me
ICA cinema 1 / Friday 7 March 6.30PM

Exploring the relationship between employer and servant, this is a delicate and brave documentary which asks how two women negotiate the ingrained social and cultural attitudes that govern their lives. Based in Mumbai, Indian filmmaker Jain turns the camera on her maid Lakshmi and finds that the delicate boundaries of their tentative friendship are put to the test through Lakshmi’s unexpected pregnancy and illness. Screening followed by director Q&A TBC.

+ Migration
Friday 7 March. Following ‘Lakshmi and Me’.

Migration is the new short film from world-renowned director Mira Nair, exploring the perennial issue of HIV/AIDS in India.

See www.birds-eye-view.co.uk for more information about the festival.