INDIAN NARRATIVE SHORTS 2018

FILMS IN COMPETITION : BEST INDIAN NARRATIVE SHORT

BEST INDIAN NARRATIVE SHORT

Indian narrative short films completed after January 1, 2017 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH compete for this award. It carries a cash award of Rs 20,000 sponsored by Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares. Winners are awarded a trophy, a gift hamper and a free 2 day HD shooting kit (camera, mike and one light) sponsored by Accord Equips.

SUNDAY MAY 27 / 12.45PM / LIBERTY CARNIVAL CINEMAS
INDIAN MASALA MIX 1

The most anticipated package of KASHISH every year, Indian Masala Mix brings together the Best of Indian LGBTQ films of the year, all the films in competition. The first package: Indian Masala Mix 1 has 3 short films TRITIYA, AMAR PREM and GRAY .

TRITIYA
16 min / 2017 / India / Malayalam
Dir: Vishnu Prasad
A revelation about his roommate takes Sandeep on a journey into himself, to his childhood where his demon is still awake and reaches back as a changed person.

AMAR, PREM
13 min / 2018 / India / English
Dir: Mujeer Pasha
Amar and Prem call their relationship quits and choose to be friends. Soon, loneliness rekindles longing. Can they go back?

GRAY
33 min / 2018 / India / English, Hindi
Dir: Preet
Nandini is married to Rohit, a closeted gay man. Zoel, Rohit’s partner, is an artist and aware of Nandini’s suffocation. When Rohit plans to have a kid through IVF, so that Nandini will get busy in her life and it may release him of his guilt too, opposite to Rohit’s expectations; Zoel feels disgusted and discards Rohit’s intention of managing his life between him and Nandini.

SUNDAY MAY 27 / 2.45PM / LIBERTY CARNIVAL CINEMAS
INDIAN MASALA MIX 2

The second program of Indian Masala Mix 2 strings together two gems, two short films AJAY and PASHI by two young Indian filmmakers that is sure to touch hearts and make one reflect long after the curtains go down.

AJAY
20 min / 2018 / India / English, Marathi
Dir: Vikrant Dhote
After a young boy commits suicide, an NGO decides to investigate the matter by interviewing the people connected to his death. These are excerpts from their archives.

PASHI
32 min / 2017 / India / Hindi
Dir: Siddharth Chauhan
A young boy learns about a technique of trapping birds from his old grandmother and starts practicing it.