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Poster Contest winner Revealed
Auroville-based designer wins KASHISH 2025 poster contest South Asiaโs biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival to be held June 4-8, 2025The winner for the KASHISH 2025 International Poster Design Contest for the 16th KASHISH Pride Film Festival was revealed today โ Saman Me...
Calling attention of all Indian LGBTQ+ Filmmakers
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐+ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ The KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant is back for its 2025 edition!!! With Rs.3,00,000 grant available to one winner and 2 runners up, here's your chance to turn your dream project into a reality. If you are an Indian LGBTQ+...
KASHISH 2025 Poster Design Contest
KASHISH 2025 Poster Design Contest Calling all creative minds and design enthusiasts! Link to submit:ย https://forms.gle/6KMZ23FdjQMpTu4C6 The KASHISH Pride Film Festival is thrilled to announce the KASHISH 2025 International Poster Design Contest!ย We're looking for a...
Film Submissions to KASHISH 2025 open
Film Submissions to KASHISH 2025 open๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ - ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐-๐, ๐๐๐๐ Kashish Pride Film Festival, South Asia's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival, is delighted to announce the opening of Film Submissions for its 16th edition to be held from June 4th to...
Kashish 2024 Award Winners
KASHISH Pride Film Festival is proud to collaborate with PVR INOX
KASHISH Pride Film Festival is proud to collaborate with PVR INOX to facilitate screening of 4 films - ANTHARAM, DVAMVDA, EK JAGAH APNI & EVENING SHADOWS - from the KASHISH archives at the Pride Film Festival being held between Sat June 21st to Wed June 26th at...
KASHISH 2024 Crowdfunding
KASHISH 2024 Crowdfunding The 15th edition of KASHISH Pride Film Festival, South Asia's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival, will be held May 15-19, 2024 at Liberty Cinema (Marine Lines), May 16-19, 2024 at Alliance Franรงaise de Bombay (Marine Lines); and May 17-18, 2024 at...
Register to Attend Kashish 2024
Register to Attend KASHISH 2024 Full-Festival Passes; Discounted Passes for Students, Senior Citizens, Transgender persons and Alliance Francaise members; and also Day Passes available. Book on Paytm...
KASHISH Pride Film Festival unveils its new logo and festival look!
KASHISH Pride Film Festival unveils its new logo and festival look!Mumbai based duo designed the logo, whereas Bangalore based designerโs poster was finalized The erstwhile KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, the cityโs annual LGBTQ+ film festival, now...
Call for Volunteers for Kashish 2024
Call for Volunteers for Kashish 2024 Excitement is building up for the 15th edition of KASHISH Pride Film Festival (earlier known as KASHISH Mumbai Internatioial Queer Film Festival) to be held May 15 - May 19th at 3 venues. And we want you to be at the center of this...
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What People Say
To watch my movies with an audience in Mumbai was a very emotional experience and more overwhelming than I had expected. I have been to a lot of queer film festivals around the world and they can learn something from the way KASHISH is organized. It is wonderful.
KASHISH is the only mainstream queer film festival in India. By mainstream I mean where the films are screened at multiplexes and not in some institution or club. This is very significant as it brings lgbt films across the world to the community and audience in general so that there is not only more exposure to queer stories but it also in the longer run spreads awareness and acceptance.
It was a great time meeting local filmmakers, tasting some authentic food and generally understanding more about being LGBT in India. I’ve always believed that we live in a global village where most experiences are shared – but I also like diversity, thatโs what I enjoyed during my time at KASHISH.
KASHISH is at the forefront of that change and is doing so much to change minds and hearts among the wider public, and to strengthen and nurture the LGBT community’s own perceptions of itself in terms of dignity and humanity.
KASHISH is the need of our times when a community gets represented through performing arts. Gay rights cannot only be won in the courtroom but it has to win hearts and minds of the people. Cinema is a powerful medium to achieve that and KASHISH has been doing that since 2010.
Film Festivals such as KASHISH must be protected and nurtured. Because it is a niche within the niche of film festivals. I am happy to be part of the jury of a festival of cinema that celebrates diversity and makes spaces for difference.
