AUSTRALIAN FOCUS AT KASHISH – PROF. DENNIS ALTMAN

Prof. Dennis Altman, a world-renowned queer theorist from La Trobe University, Melbourne was one of the key speakers at the opening night of 6th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. He spoke about Australian Queer Cinema and compared the situation in Australia and India with respect to LGBT communities.

He applauded the strong program of Australian LGBTQ films being shown at KASHISH 2015 as part of this year’s ‘Country Focus: Australia’ package. The star attraction of the package was the iconic cult classic ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’.