KASHISH 2010

Event: 1st KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival

Dates: April 22- 25, 2010

Venues: PVR Cinemas

Theme: ‘See A Different World’

Prominent Guests: Manisha Koirala, Rahul Bose, Sanjay Suri, Purab Kohli, Zeenat Aman, Shyam Benegal, Celina Jaitly

 No. of films/countries: 110 films from 25 countries

No. of Indian films: 21 films

Country Focus: Germany

 Total Cash Awards: Rs.85,000 ($1120)

Jury members: Suhasini Mulay, Rajit Kapur, Mahesh Dattani, Dolly Thakore & Meenakshi Shedde

Winners:

Best Documentary Feature: Prodigal Sons – Kimberly Reed | USA

Best Documentary Short: XXWHY – Dr.Bharathy Manjula | India

Best International Narrative Short: Steam – Eldar Rapaport | USA

Best Indian Narrative Short: Lost & Found – Shrenik Jain | India

Special Mentions: Holding Hands – Tonnette Stanford and Katherine Wilkinson | Australia, Flying Inside My Body – Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas, Sumit Sharma and Ajeeta Chowhan | India, Speak Up! It is Not My Fault – Deepika Lal | India, Dirty Magazines – Jay Levy | USA, I Am Gay (Jag Ar Bog) – Nicolos Kolovos | Sweden

Festival Catalog: https://issuu.com/home/published/festival_catalog-_final