KASHISH 2012

Event: 3rd KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival

Dates: May 23 – 27, 2012

Venues: Cinemax Versova & Alliance Francaise de Bombay

Theme: ‘For Everyone’

Prominent Guests: Anupam Kher, Resul Pookutty, Moushami Chatterjee, Sarita Joshi

 No. of films/countries: 120 films from 30 countries

Country Focus: France (8 films)

 Total Cash Awards: Rs.60,000 (US$800)

Jury members: Renuka Shahane, Parvin Dabas, Mayank Shekhar, Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal & Mona Ambegaonkar

Winners:

Best Narrative Feature: My Last Round (Mi Ultimo Rounde) – Julio Jorquera Arriagada | Chile

Best Documentary Feature: Let The Butterflies Fly (Chittegalu Haradali) – Gopal Menon | India

Best Documentary Short: Are We So Different (Aamra Ki Etoi Bhinno) – Lok Prakash | Bangladesh

Best International Narrative Short: Through The Window (Me’ever La’chalon) – Chen Shumowitz | Israel

Best Indian Narrative Short: The jury decided not to award any film in this category.

Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Pradipta Ray for The Night Is Young (Raat Baaki)

KASHISH Coffee Break Audience Award: Logging Out – Nakshatra Bagwe | India

Special Jury Award: Rites of Passage – Jeff Roy | USA

Special Mention: We The Outsiders… (Aamhi Ka Tisre…) – Ramesh Laxman More | India

Best Poster Design: S. Ayyappa (Hyderabad, India)

Festival Catalog: https://issuu.com/home/published/kashish2012_festival-catalog