KASHISH 2016

Event: 7th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival

Dates: May 22 – 26, 2016

Venues: Liberty Cinema, Alliance Francaise de Bombay and Max Mueller Bhavan

Theme: ‘7 Shades of Love’

Prominent Guests: Sir Ian McKellen, Sonam Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Nandita Das, Sona Mohapatra

 No. of films/countries: 182 films from 53 countries

No. of Indian films: 27 films

Country Focus: Brazil (11 films)

 Total Awards: Rs.2,05,000 (US$2700)

Jury members: Rajeshwari Sachdev, Manav Gohil, Parvati Balagopalan, Dr.Kaizaad Kotwal and Andrea Kuhn (Germany)

Winners:

Best Narrative Feature: How To Win At Checkers (Every Time) – Josh Kim | Thailand, USA, Indonesia

Best Documentary Feature: Pansy – Jean-Baptiste Erreca | France

Best Documentary Short: Transindia – Meera Darji | India, UK

Best International Narrative Short: San Cristóbal – Omar Zuniga Hidalgo | Chile

Best Indian Narrative Short: Daarvatha (The Threshold) – Nishant Roy Bombarde | India

Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Vikrant Dhote and Srikant Ananthakrishnan for Any Other Day

Best Performance in a Lead Role: Ingkarat Damrongsakkul in How To Win At Checkers (Every Time) | Thailand, USA, Indonesia

QDrishti Film Grant: V. Ramanathan for Normalcy | India

Special Mentions: Beautiful Something – Brian Sheppard | USA (in the category Best Performance in a Lead Role); Antonio Altamirano San Cristóbal | Chile (in the category Best Performance in a Lead Role); Trade Queen – David Wagner | Germany (in the category Best International Narrative Short Film); Technical Difficulties of Intimacy – Joel Moffett | USA (in the category Best International Narrative Short Film); That’s My Boy – Akhil Satyan | India (in the category Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker)

Best Poster Design: Ajoy Das (Mumbai, India)

Rainbow Warrior Award: Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai

Festival Catalog: https://issuu.com/home/published/kashish-2016_catalog