KASHISH 2017

Event: 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival

Dates: May 24 – 28, 2017

Venues: Liberty Cinema & Metro INOX

Theme: ‘Diverse, One’

Prominent Guests: Arjun Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Jim Sharb, Shonali Bose

No. of films/countries: 147 films from 45 countries

No. of Indian films: 29 films

Country Focus: UK (17 films)

Total Awards: Rs.2,25,000 (US$2960)

Narrative Jury: Anjum Rajabali, Vinta Nanda, Lubna Salim, Jabeen Merchant, Aseem Chhabra

Students Shorts Jury: Avijit Mukul Kishore, Pablo Naranjo-Golborne, Debashree Mukherjee (USA)

Winners:

Best Narrative Feature: Gloria and Grace – Flávio R. Tambellini | Brazil

Best Documentary Feature: No Dress Code Required – Cristina Herrera Bórquez | Mexico

Best Documentary Short: Naked Wheels – Rajesh James | India

Best International Narrative Short: Stay – Milka Mircic Martinovic | Germany

Best Indian Narrative Short: Maacher Jhol (Fish Curry) – Abhishek Verma | India

Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Rajesh James for Naked Wheels and Vishal Srivastava for Selfhood (Wajood)

Best Performance in a Lead Role: Petrice Jones in Play The Devil | Trinidad & Tobago

QDrishti Film Grant: Debadrita Bose for Clarinets (Shehenaiiya) | India

Special Mention: Beautiful Figure – Hajni Kis | The Netherlands (in the category Best Student Short Film)

Best Poster Design: Benny Mathew (Mumbai, India)

Rainbow Warrior Award: Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Manavendra Singh Gohil

Festival Catalog: https://issuu.com/kashish/docs/kashish-2017_festival-catalog