KASHISH 2018

Event: 9th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival

Dates: May 23 – 27, 2018

Venues: Liberty Cinema & Metro INOX

Theme: ‘Together, With Pride’

No. of films/countries: 140 films from 45 countries

No. of Indian films: 33 films

Country Focus: India (33 films)

Total Cash Awards: Rs 2.65,000 (US$3500)

Narrative Jury: Tara Deshpande, Jayati Bhatia, Sid Makkar

Documentary Jury: Malati Rao, Batul Mukhtiar, P.N.Ramchandra

Students Shorts Jury: Jeroo Mulla, Irene Dhar Malik, Harish Iyer

Winners:

Best Narrative Feature: Mater – Pablo D’Alo Abba | Argentina

Best Documentary Feature: Boys For Sale – Itako | Japan

Best Documentary Short: Little Potato – Wes Hurley | USA, Russia

Best International Narrative Short: Marguerite – Marianne Farley | Canada

Best Indian Narrative Short: Ajay – Vikrant Dhote | India

Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Preet for Grey

Best Performance in a Lead Role: Chetan Kanwar in Pashi | India

QDrishti Film Grant: Siddharth Chauhan for Pashi | India

Best Student Short Film: Celebrate Eileen – Judith Westermann | Germany

Special Mentions: Birds Of Paradise – Rahul MM | India (in the category Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker); Sunken Plum – Gu Xiang | China (in the category Best Performance in a Lead Role); Sunken Plum – Roberto F. Canuto & Xiaoxi Xu | China (in the category Best International Narrative Short Film); Goldfish – Yorgos Angelopoulos | Greece (in the category Best International Narrative Short Film); Mathias – Clara Stern | Austria (in the category Best Student Short Film)

Best Poster Design: Ashutosh Vyas (Mumbai, India)

Rainbow Warrior Award: Pawan Dhall

Festival Catalog: https://issuu.com/kashish/docs/kashish_2018_web__1_