KASHISH 2019

Event: 10th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival

Dates: June 12 – 16, 2019

Venues: Liberty Cinema & Metro INOX

Theme: ‘Over The Rainbow’

Prominent Guests: Nawazuddin Siddique, Rekha Bharadwaj, Pirozsha Godrej, Keshav Suri, Wendell Rodricks

No. of films/countries: 160 films from 43 countries

No. of Indian films: 31 films

Country Focus: Sweden (9 films)

Total Cash Awards: Rs 3,95,000 (US$ 5200)

Narrative Jury: Kitu Gidwani, Sheeba Chadha, Neeraj Ghaywan

Documentary Jury: Ranjan Das, Pankaj Rishi Kumar, Paromita Vohra

Students Shorts Jury: Dr. Ivan John, Jyoti Kapoor, Somnath Sen

Winners:

Best Narrative Feature: Jose – Li Cheng | Gautemala

Best Documentary Feature: Until Porn Do us Part – Jorge Pelicano | Portugal

Best Documentary Short: Laadli – Sudipto Kundu | India

Best International Narrative Short: Our Way Back – Moshe Rosenthal | Israel

Best Indian Narrative Short: The Booth – Rohin Ravendran Nair

Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Sugandha Bansal for A Little More Blue

Best Performance in a Lead Role: Felix Maritaud for Sauvage| France

QDrishti Film Grant: Rohin Raveendran Nair for The Booth and Sudipto Kundu for Laadli

Best Student Short Film: Three – Lior Soroka | Israel

Best Screenplay: Jose – Li Cheng | Gautemala

Special Mentions: Amruta Shubhash in The Booth | India (in the category Best Performance in a Lead Role); Parna Pethe in The Booth | India (in the category Best Performance in a Lead Role); Lior Ashkenazi in Our Way Back | Israel (in the category Best Performance in a Lead Role); Shaadi Ke Kapde – Sonal Giani | India (in the category Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker); Rangeen – Shaikh Ayaz | India (in the category Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker); Hands & Wings – Sungbin Byun | Republic of Korea (in the category Best Student Short); Prisoner Of Society – Rati Tsiteladze | Georgia (in the category Best Documentary Short); Visibles – Enrique Rey | Spain (in the category Best Documentary Short); Fifth Floor On The Left – Renata Lucic | Croatia (in the category Best Screenplay)

Best Poster Design: Domenico De Monte (Milan, Italy)

Rainbow Warrior Award: Hoshang Merchant

Rainbow Champion Award: The Humsafar Trust

Festival Catalog: https://issuu.com/kashish/docs/kashish2019_festival-catalog