LIST OF FILMS PLAYING AT KASHISH 2014

The 5th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will be held May 21-25, 2014 at Liberty Cinema and May 22-24, 2014 at Alliance Francaise de Bombay. This year the festival will screen the largest collection of films – 154 films from 31 countries. This year the festival boasts of 11 World, 17 International, and 39 Asian premieres.

^ Film playing in the Competition category

ARGENTINA

Woman (La Donna) – Dir: Nicolás Dolensky / 2013 / 15 min / Narrative Short

AUSTRALIA

(an)Other – Dir: Fraser Green / 2012 / 9.32 min / Narrative Short
The Egg – Dir: Tonnette Stanford / 2013 / 10 min / Animation Short
Gorilla – Dir: Tim Marshall / 2012 / 12 min / Narrative Short
Justin Beaver (Love Bytes) – Dir: Tonnette Stanford / 2013 / 11 min / Animation Short
The Language Of Love – Dir: Laura Scrivano / 2013 / 9.35 min / Narrative Short
The Last Time I Saw Richard – Dir: Nicholas Verso / 2013 / 23 min / Narrative Short

AUSTRIA

Ovulation With Daddy (Eisprung mit Papa ) – Dir: Paul Ploberger / 2013 / 7.49 min / Narrative Short

BANGLADESH

^ Will This Change? – Dir: Anurupa Prakash, Lok Prakash / 2014 / 26.54 min / Documentary Short Competition

BELGIUM

Human Warmth (Chaleur Humaine) – Dir: Christophe Predari / 2013 / 11 min / Narrative Short

BRAZIL

The Best Friend (O Melhor Amigo) – Dir: Allan Deberton / 2013 / 17 min / Narrative Short
Label (Rótulo) – Dir: Felipe Cabral / 2013 / 11.4 min / Narrative Short
^ Hurt (Dentro) – Dir: Bruno Autran / 2013/ 15.06 min / International Narrative Short Competition

CAMEROON / USA

^ Born This Way – Dir: Shaun Kadlec, Deb Tullmann / 2013 / 82 min / Documentary Feature Competition

CANADA

Below The Belt – Dir: Dominique Cardona & Laurie Colbert / 1999 / 13 min / Narrative Short
Beyond the Mirror”s Gaze – Dir: Iris Moore / 2012 / 4 min / Animation Short
Click – Dir: Chris Chew / 2013 / 18 min / Narrative Short
For Dorian – Dir: Rodrigo Barriuso / 2012 / 16 min / Narrative Short
Green Laser – Dir: John Greyson / 2012 / 15 min / Documentary Short
John Apple Jack – Dir: Monika Mitchell / 2013 / 88 min / Narrative Feature – CLOSING FILM
Lesbiana – A Parallel Revolution (Lesbiana- Une Révolution parallèle) – Dir: Myriam Fougère / 2012 / 63 min / Documentary Feature
Margarita – Dir: Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert / 2012 / 76 min / CENTERPIECE NARRATIVE FEATURE
MindTease – Dir: Iris Moore / 2012 / 4.15 min / Animation Short
Mulligans – Dir: Chip Hale / 2008 / 92 min / Narrative Feature
Outspoken: Is The Village Dying? – Dir: Mark Kenneth Woods / 2013 / 49 min / Documentary Feature
Positive Youth – Dir: Charlie David / 2012 / 44 min / Documentary Short
^ Seek – Dir: Eric Henry / 2014 / 76 min / Narrative Feature Competition
Shame – Dir: Bob Woolsey / 2013 / 4.30 min / Narrative Short
^ Sic. – Dir: Joshua Hinkson / 2013 / 9 min / International Narrative Short Competition
Stormcloud – Dir: Kate Johnston / 2012 / 14 min / Narrative Short
Tru Love – Dir: Kate Johnston & Shauna MacDonald / 2013 / 88 min / Narrative Feature Competition
Us, Regardless – Dir: Lizz Alexandra Hodgson / 2013 / 5 min / Narrative Short
Walks Like A… – Dir: Arlin McFarlane / 2013 / 3 min / Narrative Short
^ Whispers of Life – Dir: Florian Halbedl / 2013 / 11.12 min / International Narrative Short Competition
Winter Kept Us Warm – Dir: David Secter / 1965 / 81 min / Narrative Feature – COUNTRY FOCUS INAUGURAL FILM

CANADA / GERMANY

Trans*march – Dir: Simon Schultz von Dratzig / 2013 / 5 min / Documentary Short

CANADA / USA

Playing It Straight – Dir: Michael Kenney / 2013 / 19.4 min / Narrative Short

CHINA

^ Brothers (兄弟) – Dir: Yao Yao / 2013 / 24 min / Documentary Short Competition

FINLAND

Je T”aime – Dir: Joel Rahkonen, Sonia Stenius / 2013 / 10 min / Musical Short

FRANCE

Guys Girls (Mecs Meufs) – Dir: Liam Engle / 2013 / 13 min / Narrative Short
Agathe And Lou – Dir: Noémie Fy / 2013 / 27 min / Narrative Short
Between Bodies (Entre Les Corps) – Dir: Anaïs Sartini / 2012 / 28 min / Narrative Short
Don”t Turn Back (Ne Te Retourne Pas) – Dir: Sophia Liu & Benjamin Blot / 2013 / 26 min / Narrative Short

FRENCH POLYNESIA / FRANCE

Nevermore – Dir: Paul Manaté / 2012 / 30 min / Narrative Short

GEORGIA

Father, Bless Us (Mamao Dagvloce) – Dir: Naveirani Elene / 2013 / 11 min / Narrative Short

GERMANY

Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years – 1984 To 1992 – Dir: Dagmar Schultz / 2012 / 79 min / Documentary Feature
Bumpy Night – Dir: Julie Kreuzer / 2012 / 33 min / Narrative Short
^ Firebugs – Dir: Juliane Ahrens, Béatrice, Simon Weber / 2013 / 7 min / International Narrative Short Competition
Gay Goth Scene – Dir: Kai Stänicke / 2013 / 5 min / Musical Short
Recently in the Woods – Dir: Daniel van Westen / 2013 / 1 min / Animation Short
Simple (Einfach) – Dir: Markus Wende / 2013 / 1.21 min / Animation Short
Two Mothers ( Zwei Mütter) – Dir: Anne Zohra Berrached / 2013 / 75 min / Narrative Feature

INDIA

^ Because… (Kyunki…) – Dir: Avinash Matta / 2014 / 9.17 min / Indian Narrative Short Competition
^ Between Dreams and Waking – Dir: Ipshita Maitra / 2014 / 28 min / Indian Narrative Short Competition
Bioscope: Non-Binary Conversations on Gender and Education – Shabani & Samreen / 2014 / 43 min / Documentary Feature
Boys Don”t Wear Nailpolish! – Dir: Siddharth Chauhan / 2013 / 12 min / Narrative Short
Can You See The Real Me? – Dir: Pankaj H Gupta / 2013 / 14 min / Documentary Short
^ Crush-shake – Dir: Jagruti Jethe / 2014 / 10.14 min / Narrative Short / Riyad Wadia Award Competition
The Difference – Dir: Rahul Maheshwari / 2014 / 2. 04 min / Documentary Short
Gay in Chandigarh – Dir: Neha Choudhury / 2013 / 7.32 min / Documentary Short
^ The Gift (Eidi) – Dir: Pradipta Ray / 2013 / 28 min / Indian Narrative Short Competition & Riyad Wadia Award Competition
^ I”dentity – Dir: Sharon Flynn / 2013 / 25.27 min / Documentary Short Competition & Riyad Wadia Award Competition
Just Two Steps Away – Dir: Mujeer Pasha / 2014 / 53.06 min / Narrative Feature
^ Kanna – Dir: Ajay Arun / 2013 / 6. 20 min / Narrative Short / Riyad Wadia Award Competition
LGBT- Let Gender Be Treated Free – Dir: Purnangshu, Ranjini, Joydeep, Taniya, Sourav / 2013 / 5 min / Documentary Short
^ Lipstick – Dir: Khais Millen / 2013 / 29.30 min / Narrative Short / Riyad Wadia Award Competition
^ Little Boxes – Dir: Ninad Adawadkar / 2013 / 16.41 min / Documentary Short Competition & Riyad Wadia Award Competition
Love v/s Law – Dir: Jeny Gada, Sonal Giani / 2014 / 8 min / Documentary Short
Maa I Exist Beyond X & Y – Dir: Rijul Bar / 2013 / 50 min / Documentary Feature
Meghdhanushya – The Colour of Life – Dir: Dr. K R Devmani / 2013 / 113 min / Narrative Feature
Memories in March – Dir: Sanjoy Nag / 2010 / 104 min / Narrative Feature
^ Mitraa – Dir: Ravi Jadhav / 2013 / 35 min / Indian Narrative Short Competition
Out! Loud! – Dir: Betty Bernhard / 2013 / 48 min / Documentary Feature
Purple Skies – Dir: Sridhar Rangayan / 2014 / 66 min / Documentary Feature
Rainbows Are Real – Dir: Ritesh Sharma / 2013 / 50.43 min / CENTERPIECE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
^ Right To Left – Dir: Kirat Tulaskar, Suhasini Sukumar / 2014 / 5. 02 min / Indian Narrative Short Competition & Riyad Wadia Award Competition
Shivananda Khan OBE – A Life! – Dir: Lok Prakash / 2014 / 33.14 min / Documentary Short
Third Gender – Dir: Viplab Majumder / 2013 / 3.29 min / Narrative Short
The Unsaid (Un.Kahi) – Dir: Samrat DasGupta / 2012 / 7. 42 min / Narrative Short
You”re My Brother – Dir: Lokesh / 2013 / 10.41 min / Narrative Short

ISRAEL

A Matter of Sex (Inyan Shel Min) – Dir: Michelle Rapoport Kesten / 2012 / 28 min / Narrative Short

ISRAEL, PALESTINE, USA

Out in the Dark (Alata) – Dir: Michael Mayer / 2012 / 96 min / Narrative Feature – OPENING FILM

ITALY

^Luigi And Vincenzo (Luigi e Vincenzo) – Dir: Giuseppe Bucci / 2013 / 4. 13 min / International Narrative Short Competition
^Naked Rose (Il Rosa Nudo) – Dir: Giovanni Coda / 2013 / 70 min / Narrative Feature Competition
One More Night (Una notte ancora) – Dir: Giuseppe Bucci / 2012 / 11 min / Narrative Short

ITALY, RUSSIA

They Hate Me In Vain – LGBT Christians In Today”s Russia (Invano mi odiano – Racconto sui Cristiani LGBT) – Dir: Yulia Matsiy / 2013 / 66 min / Documentary Feature

JAPAN

^Keepsake – Dir: David Chester / 2013 / 14.37 min / International Narrative Short Competition

MEXICO

Since I Was A Little Girl… (Desde Chiquita…) – Dir: Jose Luis Soto Ruvalcaba / 2013 / 4 min / Documentary Short

THE NETHERLANDS

Straight With You (Niet op meisjes) – Dir: Daan Bol / 2012 / 19 min / Documentary Short
^ Caged (Uitgesproken) – Dir: Lazlo & Dylan Tonk / 2013 / 14 min / International Narrative Short Competition

NORWAY

Just So You Know – Dir: Egil Pedersen / 2013 / 4 min / Music Video
Shower – Dir: Christian K. Norvalls / 2012 / 8 min / Narrative Short

POLAND

The Kiss (Pocalunek) – Dir: Filip Gieldon / 2013 /21. 25 min / Narrative Short

RUSSIA

The Beginning (Начало) – Dir: Eleonora Zbanke / 2012/ 7 min / Narrative Short

RUSSIA, FRANCE

Thanks (Spasibo) – Dir: Anaïs Sartini / 2012 /13 min / Narrative Short

SPAIN

Adam and Steve (Adán y Estebán) – Dir: José Antonio Cortés Amunarriz / 2011 / 16 min / Narrative Short
The Adorable Tenant (El Adorable Inquilino) – Dir: Alvaro Martin / 2013 / 16 min / Narrative Short
^ All the Sun in the World (Todo El Sol Del Mundo) – Dir: Pelayo Muñiz Cabal / 2013 / 13.20 min / International Narrative Short Competition
^ The Blue Dress – Dir: Lewis Martin / 2013 / 7 min / International Narrative Short Competition
Caipirinhas in Lpanema (Caipirinhas en Ipanema) – Dir: Antonio Hernández Centeno / 2013 / 7.26 min / Narrative Short
^ The Cake (El Pastel) – Dir: Estela Osorio / 2013 / 6.47 min / International Narrative Short Competition
A Happy Ending (Un final feliz) – Dir: Marco Fettolini / 2013 / 11.43 min / Narrative Short
I Feel Lost – Dir: Juan Manuel Aragón / 2012 / 12. 56 min / Narrative Short
La Pleimobil – Dir: Isaí Escalada , Carlos G Velasco / 2013 / 9.58 min / Narrative Short
Love Wars – Dir: Vicente Bonet / 2012 / 3.39 min / Narrative Short
Miniatures (Miniaturas) – Dir: Vicente Bonet / 2014 / 16.57 min / Narrative Short
^ Naked – Dir: José Antonio Cortés Amunarriz / 2013 / 13 min / International Narrative Short Competition
Prints (Huellas) – Dir: Jose Manuel Silvestre / 2013 / 2. 31 min / Animation Short
The Séxicas (Las séxicas) – Dir: César Mari Soucase / 2012 / 20 min / Narrative Short
^ Skin and Soul (La piel y el alma) – Dir: Marc Nadal Manzanares / 2013 / 12.11 min / International Narrative Short Competition
The Son (El Hijo) – Dir: Venci Kostov / 2012 / 22 min / Narrative Short
Tabbouleh (Taboulé) – Dir: Richard Garcia / 2011 / 4 min / Narrative Short
Three in a Room (Tres en un cuarto) – Dir: Federico Calabuig / 2013 / 6 min / Narrative Short
Witnesses of A Damned Time (Testigos de un tiempo maldito) – Dir: Javi Larrauri / 2012 / 84 min / Documentary Feature

SRI LANKA

Frangipani – Dir: Visakesa Chandrasekaram / 2013 / 90 min / CENTERPIECE NARRATIVE FEATURE

TURKEY

My Child (Benim Çocuğum) – Dir: Can Candan / 2013 / 82 min / CENTERPIECE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

UGANADA, USA

City of the Damned – Dir: Mor Albalak, Shaneika Lai, Stephanie Lincoln, Matt Rogers, Nate Skeen / 2013 / 16 min / Documentary Short
Priest (Kuhani) – Dir: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine / 2013 / 7 min / Experimental Short

UNITED KINGDOM

Amias – Dir: John Giordano / 2013 / 9.8 min / Narrative Short
The Invention – Dir: Andy Mukherjee / 2013 / 14.27 min / Narrative Short
My Mother – Dir: Jay Bedwani / 2013 / 10 min / Documentary Short
Stephen Fry Out There – Dir: Fergus O”Brien / 2013 / 59.15 min / Documentary Feature
Touch – Dir: William Stewart / 2012 / 8 min / Narrative Short

UK, INDIA

FU377 – Dir: Neelu Bhuman / 2014 / 4.29 min / Animation Short

USA

Alaska is a Drag – Dir: Shaz Bennett / 2012 / 14.07 min / Narrative Short
All the Truly Important Things… – Dir: Eric Zheng / 2012 / 4.30 min / Documentary Short
^ Before You Know It – Dir: PJ Raval / 2013 / 112 min / Documentary Feature Competition
^ Bridegroom – Dir: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason / 2013 / 80 min / Documentary Feature Competition
Change Over Time – Dir: Ewan Duarte / 2013 / 7. 14 min / Documentary Short
Dating Sucks A Genderqueer Misadventure – Dir: Sam Berliner / 2013 / 13 min / Animation Short
Dawn Dir: Leon Le / 2012 / 10 min / Narrative Short
Dirty Talk – Dir: Jeff Sumner / 2012 / 12 min / Narrative Short
Drowning – Dir: Albert Carmona / 2012 / 3.41min / Animation Short
^ The Falls: Testament of Love – Dir: Jon Garcia / 2014 / 120 min / Narrative Feature Competition
^ Families Are Forever – Dir: Vivian Kleiman / 2013 / 21 min / Documentary Short Competition
^ Foreign Relations – Dir: Reid Waterer / 2014 / 25 min / International Narrative Short Competition
G. B. F Dir: Darren Stein / 2013 / 92 min / Narrative Feature
The Happy Sad – Dir: Rodney Evans / 2013 / 87 min / Narrative Feature
He is Vince Dir: Vincent Crisostomo / 2012 / 2.54 min / Documentary Short
Judas Kiss Dir: J.T. Tepnapa / 2011 / 94 min / Narrative Feature
LIEF in “Numbers” – Dir: C.C. / 2012 / 3.11 min / Documentary Short
My Marathon Story – Dir: Devesh Khatu / 2012 / 2.38 min / Documentary Short
Out To Kill – Dir: Rob Williams / 2014 / 83 min / Narrative Feature
^ P.D.A. – Dir: Patrick Hancock / 2013 / 8 min / International Narrative Short Competition
Parachute – Dir: Henry Ocampo / 2012 / 2.33 min / Documentary Short
Performing Girl – Dir: Crescent Diamond / 2013 / 25 min / Documentary Short
^ Prinsesa – Dir: Drew Stephens / 2014 / 12 min / International Narrative Short Competition
^ Spooners – Dir: Bryan Horch / 2013 / 13.5 min / International Narrative Short Competition
Teens Like Phil – Dir: David Rosler, Dominic Haxton / 2012 / 20.04 min / Narrative Short
^ Test – Dir: Chris Mason Johnson / 2013 / 89 min / Narrative Feature Competition
^ Valentine Road – Dir: Marta Cunningham / 2013 / 89 min / Documentary Feature Competition
Viewer Discretion Advised: Tape 96 – Dir: Drew Stephens / 2011 / 11.20 min / Narrative Short
YOLO: You Only Live Once – Dir: mr. yess / 2012 / 1.46 min / Documentary Short

VENEZUELA

Red (Rojo) – Dir: Carlos Alejandro Molina M. / 2013 / 19 min / Narrative Short