KASHISH 2021
Event: 12th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival or KASHISH 2020 Virtual
Dates: August 19 – September 5, 2021
Venue: Online
Theme: ‘Unlock With Pride’
No. of films / countries: 221 films from 53 countries
No. of Indian films: 24 films
Total Cash Awards: Rs 4,10,000 (US$ 5644)
Narrative Jury: Ritesh Batra, Gauri Shinde, Satya Rai Nagpaul, Cary Rajinder Sawhney and Selvaggia Velo
Documentary Jury: Bina Paul, Gargi Sen and Nandan Saxena
Students Shorts Jury: Dr. Anjali Monteiro, Ketki Pandit and Viveck Vaswani
Winners:
Best Narrative Feature: Forgotten Roads – Nicol Ruiz | Chile
Best Documentary Feature: Canela – Cecilia del Valle | Argentina
Best Documentary Short: Tracing Utopia – Nick Tyson & Catarina de Sousa | Portugal
Best International Narrative Short: Snake – Andrej Volkashin | Macedonia
Best Indian Narrative Short: Are We There Yet? – Bhanu Babbal & Kashyap Swaroop | India
Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Radhika Prasidhha for Begum Parvathi| India
Best Performance in a Lead Role: Maria Eduardo Maia for Advent of Mary| Brazil
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant : Bhargav Lahkar for The Caress | India
Best Student Short Film: On A Path – Lihi Lubetkin | Israel
Best Screenplay: The Man With The Answers written by Stelios Kammitsis | Cyprus, Greece, Italy
Special Mentions: Rebel Dykes – Harri Shanahan & Siân A. Williams | UK (in the category Best Documentary Feature); Nothing But A Human – Swati Jaiswal | India (in the category Best Documentary Short); Keep Punching – Kirnay Bhatt | India (in the category Best Indian Narrative Short); Stray Dogs Come Out At Night – Humza Bangash | Pakistan (in the category Best International Narrative Short) and Today – Francis Chillet | France (in the category Best Student Short)
Best Poster Design: Ajoy Kumar Das (India)
Festival Catalog: https://issuu.com/kashish/docs/kashish_2021_catalog_high-res_
