2017
KASHISH 2017
Diverse One
24th May – 28th May, 2017.
147 Films, 45 Countries
KASHISH INTERNATIONAL POSTER DESIGN CONTEST 2017 – SUBMISSION CALL
Design KASHISH 2017 Poster to win Cash Award of Rs.20,000/- KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival invites designers from across the world to design the official festival poster and overall look for its 8th edition with the theme ‘Diverse, One’. KASHISH 2017 will be held from May 24-28, 2017 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI ARCHITECT WINS KASHISH 2017 POSTER CONTEST, WENDELL RODRICKS PICKS WINNER
Poster portrays the theme of 8th edition of South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film fest – ‘Diverse, One’. India’s top fashion designer Wendell Rodricks has picked the poster design submitted by Mumbai-based architect Benny Mathew as the winner of the KASHISH International Poster Contest 2017. The poster – that reflects the festival theme…
‘KASHISH 2017 – DIVERSE, ONE’ CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN
Welcome to the ‘KASHISH 2017 – Diverse, One’ Crowdfunding Campaign on Wishberry. We are crowdfunding to help organize the 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival from May 24-28th at Liberty Cinema and Alliance Francaise. KASHISH 2017 hope to live upto the festival’s reputation of being one of the prominent film festivals in India, South Asia’s…
CROWDFUND SOUTH ASIA’S BIGGEST LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL – KASHISH 2017
For the fifth year in a row, KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will be raising funds to hold the eighth edition of South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival through crowdfunding. The global campaign to raise funds was launched on India’s leading crowdfunding portal – Wishberry. India’s only mainstream LGBTQ film festival will be held in Mumbai from May 24…
KASHISH 2017 – HOW YOU CAN HELP
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival – South Asia’s biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) film festival – returns for its 8th edition in May 2017. Voted as one of the Top 5 LGBT Film Festival in the world, KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is South Asia’s biggest queer film festival and the only LGBT…
REGISTER FOR KASHISH 2017
South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival, and one of Mumbai’s important cultural events, the 8th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will be held May 24-28, 2017 at two venues India’s oldest Art deco theater Liberty Cinema and Alliance Francaise de Bombay. The theme for KASHISH 2017 is ‘Diverse, One’, echoing the…
AWARD CATEGORIES 2017
Awards will be given in the following categories at KASHISH 2017. BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE. The highest award at KASHISH is given to the best narrative feature. This category includes Indian and International narrative features completed after January 1, 2016 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH 2017. It carries a trophy, a…
KASHISH 2017 WILL HAVE SOUTH ASIA’S LARGEST PRIZE MONEY FOR LGBTQ FILMS
147 films from 45 countries to be screened; 51 films to compete in 8 categories for a total cash award of Rs.2.25 lakhs. The 8th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival this year will feature the largest prize money for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer films in South Asia. Around 51 of the 147 films that will be screened at the…
147 FILMS FROM 45 COUNTRIES TO SCREEN AT KASHISH 2017
Delegate Registrations open for South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival. South Asia’s biggest and India’s only mainstream LGBTQ film festival – KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival – returns for its eighth edition in May 2017. Registrations have opened on BookMyShow.com for the festival that will be held from…
UNITED KINGDOM IS COUNTRY IN FOCUS AT KASHISH 2017
KASHISH and BFI collaborate for LGBT50. The “Country in Focus” this year at the 8the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the United Kingdom. KASHISH is collaborating with British Film Institute to commemorate LGBT50 – that marks the 50 years of decriminalization of homosexuality. South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film…
MEET THE KASHISH 2017 FESTIVAL JURY
Eminent Jury of Screenwriter Anjum Rajabali, actor Lubna Salim, TV Producer and writer Vinta Nanda, editor Jabeen Merchant and writer Aseem Chhabra will judge 51 films in competition. The Festival Jury for the 8th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival was announced on May 17, 2017 at a press conference at the….
MEET THE KASHISH 2017 STUDENT FILM JURY
Short films made by students of film and media schools that are completed after January 1, 2016 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH compete for this award. The award carries a cash prize of Rs.15,000 sponsored by Whistling Woods International. Winners are also awarded a trophy and a gift hamper and a free 2 day HD shooting kit…
12 LGBTQ FILMS YOU SHOULD NOT MISS AT KASHISH 2017
Festival Director Sridhar Rangayan picks 12 films that shouldn’t be missed at the 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, to be held May 24-28, 2017 at Liberty Cinema and Alliance Francaise de Bombay, brings together 147 films from 45 Countries, living upto its reputation as South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival…
SIGNATURE MOVE, STARRING SHABANA AZMI IS OPENING FILM AT KASHISH 2017
South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival will screen 147 films from 45 countries. American film “Signature Move”, starring Indian actor Shabana Azmi will open the 8th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film festival – South Asia’s biggest and India’s only mainstream LGBTQ film festival. Signature Move directed by Jennifer Reed also stars Fawzia Mirza and Sari Sanchez…
INDIAN GAY ROMANCE LOEV IS CLOSING FILM AT KASHISH 2017
South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film fest will screen 147 films from 45 countries. Acclaimed Indian gay road drama LOEV will be the closing film at the 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival will be held between May 24-28, 2017, at two venues in South Mumbai – the city’s iconic art deco theatre Liberty Cinema…
INDIAN CORPORATE HOUSES SUPPORT KASHISH 2017
Leading India-based corporate houses and organizations have come out in support of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The eighth edition of of South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival will be held between May 24-28, 2017 at two venues in South Mumbai – the city’s iconic art deco theatre Liberty Cinema and Alliance Francaise. The five-day festival will this year screen 147 films from 45 countries…
GODREJ IS PRINCIPAL PARTNER AT KASHISH 2017
Indian business conglomerate continues its support for South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival. One of India’s biggest conglomerates Godrej Industries will be “Principal Partner” of the 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival to be held in Mumbai from May 24-28, 2017. South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival will be held at two South Mumbai…
SKYBAGS IS PRINCIPAL PARTNER AT KASHISH 2017
Skybags, the youth bags brand from the house of V.I.P. Industries, will be principal partner at the 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. KASHISH 2017 – South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival will be held from May 24-28, 2017 at two venues in South Mumbai – Mumbai’s iconic art deco theatre Liberty Cinema and Alliance Francaise…
ARJUN KAPOOR AND NISABA GODREJ INAUGURATE KASHISH 2017
South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ festival will screen 147 films from 45 countries. South Asia’s biggest and India’s only mainstream LGBTQ film festival – KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival – 8th Edition, opened on Wednesday May 24, 2017 with Bollywood Heartthrob Arjun Kapoor gracing the festival along with Nisaba Godrej…
KASHISH 2017 HONOURS LAXMI NARAYAN TRIPATHI AND MANAVENDRA SINGH GOHIL AS RAINBOW WARRIORS
India’s leading LGBTQ activists Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Manavendra Singh Gohil were bestowed with the “Rainbow Warrior” Award at the 8th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The awards were presented to the two activists by Canadian Inuk activist…
BRAZILIAN FILM GLORIA AND GRACE, BRITISH ACTOR PETRICE JONES, INDIAN SHORT FILM MAACHER JHOL, WIN TOP HONOURS AT KASHISH 2017
Total cash awards of Rs 2.25 lakh – South Asia’s largest prize money for LGBTQ films – awarded. Brazilian film Gloria and Grace directed by Flávio R. Tambellini won the Best Narrative Feature Film Award at the awards ceremony of 8th edition of South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival…
BFI FLARE, LONDON TURNS THE SPOTLIGHT ON KASHISH MIQFF
Sridhar Rangayan, KASHISH Festival Director will talk on Indian LGBTQ films. This March 2017, BFI Flare, London, one of the world’s oldest LGBTQ film festivals will have a special focus on South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ film festival KASHISH. Festival Director Sridhar Rangayan will be at BFI Flare to talk about contemporary Indian LGBTQ films…
KASHISH TAKES INDIAN LGBTQ FILMS ACROSS THE GLOBE
KASHISH Global will facilitate the screening of Indian LGBTQ films in UK, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jakarta, Montreal, Chicago, Taiwan, and Korea over the next three months KASHISH, South Asia’s and India’s biggest LGBTQ film festival that is held annually in Mumbai, is now becoming a platform for…
KASHISH FORWARD – INDIA’S TRAVELLING CAMPUS LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL – WILL TRAVEL TO SIX CITIES IN OCTOBER ’17
KASHISH in association with Saathi – IIT Bombay, the campus LGBT group of IIT Bombay will host an evening of LGBTQ films on October 5th with KASHISH Forward and Best of KASHISH programs. KASHISH Forward, the LGBT campus film festival, organized by KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is creating waves across India with eight…
