2022

KASHISH 2022

Flights For Freedom

June 1 – 5, 2022 (In-Person) and June 3 – 14, 2022 (Online)
184 films, 53 countries

KOCHI-BASED DESIGNER WINS KASHISH 2022 POSTER CONTEST

South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival to be held June 1-5, 2022.
The winner for the KASHISH 2022 Wendell Rodricks Poster Design Contest for the 13th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film …

BE A PART OF KASHISH 2022!

Calling out to young and enthusiastic folx to join the Festival Team and Volunteers for the 13th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival- South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival.

(Categorywise)

Total number of Programmed Films 184
Total number of Participating Countries 53
Total nominations in Competition Categories 45

(Countrywise)

Total number of Programmed Films 184
Total number of Participating Countries 53
Total nominations in Competition Categories 45

SCREENING SCHEDULE– LIBERTY CINEMA

You can download the KASHISH 2022 Catalog of the Physical Festival :
https://mumbaiqueerfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/KASHISH2022-Catalog-Physical-Festival.pdf
KASHISH 2022 SCREENING SCHEDULE – Liberty Cinema (June 1 – 5, 2022)

KASHISH 2022 ONLINE FESTIVAL

KASHISH 2022 Online Festival
June 3 – 12, 2022
at https://online.mumbaiqueerfest.com/
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– Everyday 4 or 5 Films/ Short Films Packages drop at 00.00 AM IST at the KASHISH 2022 Online Festival at this link https://online.mumbaiqueerfest.com/

KASHISH 2022 JURY

NARRATIVE JURY: Leena Yadav started her career as an editor on various ad films, corporate shows as well as television serials. She went on to direct films like Shabd, Teen Patti, Rajma Chawal and the critically acclaimed Parched which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won prestigious IMPACT AWARD at the Stockholm International Film Festival.

KASHISH 2022 AWARD WINNERS

The KASHISH 2022 AWARD WINNERS were announced at a glttering award ceremony on June 5th at Liberty Cinema. Below are the KASHISH 2022 AWARD WINNERS and the Special Jury Mentions in each category.
Best Narrative Feature
NAANU LADIES
by Shailaja Padindala

OPENING & CLOSING FILMS 2022

The Opening and Closing Films are bookends to the 4 ½ days of the festival and usually correlate to the theme of the festival. This year the theme is ‘Flights For Freedom’ and the opening film about a transwoman’s empowering journey is an apt fit to the theme …

CENTERPIECE FILMS 2022

The 2 Indian and 2 International Centerpiece Films – one each of narrative and documentary – represents not only a unique voice of an auteur, but presents a diverse point of view that is rarely seen, contextualizing today’s urgent narratives.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Thu, June 2, 2022, 7.45 PM
BADHAAI DO
Dir: Harshavardhan Kulkarni / 147 min / 2022 / India / Hindi / Narrative Feature.

Set in Dehradun, Shardul Thakur, a gay cop and Suman Singh, a lesbian physical education teacher agree to a lavender marriage only to put their respective families off their backs. This genius idea of marriage of convenience works like a charm, until things get complicated, and to hide one lie, they get embroiled into a hilarious web of lies.

NARRATIVE FEATURES 2022

Five Indian and International narrative features, with a runtime of 60 minutes and above, completed on or after January 1, 2021 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH 2022 will compete for the Best Narrative Feature Award with a cash prize of Rs. 30,000 supported by KASHISH Arts Foundation and a KASHISH Golden Butterfly Trophy.

NARRATIVE FEATURES (NON-COMPETITION) 2022

BETWEEN US
Dir: Jude Bauman / 97 min / 2022 / France / French / Narrative Feature
Elodie and Laetitia live in close love and dream of having a child. As Elodie discovers that she cannot get pregnant because of a health problem and encounters financial troubles, they decide to take a roommate.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES 2022

Five International documentary features, with a runtime of 60 minutes and above, completed on or after January 1, 2021 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH 2022 will compete for the Best Documentary Feature Award with a

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES (Non-Competition) 2022

BEING BEBE
Dir: Emily Branham / 93 min / 2021 / USA, Cameroon / English, French / Documentary Feature / First Feature
Marshall Ngwa (a.k.a. renowned drag performer BeBe Zahara Benet) came to the United States from homophobic Cameroon with dreams of a better life, and became the first winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2009.

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS IN COMPETITION 2022

Six Indian and International documentary short films, with a runtime of under 60 minutes, completed on or after January 1, 2021 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH 2022 will compete for the Best Documentary Short Award with a cash prize of Rs. 15,000 supported by K.F.Patil Charitable Trust, and a KASHISH Golden Butterfly Trophy.

INDIAN NARRATIVE SHORTS IN COMPETITION 2022

Five Indian narrative short films, with a runtime of under 60 minutes, completed on or after January 1, 2021 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH 2022 will compete for the Best Indian Narrative Short Award with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 supported by Anticlock Films, and a KASHISH Golden Butterfly Trophy.

INDIAN NARRATIVE SHORTS(NON-COMPETITION) 2022

Thu, June 2, 2022 | 5.45 PM
Liberty Cinema
MUMU SHELLEY
Dir: Batul Mukhtiar / 50 min / 2021 / Featurette / India / English
On a promising evening Shelley, a young, small-town lesbian with a blinding fascination for the ‘cool’ American life; unexpectedly gets stuck with a middle-aged, neurotic home-maker Mumu, her lover’s older cousin.

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORTS 2022

Ten International narrative short films, with a runtime of under 60 minutes, completed on or after January 1, 2021 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH 2022 will compete for the Best International Narrative Short Award with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 supported by GagaOoLala, and a KASHISH Golden Butterfly Trophy.

STUDENT SHORTS 2022

Eight short films made by film & media school Students, with a runtime of under 60 minutes, completed on or after January 1, 2021 and having their Mumbai Premiere at KASHISH 2022 will compete for the Best Student Short Award with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 supported by Whistling Woods International, and a KASHISH Golden Butterfly Trophy.

Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker

Instituted in memory of late filmmaker Riyad Wadia, who made India’s first gay film BOMgAY, Riyad Wadia Award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker is an attempt by KASHISH to recognize and nurture emerging Indian voices. Indian narrative and documentary short films with LGBTQ+ themes that are the filmmaker’s first or second film completed after January 1, 2021 compete for this award which carries a Golden Butterfly trophy and Rs.25,000 cash award sponsored by Wadia Movietone – one of the pioneering Indian production companies established in 1933.