KASHISH 2023 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES IN COMPETITION
KASHISH 2023 is excited to present 5 Documentary Feature Films in Competition from Singapore, Brazil, USA and Czech Republic!
The K.F.Patil Unity in Diversity Best Documentary Feature Award carries a KASHISH Golden Butterfly Trophy and a cash prize of Rs.30,000 supported by K.F.Patil Charitable Trust.
BABY QUEEN
Dir: Yuan Bin Lei
61 min / Singapore / English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese
Baby Queen illuminates the struggles and joys of becoming who you want to be, and what it means to carve out a safe space in a society that is at times cruel to those who are different. Candid and clear-eyed in its portrait of queer life, the film celebrates radical self-acceptance as a personal yet deeply political act.
IT´S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE FIGHT FOR OUR LOVE
Dir: Luis Carlos de Alencar
104 / Argentina, Brazil, United States / English, Portuguese, Spanish
This documentary recounts the unprecedented stories of persecution and violence with which the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship acted against the LGBT population and how this same group constituted its resistance, transforming itself into fundamental subjects of the redemocratization process. The coup of 64 did not introduce this prejudice, but, during that period, the LGBT population was considered an enemy of the traditional family, morality and good behavior.
ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY
Dir: Jean Carlomusto
92 / USA / English
Drawn to the drag scene as a student in the 1950s and identifying as both butch lesbian and between genders, Esther Newton has spent seven decades writing about and forging queer communities; and her 1972 book ‘Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America’ is noted as the first rigorous academic/anthropological study of queer community in modern history. ENMMG is a rare look at queer history and gender studies through a living lesbian icon, encompassing amazing archival footage peppered with Esther’s other passion….dog training poodles!
MAMA BEARS
Dir: Daresha Kyi
90 min / USA / English
Did you know there are more than 32,000 mothers in America, many from conservative, Christian backgrounds, who fully accept their LGBTQ+ children? They call themselves “mama bears” because while their love is warm and fuzzy, they fight ferociously to make the world kinder and safer for all LGBTQ+ people. MAMA BEARS explores this growing movement through the lives of three diverse mothers and their LGBT+ offspring.
THE LAW OF LOVE
Dir: Barbora Chalupová
89 min / Czech Republic / Czech
It looks like the Czech society is LGBT+ friendly. But when it comes to legalizing marriage, ignorance and hatred suddenly appear. Czeslaw, and his companions run a campaign to show that the fight for LGBT+ rights in Europe is not over.
