KASHISH 2023 Centerpiece films
KASHISH every year programs 4 unique and outstanding films which are in a sense clutter-breakers, offering a unique perspective into LGBTQ+ lives of that region either in the documentary or narrative format.
KASHISH 20223 is proud to present the following four centerpiece films from India, USA, Lebanon and Panama.
INDIAN NARRATIVE CENTERPIECE
SATYA – THE TRUTH
Dir: Rupjyoti Borthakur
112 min / India / Assamese
Satya, a smart, educated & cultured small-town young man falls in love with a reputed, matured businessman Amar, in the city of Guwahati in Assam. Assamese society being conservative, Satya’s family is against this relationship. Even Amar buckled under social pressure and deserts Satya, who is devastated. He can only find solace in some of his family members and his childhood friend Samir.
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE CENTERPIECE
CRISSY JUDY
Dir: Todd Flaherty
96 min / USA / English
Everybody has that one friend who can’t get their act together, but you can’t help but love them to pieces anyway. For thirty-something Chrissy, that’s his bestie, Judy, an endearing but perpetually messy ride-or-die who’s always got more than a few cocktails in the tank. After hustling for years together in the New York City bar scene, Judy is convinced that this is the summer their two-queen drag act will finally get its big break. That is, until Chrissy’s priorities suddenly shift, forcing a disillusioned Judy to closely examine his trajectory as a queer artist, and rediscover his true self in the process.
ASIAN DOCUMENTARY CENTERPIECE
MIGUEL’S WAR (Aanaf Hob أعنف حب)
Dir: Eliane Raheb
128 min / Lebanon, Spain / Arabic, English, French, Spanish
For 37 years, Miguel has been living as an exiled gay in Spain and has become a successful conference interpreter. It is only now that he is willing to return to his native country Lebanon and confront his traumatic past, maybe he could finally find some emotional balance and love.
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CENTERPIECE
WIGUDUN
Dir: Fernando Muñoz, Raphael Salazar
96 min / Panama / Other, Spanish
As the colonial chronicles of the 15th and 17th centuries collect, several indigenous peoples of America considered that gender was not binary, male and female, on the contrary, diversity was the rule. In Panama, the Guna People identify Omeggid people as a third gender, which implies much more than a sexual orientation or erotic preference. This film brings together 4 protagonists in their intimacy, such as mothers, couples, professionals and leaders of the wigudum movement. They define themselves as a separate group and their claims are particular to their group. They want visibility, their struggle is uphill, they are indigenous, they are trans, they are ommegids. Discriminated inside and outside their community.
