KASHISH 2021 Narrative Features (out of competition) 

A PERFECTLY NORMAL FAMILY
Dir: Malou Reymann / 97 min / Denmark

Emma (11) has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had, while accepting that everything has changed.

Screening supported by the Danish Cultural Institute in India.

A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET
Dir: Nicolás Teté / 100 min / Argentina

Amidst an existential crisis and after his traumatic coming out, Manuel has to go back to his hometown for a family meeting.

Born in an Iranian traditional family, Kaveh – aka Kimia- walks in disguise as a women. In order to operate gender reassignment surgery to become a women, he needs his/her father’s approval. But his/her father won’t give consent for surgery because of extreme fanatic beliefs; She has to do all it takes to operate the surgery and put an end to his/her suffering.

BOY MEETS BOY
Dir: Daniel Sanchez Lopez / 75 min / Germany

Harry has been partying for 48 hours when he meets Johannes on the dance floor of a club in Berlin. With 15 hours until his flight home, Johannes offers to help him print his boarding pass. This mundane task leads to a day together wandering the city. The contrasts in their lives and values force each one to confront their own truths. Boys Meet Boys is a feature length of a brief encounter: the mark left by a fleeting moment of joy.

BREAKING FAST
Dir: Mike Mosallam / 92 min / USA

Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.

BRIHONNOLA
Dir: Dibyadoot Roy Chowdhury / 113 min / India

After her birth, Mahi starts to realize her father’s grievances on her mother every day because of giving birth to her. She gets confused about her identity, whether she is a girl or a boy. Later, after losing her parent, Mahi finds herself engulfed in a dark societal reality, and becomes a victim of human trafficking. Somehow she lands in an akhada, where she meets Shimli, another victim of reality. Down the line in her path of life, Mahi discovers a baby girl and realizes the feeling of a mother from within. But destiny is cruel. It has planned something else for her.

CICADA
Dir: Matthew Fifer / 94 min / USA

After a string of unsuccessful and awkward encounters with women, Ben goes “back on the dick.” CICADA follows Ben, a young bisexual man, as he comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben’s past crawls to the surface.

LOVE, SPELLS AND ALL THAT
Dir: Ümit Ünal / 96 min / Turkey

After not having seen each other for 20 years, two women are reunited on the small Turkish island where, as teenagers, they first fell in love. What is the mysterious force that binds them together after all this time? And what can they do about it?

NOWHERE
Dirs: David Salazar, Francisco Salazar/ 87 min / Colombia

Facing immigration issues, a couple must confront fears of rejection or risk losing each other.

RED YELLOW PINK
Dir: Jolanta Warpechowski / 89 min / Austria

“Red Yellow Pink” tells the story of a son and his mother. He: homosexual. She: strictly Roman Catholic. Two different worlds – a conflict is starting. Can love overcome all prejudices? A film against discrimination. A movie for acceptance.

THE TEACHER (Argentina)
Dirs: Julian Dabien, Cristina Tamagnini / 70 min / Argentina

Natalio is a passionate village teacher. When Juani a friend comes to live in the town, the habitants confirm the rumors about his homosexuality. The parents of their students don´t approve of the teacher’s behavior with another man and harass the director so that Natalio does not continue in front of the classroom. Natalio must face the people and their surroundings.

THE TEACHER (Taiwan)
Dir: Ming Lang Chen / 92 min / Taiwan

When the 26-year-old Civics teacher, Kevin, openly voices his stance on marriage equality at school, he stirs up a storm. His being madly in love with an HIV positive man doesn’t sit well with all the people around him. When a rumour breaks out about his HIV status, he is forced to make choices no one should have to.