KASHISH Initiatives
KASHISH has various initiatives to keep the mainstream engaged in the conversation around LGBTQ issues through the year using the medium of films.
Best of KASHISH
Best of KASHISH film screenings are organized across India at film festivals, events and as part of Pride celebrations in various cities. Short films and documentaries that have won awards or were audience favourites in the previous edition, are programmed at these events to offer a glimpse of the Best of KASHISH.
KASHISH Global
With a view to provide a platform for Indian filmmakers who make films on queer themes, KASHISH facilitates screenings of Indian LGBTQ films at various festivals, universities and cities across the world. KASHISH has developed close collaboration with more than 70 international film festivals around the world.
KASHISH Chalchitra Utsav
A day long film festival showcasing the best Regional language LGBTQ films from across India. This initiative was launched in January 2018 as part of Mumbai Pride events and was held in 2019 and 2020.
KASHISH Forward
India’s first traveling campus queer film festival – is a series of one-day festivals that would travel to campuses across India, aiming to reach out and create awareness about issues of the LGBTQ community. The objective is to create an atmosphere of acceptance for queer students who would be grappling with issues of coming out in sometimes hostile environments.
The festival will also reach out to straight allies, faculty members so that a discussion around LGBT issues can be kick-started. KASHISH Forward has held close to 50 screenings at colleges and universities in Metros as well as Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities across India.
KASHISH Rendezvous
Considering the need for conversations around LGBTQ, KASHISH Rendezvous is a one-and-a-half hour customized program of films and discussions for Corporates.
The films and discussions will be a window into the broad spectrum of the lives of LGBTQ colleagues. Besides sensitizing the audience to the issues of LGBTQ community, it will show that their lives are no different from their own.
To organize a screening at your college, office, city or event, write to us at: partners.kashish@gmail.com
