KASHISH 2021 Centerpiece Films

WALK WITH ME
Dir: Isabel del Rosal / 112 min / USA

As she braves life after divorce, a young mother must challenge herself to take some personal risks after finding love in an unexpected place.

Life drifts by for gay corporate lawyer Marius, his time spent teasing friends and chasing young lovers. One day, Marius’ estranged father dies. Mourning turns to love as the lawyer finds an unanticipated connection with a sex-cam worker Ali – a Syrian refugee stuck in Belgrade.

Documentary Centerpiece

This feature-length documentary takes viewers inside the David-versus-Goliath struggle that led the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental illnesses in 1973. Viewers meet the key players who achieved this victory, along with allies and opponents within the APA. The film illuminates the strategy and tactics that led to this pivotal yet largely unknown moment. Indeed, following the Stonewall uprising of 1969, the campaign that culminated in the APA’s decision marks the first major step on the path to first-class citizenship for LGBTQ Americans.

ALL TOGETHER
Dir: Marco Simon Puccioni / 83 min / Italy

The intimate dialogue between two fathers who trace back the last four years of the growth of their twins. They remember how their children coped with, in different ages, living in a family with two fathers, answering their companions’ questions about the mother or playing on names and roles. They seek, among different sensitivities, the names to be given to people of extended families created with assisted procreation techniques.