KASHISH 2022
Event: 13th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival or KASHISH 2022
Dates: June 1 – 5, 2022 (In-Person) and June 3 – 14, 2022 (Online)
Venue: Liberty Cinema & Alliance Francaise de Bombay (In-Person) and Shift 72 (Online)
Theme: ‘Flights For Freedom’
No. of films/countries: 184 films from 53 countries
No. of Indian films: 42 films
Total Cash Awards: Rs 7,75,000 (US$ 9,435)
Narrative Jury: Hardik Mehta, Leena Yadav & Sameera Iyengar
Documentary Jury: Anjali Panjabi, Priti Chandriani & Ramanuj Dutta
Students Shorts Jury: Anupam Barve, Prathush Parasuraman & Raga D’Silva
Riyad Wadia Award Jury: Nargis Wadia & Roy Wadia
KASHISH QDrishti Jury: Alankrita Srivastava, Apurva Asrani, Chhitra Subramaniam, Neeraj Churi, Nupur Asthana
Winners:
Best Narrative Feature: Naanu Ladies – Shailaja Padindala | India
Best Documentary Feature: La Queenciañera – Pedro Piera | Mexico, USA
Best Documentary Short: Beirut Dreams In Colour – Michael Collins | Lebanon, USA
Best International Narrative Short: Warsha – Dania Bdeir | Lebanon
Best Indian Narrative Short: Muhafiz – Pradipta Ray | India
Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Nemil Shah for Dal Bhat
Best Performance in a Lead Role: Yu Ishizuka for The Fish With One Sleeve | Japan
Best Student Short Film: The Third Solar Term – Zhanfei Song | China, UK
Best Screenplay: Muhafiz written by Pradipta Ray and Ashutosh Pathak | India
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant: Arvind Caulagi for Taps and Preeti Kanungo for Malwa-Kushan
Special Mentions:
Wet Sand – Elene Naveriani | Georgia, Switzerland (Narrative Feature); Coming To You – Gyuri Byun | South Korea (Documentary Feature); Marcella – Gastón Calivari | Argentina (Documentary Short); Dal Bhat – Nemil Shah | India (Indian Narrative Short); Breathe – Harm van der Sanden | Netherlands and The Fish With One Sleeve – Tsuyoshi Shôji | Japan (International Narrative Shorts); Mazel Tov – Eli Zuzovsky | Israel (Student Shorts) and Sagar Minde for Her Canvas | India & Anureet Watta for Kinaara | India (Riyad Wadia Award)
Best Poster Design: Sreejith Mohan (Kochi, India)
Festival Catalog:
https://issuu.com/kashish/docs/kashish_2022_catalog
