KASHISH 2023
Dates: June 7 – 11, 2023 (In-Person) and June 16 – 25, 2023 (Online)
Venue: Liberty Cinema & Alliance Française de Bombay and Xerb.tv (Online)
Theme: ‘Be Fluid, Be You!’
No. of films/countries: 127 films from 45 countries
No. of Indian films: 28 films
Total Cash Awards: Rs 6,50,000 (US$ 7800)
Narrative Jury: Lillete Dubey, Anup Soni & Jitin Hingorani
Documentary Jury: Nandan Saxena, Aanchal Kapur & Shanti Bhushan Roy
Students Shorts Jury: ARucha Pathak, Atika Chohan & Samarth Mahajan
Riyad Wadia Award Jury: Nargis Wadia & Roy Wadia
Ismat Chugtai Award Jury: Ashish Sawhny
KASHISH QDrishti Jury: Aditi Anand, Cary Sawhney, Kaizaad Kotwal & Neeraj Churi
Winners:
Best Narrative Feature: Lie With Me – Olivier Peyon | France
Best Documentary Feature: Mama Bears – Daresha Kyi | USA
Best Documentary Short: What it Means To Be – Lea Luiz de Oliveira | UK
Best International Narrative Short: An Avocado Pit – Ary Zara | Portugal
Best Indian Narrative Short: Shurpankha – Jayesh Apte | India
Riyad Wadia Award For Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker: Preeti Kanungo and Sourav Yadav for Malwa Khushan | India
Ismat Chughtai Award For Best Indian Woman Filmmaker: Akanksha Sharma for Road Blocked Ahead | India
Best Performance in a Lead Role: Kika Sena for Paloma | Brazil
Best Student Short Film: Jouissance – Sadeq Es-haqi | Iran
Best Screenplay: Olivier Peyon for Lie With Me | France
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant: Abu Sohel Khondekar for Mehroon
Special Mentions:
Ek Jagah Apni – Ektara Collective | India (Narrative Feature)
Law of Love – Barbora Chalupová | Czech Republic (Documentary Feature)
Bi The Way – Amir Ovadia Steklov | Israel (Documentary Short)
Our Males & Females – Ahmad Alyaseer | Jordan (International Narrative Short)
Preeti Kanungo for Malwa Khushan | India (Ismat Chughtai Award for Best Indian Woman Filmmaker)
Rahul Roye (Aman) and Ashutosh Shankar (Tara) | India (KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant)
Best Poster Design: Tanishka Jain (Mumbai, India)
https://issuu.com/kashish/docs/kashish_2023_festival_catalog
