KASHISH 2023 INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORTS IN COMPETITION
KASHISH 2023 is excited to present 10 International Narrative Short Films in Competition from Peru, Portugal, USA, Ireland, UK, Iran, Chile, Finland, Netherlands and Jordan!
The Best International Narrative Short Award carries a KASHISH Golden Butterfly Trophy and a cash prize of Rs.25,000 sponsored by the GagaOoLala.
All the films in all this category are also eligible to compete for the Best Performance in a Lead Role with a cash prize of Rs.25,000 supported by actor Ms.Renuka Shahane; as well as compete for the Best Screenplay Award with a cash prize of Rs.20,000 instituted in the memory of distinguished Marathi scholar and writer Dr. Arvind Vaman Kulkarni, supported by his son, actor Mr.Abhay Kulkarni.
International Narrative Shorts Comp 1
ALONE (Sola)
Dir: Séneca Claudia Dávalos
15 min / Peru / Quechua, Spanish
After showing herself as she is, Luisa, who’s dedicated to crest traditional Andean textiles, is rejected by her nephew and her whole town. This leads to a series of events that will make her choose between recovering the only family bond she’s got left or choose herself in the process.
AN AVOCADO PIT
Dir: Ary Zara
20 min / Portugal / Portuguese
Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition. An empowering story, free from violence and filled with light and hope for the better days yet to come.
HONEY & MILK
Dir: Dash Donato
14 min / USA / English
As their 13-year relationship ends, Grayson and Alice spend a final weekend together to mourn, celebrate, and dismantle their domestic life before Grayson embarks on a journey of gender expansion.
LAMBING
Dir: Katie McNeice
18 min / Ireland / English
A young dad in rural Ireland must face his anxiety around gender and bullying when his baby is born intersex. In modern-day rural Ireland, David meditates on his own childhood the day before his son is born. He is so haunted by his father bullying him for being weak and effeminate on the family farm that he now doubts his own abilities as a father.
OUR MALES AND FEMALES
Dir: Ahmad Alyaseer
11 min / Jordan / Arabic
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter. Shrouding is an Islamic religious practice that is deemed obligatory to carry out upon death. But when no one agrees to wash her and shame falls onto the family, how far is the father willing to go to make sure his “son” is washed?
International Narrative Shorts Comp 2
THE MELTING CREATURES (Les créatures qui fondent au soleil)
Dir: Diego Céspedes
17 min / Chile, France / Spanish
Nataly, a trans woman, is visiting her former lover Leon with her daughter Secreto in a mysterious reclusive community hiding from the Sun. These reunions will bring back the memory of a toxic and abusive relationship to Nataly.
SERVICE (Palvelus)
Dir: Mikko Makela
15 min / Finland / Finnish
On furlough from his military service, Niko pays his estranged father a visit. Can old wounds heal? Service (Palvelus) examines the Finnish institution of compulsory military service and its links to ideas of masculinity, from a queer perspective.
TOO ROUGH
Dir: Sean Lìonadh
15 min / UK / English
After a night of intoxication, a hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own homophobic and dysfunctional family.
SUITE NIGHT
Dir: Mahtab Pishghadam
14 min / Iran / Persian
Suite Night is based on a true story. A young woman is desperately attempting to help a loved one abandoned by everyone else.
REQUIRED READING
Dir: Iniyavan Elumalai
16 min / Netherlands / Dutch, English, Spanish
A cis, straight-identifying male and a non-binary person fall in love. Will they find the courage to be honest with both themselves and the world?
