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KASHISH 2023 to highlight LGBTQ+ stories from Asia
A panel discussion ‘LGBTQ+ Rights in Asian Countries – Nepal, Singapore, Lebanon & India’ to be held on June 9th at Liberty Cinema with international speakers.
Corporates celebrate June Pride Month with KASHISH
Corporates celebrate June Pride Month with KASHISHSouth Asia’s biggest LGBTQ+ film festival will be supported by many corporate houses, consulates and organizations. The 14th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ+ film...
R𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑!
R𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑!WELCOME TO KASHISH 2023 : South Asia's biggest LGBTQ+ Film Festival! 14th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival will be held June 7 - 11, 2023 at Liberty Cinema,...
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant 2023 to offer Rs.3,50,000 cash grants
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant 2023 to offer Rs.3,50,000 cash grants5 shortlisted LGBTQ+ filmmakers to pitch at a live event at KASHISH 2023 in June In its 8th year now, the path-breaking KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant, which has already facilitated production of 8 LGBTQ+...
Student designer from Mumbai wins KASHISH 2023 poster contest
Student designer from Mumbai wins KASHISH 2023 poster contestSouth Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival to be held June 7-11, 2023The winner for the KASHISH 2023 Wendell Rodricks Poster Design Contest for the 14th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival was...
KASHISH 2023 Theme Announced : Be Fluid, Be You!
The 14th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia's biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, will be celebrated in-person at Liberty Cinema from June 7th to June 11th 2023, with an online festival in the following week.
𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞
𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 - 𝐁𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝, 𝐁𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮! Film Submissions to #KASHISH2023 is open now. https://filmfreeway.com/KASHISH2023 If you have a feature film, documentary or short film that is predominantly centered around LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,...
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant to support to 3 LGBTQ+ films
Jury picks gay, lesbian and transgender focused films that is diverse and rooted in real-life experiences.
KASHISH launches its own LGBTQ+ OTT platform
KASHISH launches its own LGBTQ+ OTT platform45 Indian LGBTQ+ films available on the pay-per-view platform KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival has been at the forefront of Indian LGBTQ+ film space since it was founded in 2010. Now taking a step further to...
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant 2022 ups its film grant to Rs.2,50,000
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant offers production grants and mentoring to a LGBTQIA+ filmmakers to make their queer short films
KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant offers production grants and mentoring to a LGBTQIA+ filmmakers to make their queer short films
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What People Say
To watch my movies with an audience in Mumbai was a very emotional experience and more overwhelming than I had expected. I have been to a lot of queer film festivals around the world and they can learn something from the way KASHISH is organized. It is wonderful.
KASHISH is the only mainstream queer film festival in India. By mainstream I mean where the films are screened at multiplexes and not in some institution or club. This is very significant as it brings lgbt films across the world to the community and audience in general so that there is not only more exposure to queer stories but it also in the longer run spreads awareness and acceptance.
It was a great time meeting local filmmakers, tasting some authentic food and generally understanding more about being LGBT in India. I’ve always believed that we live in a global village where most experiences are shared – but I also like diversity, that’s what I enjoyed during my time at KASHISH.
KASHISH is at the forefront of that change and is doing so much to change minds and hearts among the wider public, and to strengthen and nurture the LGBT community’s own perceptions of itself in terms of dignity and humanity.
KASHISH is the need of our times when a community gets represented through performing arts. Gay rights cannot only be won in the courtroom but it has to win hearts and minds of the people. Cinema is a powerful medium to achieve that and KASHISH has been doing that since 2010.
Film Festivals such as KASHISH must be protected and nurtured. Because it is a niche within the niche of film festivals. I am happy to be part of the jury of a festival of cinema that celebrates diversity and makes spaces for difference.
