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Kochi-based designer wins KASHISH 2022 poster contest
Kochi-based designer wins KASHISH 2022 poster contest South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival to be held June 1-5, 2022 The winner for the KASHISH 2022 Wendell Rodricks Poster Design Contest for the 13th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival was...
KASHISH 2022 : Call for submissions to Wendell Rodricks International Poster Design Contest Open
KASHISH 2022 : Call for submissions to Wendell Rodricks International Poster Design Contest Open The 13th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia's biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, will be celebrated online from June 1st 2022 to...
Film Submissions for KASHISH 2022 Open Now
Film Submissions for KASHISH 2022 Open NowKASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival announces its 13th edition #KASHISH2022 from June 1st to June 5th as a hybrid event (online and on-ground). The festival theme is 𝙁𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢, underling the contemporary...
Assamese story about a Transman wins the Rs.2 lac KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant 2021
The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, concluded on September 5th after 23 day long events, with 12 days of film screenings and other days packed with panel discussions and filmmaker Q&As.
KASHISH 2021 Award Winners
The Chilean film Forgotten Roads (by Nicol Ruiz) won the Best Narrative Feature film, the Argentinian film Canela (by Cecilia del Valle) won the Best Documentary film, and young Brazilian trans actress Maria Eduardo Mia won the Best Performance in a Lead Role
Corporate house and Consulates support KASHISH 2021
South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival is organizing its 12th edition from August 19th to September 5th.
The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, opened online on August 19th and will continue till September 5th spread over 12 days of weekend screenings and weekday panel discussions and filmmaker Q&As.
Indian LGBTQ+ short films shine at KASHISH 2021
South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival in its closing weekend. The 12th edition of KAHSISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, continues its virtual journey into its third weekend, titled Pride Weekend. The festival is screening 221 films from 53 countries, out of which 24 are Indian LGBTQIA+ films.
Mira Nair to speak at KASHISH 2021 Panel
Mira Nair to speak at KASHISH 2021 PanelPanel Discussion ‘Books To Screen – Lost & Found in Translation’ to be streamed online on August 24th.Academy-Award nominated director Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake) will be a speaker at a panel...
KASHISH 2021 to kick off in grand style with a virtual Opening Ceremony
KASHISH 2021 to kick off in grand style with a virtual Opening CeremonyRenil Abraham to host the event, featuring performances by LGBTQIA+ community members & alliesThe 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest...
Ritesh Batra and Gauri Shinde join KASHISH 2021 Jury
A 12 member jury comprising of National Award winning filmmakers, curators & cinematographer to judge 9 award categories at KASHISH 2021. The 12th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival which is being organized online this year from August 19th to September 5th 2021, spread over 3 weekends will screen 221 LGBTQIA+ films from 53 countries.
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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.
