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KASHISH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is happy to announce the new KASHISH Advisory Board. We look forward to their guidance and support for the next three years.
KASHISH 2020 WILL GO VIRTUAL
First major film festival in India to go online completely with a full-festival lineup of new LGBTQIA+ films from across the world.
WENDELL RODRICKS PICKS KASHISH 2020 POSTER CONTEST WINNER
The much awaited results of the KASHISH 2020 International Poster design Contest is out! Top fashion designer Wendell Rodricks picked the winning design by UK based designer Joyston Moreira, who will receive a cash award of Rs.25,000 sponsored by Wendell Rodricks as well as a trophy.
BEST OF KASHISH AT KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL
Organized by KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival as part of Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.
KASHISH 2020 : CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival invites you to submit your LGBTQIA+ themed films to the 11th Anniversary edition of the festival which will be held from May 20-24, 2020 in Mumbai.
REACHING OUT WITH THE POWER OF CINEMA
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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.