Unlock With Pride

Thu, Sept 2, PROG – 4

Reflecting the theme of KASHISH 2021, here are five short films of different genres, with one common message – no one has the right to mark the boundaries for anyone. All such boundaries must be erased and all such locks be opened, so that everyone is treated equal, and have the right to live with respect and pride.

PLAYER
Dir: Sabrina Duarte
6 min | 2019 | Brazil | Portuguese | Music Video

With a song on their lips and pride in their hearts, a trans-women choir sings in solidarity against the violence towards trans-women in Brazil. Featuring Brazilian trans rapper and multimedia artist Linn da Quebrada, this music video is a way to affirm the life of the trans- woman in all spaces.

BE REBORN (Renacer)
Dir: Agustín Domíngue
5 min | 2019 | Spain | Spanish | Narrative Short

A powerful monologue about women unlocking themselves, reaffirming that the closets are meant for clothes, not for them. Young or old, queer or non-queer they must reclaim their respect and pride.

BRAZIL’S FORBIDDEN SHIRT (A Camisa Proibida)
Dirs: Diego Mello, Igor França, João Pedro Castro, Rafael de Moura Machado
11 min| 2019 | Brazil | Portuguese | Documentary Short

Brazil is known as the football country, due to its passion for the game and its international success. But on a closer look one realizes how it is also filled with homophobia, excluding LGBTQ+ people from the game, from the stands, and in a curious way even excluding a number from the jerseys. Things are finally looking up – hats off to the LGBTQ+ footballers for holding their ground.

MAKING SAMANTHA
Dirs: T Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper
11 min | 2020 | USA | English | Documentary Short

I Am Samantha by singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer, was inspired by his friend, Samantha Williams. 27 trans actors come together to make the music video, and to tell the story of the universal human journey to find identity, acceptance and love.

EAT THE RAINBOW
Dir: Brian Benson
20 min | 2019 | USA | English | Musical Short

A musical fable about an odd yet kind man named Bayani (H.P. Mendoza) who moves into a conservative suburban neighborhood and disrupts the otherwise comfortable homogeny. He doesn’t look or act like anyone else, which causes fear and panic and eventually a demand for him to leave the neighborhood. Cousin Wonderlette befriends Bayani and together they take on the opposition led by manipulative and unscrupulous realtor Lobelia Gerber.