KASHISH 2012: Call for film submissions

We are back with a bang! India’s Biggest Queer Film Festival returns for its third edition in 2012. Submissions are now open for all categories, including for the competition section. Filmmakers from India and across the world can submit features, documentaries and short films that highlight/focus on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer themes and expressions.

KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the first and only gay & lesbian film festival in India to be held in a mainstream theatre and the only queer festival to receive clearance from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

KASHISH 2012 will be held in Mumbai from May 23-27, 2012 simultaneously at two venues - a mainstream multiplex theatre and at Alliance Francaise de Bombay. The festival is organized by Solaris Pictures and Bombay Dost in association with The Humsafar Trust.

While the landmark first edition was held at PVR Cinemas, Juhu, from April 22-25, 2010 and screened 110 films from 25 countries, the second edition was held at Cinemax, Versova between May 25-29, 2011 and proved to bigger, bolder and queerer. Both the years, the festival was held simultaneously in South Mumbai at Alliance Francaise de Bombay.

The second edition in 2011 screened 124 films from 23 countries over five days and had 67.5% capacity turnout with about 6225 audience footfalls. Seven films were awarded with the KASHISH 2011 trophies. The guests featured A-list Bollywood actors and actresses, eminent filmmakers and critics, young filmmakers and actors as well as four international filmmakers - Q.Allan Brocka (USA), Rikki Beadle-Blair (UK), Georgette Okey (UK) and John Badalu (Indonesia).

LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION: JANUARY 15, 2012 

Rules for submission:

·        Filmmakers from India and across the world can submit features, documentaries and short films that highlight/focus on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer themes and expressions.

·        There is no SUBMISSION FEE to submit the film. Also the festival does not pay Screening Fee since it believes in investing all its resources in showcasing the films to the best possible extent.

·        All films, including those in the English language, SHOULD be subtitled in English.

·        The festival has both competitive and non-competitive sections.

·        Only films completed after January 1, 2009 can be submitted. Only films completed after January 1, 2011 will be eligible for Competition.

·        LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION: JANUARY 15, 2012 (postmarked).

·        The festival encourages you to apply early since previews begin mid November.

How to submit your film?

This year we have tried to move into a paperless submission process. Please fill out the KASHISH 2012 ONLINE FILM SUBMISSION FORM at the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KASHISH2012-FILMSUBMISSION

After filling out the form, you will be advised where to send the DVD or Digital file of your film. We look forward to receiving your film and participation with your film in KASHISH 2012.

For information about the festival, please visit official website http://mumbaiqueerfest.com  or official blog http://kashishmiqff.blogspot.com.

For inquiries email us at: kashish.miqff@gmail.com

KASHISH 2011 FESTIVAL CATALOG

CHECK OUT THE KASHISH 2011 FESTIVAL CATALOG ONLINE

http://issuu.com/kashish/docs/kashish_festival_web 

 

You can also Download Festival Catalog pdf here 

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KASHISH 2011 - SCHEDULE

CINEMAX VERSOVA - SCREEN 1

          
             Cinemax May 25, 26         Cinemax May 27              

 

          

         Cinemax May 28          Cinemax May 29

 

      

        

          

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE BOMBAY

     
           Alliance May 26          Alliance May 27

         Alliance May 28

        

                     

Please click HERE to download FULL SCHEDULE

KASHISH 2011 - FILM LINE UP

INDIA'S BIGGEST QUEER FILM FESTIVAL announces its FILM LINE UP

124 ffilms  /  23 countries

This year the KASHISH received 202 films from all over the world.

Out of which 124 films are short-listed to screen in this year’s edition.

Out of these short-listed films, 34 films are in competition which will be judged by a panel of eminent filmmakers, actors, and critic. While the names for this year’s Jury members will soon be announced, the list for this year’s short-listed films as well as the films in various competition categories is below.

Have you registerd yet? If not, please download the form at http://mumabiqueerfest.com/and ensure your delegate badge.   

KASHISH 2011 FILM LINE-UP

Argentina

Let The World Know About Me - dir: Mariana Giordano 2010 /14’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

Plan B - dir: Marco Berger/ 2009 / 103’ 00”

Australia

Duck Soup - dir: Kathryn Goldie / 2007 / 3’ 36”

Healing Waters - dir: Nickolas Bird / 2011 / 8’ 35”

Honeypot - dir: Julien Leyre / 2010 / 5’ 32” / International Short Fiction Competition*   

Projecting The Body - dir: Walter Mclntosh / 2008 / 55' 00''

Unmade - dir: Nick Atkins/Katie Amos/Patrick McCoy / 2010 / 12’ 00”

Belgium

Live A Bit Longer - dir: David Lambert  / 2009 / 17’ 00”

Brazil

After Lunch - dir: Rodrigo Diaz Diaz / 2010 / 13’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

Five Minutes - dir: Ricky Mastro / 2008 /10’ 00”

From Beginning To End - dir: Aluisio Abranches / 2010 / 94’ 00” / Narrative Feature Competition

Professor Godoy - dir: Gui Ashcar / 2009 / 14’ 00”

The Strongest : dir: Ricky Mastro / 2009 / 15’ 00”

Canada

Confession - dir: Abby Lambert / 2009 / 1’ 56”

New Skin - dir: Bretten Hannam / 2008 / 19’ 00”

France

Birth (2) - dir: Antony Hickling / 2010 / 7’ 43”

The Bisexual Revolution - dir: Laure Michel/Eric Wastiaux / 2010 / 58’ 00”

Germany

Cakes And Sand - dir: Christoph Scheermann / 2010 / 15’ 42”

Fresh Air Therapy - dir: Christoph Scheermann / 2010 / 6’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition*

Hermann - dir: Hana Geissendorfer / 2010 / 26’ 00”

India

Amen - dir: Ranadeep Bhattacharyya/Judhajit Bagchi / 2010 / 24’ 00” / Indian Short Fiction Competition

Challenge - dir: Pavan/Kiran/Christy_2010_4’30”  

Creatures - dir: B.Ilangovan / 2010 / 29’ 00” / Documentary Short Competition

Credit - dir: Ankit Pahwa / 2010 / 27’ 00”

Diaries Of Transformation - dir: Anirban Ghosh / 2010 / 70’ 00”

Festival Of Love - dir: Gayathri/Bharathi/Rajesh / 2010 / 9’ 10” / Indian Short Fiction Competition*

The Flower Bud - dir: Shumona Banerjee / 2010 / 10’ 31” / Indian Short Fiction Competition*

I Am - dir:  Onir / 2010 / 80’ 00” / Narrative Feature Competition

I Am A Woman Too - dir: V. Ramanathan / 2009 / 10’00” *

In The Closet - dir: Mathew Menacherry/Miriam Chandy Menacherry / 2010 / 5’38” / Indian Short Fiction Competition*

Let There be Light - dir: Som / 2010 / 18’ 00” 

A Little Less Something - dir: Siddharth K. S. / 2010 / 47’ 00” / Indian Short Fiction Competition

More Than A Friend - dir: Debalina Majumder / 2010 / 35’ 06” / Documentary Short Competition

On The Prowl - dir: Henry/Charan/Sandeep / 2010 / 4’ 18” / Indian Short Fiction Competition

Oo! Fxxx!! - dir: Lokiish Tod / 2010 / 8’ 00” / Indian Short Fiction Competition

Through Our Viewfinder - dir: Jasmine K Roy/Avinash Roy / 2010 / 28’ 00”

The Truth - dir:  Faraz Haider / 2009 / 20’ 58”

Umang_Honney Singh/Romeey_2010_100’00”

India/USA

I Am - dir: Sonali Gulati / 2011 / 71’ 00” / Documentary Feature Competition

Family In Frame - dir: Neelu Bhuman / 2010 / 7’ 00” / Documentary Short Competition

Indonesia

Boy Crush - dir:  Sigi Wimala / 2009 / 12’ 00”

The Clown And The Bride - dir:  Billy Christian / 2009 / 27’ 00”

The Game Kiss - dir: Paul Agusta / 2010 / 8’ 00”

Indonesia/Australia

Hypocrite - dir:  Dirgayuza Setiawan / 2010 / 14’ 00”

Israel

Deep Red - dir: Eddie Tapero / 2009 / 19’ 00”

Ishihara - dir:  Yoav Brill / 2010 / 6’ 04” / International Short Fiction Competition*

Play Was Over - dir: Dirgayuza Setiawan / 2010 / 14’ 00”

Shotgun - dir: Ronny Hirschmann / 2007 / 17’ 00”

Tryout - dir: Nimrod Rinot / 2007 / 16’ 00”

A Word - dir: Dirgayuza Setiawan / 2010 / 14’ 00” / nternational Short Fiction Competition

Israel/Germany

I Shot My Love - dir: Tomer Heymann / 2010 / 70’ 00” / Documentary Feature Competition

Italy / India

365 Without 377 - dir: Adele Tulli / 2011 / 55’ 00”

Nepal/USA

Other Nature - dir: Nani Sahra Walker / 2010 / 57’ 00”

Peru/Columbia/Germany/France

Undertow - dir: Javier Fuentes-León / 2009 / 100' 00"

Poland

Close - dir: Lucia Von Horn Pagano / 2008 / 8’ 12”

Russia

In The Theme - dir: Olga Popova / 2008 / 14’ 00”

Singapore

Masala Mama - dir: Michael Kam / 2010 / 9’ 00” *

Swing - dir: Leon Cheo / 2009 / 6’ 00”

Watching Pan - dir:  Ho Rui An / 2010 / 22’ 03”

Spain

Equals? - dir: Javier De la Torre / 2008 / 14’ 00” 

Sweden

Birthday - dir: Jenifer Malmqvist / 2010 / 18’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

Switzerland

510 Meters Above Sea Level - dir: Kerstin Polte / 2008 / 16’ 00”

Taiwan

The Best Is Yet to Come - dir: Eunice Wu / 2009 / 15’ 22”

UK

The Chef’s Letter - dir:  Sybil H. Mair / 2008 / 14’ 00”

Constable 027 - dir: Christopher Lee Ball / 2009 / 8’ 15”

Decoding Alan Turing - dir: Christopher Racster / 2008 / 17’ 00”

Fit - dir: Rikki Beddle-Blair / 2010 / 105’ 00”

Gently - dir: Rikki Beddle-Blair / 2009 / 15’ 00”

Kickoff - dir: Rikki Beddle-Blair / 2010 / 101’ 00”

Matchmaker - dir: Georgette Okey / 2010 / 9’ 00” *

Pictures Of Zain -dir: Faryal Velmi / 2010 / 17’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

USA

575 Castro Street - dir: Jenni Olson / 2008 / 7’ 00”

At Night I Was Beautiful - dir: Steven Wilsey / 2010 / 10’ 00” / Documentary Short Competition

Ajumma! Are You Krazy??? - dir: Brent Anbe / 2009 / 25’ 45”

The Back Room - dir: Greg Ivan Smith / 2008 / 16’ 13”

Bedfellows - dir: Pierre Stefanos / 2009 / 15’ 15”

Billy And Aaron - dir:  Rodney Evans / 2010 / 10’ 08”

Bloomington - dir:  Fernanda Cardoso / 2010 / 83’ 00” / Narrative Feature Competition

Blue Diary - dir:  Jenni Olson / 1997 / 7’ 00”

Blueprint - dir: Kirk Shannon-Butts / 2007 / 75’ 00”

Boy Culture - dir: Q. Allan Brocka / 2006 / 88’ 00”

Broken Hart - dir: Michael Allen Angel / 2009 / 25’ 14”

Bullied - dir: Bill Brummel/Geoffrey Sharp / 2010 / 40’ 00” / Documentary Short Competition

Bullycides - dir: Jacqueline Gares / 2010 / 14’ 54”

Bye Bi Love - Giovanna Chesler / 2010 / 17’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

City Of Borders - dir: Yun Suh / 2009 / 66’ 00”

Cried Suicide - dir: Lauren Palmigiano / 2010 / 13’ 42” / International Short Fiction Competition

Curious Thing - dir: Alain Hain / 2009 / 9’ 00”

Eating Out - dir: Q. Allan Brocka / 2005 / 88’ 00”

Eating Out - All You Can Eat dir: Q.Allan Brocka / 2009 / 80’ 00”

Elena Undone - dir: Nicole Cann / 2010 / 111’ 00” / Narrative Feature Competition

Fixing Frank - dir: Michael Selditch / 2001 / 104’ 00”

Four Play: San Francisco - dir: Kyle Henry / 2010 / 26’ 00”

Gayby - dir: Jonathan Lisecki / 2010 / 12’ 00”

Gender Busters - dir: Sam Berliner / 2010 / 6’ 00”

Going All Out For Equity - dir: Gabriel London / 2010 / 2’ 00”

He She We - dir: Branden Blinn / 2010 / 10’ 17”

Heart Breaks Open - dir: Billie Rain / 2011 / 81’ 00”

I Saw U - dir: Maile Martinez/Lane Stroud / 2010 / 9’ 00”

The In-Between - dir: Alain Hain / 2010 / 10’ 00”

The Joy Of Life - dir: Jenni Olson / 2005 / 65’ 00”

A Lack Of Gravity - dir: Alain Hain / 2010 / 13’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

Last Address - dir: Ira Sachs / 2009 / 9’ 00”

Last Call - dir: Nick Corporon / 2009 / 18’ 00”

Legally Challenged - dir: Priti Narayanan / 2010 / 15’ 00”

Loop Planes - dir: Robin Wilby / 2010 / 11’ 07”

The Lusty Gypsies - dir: Nikki Lee Taylor / 2010 / 8’ 00”

Meep Meep! - dir:Jenni Olson /  2000 / 1’ 00”

Nothing Happened - dir: Julia Kots / 2009 / 9’ 56” *

Organism - dir: Nina Reyes Rosenberg / 2009 / 14’ 00”

Out In The Silence - dir: Joe Wilson/Dean Hamer / 2010 / 65’ 00” / Documentary Feature Competition

Public Relations - dir:_Gianna Sobol_2009_17’00”

The Queen - dir: Christina Choe / 2010 / 8’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

Remember Me In Red - dir: Hector Ceballos / 2010 / 15’ 21” / International Short Fiction Competition

Save Me - dir: Robert Cary / 2007 / 96’ 00”

Sometimes - dir:  Jenni Olson / 1994 / 1’ 00”

Spiral Transition - dir: Ewan Duarte / 2010 / 6’ 00”

The Stranger In US - dir:_Scott Boswell / 2010 / 107’ 00” / Narrative Feature Competition

Three Minutes - dir: Jenn Garrison / 2009 / 3’ 30””

Three Veils - dir: Rolla Selbak / 2010 / 117’ 00”

Two Beds - dir: Kanako Wynkoop / 2010 / 8’ 00”

We Were Here - dir: David Weissman/Bill Weber / 2011 / 90’ 00” / Documentary Feature Competition

You Move Me - dir: Gina Hirsch / 2010 / 12’ 00” / International Short Fiction Competition

You Should Meet My Son - dir: Keith Hartman / 2010 / 86’ 00”

*  Film is also part of KASHISH Coffee Break Online competition

    http://indieflix.com/festivalsonline/

The synopsis and schedule will be up soon at http://mumbaiqueerfest.com.

KASHISH 2011 - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Registration for KASHISH 2011 - 2nd Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is NOW OPEN.


The film festival will be held at Cinemax Versova (Infinity Mall, Andheri West) from May 25-29, 2011 and Alliance Francaise (Marine Lines) from May 26-28, 2011. 


Entry to the festival is FREE OF COST. But everyone who wishes to attend the film festival HAS to be a Registered Delegate. They should fill out the Registration Form below and mail it to info.kashishmiqff@gmail.com


The Delegate Badges has to be picked up at the venue that you indicate in the form. However the badge would be valid for both venues on all days of the festival EXCEPT the Opening Night on May 25th at Cinemax Versova, which is ONLY by invitation.


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FORM
(a blank screen may appear, but look for the downloaded form in your download folder) 
Please mail completed forms to info.kashishmiqff@gmail.com 

KASHISH 2011 Poster

Volunteering with KASHISH 2011

KASHISH 2011 is looking for Volunteers. 

Sign up as a volunteer and get a bird's eye view of the action - meet and interact with filmmakers and audiences from across India and the world, help run the venues, act as interpreters, work on the festival newsletter and in your spare time watch path breaking queer films. 

Please read more about Volunteering Opportunities & Benefits : Download Here

To enlist as a Volunteer for KASHISH 2011 please fill out the Volunteer Form Download Here

If you have any queries, please write to: info.kashishmiqff@gmail.com

KASHISH 2011 - Dates and Highlights announced

KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2011, the second edition of India’s only mainstream LGBT film fest, promises to be BIGGER, BOLDER & QUEERER. The second edition will be held from May 25-29, 2011 at two venues in Mumbai, one of which will be a multiplex theater.

This year, the festival will showcase more than 130 films from over 25 countries.

The highlights this year:

- More feature length films than last year with some very sensitive lesbian themed features.

- Films from across the globe: from US to UK, Australia to Austria, India to Indonesia and even Argentina and Peru.

- This year, the ‘Country Focus’ will be on Israel with more than 8 films from there.

- ‘Spotlight on Filmmaker’ will shine on a US filmmaker and a UK filmmaker with their funny, sexy and thought provoking films.

- Special package of films on Anti-Bullying and gay bashing in schools followed by a panel discussion.

- Continuing KASHISH’s mission of showcasing and promoting Indian queer shorts and short filmmakers, this year would have a fantastic collection under its ‘Indian Masala Mix’ program.

- A competition section for Best Narrative Feature too, which would include both Indian and International films made in 2010 / 2011. This is in addition to the other competitive categories awarded last year: Best Docu Feature, Best Docu Short, Best International Narrative Short and Best Indian Narrative Short.

- The Best Indian queer short film at Kashish gets to compete for the Iris Prize in UK and a cash prize of 25,000 pounds.    

- Also watch out for an eminent jury comprising of award winning filmmakers, actors and media professionals.

KASHISH 2011 promises to be an event to remember for both LGBT and mainstream audiences. It will be a time to watch loads and loads of LGBT films, engage in discussions, interact with celebrities and filmmakers, participate in cultural activities and just simply have a FABULOUS time!

For further updates and information on the festival, please check:

Website: http://www.mumbaiqueerfest.com/  | Blog: http://kashishmiqff.blogspot.com/ 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Kashish.MIQFF | Twitter: http://twitter.com/Kashish2011