Sunday, October 14th 18:30 – Small hall of the cinema Světozor
Every year we present the best films from KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, the biggest queer film festival in South Asia.
PASHI Ashish is a school-going teenager living in a Himalayan village with his mother and grandparents. He spends his time roaming in the woods and learning a an ancient art of trapping brids from his grandmother. Simultaneously, he finds himself getting attracted to a young man staying at the inn run by his family. For a young boy coming to terms with his sexuality, Ashish finds himself at a loss about expressing his feelings for the man. As his desire threatens to overwhelm his senses, the narrative begins to hurtle towards an unprecedented, tragic end.
Winner: Q Drishti Film Grant Winner 2018.
2017 – 32 min – narrative short
language: Hindi
subtitles: English
directed by: Siddharth Chauhan
LANGUAGES Shankar’s family does not know why he has lost his job. Shankar is caught up between looking for a new job and his own contemplation. His daily life is dotted with financial crisis and the awkwardness of being
unemployed. Amidst all these things, strange illusions come to him. He realizes that he cannot communicate with the world around him anymore. Produced by KASHISH Arts Foundation under the QDrishti Film Grant, sponsored by Lotus Visual.
2018 – 30 min – narrative short
language: Hindi
subtitles: English
directed by: Debadrita Bose
GRAY Nandini is married to Rohit, a closeted gay man. Zoel, Rohit‘s partner, is an artist and aware of Nandini‘s suffocation. When Rohit plans to have a kid through IVF, so that Nandini will get busy in her life and it may
release him of his guilt too, opposite to Rohit‘s expectations; Zoel feels disgusted and discards Rohit‘s intention of managing his life between him and Nandini.
Winner: Riyad Wadia for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker.
2018 – 30 min – narrative short
language: Hindi
subtitles: English
directed by: Preet