By Purvi Chaudhary – The third edition of Kashish –
India’s biggest queer film festival that focuses on Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Transgender films was announced by film maker Shyam
Benegal on Friday 18th May,2012.
Shyam Benegal, KASHISH’s Festival Patron, along with eminent actors including Renuka Shahane, Parvin Dabas and Sarita Joshi revealed the new festival trailer. “I am very happy to be associated with KASHISH for the second consecutive year,’’ said Shyam Benegal.
KASHISH 2012’s theme is ‘FOR EVERYONE’ and the festival will make a special effort to program films and have panel discussions that not only deal with gay, lesbian, transgender themes, but also those that relate to families and friends of LGBT people. The festival is open for everyone and it is a FREE event.
The film festival, India’s only mainstream LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) film festival, will be held at two venues – Cinemax Versova, Andheri West and Alliance Francaise, Marine Lines in Mumbai – between May 23 to May 27, 2012, and will feature 120 films from 30 countries.
The festival will open on May 23, 2012 with the Oscar-winning film Beginners – Christopher Plummer won the 2012 Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actor, besides winning the Golden Globes and Bafta awards. Over the period of next four days, Kashish will showcase films on issues and rights related to the LGBT community and their families. Apart from film screenings, the festival will also feature panel discussions with filmmakers, interaction with celebrities and much more.
The KASHISH 2012 jury will comprise actor-filmmakers Renuka Shahane and Parvin Dabas, theatre actor/producer Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal, theatre and television actor Mona Ambegaonkar and author and film critic Mayank Shekhar
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 film festival to receive clearance from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The festival is organised by Solaris Pictures and Bombay Dost in association with The Humsafar Trust.
Kashish 2010 was the first mainstream queer film festival held in India. It brought together 110 Indian and international queer films on one platform. KASHISH 2011 was bigger, bolder and queerer with 124 films from 23 countries.
There are four queer feature films from India in four regional languages in Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil/Kannada and Hindi.
A special package of two feature length and six short films
showcasing the best of contemporary French queer cinema.Rob Williams: US
filmmaker Rob Williams, who has made popular gay romantic comedies and
dramas, is traveling to India to present his films at KASHISH.
Shyam Benegal, KASHISH’s Festival Patron, along with eminent actors including Renuka Shahane, Parvin Dabas and Sarita Joshi revealed the new festival trailer. “I am very happy to be associated with KASHISH for the second consecutive year,’’ said Shyam Benegal.
KASHISH 2012’s theme is ‘FOR EVERYONE’ and the festival will make a special effort to program films and have panel discussions that not only deal with gay, lesbian, transgender themes, but also those that relate to families and friends of LGBT people. The festival is open for everyone and it is a FREE event.
The film festival, India’s only mainstream LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) film festival, will be held at two venues – Cinemax Versova, Andheri West and Alliance Francaise, Marine Lines in Mumbai – between May 23 to May 27, 2012, and will feature 120 films from 30 countries.
The festival will open on May 23, 2012 with the Oscar-winning film Beginners – Christopher Plummer won the 2012 Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actor, besides winning the Golden Globes and Bafta awards. Over the period of next four days, Kashish will showcase films on issues and rights related to the LGBT community and their families. Apart from film screenings, the festival will also feature panel discussions with filmmakers, interaction with celebrities and much more.
The KASHISH 2012 jury will comprise actor-filmmakers Renuka Shahane and Parvin Dabas, theatre actor/producer Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal, theatre and television actor Mona Ambegaonkar and author and film critic Mayank Shekhar
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 film festival to receive clearance from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The festival is organised by Solaris Pictures and Bombay Dost in association with The Humsafar Trust.
Kashish 2010 was the first mainstream queer film festival held in India. It brought together 110 Indian and international queer films on one platform. KASHISH 2011 was bigger, bolder and queerer with 124 films from 23 countries.
There are four queer feature films from India in four regional languages in Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil/Kannada and Hindi.
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