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Kashish 2023

Key Highlights

 127 films, from 45 countries. Check out complete KASHISH 2023 Festival Catalog HERE

 The in-person festival was held June 7-11th at Liberty Cinema and June 8-10th Alliance

Française de Bombay, and the online festival was held June 16-25th on Xerb.tv. The festival theme was “Be Fluid, Be You!”

 28 Indian LGBTQ+ films were screened at the festival comprising narrative & documentary features and short films. India was the country with highest number of films at the festival.

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46 films competed for top awards at the festival in 10 categories for total prize of Rs 6.50 lakhs.

 There was fantastic celebrity presence with RAVEENA TANDON present at the Opening Night, alongwith Sanjay Suri, Sudhir Mishra, Shishir Sharma for Onir’s film Pine Cone; Simone Singh for her film Maja Ma; Pulkit Samrat for film Taps, etc.

 Also performers like Rani KoheNoor, Sunita Bhuyan, Dancing Queens and Singapore drag performer Opera Tang rocked the shows.

 Well known hosts like Sucharita Tyagi, Priya host SeduQtress SoniQa were the MCs for

Kashish 2023

Key Highlights

 Actors MADHURI DIXIT & SIMONE SINGH were felicitated with the Rainbow Voices Award for their film Maja Ma.

 National Award filmmaker Onir was honored with the Rainbow Warrior Award, and the Rainbow Champion Award was given to Kinnar Asmita, an NGO working for the welfare of the transgender community in Kalyan.

 Jury members comprised of acclaimed actors Lillete Dubey & Anup Soni and festival curator

Jitin Hingorani (Narrative Jury); filmmakers & DOPs Nandan Saxena & Shanti Bhushan Roy and curator Aanchal Kapur (Documentary Jury); producer Rucha Pathak, screenwriter Atika Chohan and filmmaker Samarth Mahajan (Student Shorts Jury); Nargis Wadia & Roy Wadia (Riyad WadiaAward Jury); and Ashish Sawhny (Ismat Chughtai Award Jury)

 62 Filmmakers / Producers from India and abroad participated in the festival, with 12 International and 14 Indian Filmmakers from outside Mumbai in addition to of Local filmmakers.

Kashish 2023

Key Highlights

 KASHISH 2023 celebrated the diversity of the LGBTQ+ spectrum by its engaging line-up of films as well as showcasing the richness of Indian regional languages by screening films in Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi and English.

 KASHISH 2023 presented several panel discussions – ‘D&I Roadmap – Experience Sharing’ supported by Morgan Stanley; ‘Creating LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Workplaces: Policies, Practices, and Perspectives’ supported by KelpHR; ‘LGBTQ+ Rights in Asian Countries – Nepal, Singapore, Lebanon & India’ supported by Consulate General of Canada; ‘The Language of Respect‘ supported by Disney Star and ‘Keep Walking With Pride – Emerging Indian Filmmakers Interface’ supported by Walker & Co.

 KASHISH 2023 presented an interactive High-Tea session with all participating filmmakers, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Canada.

 The screening of the Indian Narrative Centerpiece film Maja Ma followed by Q&A with director Anand Tiwari, and actors Simone

Shrivastava and other crew members.

Kashish 2022

Key Highlights

 Several companies, consulates, and organizations came together to support KASHISH including Walker & Co, Skybags, KPMG, Disney Star, Morgan Stanley, Axis Bank, Consulate General of Canada, General Mills, TIAA, KelpHR, Quebec Government in Mumbai, MUBI, Lotus Visual Productions, K.F.Patil Charitable Trust, Wadia Movietone, Whistling Woods International Jerome Marrel, Abhay Kulkarni,Ashish Sawhny and Renuka Shahane.

 Industry & Community Partners were Accord Equips, The Daily Eye, Digital Fix, Festivals From India, The QKnit Foundation, The Gay Gaze, etc.

 KASHISH Arts Foundation, the organizer of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, is a registered charitable trust and from this year onwards is offering 80G tax benefits to all its donors.

 Donations can be made at https://pages.razorpay.com/KASHISH

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