KASHISH Initiatives

A day long film festival showcasing the best Regional language LGBTQ+ films from across India. This initiative was launched in January 2017 as part of Mumbai Pride events, and was held every year till 2019.

KASHISH QDrishti Film Grant is an initiative to encourage LGBTQ+ storytelling, especially to bring about greater visibility of South Asian LGBTQ+ narratives. This grant, sponsored by Lotus Visual Productions (a UK/India based production company) was launched in 2016 and has supported production of 8 films already. From 2021 the grant is specifically given to LGBTQ+ identifying filmmakers.

KASHISH We Care Fund was launched in 2020 to offer resources to 5 LGBTQ+ focused organizations, to assist them in reaching out with help to the LGBTQ+ community, specially the trans* community, during the COVID pandemic. KAHSISH donates 60% of its collections, through registrations, to 7 organizations across India under this initiative.

To organize a screening at your college, office, city or event, write to us at partners.kashish@gmail.com