The 14thedition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, will be celebrated in-person at Liberty Cinema from June 7th to June 11th 2023, with an online festival in the following week.
The theme of KASHISH 2023 is ‘Be Fluid, Be You!’, giving wings to the aspirations of the contemporary generation that is fluid in their thoughts, actions and sexualities; which is expressed through films, art and poetry that is universal in its appeal. Sridhar Rangayan, festival director said, “Ihave heard from the LGBTQ+ community and film buffs that they feel an adrenaline rush when they hear about KASHISH returning again to Mumbai in a theatre. And we, the KASHISH team, too feel likewise. We want to heighten this energy and add a youthful twist to it this year with the theme ‘Be Fluid, BeYou’, and hope to appeal to the younger generation, because that’s where changes in attitudes start first. We hope they too enjoy the coming pride month by celebrating it with our festival“.
Film Submissions are open for filmmakers with a LGBTQIA+ themed film to submit to the festival. Filmmakers can visit the website to check rules and submit. Besides theannual film festival, KASHISH has also launched its own unique LGBTQ+ focussedOTT platform by curating 45 Indian LGBTQ+ films that could be watched world wide at https://online.mumbaiqueerfest.com
KASHISHMumbai International Queer Film Festival is South Asia’s biggest queer film festival, and the first LGBTQ+ film festival in India to be held in amainstream theatre. It is the first Indian LGBTQ+ festival to be held with approval by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Government of India.
Founded in 2010, KASHISH has grown to become an important medium for exhibition, production and distribution of LGBTQ+ films and the most needed platform to nurture the Indian LGBTQ+ movement. KASHISH has been voted as one of the Top 5 LGBT Film Festivals in the World, and also one of the Top 5 FilmFestivals in India.
