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KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is looking for financial contributions.
For two years, we have entertained while trying to mainstream queer identities through the medium...
B NETWORK & Babukishan Productions Presents:
TOOM TOOM TARA RARA " Life is Cool" by Babukishan
A Mystical Reality Family Drama show with a twist....Babukishan brings a
unique and modern story that circles between the spiritual realm and earth.
A series that will enthral the viewer as each episode seeks to capture the
audience with suspense, drama and humour while Babukishan's profound story
sends ...
Even as the Supreme Court is preparing its verdict on Sec377, KASHISH, your favourite LGBTQ festival that mainstreams queer issues through cinema, will be back for its third year very soon. With no government support and corporate sponsorship in India still difficult to come by, we rely heavily on support from individuals and organizations to make the festival happen.
You can support the LGBTQ cause in India in your own big or small way! And we have some exclusive incentives to show our g...
We know how we all are about deadlines! We never get to do what we want to do till the deadline is almost upon us or the deadline has passed!
So this is to remind you all that the deadline to send in your design for the KASHISH 2012 International Poster Competition is May 18th midnight (Pacific time)
And we have none other than Wendell Rodricks, one of India’s top fashion designers, to pick the winner of the contest. “I am delighted to be a judge on a contest that involves ever...
This month ÉCU will be screening some of its winning films from 2011 in Asia at our partner film festivals in Bangladesh and in India.International Children’s Film FestivalJanuary 21st – 27thThe International Children’s Film Festival returns to Bangladesh later this month, continuing its stated mission to “open a new world of cinema to the children of Bangladesh and to give them an exposure to culture and tradition of different countries through film as a powerful media of art.” This ...
KASHISH 2012 previews starting soon. If you haven’t
still submitted your film, rush it to us asap.
India’s
Biggest Queer Film Festival returns for its third edition in 2012.
KASHISH
2012 will be held from May 23-27, 2012 at a mainstream multiplex theater in
suburban Mumbai and at Alliance Francaise de Bombay in South Mumbai.
KASHISH
Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the first and only gay &
lesbian film festival in India to be held in a mainstream...
FOOLS’ PARADISE PRODUCTIONS partnered with ÉCU – THE EUROPEAN
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL presents Best Student Film: Stanley Pickle,
directed by Victoria Mather, Best Animation: Paths of Hate, directed by
Damian Nenow, Best Experimental Film: Invertebrate, directed by James
McAleer and Special Jury Mention: Städgata directed by Erick Love
Lundqvist.
The principal guest of the event will be
Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal: Minister of parliamentary affairs. The ju...
ÉCU in the news in India and that thanks to our partners Fool's Paradise Film Festival.
We are back
with a bang! India’s Biggest Queer Film Festival returns for its third edition
in 2012. Submissions are now open for all categories, including for the
competition section. Filmmakers from India and across the world can submit
features, documentaries and short films that highlight/focus on Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Transgender, Queer themes and expressions.
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer
Film Festival is the first and only gay & lesbian film festival i...
"Dilli" is a new submission to ÉCU 2012. 'Dilli" is a moving collection of interviews with Delhi slum dwellers. Its lens focuses on a group of dwellers, bringing to life the untold story of mass exodus of thousands who were bulldozed from their homes and transferred to a makeshift facade - Bawana without water, shelter or drainage, while the city was being beautified for Commonwealth Games 2010. Che ...
The 4th BIFFES (Bengaluru International Film Festival) - 2011 will be held from 15th to 22nd December, 2011, its organizers have announced. Bengaluru is the new - and phonetically correct name as per the native Kannada language - for Bangalore city, the IT capital of India.
This edition of the festival will be bigger in scope and ambition thanks to the Government of Karnataka state in southern India, whose capital Bengalu...
"Miya Anari Ba Biwi Khilari Ba" is a upcoming Bhojpuri Bollywood-style Canadian-Indian musical comedy film written, directed and produced by Babukishan Das (interview) starring Birbal, Yogini, Varsha, Chhatu Master, Yunus Parvez and many more.
The film featurs songs performed by renowned Bollywood singers Sapna Awasti, Vinod Rathod, Chandana Dixit, Anuradha Paudwal and Anwar.
Filmed in India with great
Bharat Katha
Bhārat is the official Sanskrit name of India, Bhārat Ganarājya, and the name is derived from the ancient Indian texts, the Puranas, which refers to the land that comprises India as Bharat Varsha, and uses this term to distinguish it from other Varshas or continents.
Katha (story) is a folk narrative style of story telling.
What is? - "Bharat Katha" is a collection of real stories of real people from India.
How do I find them? - I'd like to thin...
Synopsis:
Helpless retired surgeon, Dr. Joshi, approaches Dr. Sukhant, a renowned psychologist & author, to get rid of a ghost. The ghost when alive was a victim of breast cancer. Despite her reluctance, the surgeon had to perform mastectomy on her to lend her with few more years of life. Now her ghost perpetually appears at the surgeon's lab, to make him feel her incompleteness. Vulnerable Dr. Joshi 's only hope, psychologist Dr. Sukhant too fails to unravel the mystery. What happens nex...
Director: Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas.
DILLI is a moving collection of heartfelt interviews with Delhi slum dwellers. Its lens focuses on a group of dwellers, bringing to life the untold story of mass exodus of thousands who were bulldozed from their homes and transferred to a makeshift facade - Bawana without water, shelter or drainage, while the city was being beautified for Commonwealth Games 2010.
DILLI - city of dreams - is a universal story of millions of underprivileged around the world.
DILLI holds up a mirror not only to India, but to every nation around the world, whose poor live forgotten under bridges, children go hungry, and fathers work thousands of miles from their families to provide.
DILLI brings awareness. And awareness is the first step towards action.
International Children's Film Festival India
(ICFFI) also
popularly known as The Golden Elephant
is a biennial festival that strives to bring the most delightful and
imaginative national and international children's cinema to young audiences in
India. Outstanding features, shorts, live action and animation films are
screened over seven days of festive celebrations, attended by more than one
hundred thousan
International Children's Film Festival India
(ICFFI) also
popularly known as The Golden Elephant
is a biennial festival that strives to bring the most delightful and
imaginative national and international children's cinema to young audiences in
India. Outstanding features, shorts, live action and animation films are
screened over seven days of festive celebrations, attended by more than one
hundred thousand children and hundreds of film professionals from across the
world.
&nbs...
TICKETS
AVAILABLE NOW! http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2011/tickets.htm
The Indo-American Arts Council
proudly kicks off its second decade of film excellence with a new name and a
new set of dates for its signature event of the year. “We start 2011
with a whole new energy for our annual IAAC Film Festival - a new name, a new
Film Festival Director and a move to Spring," says Indo-American Arts
Council Executive Director Aroon Shivdasani. "I am really excited
about these changes and look forward to presenting New York with a fresh and
exciting selection of films this year.”
About
Opening Night
Opening the 11th
annual edition of the IAAC's popular film festival will be the North American
premiere of Disney's critically acclaimed family comedy DO DOONI CHAAR starring
the legendary husband-wife acting couple Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh. The
Habib Faisal-directed film marks the Hollywood studio's first live-action
production in India and earned some of the best reviews of any Hindi film in
recent years. It is a heart-warming comedy about the dreams and challenges of a
middle-class family who take a chaotic journey to fulfill their dream of owning
a car discovering the true meaning of family along the way. Special guests
Kapoor, Singh, and Faisal will all be attending the red carpet premiere.
"Do Dooni Chaar is a charming and sweet indie film that reflects
the realities of a middle-class family in modern day Delhi," says NYIFF
Director Aseem Chhabra. "Written and directed by first time filmmaker
Habib Faisal, the film is a perfect blend of authentic dialogues, characters
and situations, with a touch of Bollywood charm. It is a great example of
India's new emerging cinema that has an indie soul, but working
within the framework of Bollywood." Shivdasani adds "Major
American studios partnering with India have flirted with NYIFF in the past –
Fox Searchlight, Sony, Miramax, and now Disney’s contribution to our 2011
Opening Night – Do Dooni Chaar. Clearly NYIFF is the best platform for these
films to reach their ideal demographic market."
About
Closing Night
The Closing Night
selection is Rituparno Ghosh’s NOUKADUBI, an adaptation of Nobel Laureate
Rabindranath Tagore’s acclaimed novel, which stars sisters Riya and Raima Sen.
Following the May 8 screening will be a special tribute to Tagore who was born
150 years ago on that day. Aparna Sen’s ITI MRINALINI will premiere as the
Centerpiece selection. The Bengali film features Sen and her daughter,
award-winning actress Konkona Sen Sharma, both playing the same title role at
different ages.
More
on NYIFF
"NYIFF
energizes New York City’s diversity by presenting amazing independent and
diaspora films from the Indian subcontinent while keeping a close watch on Bollywood’s
foray into alternate cinema," states Indo-American Arts Council Executive
Director Aroon Shivdasani. "The three film highlights of our eleventh
annual film festival represent a Hollywood studio’s Indian social cinema,
independent cinema, as well as a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore."
New
York City's prestigious Paris Theatre will be the home to the star-studded red
carpet Opening Night premiere of DO DOONI CHAAR on Wednesday, May 4, followed
by a gala benefit dinner at the Jumeirah Essex House. H.E. Meera Shankar,
India's Ambassador to the United States, will deliver the welcome address. The
Centerpiece selection will screen at Tribeca Cinemas and will be followed by an
afterparty at Tribeca Bar. The Closing Night of NYIFF and the Tagore tribute
will take place at Asia Society on Sunday, May 8, along with the annual awards
ceremony honoring the festival's winners. Directors Sen and Ghosh will be
attending the festival as well.
Stay Tuned for more updates
on film selections, afterparty venues, and celebrity sightings!
Join NYIFF @ Facebook, @ Twitter, or on the web
at www.iaac.com/NYIFF2011.
Hafa Adai and Welcome filmmakers!The Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) is looking for exciting new films to present in our inaugural festival to take place this year. Below you will find the link to the rules and regulations for the requirements to submit to this year’s event. We look forward to having your film be a part of this momentous and groundbreaking celebration.All filmmakers – student, amateur and professionals – are encouraged to submit to GIFF. For submission deadlines ...
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer FilmFestival 2011, thesecond edition of India’s only mainstream LGBT film fest, promises to be BIGGER, BOLDER & QUEERER. The second edition will be held from May 25-29, 2011 at two venues in Mumbai, one of whichwill be a multiplex theater.
This year, the festival willshowcase more than 130 films from over 25 countries.
The highlights this year:- More feature length films than last year with some verysensitive lesbian themed features.- Films from across the globe: from US to UK, Australiato Austria, India to Indonesiaand even Argentina and Peru.- This year, the ‘Country Focus’ will be on Israel withmore than 8 films from there.- ‘Spotlight on Filmmaker’ will shine on US filmmaker Q. AllanBrocka and UK filmmaker Rikki Blair Beadle with their funny, sexy and thoughtprovoking films.- Special package of films on Anti-Bullying and gay bashingin schools followed by a panel discussion.- A special evening with ‘Parents of Queers’ with a filmscreening and panel discussion.- Special package of sensitive, dramatic and touchingfeatures and shorts on HIV/AIDS is introduced under ‘Red Ribbon’ packagefollowed by a performance.- Continuing KASHISH’s mission of showcasing and promoting shortfilms and short filmmakers, this year too would see some exciting short filmpackages:- Along with the ever popular ‘BoysShorts’ and ‘Girls Shorts’ short film packages this year will have two newadditions: a fabulous ‘Trans Shorts’ collection and a hilarious collection ofshort films under ‘Bi Shorts’- A package of films that is acinematic tribute to LGBT people who made a difference way back whenhomosexuality was labeled a disease, a crime and a perversion. This includes afilm about a brilliant gay mathematician who helped crack the Nazi Engima Codeand turned the tide of Word War II for the Allies- ‘Indian Masala Mix’ : a greatcollection of Indian shorts films- A competition section for Best Narrative Feature too,which would include both Indian and International films made in 2010 / 2011.This is in addition to the other competitive categories awarded last year: BestDocu Feature, Best Docu Short, Best International Narrative Short and BestIndian Narrative Short. - The Best Indian queer short film at Kashish gets to compete for the IrisPrize in UKand a cash prize of 25,000 pounds.
- Also watch out for an eminent jurycomprising of award winning filmmakers, actors and media professionals.
- A range of fun filled cultural activities and events likemusic and dance performances, open mic and quizzes. KASHISH 2011 promises to be an eventto remember for both LGBT and mainstream audiences. It will be a time to watchloads and loads of LGBT films, engage in discussions, interact with celebritiesand filmmakers, participate in cultural activities and just simply have aFABULOUS time! For further updates and informationon the festival, please check:Website: http://www.mumbaiqueerfest.com/ | Blog: http://kashishmiqff.blogspot.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Kashish.MIQFF | Twitter: http://twitter.com/Kashish2011
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2011, the second edition of India’s only mainstream LGBT film fest, promises to be BIGGER, BOLDER & QUEERER. The second edition will be held from May 25-29, 2011 at two venues in Mumbai, one of which will be a multiplex theater. This year, the festival will showcase more than 130 films from over 25 countries.The highlights this...
Open Doors and attractive prizes for India at Locarno
Olivier Père, the French film critic who is a member of IFFI jury, is also the Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival. In his second capacity, he brings welcome news to Indian film buffs and budding scriptwriters. Locarno co-production lab ‘Open Doors’ will focus on India in the 64th edition of the festival, to be held during August 3-13, 2011.
The Open Doors segment is supported by the Swiss foreign ministry...
FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival brings together eight extraordinary films from around the world that deal with human rights issues at macro as well as micro level; from global concerns to indigenous issues. These films urge us to reflect, react, revolutionalize and act as a ‘flashpoint’ to usher in change.
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