The KASHISH Pride Film Festival (India) is accepting films until March 17, 2024.

About the festival:
KASHISH is committed to showcasing films by, about, and of interest to the LGBTQIA+ community and we specially encourage film submissions from women; people of color; transgender, intersex, asexual & non-binary people; and other underrepresented communities.

Eligibility:
– The festival welcomes Filmmakers/ Producers/ Distributors across the world to submit features, documentaries, short and animation films that highlight/ focus on LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) lives and issues. Films that do NOT pertain to LGBTQIA+ theme will be DISQUALIFIED.
– Films must be completed after January 1st, 2023 to be considered for Competition.
– The festival accepts short films (between 4 – 60 minutes), and feature films (over 60 minutes).
– KASHISH 2024 will be a hybrid festival – physical and virtual. Films playing at the virtual festival should be available online for all days of the festival.
– All non-English language films SHOULD have English Subtitles. We prefer English language films too with subtitles or close-captions, for the festival to be more inclusive and accessible to hearing impaired audience members.
– Films submitted for earlier editions of KASHISH MIQFF and not accepted cannot be submitted again. Re-submission of the same or re-edited films will not be approved and will be rejected.
– For the competition categories the film should be completed after January 1, 2023, should be a Mumbai Premiere, should not have a theatrical, satellite release or streamed on ANY VOD platforms such as Netflix/Youtube.
– The festival accepts student short films under 60 minutes.
– Submission Fees and Deadlines:

– Notification Date: April 14, 2024

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://filmfreeway.com/KASHISH2024

We remind readers that the 15th KASHISH Pride Film Festival will take place from June 5 – 9, 2024 in Mumbai, India.

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