Nigah QueerFest 2011

Collection Drive

2011-11-24T10:55:00.001-08:00

Dear All,

As most of you know, a few days ago fire swept through the premises where an all-India Sammelan of hijras was taking place in Nand Nagri, East Delhi. 15 people died and more than 30 are critically injured; they are in various hospitals across East Delhi, and in dire need of help.

The need at the moment is for warm clothing, blankets and food items, rather than monetary donations, so we are setting up a collection
drive on Friday, Nov 25th, at the performance event being held at Max Mueller Bhawan.

Please bring whatever items of:
- warm clothing,
- sheets and blankets
- food that will survive handling (eg: don't bring cooked food!)

But if you want to donate money, you are welcome to. We will use the donation amount to buy fruits and fresh food items on Saturday morning, before taking the entire collection of donated materials to the hospitals.

Nigah Team

Performance Night

2011-11-23T00:29:00.001-08:00

Performance Night

Friday, November 25, 7 pm onwards

Max Mueller Bhawan Lawns

3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

The Nigah QueerFest is never complete without what we so unimaginatively call ‘the performance night’. However, worry not! Because our shortcoming in the imagination department is more than made up for by the incredible performances we have lined up for you this year!

Join us to cheer these fabulous performers as we close this year's NQF while digging into some hot jalebis and pakoras!

OUTcaste / आउट कास्ट - "अपने दिल में बिठा लो, मैं ऐसा ही हूँ |"

Project OUTcaste by Sumit Baudh is on the subject of caste, gender and sexuality. It is focused on Dalits and Queers. Baudh collects personal experiences of others through interviews. He plays select portions of these interviews on earphones, audible only to him. Reciting them aloud, he becomes a voice medium for somebody who is speaking intimately into his ears.

Swansongs for Ugly Ducklings...

A little light musical interlude by Anita Roy, who has been coaxed and bullied to ‘out’ herself as a performer!

Dark Desires: tales of love, lust and hidden pleasure

The Kinky Collective brings you face to face with a dark Dominatrix and her submissive Slave as they perform a short theatrical performance about their childhood, their lives, their lust and desires. But not ones to bore you with tales of love and longing, they will reveal their secret, perverted and kinky selves, and welcome you to glimpse the erotic world of Bondage Domination and Sado-Masochism.

Strings of Pride

Gwyneth Mawlong is a lyricist and musician from Shillong, who will be performing her original English compositions for us. She has widely travelled on the merits of poetry & music and formed the highly acclaimed first Indian all female band 'Mermaid'. She also initiated 'Diva's Nite' a musical extravaganza highlighting only female performers and is currently working on her debut album in English.

Gujarish

Bobby Rathore and her group from Development Advocacy and Research Trust (DART) will surely stir things up by dancing to a medley of bollywood numbers, making it almost impossible for you to sit still!

Do come and bring friends!

All Nigah QueerFest events are free and everyone is welcome.

Cheers!

Nigah

Photo Panel: The Politics of Representation

2011-11-23T00:25:00.001-08:00

Photo Panel: The Politics of Representation

with Frank Wagner

Thursday, 24th November 2011, 7 pm onwards

Max Mueller Bhawan

3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

An illustrated talk by Frank Wagner which will demonstrate that images are not neutral but central to the political debates around the production and dissemination of culture; debates that Nigah is part of in its role as a queer collective using media and the arts to provoke discussion around sexuality, AIDS and gender.

Do come and bring friends!
All Nigah QueerFest events are free and everyone is welcome.

Cheers!
Nigah

The Politics of Representation: Sexuality, AIDS, Gender - curatorial concepts and exhibition practice between Marginalization and Diversity

Experiences of curating the queer exhibitions "The Eighth Square – Gender, Life and Desire in the Visual Arts since 1960" at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne and "Gewoon anders – just Different“ at the Cobra Museum, Amsterdam.

Upon displacing masculine/feminine and hetero/homosexual dialectics, queer, transgender and post-colonial movements question the dominant historiography and its forms of visibility. After the AIDS crisis and the absorption of identity politics in the instruments of normalisation, new forms of activism and intervention in the public sphere have been structured which arise from uses branching off from the technologies of production and identity. The lecture will present two exhibition experiences in major German and Dutch art museums and it describes how they differed from each other.

Frank Wagner has organized several shows about gender and sexuality within the last 23 years. The first one - VollBILD AIDS - took place in (West-) Berlin in 1988 and had been the first show about Art and Aids in Europe at that time. The most recent one took place at the COBRA/Museum in Amsterdam in 2008. He will mainly talk about the exhibition "The Eighth Square - Gender, Life, and Desire in the Arts since 1960" which I curated in 2006 at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. It has been by way the largest show and it was the first queer show in Germany in a museum (about “non-heteronormative”, “marginalized sexuality”), not only of that scale but ever. It shows in a quite plastic way the politics of representation between grand gala and the less glittering sometimes undercover, sometimes pushed aside everyday, which Frank Wagner placed the artworks throughout the whole museum.

Salsa with Subbu!

2011-11-22T10:23:00.001-08:00

Salsa with Subbu!

Wednesday 23^rd November 2011

6 pm slot or 7.30 pm slot.

The Attic, Regal building, Connaught Place, New Delhi (above People Tree shop)
Rajiv Chowk is the nearest metro station.

Even if you have never taken a salsa class before, this will be a great way of learning, having fun and getting into the groove of this sexy latino dance! Subbu will teach you the basics of salsa, fun and easy moves, music & timing, plus a lot more!

So, bring along a partner of your choice, or pair up with someone before the class, or be the coolest by dancing with your imaginary partner(s) and keeping everyone guessing!

Due to space constraints, the class will be first come first served, 8 pairs max.

There will be two sessions, so you can choose which one you would like: 6 pm slot or 7.30 pm slot.

Workshops are free and open to all!

If you want to participate, pleasewrite to us at contact@nigah.org or call 9654979742 to register.

What's Hot, What's Not and Why? Workshop

2011-11-21T20:10:00.001-08:00

What's Hot, What's Not and Why?

with Jaya Sharma

Tuesday, November 22 2011, 6-9 pm

Abadi Art Space, F213/A First Floor,Lado Sarai, New Delhi

As peoplewho challenge mainstream society's norms related to gender and sexuality, thisworkshop will provide an opportunity for us to interrogate our own notions ofwhats 'ok' and what's 'no way', what's 'hot' and what's 'yuck', in other wordsnorms that we ourselves might or might not subscribe to. We know that its notjust the 'big. bad 'society 'out there' that has and enforces notions of rightand wrong, we all do and there are also reasons why we might have such notions- reasons which are not merely personal, but also social. There is a need tocontinuously reflect on our own ideas related to sexuality in order that we maybe able to broaden our horizons and realm of possibilities and also so thatthose who are seen to be challenging our norms are not stigmatized by us.Threesuch themes that the workshop will be addressing are promiscuity, bisexualityand kink/Bondage, Domination, Sado Masochism. The workshop will be interactivein nature, triggered by sexy questions guaranteed to make you tingle.

Workshops are free and open to all!

If you want to participate, pleasewrite to us at contact@nigah.org or call 9654979742 to register.

NQF Goes to Colleges!

2011-11-21T20:09:00.001-08:00

NQF Goes to Colleges!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 2-5 pm

Room CR-4, Ambedkar University,Kashmere Gate, Delhi

Incollaboration with Ambedkar University, Delhi, we invite you to come, sittogether and watch films that provoke us to think about our bodies in relationto our genders and sexualities.

2:00 pm: Orchids: My Intersex Adventure (60mins)

3:00 pm: Wild Imaginings (10 mins)

3:11 pm: Breaking Out Of The Box (40 mins)

3:42 pm: Project Bolo (19 mins)

4:00 pm: Discussion withProf. Shivaji Pannikar

We will bejoined by Prof. Shivaji Panikkar for a post-screening discussion, to engagewith questions about how we create and challenge ideals and norms around thebody and how speaking out about the body has historically been a queer andfeminist way of resisting the policing of desire.

Please forwardwidely! Hope to see you there!

Cheers,

Nigah Team

Films at Nigah QueerFest 2011

2011-11-18T12:55:00.001-08:00

Join us for some amazing films this year!

Date andTime:

Saturday 19th November from11.00 am - 8.00 pm

Sunday 20th November from 09.00 am- 8.00 pm

Venue:

Indian Social Institute,

10 Institutional Area,

Lodhi Road, New Delhi

(behind Sai Baba temple)

For schedules of films being screened,synopsis and other updates, check out ourfilms page!

Inauguration of the Nigah QueerFest '11 | 18 Nov 2011

2011-11-14T00:42:00.001-08:00

We are proud to announce the 5^th Nigah QueerFest from 18-25 November, 2011!

With films, visual art, performances, talks and workshops in venues across the city, this year more than ever we celebrate that a community can support and sustain its own festival!

Please join us for the inauguration of NQF '11 at the opening of our visual arts exhibition: 'Body Politics’.

Date and time: Friday, 18 November, 2011; 7 pm onwards

Venue: Max Muller Bhawan,

3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

NQF ’11 schedule: http://nigahqueerfest2011.blogspot.com/p/schedule.html

About Nigah and the NQF ’11 theme: http://nigahqueerfest2011.blogspot.com/p/about.html

Welcome to your own festival!

The Nigah Team

contact@nigah.org

Nigah Queerfest Turns 5!

2011-11-05T04:21:00.001-07:00

Body Workshop this Saturday!!!!

2011-11-05T03:57:00.001-07:00

I Like My Body But...
with Pramada Menon
Bodies are meant to be fun things to have - you can play with them, desire them, dictate terms to them and in some ways they define who you are. And yet, its those very same bodies that we despise, that we have issues with, that we want to change - essentially we want what we do not have. So who defines for us what we "should" have? What or whose is a desirable body? Can we challenge the notion of body itself and add some complexity to desire, play and all else? Let the conversation begin, November 12, 2011

12 Nov, 10:00am to 6:00 pm

Abadi Art Space, F213/A First Floor, Lado Sarai

Bound

2011-10-01T20:04:00.000-07:00

Bound

Directors: Be Steadwell and Bianca Williams

Original Language: None

Running Time: 6 minutes

Country: USA
Year: 2010

The moment when two lovers are bound together by their ardour.
The moment when a woman recognises the binding aspects of their love.
The moment when she decides to free herself.

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule

Breaking Out of the Box

2011-10-01T18:39:00.000-07:00

Breaking Out of the Box

Title: Breaking Out of the Box

Directors: Busi Kheswa, Zethu Matebeni

Original Languages: English, IsiZulu

Running Time: 40 minutes

Country: South Africa

Year: 2011

Join us for the Asia premiere of this touching, funny documentary on the lives of black lesbians in South Africa, through the apartheid era to the present. It covers six women, talking about their African identity ("if you say being gay is not African then you insult me, because you are saying I am not African"), falling in love during the apartheid struggle, contemporary lesbian culture, being successfully out, and more.

This film will be screened on Tuesday, November 22nd 2011. Return to film schedule.

Wild Imaginings

2011-10-01T18:38:00.001-07:00

Wild Imaginings

Title: Wild Imaginings

Director: Daniel Monks

Original Language: English

Running Time: 9 minutes

Country: Australia

Year: 2011

Late one night, a teenage boy fantasizes about a stunning woman, but when he accidentally lets his mind wander, he is forced to come face to face with his greatest fear - and himself.

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This film will be screened on Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 at Ambedkar University. Return to film schedule.

Dang Hai Nan Yu Shang Chao Zhou (When Hainan Meets Teochew)

2011-10-01T18:38:00.000-07:00

Dang Hai Nan Yu Shang Chao Zhou
(When Hainan Meets Teochew)

Title: Dang Hai Nan Yu Shang Chao Zhou (When Hainan Meets Teochew)

Director: Han Yew Kwang

Original Languages: Mandarin, English, Hainanese, Teochew,Tamil

Running Time: 81 minutes

Country: Singapore

Year: 2010

'Why are romantic comedies always about handsome men and beautiful women? What about ordinary people like us?' ask butch Hainan and feminine guy Teochew in this heartwarming comedy as they negotiate their lives in the face of social mockery, familial pressure and the ghosts of the past. Filled with slapstick moments, great entertainment and visual gorgeousness, the film never loses sight of the fact that these are real people with real feelings - even if they are a 'manly' woman and a 'womanly' man!

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This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Black Rose Tango

2011-10-01T18:36:00.000-07:00

Black Rose Tango

Title: Black Rose Tango
Director: Richard Kimmel
Original Languages: English, Spanish
Running Time: 13 minutes
Country: USA
Year: 2010

What happens at the 2010 Black Party, stays at the party. This abstract surrealist art film is intricately woven with glimpses of one of New York's largest BDSM parties, and is inspired by Evita and Kiss of the Spider Woman. It tells the story of Rose Wood, a transgender artist who goes through the expressions of lust, love, betrayal and revenge - all of which are depicted metaphorically through the intrinsic elements of the party itself. Asia premiere!

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Guerriller@s (Warriors)

2011-10-01T18:35:00.001-07:00

Guerriller@s (Warriors)

Title: Guerriller@s (Warriors)

Director: Montse Pujantell

Original Languages: Spanish, Catalan

Running Time: 54 minutes

Country: Spain

Year: 2010

This provocative, witty documentary takes on all possible conventions of gender and sexual identity, interviewing people who identify (or refuse to identify) as intersex, genderqueer, transsexual, transgender or as transcending gender altogether. Even jaded activists will be jolted into new ways of thinking!

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Waited For

2011-10-01T18:35:00.000-07:00

Waited For

Title: Waited For

Director: Nerina Penzhon

Original Language: English

Running Time: 57 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Interweaving three stories of South African lesbians who adopt children across racial lines, this film explores the ways in which these queer families challenge and are challenged by the traditional hierarchies of race and heterosexism that are still deeply entrenched in the South African psyche. This is the Asia premiere of this heartwarming film!

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Dinero Fácil (Easy Money)

2011-10-01T18:32:00.000-07:00

Dinero Fácil (Easy Money)

Title: Dinero Fácil (Easy Money)

Director: Carlos Montero Castiñeira

Original Language: Spanish

Running Time: 15 minutes

Country: Spain

Year: 2010

Jaime, a young and sexy male prostitute comes to a client’s hotel room only to realise that the client is expecting another service entirely: he needs a killer. Matters get more complicated when another young man, also named Jaime shows up at the door. What exactly has this rent boy got himself into?

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Love, Hugs and Kisses, Sissy Stephanie

2011-10-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

Title: Love, Hugs and Kisses, Sissy Stephanie

Director: Mrs. G.

Original Language: English

Running Time: 12 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2010

A long-time music teacher, now retired, Stephanie is an elderly man who embraces the lifestyle of being a full-time submissive in immaculate French-maid outfits and indulging in her preferences in public. Unapologetic yet warm, the film looks at the heart, humour and aspirations that lie beneath her crisp layers of crinoline.

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This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

2011-10-01T18:28:00.001-07:00

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

Title: The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

Director: Auraeus Solito

Original Language: Filipino, Tagalog, English

Running Time: 100 minutes

Country: Philippines

Year: 2005

A simple, lovely coming-of-age film about a feminine Filipino boy navigating desire. An eternal favourite at Nigah, this film was the opener for our very first Nigah QueerFest in 2007!

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This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Go Go Reject

2011-10-01T18:28:00.000-07:00

Go Go Reject

Title: Go Go Reject

Director: Michael J. Saul

Original Language: English

Running Time: 20 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2010

Wholesome and eternally optimistic Daniel Ferguson yearns to leave his job at Yogurt World and fulfill his childhood dream of becoming the Jennifer Beals of male go-go dancing. But Daniel's Flashdance fantasy runs smack into opposition from club promoters, who are less interested in his dancing ability than they are the physical attributes of the more muscular dancers. With undaunted ingenuity, Daniel turns his small frame into a huge success.

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This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Camminando Verso (Walking Towards)

2011-10-01T18:26:00.001-07:00

Camminando Verso (Walking Towards)

Title: Camminando Verso (Walking Towards)

Director: Roberto Cuzzillo

Original Language: Italian

Running Time: 75 minutes

Country: Italy

Year: 2011

This is the story of Emina who, despite migrating to an alien city, hides a dark secret about her war-torn past. Her housemate, Antonia, is hopelessly attracted to Emina’s mute energy, finding in her a source of inspiration. Emina, in turn, makes hesitant attempts to love herself again with Antonia’s encouragement and care. But when Antonia allows a Bosnian migrant to be an overnight guest at her house, Emina is forced to reckon with what she thought she had left behind.

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This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Charlotte

2011-10-01T18:26:00.000-07:00

Charlotte

Title: Charlotte

Director: Daniel Monks

Original Language: English

Running Time: 4 minutes

Country: Australia

Year: 2010

Charlotte goes on a date ... but why is her date being such a jerk?

This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Fortune Cookie Magic Tricks

2011-10-01T18:23:00.001-07:00

Fortune Cookie Magic Tricks

Title: Fortune Cookie Magic Tricks

Director: Alex Chu

Original Language: English

Running Time: 11 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2011

In this hilarious short, a traditional Chinese father tries to exorcise his son's homosexuality … only to invite the zombies in!

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This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Toothbrush

2011-10-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

Toothbrush

Title: Toothbrush

Director: Tonilyn A. Sideco

Original Language: English

Running Time: 23 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2011

Two toothbrushes in the holder abruptly become one, as Cor now faces the devastating challenge of letting go of a painful relationship. Back to two, three and sometimes four, the toothbrushes change as new women come in and out of her life. Despite efforts by her friends to pull her out of her sad stupor, Cor still remains haunted by memories of her past abusive relationship. Will she eventually find room in her heart for herself and for love? Find out in the Asia premiere of this wonderful movie!

This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Pulsiones (Drives)

2011-10-01T12:12:00.000-07:00

Pulsiones (Drives)

Title: Pulsiones (Drives)

Directors: Jose Manuel Carrasco

Original Language: Spanish

Running Time: 12 minutes

Country: Spain

Year: 2009

Carlos is about to get married ... but he's never explored his gay "drives". Who can help him out?

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho (I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone)

2011-10-01T11:59:00.000-07:00

Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho (I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone)

Title: Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho (I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone)

Director: Daniel Ribiero

Original Language: Portuguese

Running Time: 17 minutes

Country: Brazil

Year: 2010

The arrival of a new student in school changes everything in blind Leonardo's life. He has to try to figure out his feelings about the new boy, Gabriel, while becoming aware of his life-long friend Giovanna's jealousy. Who does Gabriel want to walk home with him from school?

This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

365 Without 377

2011-10-01T11:51:00.000-07:00

365 Without 377

Title: 365 Without 377

Director: Adele Tulli

Country: Italy

Language: English

Running Time: 53 mins

Year: 2011

This film follows the lives of three people one year after the judgement reading down Section 377. It discusses the issues facing the LGBT community in India today through the eyes of three protagonists - a gay activist, a male-to-female transgender dancer and a lesbian musician, ending with the anniversary celebrations in Mumbai.

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This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Project Bolo

2011-10-01T05:09:00.000-07:00

Project Bolo

Title: Project Bolo

Director: Sridhar Rangayan

Original Language: English

Running Time: 19 minutes

Country: India

Year: 2011

A collection of oral histories of Indian LGBT persons, this short film speaks with some pioneering figures of the queer movement about their sexuality, life and work.

This film will be screened on Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 at Ambedkar University. Return to film schedule.

Orchids: My Intersex Adventure

2011-10-01T05:08:00.000-07:00

Orchids: My Intersex Adventure

Title: Orchids: My Intersex Adventure

Director: Phoebe Hart

Original Language: English

Running Time: 60 minutes

Country: Australia

Year: 2010

Phoebe Hart comes clean on her journey of self-discovery to embrace her future and reconcile the past shame and family secrecy surrounding her intersex condition. Despite her mother's refusal to be in the film, Phoebe decides she must push on with her quest to resolve her life-story and connect with other intersex people on camera. With the help of her sister Bonnie and support from her husband James, she hits the open road…. Will talking openly give Phoebe the answers she has been searching for her entire life?

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This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute and on Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 at Ambedkar University. Return to film schedule.

Little Love

2011-10-01T05:07:00.000-07:00

Little Love

Title: Little Love

Director: Quentin Lee

Original Language: English

Running Time: 10 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2010

Andy has it all: a great house, a great job, and a cute young boyfriend, Rafael. Rafael, lost in Andy’s older, more successful shadow, knows he has to follow his own dreams. He meets Marcus, a newcomer to the city, and when Andy is out of town, they test the bounds of Andy and Rafael’s open relationship...

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This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Mi Último Round (My Last Round)

2011-10-01T05:04:00.000-07:00

Mi Último Round (My Last Round)

Title: Mi Último Round (My Last Round)

Director: Julio Jorquera Arriagada

Original Language: Spanish

Running Time: 87 minutes

Countries: Chile/Argentina

Year: 2011

The story of Octavio, a boxer living in a small town in southern Chile who falls in love with Hugo, a younger man. A local legend, Octavio wins fight after fight at the local gym. He’s growing older though, and has a medical condition that will not let him fight much longer. The two men secretly enter into a relationship but things don’t go as planned … will it be the last round for both of them?

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This film is courtesy of m-appeal and will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Who Can Speak of Men?

2011-10-01T05:03:00.001-07:00

Who Can Speak of Men?

Title: Who Can Speak of Men?

Directors: Ghazala Yasmin, Nihal Ahmed and Ambarien Alquadar

Original Languages: Hindi, Urdu

Running Time: 32 minutes

Country: India

Year: 2001

A documentary about middle-class Muslim women in India who refuse to conform to gender norms. They describe in poignant detail the everyday struggles they face in order to be true to themselves. The film is striking in the inclusion of a disarming seven-year-old, Chini,who stubbornly insists that ‘she’ is a ‘he’.

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Help Wanted

2011-10-01T05:03:00.000-07:00

Help Wanted

Title: Help Wanted

Director: Truc Thanh Nguyen

Original Language: English

Running Time: 10 minutes

Country: USA

Year: 2011

When unemployment is high, apparently the sign 'Help Wanted' isn’t meant to apply to a genderqueer Asian looking for employment...

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Home for the Golden Gays

2011-10-01T05:01:00.000-07:00

Home for the Golden Gays

Title: Home for the Golden Gays

Director: Nola Grace Gaardmand

Original Language: Tagalog, English

Running Time: 13 minutes

Year: 2010

Country: Phillipines

On a quiet side street, tucked away from the noisy, polluted traffic of the city, there is a special place. Since 1969, the Home for the Golden Gays has been a refuge for the elderly and vulnerable gays of Manila. A home for those who have nowhere else to go, for those whose families have rejected them, and for those who simply want to be in the company of other elderly gay people.

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This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Rex vs Singh

2011-10-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

Rex vs Singh

Title: Rex vs. Singh

Directors: Richard Fung, John Greyson, Ali Kazimi

Original Language: English, Punjabi

Running Time: 30 minutes

Country: Canada

Year: 2009

In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover police in Vancouver and accused of sodomy. This witty experimental movie tells their story four times by three different directors: as a period drama, as a contemporary investigation of the case, as a musical and finally, as a deconstruction of the actual court transcript.

This film will be screened on Sunday, November 20th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Como Esquecer (So Hard to Forget)

2011-10-01T04:57:00.001-07:00

Como Esquecer (So Hard to Forget)

Title: Como Esquecer (So Hard to Forget)

Director: Malu De Martino

Original Language: Portuguese, English

Running Time: 100 minutes

Country: Brazil

Year: 2010

Feeling totally abandoned after the break up of a long-term relationship, Julia is thrown into the desperate and painful process of finding herself. Her inner turmoil and conflicts come in the way of the help offered by her close friend, Hugo. Into this new chapter enters a new romance and a host of fresh feelings - can Julia handle it?

Trailer:

This film is courtesy of m-appeal and will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Difficult Love

2011-10-01T04:55:00.000-07:00

Difficult Love

Title: Difficult Love

Director: Zanele Muholi and Peter Goldsmid

Original Languages: English, Zulu, Afrikaans

Running Time: 48 minutes

Country: South Africa

Year: 2010

A lively personal take on the challenges facing Black lesbians in South Africa today, this short documentary features the life, work, friends and associates of inspiring 'visual activist' and internationally celebrated photographer, Zanele Muholi. The Asian premiere of this visually-stunning film is a must watch!

This film will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Queer Pet Adventures

2011-10-01T04:54:00.001-07:00

Queer Pet Adventures

Title: Queer Pet Adventures I - VII

Director: Veronique Courtois

Original Language: Silent

Running Time: 12 minutes (2 minutes each)

Country: USA

Year: 2010

Make sure you're back in your seats after the break to see the animated adventures of Salsa, a gay Chihuahua, and Butch Kitty, a lesbian Siamese cat.

Trailer:

This film is courtesy of m-appeal. A different section of this film will play after each break on Saturday, 19th November 2011 and Sunday, 20th November 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.

Teslimiyet (Other Angels)

2011-10-01T04:54:00.000-07:00

Teslimiyet (Other Angels)

Title: Teslimiyet (Other Angels)

Director: Emre Yalgin

Original Language: Turkish

Running Time: 84 minutes

Country: Turkey

Year: 2010

Sanem, a novice sex worker, lives with three other transgender women in Istanbul. When the handsome Gokhan moves next door, the two gradually become close and will have to confront their expectations and prejudices, while eking out a difficult life on the wrong side of the law.

This film is courtesy of m-appeal and will be screened on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at Indian Social Institute. Return to film schedule.