“IT MUST BE LOVE ON THE BRAIN” “IT MUST BE LOVE ON THE BRAIN” t the 9th edition of BQFF, hosted along with our beloved partners the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan (GI / MMB), we present a staggering A89 films from over 30 countries. Like every previous year, this year’s festival will be breathless, wild, fun, strange and intense. It will put you on social overdrive, because let’s face it: some of you come just to meet your friends. Watch out for our three specially curated packages. One set of films brought to us by GI / MMB, including our Saturday night Centrepiece, Ein Weg (Paths), comes from the prestigious Berlinale festival in Germany. Another package of LGBT shorts from the UK is brought to us by a British Council international touring programme in association with BFI Flare. For the second time in our history, BQFF is collaborating with the film curator and archivist Thomas Waugh, founder-director of the Queer Media Database Canada-Québec. He will introduce and screen a package called “I Confess”, autobiographical shorts from the Canadian Queer Film Archive.

This year we have something über special to announce: in 2017 The Bangalore Queer Festival Trust was set up as an independent entity that will work solely for the festival in the years to come, starting with the 10th Anniversay splash in 2019! We hope you will all stay with as collaborators, supporters, film lovers, performers and just generally a marvellously ragtag bunch of travellers in the future!

To give you a quick recap of last year’s festival, BQFF 2017 (24-26 February 2017) was held at Alliance Française de Bangalore and the Goethe-Institut /Max Mueller Bhavan. We were thrilled to include a retrospective of the films and videos of Trinidad-born Canada-based artist and writer Richard Fung, who visited the festival. Fung has a long history of making challenging videos on subjects ranging from the role of the Asian male in gay pornography to colonialism, immigration, racism, homophobia and AIDS.

BQFF 2017 also included the highest number of Indian features, shorts and documentaries the festival has ever screened. The opening feature, Natasha Mendonca’s Ajeeb Aashiq, followed the story of Khush (a working class transgender man) and Suman (a Bollywood singer), and blurred the boundaries between art and politics. The audience fell in love with the scrappy and resourceful kids in Prithvi Konanur’s Railway Children. We were also entranced by the spell cast by Velutha Rathrikal (White Nights, Razi Muhammed), a film that glistened in the moonlight as 1 it told us the story of Chelly, Jyothi and Manu. Ananya Kasaravalli’s subtle Harikatha

Prasanga was a touching tale of the life of Hari, a Yakshagana artist who performs female roles and exists within the interstices of gender identity.

The festival also included films from regions that have till now been underrepresented in our festival and in other events. Santa Khurai and Siddharth Haobijam’s The Unheard Voice was a film that evoked the history of the Nupa Amaibi, Manpuri priestesses of the Sanamahi tradition . Oh My Soul! (Kivini Shohe) followed the steps of three young men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSMs) in Dimapur, the commercial hub of Nagaland.

BQFF is not only about films but also provides space for queer artists, performers and photographers to share their work. Our photo exhibition in 2017, curated by Akshay Mahajan and Joshua Muyiwa, brought us illustrations by Jen Uman and photography by Kannagi Khanna and Karolina Gembara. The exhibition also featured Chan Arun Narendra’s subtle series Self portrait of a transman: Archiving the subtexts of inhabiting homes, and a showcase of artwork from The Gaysi Zine. The festival was also proud to host the play Mohanaswamy, based on Kannada writer Vasudhendra’s collection of short stories and directed by KSDL Chandru.

BQFF 2018 holds a spectacular lineup of films from all around the world in store for you, and two special performances. Grab space on the gallery, the chairs, the mattresses, the floors, the walls, and get ready for a #wazak ride at the festival!

SCHEDULE 3 Highlights 9 FEATURES 17 DOCUMENTARY 29 Gi / MMB BERLINALE 35 BFI FLARE 43 SHORT DOCUMENARY 51 SHORTS 61

“IT MUST BE LOVE ON THE BRAIN” ANIMATION 99 “I CONFESS” 103 PERFORMANCES/MUSIC/OFFICIAL PARTY 111 2 MANY MANY THANKS 116 FILM CONTACTS 119

Schedule 3 many many thanks

FRIDAY 9th march

9:00 AM Atopos, generi teatranti | 2016 2:11 PM Where We Are Now| 2016 (Atopos, theatrical genders) Lucie Rachel Alberto Amoreti UK / English / 9 min Italy / Italian / 1hr 17min 2:21 PM Thedal (The Search)| 2017 10:17 AM BREAK Monachan R 10:32 AM Positive Youtubers | 2017 India / Tamizh / 19 min Leandro Goddinho 2:41 PM Utar Thaguthi Brazil & Germany / Portugese (Physicality)| 2017 / 15 min V Ramanathan 10:48 AM Rarely Normal| 2017 India / Tamizh / 18 min Yaoyao 3:00 PM We Did Not Fall From China / Chinese / 37 min The Sky| 2017 11:26 AM 3 Experimental Shorts | 2017 Tabitha Breese India / Tamizh, Kannada & Echomutation / 6 min English / 29 min You, Me, It / 2 min Bleached / 7 min 3:29 PM BREAK Coco Schwarz & Alina Mann / Germany 3:39 PM Tasty | 2017 Meaghan Palmer 11:44 AM The Source is a Hole| 2017 Australia / English / 15 min Madsen Minax USA / English / 26 min 3:55 PM Rute| 2017 Ricardo Branco 12:11 PM Swarm of Selenium| 2017 Portugal / Portuguese / 25 min Maude Maton Canada / English / 24 min 4:21 PM Kulay abo ang llog ng Gunita (Ashen River of Remembrance) 12:35 PM LUNCH | 2017 Ronaldo S Vivo, Jr. 1:20 PM Piscina (Pool)| 2016 Philippines / Filipino / 15 min Leandro Goddinho 4:38 PM Cocoon| 2017 Brazil / Portugese / 30 min Mohammad Eskandari Iran / Farsi / 12 min 1:51 PM In a Land of Macho Men, The Queer is King | 2017 4:51 PM Life In Darkness| 2017 Dave Carrizosa Ali Raheem Mexico / Spanish / 19 min Iraq / Arabic / 9 min FRIDAY 9th march 5:01 PM Aabar Jadi Ichchha Karo… 7:19 PM BREAK (If You Dare Desire…) | 2017 7:24 PM Malila: The Farewell Flower Debalina | 2017 India / Bengali & English / 52m Anucha Boonyawatana 5:53 PM BREAK Thailand / Thai / 1 hr 36 mins 6:03 PM Turup (Checkmate)| 2017 9:01 PM Snapshot | 2017 Ektara Collective Shine Louise Houston India / Hindi / 1 hr 15 min USA / English / 1 hr 6 mins saturday 10th march

9:00 AM Ardhanariswar | 2017 10:52 AM The Driver| 2016 Sankha Mathew Baren India / Bengali / 26 min China / English / 18 mins 9:27 AM Aliou’s Journey| 2017 11:11 AM Sweet Nothings| 2017 Mamadou Samba Diallo Farhat Rahman Senegal & Belgium / USA / English / 12 mins French & Wolof / 22 min 11:24 AM Maria Adelaide| 2017 9:50 AM The Comet| 2016 Catarina Almeida Viktor Lindgren Brazil / Portuguese / 16 mins Sweden / English & Arabic / 15m 11:41 AM More Love. Less Prepackaged 10:06 AM The World is Round so That Bullshit | 2017 Nobody Can Hide in the Neelu Bhuman Corners – Part I: Refuge / 10min Canada / English / 1 min 10:17 AM The World is Round so That 11:43 AM The Taming | 2017 Nobody Can Hide in the Cor- Daniel Kulle ners – Part II: Kiss / 5min Germany / German / 6 mins Leandro Goddinho 11:50 AM Tres | 2017 Germany / 2017 Fabia Castro 10:22 PM BREAK Spain / Spanish / 3 mins Taste Of Love| 2017 10:37 AM A Time For Us| 2016 11:54 AM Paul Scheufer Rain Cuaca Austria / English / 5 min Indonesia / Bahasa / 14 mins saturday 10th march 12:00 PM Contestant #4 | 2017 Récit d’A (A[ids] Story) | 1990 Jared Joven & Kaj Palancan Esther Valiquete Philippines / Filipino/ 19 min Montreal / French / 20 min 12:20 PM A Leter to the Person I Have I`m a Voyeur | 1974 Met on Tinder | 2017 Colin Campbell James Allen Fajardo Toronto / English / 15 min Philippines / English / 5 min Erotic Exotic | 1998 12:26 PM Final Stage | 2017 Atif Siddiqi Nicolaas Schmidt Montreal / English / 19 min Germany / 27 min Q&A Session 12:54 PM Three Stones for Jean Genet | 2013 3:45 PM BREAK Frieder Schlaich & Pati Smith 3:55 PM Portrait of Jason | 1967 Germany / English / 7 min Shirley Clarke 1:00 PM LUNCH USA / English / 1 hr 45 min

1:45 PM Thoma Waugh presents 5:42 PM BREAK I CONFESS 5:52 PM Ladies & Gentlewomen Canada + conversation with dir. Malini Letre à Mon Père (Leter to my Jeevarathnam | 2018 father)| 1992 Malini Jeevarathnam Michael Langlois India / Tamizh & English / 47min Quebec / French / 13 min 7:03 PM More Than T | 2017 Cab Drive | 2011 Silas Howard Farrah Khan USA / English / 54 min Toronto / English / 5 min 7:58 PM Ein Weg (Paths) | 2017 A Supernatural Premiere | 1995 Chris Miera Kevin Kelly Germany / Gernam / 1 hr 47 min Winnipeg / English / 6 min 60 Unit: Bruise | 1976 Paul Wong Vancouver / English / 5 min Puri | 1998 Arif Noorani & Kevin D’Souza Toronto / English / 5 min Sunday 11th march

9:00 AM Simon & I | 2002 12:49 PM Sisak | 2017 Beverley Palesa Ditsie & Faraz Ansari Nicky Newman India / No dialogues / 15 min UK / English / 52 min 1:04 PM LUNCH 9:53 AM Pinky Gurung | 2018 1:49 PM Spark | 2017 Gopal Shivakoti Aharonit Elior Nepal / Nepali / 13 min USA / English / 6 min 10:07 AM Lady Eva | 2017 Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu 1:56 PM Hezar Afsan Tonga / English / 11 min (One Thousand Tales) | 2017 Asghar Safar & Abbas Jalali Yekta 10:42 PM BREAK Iran / Farsi / 8 min 10:19 AM A Simple Love Story | 2017 2:05 PM 1st Day & Next Minute | 2017 Hnin Pa Pa Soe Sara Koppel Myanmar / Myanmar / 22 min Denmark / 3 min 10:57 AM When Smoke Collides | 2017 2:09 PM Venus: Filly the Lesbian Litle Vorakorn Ruetaivanichkul Fairy | 2017 Thailand / Thai / 31 min Sávio Leite 11:29 AM Un Instante | 2017 Brazil / Portuguese / 6 min Adrià Guxens 2:16 PM Stav | 2018 Spain / Spanish / 20 min Michal Haggiag 11:50 AM Sova över (Sleep Over) | 2017 Israel / Hebrew / 10 min Jimi Vall Peterson 2:27 PM A Minuit Pile Sweden / Swedish / 9 min (Stroke Of Midnight) | 2018 12:00 PM Morning After | 2017 Yoann Garel Patricia Chica France / French / 12 min France / English / 15 min 2:41 PM Tritiya | 2017 12:16 PM Jamie | 2016 Vishnu Prasad Christopher Manning India / Malayalam / 17 min UK / English / 15 min 2:59 PM Dusk | 2017 12:32 PM Amar, Prem | 2018 Jake Graf Mujeer Pasha USA / English / 15 min India / Hindi & English / 12 min 12:45 PM Guillaume Masturbates| 2016 Patrick Aubert Canada / French / 3 min Sunday 11th march

2:59 PM The Kinnaras of the 7:22 PM Duo Impacto | 2017 Dark World | 2018 Molly Harding Anas Muhassin Cuba / Spanish / 8 min India / Kannada/ 6 min 7:31 PM Naughty Amelia Jane | 2017 3:22 PM The Lights are Risheeta Agrawal Calling Sreedevi | 2018 India / English / 12 min Jugal Mody 7:44 PM Mai | 2017 India / Hindi / 4 min Marta Gonzàlez 3:26 PM BREAK Spain / Spanish / 8 min 7:53 PM Café Desvelado 3:36 PM Hilom (Still) | 2016 (Awaken Cup) | 2017 Paul Rembert Patindol Pamela Castillo Philippines / Filipino / 15 min Peru / Spanish / 9 min 3:52 PM We Love Moses | 2016 Dionne Edwards 8:03 PM The Icecreamkiller | 2017 UK / English / 16 min Anna Wasserwoman 4:09 PM Min Homosyster Ukraine / 5 min (My Gay Sister) | 2017 8:09 PM Aridai | 2017 Lia Hietala Igor Luna Sweden & Norway / Swedish Spain / Spanish / 8 min / 15 min 8:18 PM Balcony | 2015 4:25 PM La Prima Sueca Toby Fell-Holden (Swedish Cousin) | 2017 UK / English / 17 min Inés María Barrionuevo & Agustina San Martín 8:36 PM I am a Woman | 2016 Argentina / Spanish / 20 min Kai Fiáin UK / English / 4 min 4:45 PM BREAK 8:41 PM The Ladies Almanack | 2017 4:50 PM Iratajeevitham | 2018 Daviel Shy Suresh Narayanan USA / English / 1 hr 26 min India / Malayalam / 1 hr 41 min 6:31 PM BREAK + Thank YOUS 6:46 PM The Masterful Hermit | 2015 Reg Noyes Wales / English / 35 min

HIGHLIGHTS Screening Time: Friday | 7:20 p.m. Malila: The Farewell Flower Thailand | 2017 | 1 hr 36 mins | Thai

visual exploration of the life of a couple, A combined with traditional Thai Bai Sri art and Buddhist philosophy. Pitch and Shane, who once were lovers, are trying to heal the pain of their contemporary lives by reviving their old romance by fabricating a traditional Thai ornament made of leaves and flowers and symbolizing love and virtue. When Shane finds out that Pich is dying, he decides to be a monk forever.

Director: Anucha Boonyawatana

Anucha Boonyawatana (Thailand) is an independent film OPENING NIGHT director and founder of G-Motif Production. Anucha’s thesis film Down The River won the Young Thai Artist Award and has been shown at several film festivals. In 2012, the 10 short film Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3 was screened at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Malila: The Farewell Flower is her second feature and won the Kim Jiseok Award at the Busan IFF.

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Ein Weg (Paths) Screening Time: Sunday | 8:40 p.m. The Ladies Almanack USA | 2017 | 1 hr 26 mins | English

In Paris in 1928 American Djuna Barnes writes a farcical novel about the lovers, friends and publishing elite that make up “lesbian Don Juan” Natalie Clifford Barney’s sordid salon. Dolly Wilde, Elizabeth Gramont, Romaine Brooks, Mimi Franchetti, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Liane de Pougy, Radclyffe Hall, Mina Loy, Janet Flanner and many more of the finest minds of her time enter her colorful book. Concocted to cheer up Barnes’ ailing girlfriend, Thelma Wood, who is sick in the hospital, the story ultimately outlives the romance.

Director: Daviel Shy

CLOSING NIGHT Daviel Shy (Los Angeles) is an independent scholar of liberation studies. Her research focuses on utopic moments in lesbian history and thought. She makes films (theladiesalmanack.com), writes poetry, organizes events 14 (L.M.N.O.P.) and teaches classes (Profile of a Radical). She is the editor of the nascent publishing experiment Slivered Almond Press.

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20 FEATURE FILMS Irattajeevitham S India |20181hr41minsMalayalam is married off to a local guy. But almost ten years ten almost guy.But local a to off married is Sainu home. from disappears Amina day one and one unbearable and stark a becomes reality this adolescence, into slip yearningtheyforrelease. As But there is one major hitch. Inside Amina is a man inseparable. them making irresistibly, grown has appears atthevillage. Adraman, himself calling man a stranger, a later were kids and this attraction between the two the between attraction this and kids were they when friends thick were Amina and ainu is hisfeature debute. Yamini Parameswaran. with co-directed Irattajeevitham documentary, last his is reactor, of people atomic Koodamkulam the the near Idinthakarai, to democracy of on denial Tamil the in documentary a Jananayalam, many different socio-political issues. Thirudappetta on films for documentary directed has He filmmaker years. documentary and activist social a been has Narayanan Suresh Director: Suresh Narayanan Screening Time:Sunday |5:00p.m.

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DOCUMENTARY 31 Screening Time: Saturday | 5:50 p.m. Saturday Time: Screening and this is her first documentary film. It Malini Jeevarathnam (Chennai) is an independent an is (Chennai) Jeevarathnam Malini filmmaker, LGBT activist and dancer. been She an assistant has director on Pa Ranjith’s Madras film has the received Best Documentary award at the Norway Tamil Film Festival, was nominated for an award at the Pune International Queer other many Film received has and Loud, & Out Festival the world. accolades around Director: Malini Jeevarathnam Director:

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Director: Sávio Leite Sávio Director: Sávio Sávio Leite (Brazil) de Federal Universidade Minas Gerais. He is studied a video visual arts artist, at short film the director and already worked animator on numerous and cinema projects. has He teaches animation and is founder and curator of a short film festival in Belo Horizonte. His own films have screened at around 200 festivals in countries. over 30

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44 Flare Films I UK |201517minsEnglish Balcony of prejudice andshame. girl falls for a recent immigrant who is the victim local a tension,racial with rifeneighborhood a n British Independent FilmAwards (BIFA). the at Short British Best for nomination a with along Urbanworld, and Calgary Flickerfest, qualifiers Oscar at Short International Best and Berlinale 66th the at Oxford University. His short and 2013 holds a B.A. in in Philosophy, MFAPolitics and Economics Film from Columbia’s from graduated He writer-director. a is (London) Fell-Holden Toby Director: Toby Fell-Holden Screening Time:Sunday |8:15p.m. Balcony won a Crystal Bear Flare Films 45 Screening Time: Sunday | 8:40 p.m. | Sunday Time: Screening breakdancer breakdancer and Meghie, spoken who uses rap and breakdance as a means word of artist exploring her heritage (from Jamaica Azara to South woman. as an LGBTQI London) and self A cine-poem that explores ‘stud’ identity with

Azara Azara Meghie is a black LGBTQI performer and over the last two years she fuses poetry with breakdancing. where practice has been developing her solo subcultures, subcultures, Kai uses folk and fairy tales to explore truths. human universal Kai Fiáin (London) whose work is is primarily concerned with a class, race and lens-based gender. With artist a passion with for UK working class Director: Kai Fiáin and Azara Meghie Kai Fiáin and Azara Director: I am a Woman a I am UK | 2016 | 4 mins | English | 4 mins UK | 2016 46 Flare Films J Jamie afternoon together. UK |201615minsEnglish One Sunday he meets Ben and the two spend the amie is clumsily looking for his first relationship. Rhode IslandInternational FilmFestival. BAFTA/Oscar-qualifyingFlickers’ the Awardat Spirit Alternative numerous the garnering including awards, festivals, and nominations 40 over at film played short His Programme. Symposium Student Festival’s Film Telluride the of Alumnus an and participant, scheme BAFTACrew x Network BFI 2017 a is He School. Film London the at filmmaking Columbia University in New York City before studying from History in B.A. a earned director.He and writer award-winning an is (London) Manning Christopher Director: Christopher Manning Screening Time:Sunday |12:15p.m. Jamie has Flare Films 47 Screening Time: Sunday | 3:50 p.m. | Sunday Time: Screening

When Ella was twelve she had her first fight. And when she was twelve she eighteen, discovered Ella reflects sex. on how her Now obsession with her older brother Michael’s best friend Moses left she still carries. her with a secret has been invited to festivals worldwide. festivals to has been invited , which was a finalist in Shooting People’s

Film of the Month competition. Dionne’s 2014 short Hi, Miss! 2011 to form Teng Teng Films with 2011 Teng producer to Georgia form Teng including together, shorts four made have They Goggin. Got Got University of Westminster, she spent a year at Working Working at year a spent she Westminster, of University Title Films on their Action Internship. She went on to assist agents at Linda Seifert Management and left in Dionne Edwards (London) is After studying film and TV production director. at the a screenwriter and Director: Dionne Edwards Director: We Love Moses Love We UK | 2016 | 16 mins | English | 16 mins UK | 2016 48 Flare Films A Are Now Where We UK |20169minsEnglish been made. their family now that the decision to transition has and out begin to think about what the future coming might hold for of experiences own their share they relationship, their on back Looking parent. between a young woman and her transgenderher and youngwoman a between personal insight into the changing relationship member ofCOLAGE UK. supporting and Collective Arts Roof Tin of member committee current a is she where Dundee, in works Jordanstone Academy’s New Contemporaries of in 2015. She lives and Duncan Lucie at RoyalScottish the of one as Design and Art of unspoken.College Art Fine the in graduated and gender relationships, domestic of themes recurring navigate and narrate to image moving and still with working confessional, somewhat is (England) Rachel Lucie of practice The Director: LucieRachel Screening Time:Friday |2:10p.m.

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Screening Time: Sunday | 10:20 AM A Simple Love Story Myanmar | 2017 | 22 min | Myanmar

simple love story is all but simple. It shows the A impossible love of a young Myanmar couple, a transwoman and a transman. He lives in Yangon, she is in Mandalay. A story about universal love and desire, hardship and identity in traditional Myanmar society.

Director: Hnin Pa Pa Soe

DOCUMENTARY Hnin Pa Pa Soe (Myanmar), or Can Dal, works as a human rights facilitator. She attended the filmmaking workshop organized by Colors Rainbow in 2016. In 2017 she directed A Simple Love Story, which won the 52 Best Documentary Award at the Wathann Film Festival. She then produced a film called Line and is now working as a director on a project named It Gets Better. Screening Time: Saturday | 9:00 a.m. DOCUMENTARY Ardhanriswar India | 2017 | 26 mins | Bengali

In 2015, the transgender community of Kolkata organize India’s first community Durga Puja with support from a local club Udyami Yubak Brinda. In an effort to manifest their identity the community adopt an Ardhanriswar form of the Durga idol, that represents both the masculine and feminine principles in one body. However, a year later the club refuses to accept the Ardhanriswar idol. After repeated attempts at reconciliation, talks fall through at the last stage and the search for a new collaboration begins.

Director: Sankhajit Biswas

Sankhajit Biswas (India) has a 3-year Postgraduate Diploma in Editing from Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute. Dui Dhuranir Golpo / In-between Days, his debut film, is a critically acclaimed documentary on the transgender community of Kolkata. It has been shown in major festivals including CPH:DOX, Yamagata and DokPoint Helsinki, and won the Best Documentary Award at the Kolkata International Film Festival 2014. His second documentary, The Wind in the Maruwa 53 Field, was selected for the Indian Panorama 2016. Duo Impacto Cuba | 2017 | 8 mins | Spanish Screening Time: Sunday | 7:20 p.m. he film follows the work of a lesbian couple’s Tfemale to male drag activities in their rural Havana town. They work to challenge gender expectations and spread understanding within Directors: Molly Harding, Miranda their community. Everingham & Alexandra Nagy

The film was made by a group of three women as part of a directing documentary course in Havana. They hail from from England, Austria and Australia. They are students, photographers and broadcasters and each had something different to bring to the production. They hope to take their work with the women in the film further as the themes are so universal. Lady Eva Tonga | 2017 | 11 mins | English | Tonga Screening Time: Sunday | 10:05 A.m. Director: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu n irrepressible young transgender woman in the Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (Hawaii) Aconservative Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga a.k.a. Kumu Hina is a Kanaka Maoli sets off on a journey to become her true self – with a (Native Hawaiian) teacher, cultural little inspiration from Tina Turner along the way. practitioner and community leader. She was a founding member of Kulia DOCUMENTARY Na Mamo, a community organization established to improve the quality of life for māhū wahine (transgender 54 women). In 2014 she was one of the first transgender candidates to run for statewide political office in the US. Lady Eva is her first production. Screening Time: Sunday | 9:50 A.m. DOCUMENTARY Pinky Gurung Nepal | 2018 | 13 mins | Nepali

Pinky Gurung is centered around the struggles of Pinky Gurung and her journey to being a transwoman social worker and leader in Nepal.

Director: Gopal Shivakoti

Gopal Shivakoti (Nepal) is a documentary filmmaker and has been working with films and digital media since 2004. He is a primarily a visual editor who also does 2D animation, motion graphics and filming. He has been a key resource person at “Young-Cuts! the filmmaking workshop” in Kathmandu for the past three years. Currently, he is CEO of Shiwakoti Films 55 Pvt. Ltd and consultant editor at Onion Films, Nepal. He has shot and edited six documentaries. Screening Time: Friday | 10:30 a.m. Positive Youtubers - A Machinima Documentary` Brazil | Germany | 2017 | 15 mins | Portugese

student documentary film made entirely with A footage recorded from the computer desktop screen, about four Brazilians who have created Youtube Channels to talk openly about their HIV status in a very positive way.

Director: Leandro Goddinho

DOCUMENTARY Leandro Goddinho (Brazil) has studied cinema and theatre in Brazil and has directed nine short films. Piscina (Pool) premiered at the Palm Springs Film 56 Festival in June and has won 33 Awards in more than a hundred film festivals. Screening Time: Friday | 10:45 A.M, DOCUMENTARY Rarely Normal China | 2017 | 37 mins | Chinese

ouzi is an excellent soccer player, but destiny Gsends countless curveballs their way. They have been living with a rare disease for 11 years, and during that time they fell critically ill 6 times, were paralyzed 11 times and lost their hearing 4 times. Yet they keep on living their life with a playful and staunch spirit. Queerness, disability, life, love, affection and survival are just some of the pieces they use to puzzle together their own true self.

Director: Yaoyao

Yaoyao (Shandong Province, China) took part in the LGBTQI video capacity building training ‘Queer University’ in March 2012. She was one of two participants selected to make her debut documentary with full support from the Chinese LGBTQI webcast Queer Comrades. Her debut film Brothers is China’s first documentary on the female-to-male transgender community in China. 57 Rarely Normal is Yaoyao’s second documentary. Screening Time: Friday | 2:20 p.m. Thedal (The Search) India | 2017 | 19 mins | Tamizh

documentary film about the journey of two A women, one fighting for the womanhood denied to her and the other fighting the powerlessness of the womanhood granted her.

Director: Monachan R

Monachan R (Kerala) made his first film, a documentary about his village, when he was 18. After working in DOCUMENTARY the field of graphics and animation for a few years he enrolled for a B.A. in Visual Design at the Don Bosco College of Art and Design, specializing in film. He then 58 made three films, two short films titled Cube Me and Remnant, and a documentary titled Thedal. Screening Time: Friday | 3:00 p.m. DOCUMENTARY We Did Not Fall From The Sky India | 2017 | 29 mins | Tamizh | Kannada | English

urushi, Pratiksha and Shalu are three best Pfriends and trans women struggling to find their place in Bengaluru, often via the only means of making a living available to them: sex work and begging. The film is intercut with animation and dreamlike dance sequences.

Directors: Tabitha Breese and Georgia Oakley Tabs Breese (London) is currently at Concordia Studio in LA where she works across their slate developing feature documentaries. Credits include The Dead Sea, about the migrant crisis (TriForce Audience Award 2017, London Short Film Festival 2017) and The Last Goodbye (TriBeca 2017), a VR experience from the UN about Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter. Georgia Oakley (London) is an award winning writer/director. Her latest project Little Bird, a 1941 drama written by Emily Taaffe and starring Imelda Staunton, premiered at the 2017 TriBeCa 59 International Film Festival. The film was awarded the Kodak Kickstarter Grant, the Jameson Works Film Bursary and the Audience Award Jury Prize.

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Pêcheurs (2011) and Le Sniper Director: Yoann Garel Yoann Director: and director a is (France) Garel Yoann He composer. has directed two other shorts (2015). Screening Time: Saturday | 12:20 p.m. 12:20 | Saturday Time: Screening Person I Have Have I Person Philippines | 2017 | 5 mins | English Philippines | Met on Tinder Met on he film is about the filmmaker’s experience of with on Tinder. he matched meeting a stranger A Letter to the the to Letter A T

an online dating app. Right before midnight, they they midnight, before Right app. dating online an n a Paris apartment two men meet by means of Screening Time: Sunday | 2:25 p.m. Screening Time: Sunday France | 2018 | 12 min | French France

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Screening Time: Sunday | 7:50 pm | 7:50 Screening Time: Sunday A experience experience as an actor and has also directed and produced plays. is his debut film. Director: Igor Luna Director: Igor Luna (Madrid) has a decade of

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Brace (2011), X-WHY (2015) have given the film Screening Time: Sunday | 3:00 pm 3:00 pm | Sunday Time: Screening Chance (2015) and identity open by up to about his sexual a way director explaining what it was like to go through the process individual. of being a transgender Director: Jake Graff Jake Director: Jake Graf (London) is a transgender actor, writer & director. Short films such as

rowing rowing up in 1950s England in an intolerant and uninformed world, young Chris Winters

life life is a life half lived haunts Chris, who is torn by been. have might what Chris imagines ifs’. ‘what behind, Chris meets dream woman Julie and life lightens a little, but the growing feeling that their struggles struggles to fit into the gender roles dictated by wider society. A more than tough childhood left Dusk

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Selenium | 24 mins | English Canada | 2017 Swarm of Swarm join forces to try to care for one another and combat combat and another one for care to try to forces join taking place within. the insidious violent process all are shaken but some are hit harder than others. than harder hit are some but shaken are all Through dance, visual work and anti-work they crews crews cohabit in the shells of an abandoned malt factory. As a troubling pattern begins to emerge from their mouths in the form of shattered glass In the surreal dystopian present two queer feminist feminist queer two present dystopian surreal the In 86 short films T USA |201712minsEnglish Nothings Sweet between aninterracial queercouple. he film centers on a separation that takes place Farhat holds a B.A. in Economics from Bryn Mawr College College Mawr Bryn from and anM.A.in MediaStudiesfrom The NewSchool. Economics in B.A. a ‘queered’.holds Farhat are temporalities Indo-Pak Bangladeshi/non affected are filmmaker, color power, particularly Muslim peripheries of how of the trans at people trans a queer, how is around (Bangladesh) centered is workscreenwriterwhose and essayist political Rahman Farhat Director: Farhat Rahman Screening Time:Saturday |11:10a.m. short films 87 Screening Time: Saturday | 11:55 A.M. | 11:55 Saturday Time: Screening Paul Scheufler (Vienna) is a newcomer in the film the in newcomer a is (Vienna) Scheufler Paul He industry. graduated at Ortweinschule Graz in Film & Multimedia Art, where he made several and Graz short films, Kunsthaus a for commercial on documentaries worked in Vietnam and Kenya. City. in Vienna and New York lives He currently Director: Paul Scheufler Paul Director:

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the process questioning our sense of safety, desire, desire, safety, of sense our questioning process the in life. truth and purpose engaging engaging in a series of violent confrontations with the people she encounters along the way - and in A woman sets out one night from her home seaside, in the the to journey ill-fated and erratic an on city The Driver The | Chinese | English | 2016 | 18 mins China 90 short films A Ukraine |20175mins Icecreamkiller The cream. ice her devouring stranger a about film short both publicand private spacesassheobserves them. in actions records and style documentary guerilla a uses she work her In projects. independent documentary creative of producer a as working currently is and videos documentary in specializes She Jakarta. in workshop at the Kalyana Shira Films production house with Nia Dinata and Kiki Febriyanti at the “Filmmaking” moved to Indonesia for two years to work as a trainee she 2013 In Philology. English and Law in majoring degree master’s a got (Ukraine)Wasserwoman Anna Director: AnnaWasserwoman Screening Time:Sunday |8:00p.m. short films 91 Screening Time: Sunday | 3:15 p.m. Sunday Screening Time: India | 2018 | 6 mins | Kannada India | 2018 mashup of Elie Golding, Bon - Iver Lights & Calgary featuring Sridevi from Chaalbaaz. he film is a visual representation by of a poem Bengaluru-based RJ, trans activist and Screening Time: Sunday | 3:20 p.m. Screening Time: Sunday performer performer Shilok Mukkati. The film and the poem explore Shilok’s angst as she battles indifference and society at large. and ridicule at home The Lights are are Lights The Calling Sreedevi India | 2018 | 4 mins | English A T the Dark World Dark the The Kinnaras of Kinnaras The , a Toke Alia Bhatt: , the star’s official narrative and Lovetreats. Star Star Life adventure game. He with also startups like The consults Ladies Finger consultant. He is the author of stoner zombie novel, and Director: Jugal Mody Jugal Director: Jugal Mody is a writer and narrative Communication and Social (ICSA).Action has been steadily building his portfolio and portfolio his building steadily been has presently is a film associate with Ideas for Muhassin (Bombay) is a filmmaker. He 24 has been year working in old film the industry for the last four years and Director: Anas Muhassin Director: 92 short films Hermit The Masterful A both ontheverge offalling inlove. since they spent an unexpected afternoon together,year, a over for Enid seen hasn’t Christina down: her tracked has past the from blast a discover to Wales |201535minsEnglish to be flying off around the world, she is shocked party,excitedfarewell her attends Christina s Halfon ( Moine ( Scott directors Allan and like writers notable for editor script a as the Picture Production Company. Universal Reg has also worked and Kudos, UK, CinemaNX, Pictures, Pinewood Pictures, StudioCanal including companies, production profile high of number a fordevelopment Film School Wales. Since 2006 he has freelanced in International film the of graduate a is (Wales) Noyes Reg Director: Reg Noyes ), Oliver Parker ( ParkerOliver ), Sleuth ) andCarol Morley ( Screening Time:Sunday |6:45p.m. o’ Lo Now Look Don’t Johnny English Reborn English Johnny , oii Ml ( Moll Dominik ), The Falling ). ), Simon ), Le short films 93

My The Year The I Year Broke My Voice (2014), (2009), which have been screened at Screening Time: Friday | 11:45 a.m. | Friday Time: Screening Riot Riot Acts (2012), and the world. around festivals many Director: Madsen Minax Director: Madsen Minax films social by makes inspired concerns and human conditions, dreams and and fantasy, the politics of from interests these approaches often He belonging. radical means, documentary and narrative experimental, of blend a and draws from personal investments in queer, trans and sex work communities. Most Madsen’s Handsome Monster projects include

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Director 5 mins | English Cab Drive Cab Canada (Toronto) | 2011 | (Toronto) Canada - Director eeply eeply personal, the artist’s relationship with lesbian identity. sharing her father, her driver Farrah Khan is a Toronto-based educator and activist. educator Khan is a Toronto-based Farrah D mance, film and writing.

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, is a full-length play written and Lalbagh Road Lalbagh Venue: Shoonya: Centre for Centre Venue: Shoonya: Practices, Art and Somatic THURSDAY 8 MarcH THURSDAY 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. is a Bharatanatyam artist dancer, and theatre playwright. Daya certificate professional in performance holds a arts from Arts College in Gothenburg, dance various at trained is and Sweden, schools in India and in Sweden. Bangalore his Based recent works include performances with Bangalore Jagriti Little Theatre Theatre, and Arts Ancient Yogastala (Kalasinchanam KYAAT Trust), among others. His latest work, Shiva directed by Daya and produced Animus. & Anima by collective art budding a Murali. Murali. Costume and Props: Poornima V.Sujay Madhavi Ajmera, Sejal Sukumar, Sakrepatna Daya Director: & Playwright

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Images: Madhura Sneha Srinivas. Ram. Poetry: Sound: Lights: Lekha Nikhil Ramachandran. Naidu. Stage Design: Nagaraj, Anjali Saurabh Muthanna, Ajay Eapen Ram, Ram, Vaishnavi Dimpi Saikia, Satish Gopal, Sneha Kurian. Lyria Babu, Mohan Ram, Music: Karthik Hebbar. Choreography: Yamini Muthanna, Ajay Eapen Gopal. In form, Shiva Bharatanatyam, is Carnatic a music storytelling. realistic confluence and of Asil, Rohit appearance): of order (in Cast Yamini Sakrepatna, Daya Mishra, Pratima identity and sexuality, stories bear which Shiv to the journey mother’s his depicting journey, culmination of his of acceptance. fear fear and choice, but most importantly deep child’s a of expression an are they longing for acceptance from a parent. These themes play out as simple and poignant stories of everyday and people their journeys around gender sexuality through a series of letters and letters of series a through sexuality poems. These letters and poems conviction, deal of themes universal the with

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he Black Mamba Live Electro DUO Jazzmandu (Nepal), NH7 Weekender SET comprises original songs (India), Galle Literary Festival (Sri Tand a few covers that touch on Lanka) and The Great Escape Festival themes of women’s empowerment, (UK). public safety, ecofeminism. The set Natasha Mendonca is an award- will be interspersed with slam poetry winning filmmaker and electronic that conceptually binds the show. The musician. Her work has shown at the performance fuses Afro-Indian grooves, Museum of Modern Art PS1, (USA), cascading operatic harmonies and Centre Pompidou (France), Tate electronic beats to explore the multiple Modern (U.K), Instituto Tomie Ohtake meanings and inclusive expressions of (Brazil), Los Angeles County Museum, gender & womanhood. (USA), Kochi Muziris Biennale, India ABOUT THE ARTISTS Art Fair, NGBK (Germany), Locarno Suman Sridhar, artist-vocalist- Film Festival etc. She was on the Teddy composer extraordinaire bridges the Jury, Berlin International Film Festival worlds of jazz, soul, electronic, Indian in 2004 and was part of the Berlinale classical, opera, cabaret, afrobeat Talents 2017. Her notable films are Jan and hip-hop. Suman is recognized Villa (2010) and Ajeeb Aashiq (2016). for her chart topping film songs. Her forthcoming album Black Mamba had saturday 10 MarcH a world preview at the Tate Modern Museum, London (2017). Her noted 9:30 p.m. live, radio and televised performances Venue: Primal (2nd Floor, 501, include Southbank Centre (UK), Coke 6th Cross Road, 6th Block Studio (MTV India), dOCUMENTA (13) Koramangala, Bangalore (Germany), BBC- World Service (UK), 560095) Radio Mirchi Music Awards (India), 117 118 many many thanks D Aarti Mundkur the future. relationship withtheBritishCouncil in Flare. We hopeto buildonour organised inassociationwithBFI international touring programme the UKpackage, a British Council the Flare Films:LGBT Shortsfrom British Council Sapra Leighton Ernsberger Hannah Bowers plotting together intheyears ahead! hope to continuecollaborating and relationship withtheInstitute and Ein Weg includes ourCentrepiece feature the Berlinale festival catalogue,which for theannualpackage offilmsfrom the screenings. We alsothankGI/MMB room drama andseeingusthrough Amal Jose the whole event andfor herpatience. Department) Cultural for thefestival. continued andunwavering support festival thisyear andfor their partnering withusfor thewhole Institut /MaxMuellerBhavan many thanks to... and Coordinator) (Director) Maureen Gonsalves (Cultural Heimes Claus r. . We deeply appreciate our for handlingallourtech Lisa Adhyapok Ewa Meister (Intern – , for bringing us and , Roshni Rao atthe Faheem , for coordinating Charu Goethe- atthe for the , , for , Thomas Waugh FILMS identity document. for helpingthetrustgetitsfirstofficial Bangalore QueerFestival Trust! Riyaz work they didto helpusregister The Indonesia and co-producer, John Badalu Portrait ofJason it possiblefor usto screen theriveting Milestone FilmandVideo,for making Dennis Doros things are calling! capricious Saturday nights when other responses to allemails,even on set offilms,andhislightning quick second timethisyear, for hisfantastic festival enough to comebackfor the Malila: The Farewell Flower Farewell The Malila: Almanack us have beenwaiting for, Daviel Shy Farewell Flower our openingnight film Alvarez Aguilera Boonyawatana, Badalu more filmsfrom theregion! We’re always happy when we have with thefilmmakers andproducers. East Asiaandfor puttingus intouch recommending filmsfrom South . Karen Faith , for thefilmthatmany of ( Q! FilmFestival, and . . (Reel Suspects),for , for loving the Amy Heller Malila: The and (media The Ladies Alberto Alberto Anucha Anucha ), for of many many thanks 119 ,

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Erotic Exotic [email protected] Thomas Waugh: https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/atif- siddiqi Final Stage [email protected] Guillaume Masturbates [email protected] Aubert: Patrick Balcony [email protected] Cab Drive [email protected] Thomas Waugh: https://www.ryerson.ca/sexual-violence/ about/our-coordinator/ Cup) (Awaken Café Desvelado Castillo: [email protected] Pamela Cocoon m_eskandari56@ Mohammad Eskandari: ymail.com 4 No. Contestant [email protected] Vargas: Petersen Duo Impacto [email protected] Harding: Molly Dusk [email protected] Graf: Jake Ein Weg (Paths) [email protected] Ardhanariswar [email protected] Biswas: Sankhajit Aridai Igor Luna: [email protected] Ismael Martin: [email protected] Genders) Theatrical (Atopos: Generi Teatranti Atopos: [email protected] Amoretti: Alberto

FILM CONTACTS FILM Mujeer Pasha: [email protected] Mujeer Pasha: [email protected] (Producer) [email protected] Amar Prem Mamadou Samba Diallo: masssamba1@ outlook.be; Roberto Romeo: Debalina: [email protected] Journey Aliou’s Rain Cuaca: [email protected] Cuaca: Rain Desire…) Dare (If You Aabar Jadi Ichchha Karo… http://umanitoba.ca/schools/art/staff/ faculty/kevin_kelly.html A Time For Us A Supernatural Premiere A Supernatural [email protected] Thomas Waugh: A Simple Love Story A Simple Love filmfestival@andproud. Film Festival: &Proud net A Minuit Pile (Stroke Of Midnight) [email protected] Garel: Yoann James Allen Fajardo: fajardojamesallen@ James Allen Fajardo: gmail.com https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/paul- wong on Tinder Met A Letter to the Person I Have 60 Unit: Bruise 60 Unit: [email protected] Thomas Waugh: 2. You, Me, It 2. You, 3. Bleached [email protected] Coco Schwarz: 3 Experimental Shorts: 3 Experimental 1. Echomutation 1st Day & Next Minute 1st Day [email protected] Koppel: Sara 122 122 Performances:FILM CONTACTS Shiva Irattajeevitham Dave Carrizosa:[email protected] In aLandofMacho MentheQueerisKing campbell https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/colin- Thomas Waugh: [email protected] I`m aVoyeur Azara Meghie: [email protected] I amaWoman Paul Patindol: [email protected] gmail.com Giancarlo Lauro Abrahan: glcabrahan.v@ Hilom (Still) Asghar Safar: [email protected] Hezar Afsan(OneThousandTales) Ali Raheem: [email protected] Life InDarkness langlois https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/michel- Thomas Waugh: [email protected] Lettre àmonpère(Lettertomyfather) Kumu Hina:[email protected] Lady Eva Daviel Shy: [email protected] The LadiesAlmanack com Malini Jeevarathnam: malinipavithra@icloud. Ladies &Gentlewomen [email protected] Martín: [email protected]; Inés MaríaBarrionuevo &AgustinaSan La PrimaSueca(SwedishCousin) Ronaldo SVivo Jr.: [email protected] Kulay AboAngLlogNgGunita (AshenRiverofRemembrance) [email protected] Jamie Suresh Narayanan: [email protected]

[email protected] Min Homosyster (MyGay Sister) gmail.com Catarina Almeida:catarinaalmeida1994@ Maria Adelaide reelsuspects.com Alberto Alvarez Aguilera (Reel Suspects):a@ Malila: TheFarewell Flower com Marta González:mgonzalezgallego@gmail. Mai Yaoyao: [email protected] Rarely Normal dsouza https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/kevin- Thomas Waugh: [email protected] Puri com Leandro Goddinho:leandrogoddinho@gmail. Positive Youtubers (Milestone Film &Video) Dennis Doros: [email protected] Portrait ofJason com Leandro Goddinho:leandrogoddinho@gmail. Piscina (Pool) Gopal Shivakoti: [email protected] Pinky Gurung Risheeta Agrawal: [email protected] Naughty AmeliaJane Patricia Chica:[email protected] Morning After Daniel Cruz:[email protected] More ThanT Neelu Bhuman:[email protected] More Love. LessPrepackaged Bullshit

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Performances: Shiva 123 Vorakorn R: [email protected] Vorakorn Where We Are Now [email protected] Lucie Rachel: [email protected] Tres Muñoz: info@ Antonio Ismael Martin & selectedfilms.com Tritiya [email protected] Vishnu Prasad: Turup (Checkmate) [email protected] Collective: Ektara Un Instante [email protected] Guxens: Adrià (Physicality) Thaguthi Uttar [email protected] V Ramanathan: the Lesbian Venus: Filly [email protected] Leite: Sávio From The Sky We Did Not Fall [email protected] Breese: Tabitha Moses We Love [email protected] Dionne Edwards: When Smoke Collides The Source is a Hole The Source [email protected] Minax: Madsen The Taming [email protected] Daniel Kulle: – Can Hide in the Corners Nobody is Round so That The World The KISS II: and PARt I : Refuge Part Goddinho: leandrogoddinho@gmail. Leandro com (TheThedal Search) Monachan R: [email protected] Genet Three Stones for Jean

The Masterful Hermit [email protected] Noyes: Reg Anna Wasserwoman: annawasserwoman@ Anna Wasserwoman: gmail.com The Driver [email protected] Matthew Baren: The Icecreamkiller The Comet [email protected] Tasty [email protected] Palmer: Meaghan Taste Of Love Taste Scheufler: [email protected] Paul [email protected] Sweet Nothings [email protected] Rahman: Farhat Swarm of Selenium Swarm and Maude Matton: The Glass Collective Stav Michal Haggiag: [email protected] Spark Elior: Harman and Aharonit Kevin [email protected] Sova över (Sleep Over) (Sleep över Sova [email protected] Peterson: Jimi Vall Beverley Ditsie: [email protected] Beverley Snapshot Jiz Lee: [email protected] Ricardo Branco: [email protected] Branco: Ricardo Simon & I valiquette Rute Récit d’A (A[ids] Story) (A[ids] d’A Récit [email protected] Waugh: Thomas https://www.mediaqueer.ca/artist/esther- BQFF 2018 SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS

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