Mumbai’s Kashish all set to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility

Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility tomorrow on March 31. There will be a day-long online program of film screenings and discussions at Kashish TransFest.
Sridhar Rangayan, festival director of Kashish says, “This one-day festival of LGBTQ films from India and around the world highlights the life of Transwomen and Transmen, not only their struggles, but their small little victories in finding love and acceptance by families and society.We are happy to be doing our bit to support the Transgender community in India.”
One of the films being screened is the documentary ‘Ladli’, which recently won the National Award for Best Social Issue at the recent 67th National Awards.
The director Sudipto Kundu says, “At a glance ‘Ladli’ is a story about an individual, but in a broader context it tells about the acceptance and adversity faced by the community from the society. It's beyond my expectation winning a National Award for my film. There is no better inspiration than this for any filmmaker in our country. I am happy to screen my film at Kashish TransFest.”
The day-long festival also features a Live Panel Discussion that explores how corporate India is including transgender professionals at workplace and what more is required to create a more trans inclusive work environment and society. The panelists are transgender men and women professionals working with corporates, and NGO representatives focused on skilling trans people to be career ready. The panel discussion is being moderated by Anupama Easwaran from a Mumbai based diversity and inclusion consultancy.
The other Indian films being screened are Guptadhan by Makarand Sawant, Birds Of Paradise by Rahul MM, Sex Changed by Ankit Gupta, Wig by Atanu Mukherjee and Miss Man by Tathagata Ghosh.
The international selection include Mrs McCutcheon (USA) by John Sheedy, The Family Album (USA) by Anthony Chapman, I'm Alex (Spain) by Joss Manz & Itzuri Sánchez, Plunge (UK) by David James Holloway & Samuel Lawrence, The Summer Of 12 (Taiwan) by Kuan-Ling Kuo and Sunken Plum (China) by Roberto F. Canuto & Xiaoxi Xu.