Canadian filmTru Lovewon the top two awards – Best Narrative Feature Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Kate Trotter – at the fifth KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival on Sunday May 25, 2014. KASHISH is South Asia’s and India’s biggest and only mainstream LGBT film fest. Bollywood actor and former Miss India Celina Jaitley gave away the awards which were received on behalf of the filmmakers and actor by Consul General of Canada Richard Bale in a star studded ceremony at the grand, iconic Liberty Cinema. The award includes a trophy and a cash award of Rs 30,000 sponsored by internationally acclaimed actor Anupam Kher and his Actor Prepares school.
The glittering closing night and awards ceremony saw performances by India’s first transgender and hijra dance troupe Dancing Queens, Bharatnatyam exponent Jitesh Bangera, singer Sushant Digvikar and standup comic Nick Pillow. KASHISH was held between May 21 – May 25, 2014, at the iconic Liberty Cinema, New Marine Lines and Alliance Française de Bombay (AFB). The festival screened 154 films from 31 countries – of these 11 are World, 17 International and 39 Asian premieres.