In Perspective

The highlight of the festival is a South African package specially curated for Queer Nazariya by feature film scriptwriter,producer and co-founder of the Out In Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival,Nody Murphy. The package includes films like I am Two,directed by John Meletse, that demonstrates the frustration of a deaf man who cannot talk to those who identify with his sexuality. Possessed by Demons by Nokuthula Dlhadlha is a personal account of a congregation’s medieval response to a lesbian in their midst.

“By selecting films from around the world,we wanted to draw parallels between different cultures in the treatment of this issue,” says Nevatia. The films are suitably eclectic with many award-winners like the US film Look Us In The Eye: The Old Women’s Project,which won the Best Documentary award at the San Diego Women’s Film Festival,and the Spanish film Flowers at the Park which won the Best Short Film award at the Qcinema-IFF,Texas.

The must-sees in the Indian category include Nishtha Jain’s short film Call It Slut,which is a miniature portrait of a wickedly outrageous transgender woman,and Shrenik’s Lost and Found,which documents the dynamics between two strangers in a crowded bus.

Queer Nazariya at National College,Bandra,from April 2-4.