Marathi short film Daaravtha (The Threshold) coordinated by Nishant Roy Bombarde will go after The Iris Prize – Cardiff’s International gay and lesbian short film prize – to be held from October 12 to 16, 2016. Frequently alluded to as the Gay Oscars, Iris Prize is the biggest LGBT short film prize on the planet, with the victor getting £30,000 to make their next short film in the United Kingdom. KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, which is one of the accomplice celebrations of the Iris Prize Festival, assigned Daaravtha as India’s entrance for the prize.
Daaravtha had won the Best Indian Short Film prize at the seventh version of KASHISH MIQFF – South Asia’s greatest LGBT film celebration held in May 2016. “I am truly appreciative to KASHISH for furnishing the film with such an incredible stage like Iris. I think this is a splendid activity by Iris to get few movies designated rather than direct choice since in a few nations like India movies related LGBT issues are still in their early stage and won’t not make a sliced to a generally intensely curated celebration. I am really going to Cardiff with a receptive outlook.
I will watch a considerable measure of movies, converse with the greatest number of producers as I can, meet the same number of industry experts and have a ton of fun! In the event that in the interim I could get some award for India that would ice on the cake!” said Nishant Roy Bombarde. Daaravtha, had not long ago won the National Award for Best Short Film, and will rival 34 other shortlisted movies for the prestigious Iris grant.
KASHISH MIQFF Festival Director Sridhar Rangayan said that Daaravtha proceeds with the pattern of the developing strange film development in India. “One of the points of KASHISH is to give a stage to Indian LGBTQ movies to be exhibited the world over. The selection of our celebration’s victor at Iris Prize raises tremendous desires as the champ at Iris gets the chance to make his/her next film with the money honor and assets offered by Iris. In addition Iris is a truly cool celebration and offers an incredible ordeal to the movie producer,” said Rangayan, who was a jury part at Iris Prize in 2013.
Berwyn Rowlands, Festival Director of the Iris Prize Festival said that its association with KASHISH was imperative. “The Iris Prize keeps on being the world’s biggest LGBT short film prize bolstered by The Michael Bishop Foundation. Referred to by numerous as the gay short film Oscars, the Iris Prize depends on a worldwide system of film celebrations situated in 17 nations to go about as our eyes and ears. This is the reason KASHISH is an essential accomplice for Iris, ensuring we know about the tremendous LGBT film making ability in India and encompassing locale. We are additionally pleased that KASHISH is likewise ready to share the Best of Iris by screening every year an Iris Prize grandstand in Mumbai,” said Rowland.