Bangalore Queer Film Festival

25 TO 28 FEBRUARY

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE AND MAX MUELLER BHAVAN

The eighth edition of the annual Bangalore Queer Film Festival featured an array of movies from Indian and international directors alike. One audience favourite was Naanu Avanalla Avalu, a Kannada film based on the life of a transgender woman activist from Karnataka. Tangerine, an experimental feature shot entirely on an iPhone, told the stories of two transgender sex workers living in Hollywood, California. Memories of a Machine, a 10-minute Malayali film about a woman recollecting her first sexual encounter, premiered at the festival to a positive response. Also popular was a presentation by the film scholar Thomas Waugh, who screened a fascinating triad of short films that touched on themes such as the decriminalisation of sodomy in 1960s Canada.

~ Swati Bandi