Gulmohar - South Asian Queer Film FestivalJoomla! - the dynamic portal engine and content management system/SAQFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage2012-05-18T20:45:22ZJoomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management1 - Opening Night - Your's Emotionally2008-07-24T14:49:25Z2008-07-24T14:49:25Z/SAQFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:opening-night-yours-emotionally&catid=1:15th-august-<img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2097_lg.jpg" border="0" alt="Your's Emotionally" title="Your's Emotionally" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />PLEASE JOIN US FOR DRINKS AT 7PM followed by the screening.<br /> <br /> Ravi and Paul go on vacation to India where they attend an all-night, eye-opening gay-sex party. Surprised by the openness of their hosts and the aggressiveness of the guests, the boys begin to enjoy the steadily growing Indian gay culture. Ravi is especially bitten hard as he falls for the good-looking but deeply closeted Mani. Will caste, economics and customs allow these two love birds a happy ending or<img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2097_lg.jpg" border="0" alt="Your's Emotionally" title="Your's Emotionally" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />PLEASE JOIN US FOR DRINKS AT 7PM followed by the screening.<br /> <br /> Ravi and Paul go on vacation to India where they attend an all-night, eye-opening gay-sex party. Surprised by the openness of their hosts and the aggressiveness of the guests, the boys begin to enjoy the steadily growing Indian gay culture. Ravi is especially bitten hard as he falls for the good-looking but deeply closeted Mani. Will caste, economics and customs allow these two love birds a happy ending or2 - Bare Feet & Our Family2008-07-24T14:58:21Z2008-07-24T14:58:21Z/SAQFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3:bare-feet-a-our-family&catid=2:16th-august&Itemid=2<div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"><img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2098_lg.jpg" border="0" alt="Bare Feet" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /></div><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"> </div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"><h1>Barefeet </h1><p>(2002; US; 7 minutes; English language)</p><p> Barefeet is an experimental narrative film of an Indian woman’s attempt at revealing a secret to her family. The film explores the meaning of "home" from a transnational perspective and raises important questions about identity, sexuality, secrecy, and nostalgia.</p><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"><img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2098_lg.jpg" border="0" alt="Bare Feet" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /></div><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"> </div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"><h1>Barefeet </h1><p>(2002; US; 7 minutes; English language)</p><p> Barefeet is an experimental narrative film of an Indian woman’s attempt at revealing a secret to her family. The film explores the meaning of "home" from a transnational perspective and raises important questions about identity, sexuality, secrecy, and nostalgia.</p>3 - Sancharam, The Journey & Sumtotal2008-07-24T15:27:22Z2008-07-24T15:27:22Z/SAQFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4:sancharam-the-journey-a-sumtotal&catid=2:16th-august&Itemid=2<img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2099_lg.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px">Sancharam, The Journey & Sumtotal <span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: #484848"> (107mins)</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />(2004; India; 107 minutes; Malayalam language with English subtitles)<br /> Two girls grow up in rural India and discover as they mature that they have feelings for each other. Life becomes more difficult when their families learn of the affair.<br /><img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2099_lg.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px">Sancharam, The Journey & Sumtotal <span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: #484848"> (107mins)</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />(2004; India; 107 minutes; Malayalam language with English subtitles)<br /> Two girls grow up in rural India and discover as they mature that they have feelings for each other. Life becomes more difficult when their families learn of the affair.<br />4 - Miland Soman Made Me Gay & Gulabi Aaina2008-07-24T15:47:05Z2008-07-24T15:47:05Z/SAQFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5:4-miland-soman-made-me-gay-a-gulabi-aaina&catid=3:17th-august&Itemid=2<img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2100_lg.jpg" border="1" alt="Miland Soman Made Me Gay" title="Miland Soman Made Me Gay" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"> </div><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px">Miland Soman Made Me Gay & Gulabi Aaina <span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: #484848"> (67mins)</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />(2007; USA; 27 minutes; English language)<br /> This film dives into the memory-scape of four South Asian gay men living in Washington DC; one Hindu, one Muslim, one Christian and one Sikh… to reveal how each negotiates his sexual desire with his cultural and religious background. Underneath the nostalgic explorations of life back home lie harsh realities of homophobia and racism in America, and an on-going struggle to find a place of belonging.<br /><img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2100_lg.jpg" border="1" alt="Miland Soman Made Me Gay" title="Miland Soman Made Me Gay" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" /><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"> </div><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px">Miland Soman Made Me Gay & Gulabi Aaina <span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: #484848"> (67mins)</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />(2007; USA; 27 minutes; English language)<br /> This film dives into the memory-scape of four South Asian gay men living in Washington DC; one Hindu, one Muslim, one Christian and one Sikh… to reveal how each negotiates his sexual desire with his cultural and religious background. Underneath the nostalgic explorations of life back home lie harsh realities of homophobia and racism in America, and an on-going struggle to find a place of belonging.<br />5 - My Brother Nikhil2008-07-24T16:03:44Z2008-07-24T16:03:44Z/SAQFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6:5-my-brother-nikhil&catid=3:17th-august&Itemid=2<div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"><img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2101_lg.jpg" border="1" alt="My Brother Nihil" title="My Brother Nihil" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" />My Brother Nikhil <span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: #484848"> (125mins)</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />(2005; India; 120 minutes; Hindi language with English subtitles)<br /> This film would probably be the first mainstream Indian film where the protagonist is homosexual. This film is set in Goa, a small coastal state in India, in between 1989 and 1994. Nikhil Kapoor is the state all-round swimming champion. His father, Navin Kapoor, has raised his son to be a sportsman. His elder sister, Anamika, teaches in a primary school and loves her brother dearly. His mother, Anita Rosario Kapoor, adores him and from her he inherited his artistic side to his personality. <br /> <br /> One day he is arrested. The reason: he is HIV positive. <div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"><img src="http://www.mca-tix.com/content/performances/2101_lg.jpg" border="1" alt="My Brother Nihil" title="My Brother Nihil" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="175" height="175" align="left" />My Brother Nikhil <span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: #484848"> (125mins)</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 5px 10px"> <strong>Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia</strong><br />(2005; India; 120 minutes; Hindi language with English subtitles)<br /> This film would probably be the first mainstream Indian film where the protagonist is homosexual. This film is set in Goa, a small coastal state in India, in between 1989 and 1994. Nikhil Kapoor is the state all-round swimming champion. His father, Navin Kapoor, has raised his son to be a sportsman. His elder sister, Anamika, teaches in a primary school and loves her brother dearly. His mother, Anita Rosario Kapoor, adores him and from her he inherited his artistic side to his personality. <br /> <br /> One day he is arrested. The reason: he is HIV positive. GULMOHAR: SOUTH ASIAN QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 20082008-07-24T13:30:46Z2008-07-24T13:30:46Z/SAQFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1:gulmohar-south-asian-queer-film-festival-2008&catid=4:news&Itemid=4<div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="images/stories/trikone.jpg" border="0" alt="Trikone Australasia" title="Trikone Australasia" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="659" height="109" /></div></div><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px">Trikone Australasia presents</div> <strong>GULMOHAR: SOUTH ASIAN QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2008</strong><br /> An explosion of queer colour comes to Sydney this August with the inaugural South Asian Queer Film Festival, Gulmohar.<br /> <br /> The three-day festival kicks off on 15 August 2008 to coincide with India’s 61st Independence day, and is bound to create controversy back home in India where private consensual sex between same-sex partners is still a criminal offence.<br /><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px"><div style="text-align: center"><img src="images/stories/trikone.jpg" border="0" alt="Trikone Australasia" title="Trikone Australasia" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="659" height="109" /></div></div><div class="title" style="color: #92191c; margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px">Trikone Australasia presents</div> <strong>GULMOHAR: SOUTH ASIAN QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2008</strong><br /> An explosion of queer colour comes to Sydney this August with the inaugural South Asian Queer Film Festival, Gulmohar.<br /> <br /> The three-day festival kicks off on 15 August 2008 to coincide with India’s 61st Independence day, and is bound to create controversy back home in India where private consensual sex between same-sex partners is still a criminal offence.<br />