Barefeet

Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia
(2004; India; 107 minutes; Malayalam language with English subtitles)
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.

Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia
(2007; USA; 27 minutes; English language)
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.

Presented By: Trikone AustralAsia
(2005; India; 120 minutes; Hindi language with English subtitles)
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.

One day he is arrested. The reason: he is HIV positive.