Queer Short films screening and discussion
About this event
Welcome Creators and Cinephiles!
Qynship is launching the queer film movement in Chennai to bring together creators, artists, LGBT+ communities, cinephiles and allies to start a movement to initiate a dialog and include LGBT+ stories in our culture and communities through queer film screenings and discussions.
For our first edition of this movement, we are delighted to showcase National Award winning filmmaker - Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar's retrospective on 11th July 2026 (Saturday) from 5.30 pm onwards.
He Joining (virtually) and his film crew members will be available to take Q&A and will interact with the audience members.
About the filmmaker:
Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar, 30, is a writer and filmmaker hailing from Durgapur, West Bengal. He completed his post-graduation in Direction and Screenplay Writing from the Film and Television Institute of India in 2023. His keen interest lies in tracing the remnants of history and culture, and in the oddities of magic in the everyday world. He also likes telling deeply personal stories that explore psychologically complex human relationships through a lens that focuses on understanding gender and sexuality. For his diploma film Flowering Man (2023), Soumyajit was awarded the Swarna Kamal for Best Non-Feature Film at the 71st National Film Awards.
Short films those are getting screened:
1. Taap (Marathi, 10 mins) - Inside an old hammam, now set up as a spa, an elderly masseuse, Avani, reflects her long gone brother on Shantanu. In the interior of the hammam, Shantanu finds comfort in Huzaifa's arms. Their bare bodies shine and glimmer in the sunlight and steam haze. But Huzaifa has to leave soon, the aroma of the spa has started suffocating him. Shantanu is left craving for his touch. As a sense of touch lingers through all of their bodies, the purple light reflects on the hot spring water and Shantanu's flower painted body dances to a mythical story of a chameleon.
2. Flowering Man (Hindi, 24 mins) - Shashi undergoes metamorphosis when a flowering plant starts growing from inside his mouth. His distanced teenage daughter undertakes a journey towards embracing the new image of her father. (Won "Non feature film awards@ National Film Awards,2025)
Agenda:
5.30 - 6.00 PM - Welcome and Networking
6.00 - 6.30 PM - Screening of Taap, followed by Q&A
6.30 - 7. 15 PM - Screening of Flowering Man,followed by Q&A
7.15 - 8.00 PM - Post screening discussion
(Note: Entry may be denied whilst the screening is on. Kindly arrive on time to enjoy the film screenings)
All are welcome! Free entry. Venue has step-free access from the road/metro station.
Contact : Ram - 7550082100