KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
South Asia’s biggest queer film festival and India’s only mainstream queer film festival. Voted as one of World’s Top 5 Coolest LGBT Film Festival. Website: http://mumbaiqueerfest.com
Reel Desires – Chennai International Queer Film Festival – CIQFF
Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival – CIQFF is an annual event brought to you by queer and ally collectives and NGOs based in Chennai. Website: http://www.ciqff.org
Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival
The Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival, powered by MIST, is an annual event showcasing handpicked queer films from the world over. Website: http://outandloud.lgbtq.co.in
Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF)
BQFF is an annual event full of queer films from the world over, photo exhibitions, art exhibitions, performances and panel discussions. Website: https://blrqueerfilmfest.com
Hyderabad Queer Film Festival
HQFF showcase indigenous movies that brought “Queer” into cinema, and discussions with queer directors and puts into context queerness. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/HyderabadQueerFilmFestival
KASHISH Forward
India’s first travelling campus LGBTQ film festival – film screenings and discussions held at campuses across India. Website: http://mumbaiqueerfest.com/initiatives/kashish-forward/
Advait- Pune Queer Film Festival
It is an annual film festival organized by Samapathik Trust in Pune. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Advait-Pune-Queer-Film-Festival-312134045933405/
Chennai Rainbow Film Festival
Chennai Rainbow Film Festival is one of the premier LGBT themed film festivals in the country being organised by Chennai Dost. Website: http://www.chennaidost.com/chennai-rainbow-film-festival/
Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival
DIALOGUES is a celebration of writers, directors, actors and their work dealing with gay lesbian, bisexual, and transgender themes and issues. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DialoguesTheAnnualCalcuttaLGBTFilmVideoFestival
Queer & Allies Art Festival- Pune
The queer art festival gives a chance to see local queer and queer-friendly artists displaying their pictures and paintings, with some interesting movies. Website: http://qandaartfest.lgbtq.co.in
Delhi QueerFest
The Nigah QueerFest is an annual queer arts festival in Delhi. Community funded, it brings together workshop, film, performances, public gatherings and a visual arts exhibit with a belief that creating queer culture was a powerful form of politics Website: www.thequeerfest.com
Awadh Queer Literature Festival
AQLF aims to promote and empower queer literature through workshops, book readings, theatres, film screenings, networking and exhibitions. https://facebook.com/aqlfest/
Rainbow Literature Festival
The Rainbow Lit Fest – Queer And Inclusive, seeks to be inclusive, bringing together different identities and sections of society to explore common ground https://facebook.com/RainbowLitFest/
Queer LitFest Chennai
It is India’s first literary festival dedicated to highlighting LGBTQIA+ literature and art. https://www.queerlitfest.com/
Samabhav – A Travelling Film Festival
SamaBhav (meaning equanimity) is a unique 2-day film festival on Gender Diversity, Masculinity and Relationships that has been travelling to cities and districts across India. https://www.facebook.com/samabhavfilmfestival/
Varnapakittu
an arts festival for transgender persons organized by the Social Justice Department, Kerala. Source
Transgender Short Film Festival
This national level film festival is organized by the Transgender Resource Center (TRC) in Maduria. Source
Kovai Queer Film Festival
It is held at Coimbatore for the Queer folks to realize that they have support and for the non-queer folks to embrace our presence and hopefully render support in the days coming down the pike. https://www.facebook.com/kqff2019/