Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival Opens Submissions for 2027 Edition with Pride Month Special Offer
Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival has officially opened submissions for its 2027 edition, inviting filmmakers from around the world to share stories that celebrate the diversity of LGBTQIA+ experiences through cinema. To mark Pride Month, the festival is offering a special 25% discount on submission fees for a limited period, encouraging filmmakers to submit their queer-themed films and become part of one of India’s growing platforms dedicated to LGBTQIA+ storytelling.The code for discount : PRIDEWEEK only valid for Filmfreeway Submission Since its inception, Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival has been committed to creating a space where stories of love, identity, resilience, community, and self-expression can be showcased and celebrated. The festival welcomes a wide range of cinematic works including short films, feature films, documentaries, animations, experimental films, and web series. The upcoming 2027 edition aims to continue its mission of bringing together filmmakers, artists, activists, and audiences through meaningful and engaging queer cinema. Selected films will have the opportunity to be screened before a diverse audience, participate in filmmaker interactions, and become part of a vibrant celebration of LGBTQIA+ culture and creativity. “Cinema has the power to foster understanding, create visibility, and celebrate the many shades of human experience. We look forward to discovering new voices and stories from across the globe for our 2027 edition,” said Gary Panjabi, Festival Director of Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival. The Pride Month submission offer is available for a limited time and provides filmmakers with an opportunity to submit their work at a reduced fee while supporting a festival dedicated to championing queer narratives. Filmmakers interested in participating are encouraged to submit their films before the promotional period concludes. About Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival is an international LGBTQIA+ film festival presented by FilmyBees Cine Club. The festival celebrates the diversity of love and identity through cinema by showcasing films from around the world that explore queer experiences, perspectives, and stories. Through screenings, discussions, and community engagement, the festival strives to create a welcoming platform for filmmakers and audiences alike. Submissions for the 2027 edition are now open. submit with Filmfreeway and use the pride code: PRIDEWEEK
Winner 2026
2026 AWARD WINNERS Category Awards Best LGBTQ – Gay FilmThe New Gardener – Director: Ryan Parma The Story of Yuvraj and Shahajahan- Director: Santosh Ram (Special Mention Award) Best LGBTQ – Lesbian FilmAfterwords – Director: Karen McKeen Best LGBTQ – Bisexual FilmBlack Shawl – Director: Kamila Boichenko Best LGBTQ – Transgender FilmHomecoming – Director: Grae Meek Best LGBTQ – Sexual Diversity Film Queer Up the Details – Director: Anna Rose Ii-Epstein Best LGBTQ – Documentary Film Outlasting – Living Archives of Older Queers – Director: Ana Cristina Santos & Nuno Barbosa Best LGBTQ – Animation Film F*ING WAR** – Director: Ohad Manor Best LGBTQ – Music Video Waste Time: A Complicated Love Story – Director: LIVt Best LGBTQ – Pride Celebration Film Why We Pride. – Director: Natalie Scarsbrook Best LGBTQ – HIV/AIDS Film Singh & Sinha – Director: Mohan Das (Special Mention Award) Best LGBTQ – PSA (Special Award) Where’s Urmila – Director: Rayyan ‘Monkey’ Shaikh Best LGBTQ – Feature Film Newborn – Director: Alejandro Zuno Indiviual Award Best LGBT Film Director Kilometer 9 or Since When Do You Stop to Look at the City Director: Mika Nivola Best LGBT Film – Female Director Homecoming Director: Grae Meek Best LGBT Film – Screenwriter A Skeleton in the Closet Screenwriter: Nicolás Teté (Director : Nicolás Teté) Best LGBT Film – Cinematographer FINE YOUNG MEN Cinematography: César Gutiérrez Miranda (Director: Alejandro Andrade Pease) Best LGBT Film – Editor Dani&Billy Editor: Manu Karr (Director: Egoitz Carpenter)
Schedule 2026
SCHDULE – 2026 Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival 2026 3 Days of Queer Cinema • 13th–15th February 2026 Venue: Veda Black Box – 120, Aram Nagar – 2, Versova, Andheri West, Mumbai 🌈 Festival Schedule • Beautiful Vertical Layout Day – 1 Date: 13th Feb.Time: 5:00PM – 10:00 PM 🎬 Opening Day Program – 1 Opening Ceremony + Film Screening (Opening Shorts) 5:00PM – 7:50PM 🎤 Opening Ceremony: 5:00PM – 6:00PM 👋 Guest Welcome 🎞️ Film Screening: Opening Shorts Film Directors Country Language Premiere Tracks Riccardo Ragazzo United Kingdom English World Premiere Boys of a Feather Shelby Lewis United States, United States English Asian Premiere Yasak Aşk – Forbidden Love Yavuz Kurtulmus Turkey Turkish South Asian Premiere The Gaymaker Elliot Delage France French Asian Premiere Dani&Billy Egoitz Carpenter Spain Spanish Indian Premiere The New Gardener Ryan Parma United States English Asian Premiere Forbidden soul Baidar Bakhat Pakistan Urdu Mumbai Premiere The Last Take Brian Foyster United States, United States English South Asia Premiere Jason’s Unite John Lincoln III United States English Asian Premiere 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Program – 2 Film Screening (Opening Film) 8:00PM – 10:00PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere Newborn Alejandro Zuno Mexico Spanish South Asian Premiere 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Day – 2 Date: 14th Feb.Time: 2:30PM – 10:00 PM 💜 Day of Shorts + Panel Program – 3 Film Screening (Screening Shorts) 2:30PM – 4:10PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere See me Anton Svantesson-Helkiö Finland Finnish, Swedish Homecoming Grae Meek New Zealand English Asian Premiere The drug of being loved Àlex Arroyo Spain English Asian Premiere Kilometer 9 or since when do you stop to look at the city Mika Nivola Colombia Spanish The Chirp of Men Andrés Daniel G. Germany English Gregorio Juan Pablo de Luna Mexico Spanish Asian Premiere Queer Up the Details Anna Rose Ii-Epstein United States English F***ING WAR Ohad Manor Israel Hebrew Differently water daniele Catini Italy Italian 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Program – 4 Film Screening (Screening Shorts) 4:20PM – 6:10PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere Afterwords Karen McKeen United States English Dragged Claire Cunningham United States English The Remains of Love Fabrizio Funari Italy Italian The Last Story on Earth Aaron Immediato United States English Indian Premiere I DO NOT FORGET Antonello Murgia Italy Italian Why We Pride United Kingdom English I Love You Beary Much Collin Viator United States English A New Creation Story Dane Figueroa Edidi, J Mase III, Audria LB United States English Asian Premiere Where’s Urmila Rayyan ‘Monkey’ Shaikh India English 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Program – 5 Panel 6:15PM – 6:45PM 🗣️ “Queer Stories They Warned Us About – Meet the New Filmmakers” 👥 Panelists: Rayyan ‘Monkey’ Shaikh, Debjani Bhadra, Kartika Nainan Dubey ☕ Break Program – 6 Film Screening (Screening Shorts) 7:00PM – 8:15PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere who cares? Cat Mahatta United States English Asian Premiere At Home Aubrey Pandori United States English South Asian Premiere Ramen for two Sergi Barrasa, Leni Losantos, Judith Tarrés Spain No Dialogue Snippets Robin August Grebenisan, Yara ter Veer Netherlands English Asian Premiere Waste Time: A Complicated Love Story LIVt United States English Asian Premiere Singh & Sinha Mohan Das India English 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Program – 7 Film Screening (Special Feature Film) 8:20PM – 10:00PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere FINE YOUNG MEN Alejandro Andrade Pease Mexico Spanish South Asia Premiere 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Day – 3 Date: 15th Feb.Time: 2:30PM – 10:00 PM 🏆 Closing Day Program – 8 Film Screening (Screening Shorts) 2:30PM – 4:15PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere Red Bay Jose Cortes Amunarriz Spain Spanish Indian Premiere Foreigner Edigar Martins Brazil Portuguese Your Cookie Ryan Harman United States English Outlasting – Living Archives of Older Queers Ana Cristina Santos, Nuno Barbosa Portugal English, Greek (Modern), Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian Asian Premiere ASHA Moitri Ghosh Not Specified Bengali, English Indian Premiere BY DESIGN Moitri Ghosh United States Bengali, English Indian Premiere The Story of Yuvraj and Shahajahan Santosh Ram India Marathi **** ***** United States English Crystalline Christopher Cunetto United States, United States South Asian Premiere 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Program – 9 Film Screening (Screening Shorts) 4:30PM – 5:30PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere The Teachers Day Ravendra Kewlani India Hindi Tutti Frutti Cake Rohit Prajapati India Hindi 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Program – 10 Closing Ceremony (Award) + Film Screening (Closing Shorts) 6:00PM – 8:00PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere Black Shawl Kamila Boichenko Poland Polish, Ukrainian Asian Premiere Le Cascate del Salto Flavio Stano Italy Italian Nice to meet you Noah Kara Sweden Swedish Blue Berri Verónica Saenz, Raquel Durán Spain Spanish The light that inhabits your mind Marcus Mads Nielsen Spain Spanish 💬 QnA with Cast and Crew of the films ☕ Break Program – 11 Film Screening (Closing Film) 8:00PM – 10:00PM Film Directors Country Language Premiere A Skeleton in the Closet Nicolás Teté Argentina Spanish
Winner 2024
2024 AWARD WINNERS Category Awards Best LGBT – Gay Film THE GUEST Director: Armando Di Lillo Best LGBT – Lesbian Film Abigail Director: Bertha Ruskaia Oliveira Torres Best LGBT – Bisexual Film Bi The Way Director: Prerna Saraff Chauhan Best LGBT – Transgender Film Nirjara Director: Atharva Talwatkar Best LGBT – Sexual Diversity Film Workshop Director: Majaal Best LGBT – Pride Celebration Film Catboy Director: Cristian Sitjas Best LGBT – Documentary Film I Identify as Me Directors: Tina Colleen, Monick Monell Best LGBT – Animation Film Good Morning I’m a Whore Director: Aleksandar Mijatovic Best LGBT – Music Video Toke Chhara (Without You) Director: Ronjoy Chatterjee Special Jury Awards Jury’s Choice Award How Was Your Day? Director: Kajol Deorukhkar Director’s Choice Award The Prince’s Dilemma Director: Devin Rowe Special Mention Award Outside the Lines Director: Stan Oversteegen Indiviual Award Best LGBT Film Director Night Hawkes Director: Atlas Ferrera Best LGBT Film – Female Filmmaker Varied Thrush Director: Dawn Jones Redstone Best LGBT Film – First Time Director Handmade Directors: Anthony Granick, Nicole Lewis Best LGBT Film – Screenwriter Queer Khalifa Writer: Danial Gondal Best LGBT Film – Cinematographer Muskurahat Cinematography: Rohan Chopra Best LGBT Film – Editor Think Of Me Editor: Jennifer Ortiz Best LGBT Film – Producer Catboy Producer: Erika Lust Performance Awards Best LGBTQ Film – Performance (Male / Trans Man) You Don’t Know Jack Performer: Cameron Duckett Best LGBTQ Film – Performance (Female / Trans Woman) Wajood (Selfhood) Performer: Pranit Hatte (as Ganga) Audinces Choice Award Best Audiences Choice Film Good Morning I’m a Whore Director: Aleksandar Mijatovic
Winner 2025
2025 AWARD WINNERS Category Awards Best LGBT – Gay FilmVelipādu: The Revelation – Director: Jijo Jessy Kuriakose Hidden Battles of a Fragile Mind (Special Mention Award) – Director: Debjani Bhadra Best LGBT – Lesbian FilmCrave – Director: Lois Norman Best LGBT – Transgender FilmUnder the Glitter – Director: Paul Marques Duarte Best LGBT – Sexual Diversity Film The Little King – Director: Rómulo Correa Best LGBT – Documentary Film Samlingi – Director: Mohan Singh Aulakh Best LGBT – Animation Film I Know Him So Well – Director: Chance Calloway Best LGBT – Music Video POLANCO – Director: Santiago Sierra Soler Best LGBT – Pride Celebration Film ARTHUR AVE. – Director: Joey Medina Best LGBTQ Feature Film Out – Director: Dennis Alink Sitore Xemaka Rati (The Winter Rain) (Special Mention Award) – Director: Dipankar Kashyap Indiviual Award Best LGBT Film Director What We Wrote Together Director: Nicolás Teté Best LGBT Film – Female Director I’m Dead Right? Director: J. Mehr Kaur Whiskey Sour (Special Mention Award) Director: Udbhavi Upadhyay Best LGBT Film – Screenwriter Carpobrotus Screenwriter: Simon Frenay Best LGBT Film – Cinematographer Hurricane Cinematography: Javier Ruiz Best LGBT Film – Editor Under the Currents Editor: Zhedan Deng Best LGBT Film – Producer Out Producers: Thiago Camacho, Fátima Sudário, Daniel Perseguim Best LGBTQ Film – Performance (M/TM) Out Performer: Thiago Camacho Audinces Choice Award Best Audiences Choice Film What We Wrote Together Director: Nicolás Teté
Schedule 2025
SCHDULE – 2025 Colors of Love – Queer Film Festival 2025 Schedule Venue: Veda Black Box – 120, Aram Nagar – 2, Versova, Andheri West, Mumbai 📅 21st June 2025 (4:00 PM – 10:00 PM) 🎬 Program 1 – Festival Opening Films (Starts at 4:00 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country Changing Tides Asian Premiere Gabriel Hudson Canada Carpobrotus Asian Premiere Simon Frenay France Crave World Premiere Lois Norman United Kingdom I Know Him So Well Asian Premiere Chance Calloway United States IRIS Asian Premiere Iris Kea Pontoni Wachowicz Netherlands My Parents Asian Premiere Keli’i Grace, Lance D Collins United States The Little King – Romulo Correa Brazil Ampersand – Sean Paul Franget United States I’m Dead Right? – J. Mehr Kaur United States BREAK 🎬 Program 2 – Indian & International Mix Shorts (Starts at 5:30 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country Whiskey Sour Mumbai Premiere Udbhavi Upadhyay India Hidden Battles of a Fragile Mind – Debjani Bhadra India Inside Me Mumbai Premiere Alessia Buscarino Italy How to Say Goodbye Maharashtra Premiere Thibaut Buccellato France Ladies Night – Shayla Han Nguyen, Lucy Dianne Bubalo Australia POLANCO – Santiago Sierra Soler Mexico Q&A: Cast & Crew of Whiskey Sour and Hidden Battles of a Fragile Mind BREAK 🎬 Program 3 – Film in Spotlight (Starts at 6:45 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country Out – Dennis Alink Netherlands Heer Minus – Kanad Gangawane India BREAK 🎬 Program 4 – Closing Films of Day 1 (Starts at 8:30 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country Hurricane Indian Premiere Javier Ruiz Mexico Macho Man No Premiere Agustí Estadella Spain The Old Stories Under the City Wall – Wu Zhenhui China Sitore Xemaka Rati (The Winter Rain) No Premiere Dipankar Kashyap India 📅 22nd June 2025 (3:30 PM – 10:00 PM) 🎬 Program 5 – 2nd Day Opening Shorts (Starts at 3:30 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country Out Asian Premiere Thiago Camacho, Fátima Sudário, Daniel Perseguim Brazil Velipādu: The Revelation – Jijo Jessy Kuriakose India ARTHUR AVE. – Joey Medina United States Visitor’s Login – Aditya Parekh India Sunflowers at Night – Quentin Delcourt France Under the Currents – Zhedan Deng China Q&A: Cast & Crew of Visitor’s Login, Velipādu BREAK 🎬 Program 6 – Indian & International Mix Shorts (Starts at 5:10 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country Samlingi – Mohan Singh Aulakh India Sawyer – Eve Shiels United Kingdom Under the Glitter Asian Premiere Paul Marques Duarte France The Othering Mumbai Premiere Harshit Patil, Veechika Durga Pingali India SUBIKSHA SUBRAMANI | SHADES – Salima Stanley-Bhanji Canada Q&A: Cast & Crew of Samlingi, The Othering BREAK 🎬 Program 7 – Indian Shorts (Starts at 6:45 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country JAAYAZ (Rightful) – Pratap Harode India TU YAHIN HAI (You Are Here!) – Vaibhav Hatkar India OAS – Kartika Nainan Dubey India Q&A: Cast & Crew of JAAYAZ, TU YAHIN HAI, OAS BREAK 🎉 Program 8 – Closing Ceremony (Starts at 8:15 PM) Award Distribution Performances BREAK 🎬 Program 9 – Closing Film (Starts at 9:15 PM) Film Premiere Status Directors Country What We Wrote Together – Nicolás Teté Argentina
