Every year, June is observed as pride month. The web goes colorful, and flags everywhere remind the world about the valid queer existences, just like any other non-queer people. For Pride month this year, I thought of looking into queer representation in animation, and here’s what I found: Queer representation…
Category: Shorts
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Macher Jhol and spicy gay love
What’s cooking? Homosexuality in India is still a salty subject. It is hard for LGBTQ+ members to be themselves when patriarchal rules dictate that heterosexual relationships can be the only norm and everything else is “unnatural.” When assumptions are purely heterosexual, it is harder for LGBTQ+ members to come out,…
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Only a child is a powerful short film on climate crisis
Severn Cullis Suzuki was only 12 when she delivered a powerful speech at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, her words still reverberating with the truth of the climate crisis. Only a child by Simone Giampaolo is inspired by a powerful interpretation of her speech which is meaningful,…
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Kandittund! (Seen it!) is black and white nostalgia
One of the perks of growing up in India is that we have so many local ghost stories and there are as many creative variations as the number of storytellers. Kandittund! (Seen it!) in essence is one such story of a storyteller. This time (during the making of this short…
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“Tokri” and hopes from the basket by a Mumbai girl
For me, the definition of an excellent animated movie has always revolved around Disney, Pixar, Ghibli, Anime, and accessible movies from French animation studios. Brilliant stories and animation from these studios have always left an impact. They are entertaining and informative but remain largely non-relatable. These movies were subtly a…