Blog: Film festivals

In its first edition, Madras Allies Film Festival is planning to be an annual celebration of the year’s best queer films from India and across the world, as well as panels and events bringing together filmmakers, movie lovers, and the LGBTQ community.

With the repealing of section #377, it's time for celebration and all hands must forward in pushing the LGBTQ community into the mainstream. What better way than with the help of cinema!!

We, at MAFF, believe that only the power of the arts allows for true identity construction. Through this festival, we want to create a safe space for dialogue and cultural exchange and for sharing, promoting self-love and the social integration of all.

MAFF is organised annually by The Jabez Kelly Project and Madras Film Screening Club.

Madras Allies Film Festival's collection of narratives, documentaries and shorts aims to portray the diverse and compelling stories from across the entire LGBTQ spectrum.

MAFF wants to give voice and visibility to the full spectrum of the LGBTQ experience by championing films, supporting storytellers, and engaging audiences in order to inspire dialogue, shift cultural bias and empower our diverse community.

Discover emerging talents, as we bring the best of queer cinema to MAFF that will not only help embrace the community into the mainstream, but it will inspire aspiring filmmakers to bring in more diversity into their stories.

By spreading messages of positive examples, Tolerance and dialogue where people can be confronted with realities close to having lived on the screen, we hope to spearhead a major fight in support of the community.