Bodies of Desire

Using Varsha Panikar's poetry series by the same name Bodies of Desire is a film that captures four sets of lovers amid passion; to create a portrait of tender intimacy, of longing, of discovery, of desire, of embrace and care, of profound companionship.

"Bodies of Desire" was one of the #FiveFilmsForFreedom 2021, winning the Best International Short Special Jury Award at the RIO Festival De Cinema LGBTQIA+ 2021.

Length: 3.47 min

Writer : Varsha Panikar

Director : Varsha Panikar and Saad Nawab

Producer : Asawari Jagushte

Director of Photography and Colourist : Kaushal Shah

Editor : Cornelia Nicholaeasa

Music : Mark Spanoudakis

Language: English

Notable Awards and Festivals : Rio Festival De Cinema LGBTQIA+ 2022 | Best Int'l Short, Special Festival Award Festival Jury | 24fps International Short Film Festival - Honourable Mention | Best International Art - make Art Note Fear 2023 | Best Music Video - Global Indian Film Festival 2021 | Five Films For Freedom 2021.

BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2021 | Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival 2021 | Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ FIlm Festival 2021 | Berlin Commercial 2020 | Directors Notes - 2022 | Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne - 2021 | Reel Desires Chennai International Film Festival 2020 | Toronto Queer Film Festival 2021 |10th International Video Poetry Festival 2021 | Zebra Poetry Film festival 2021 | Prairie Pride Film Festival - 2021 | Athens Fashion FIlm Festival 2021 | Fashion Film festival Milano - 2021 | Geelong Pride Film Festival 2021 | Last Frame Queer Womxn Fest 2020 | Queerz Get Loud - 2020 | Les Mains Gauches - 2021 | Lustreifen Film Festival - 2020 | Melanin Pride Festival - 2020 | Seoul Int'l Pride Film Festival 2021 | Erotica Art & Film Festival Australia 2021 | Provincetown International Film Festival 2021 | Pan Eros Film Festival | Tag! Queer Shorts Festival 2021 | Ivano-Frankivsk International Short Film Festival 4:3 | Thessalanoki Queer ARts Festival 2021 | Reelout Queer Film Festival - 2021 | Flickfair 2020 | HKSF - 2020 | Wench Film Festival - 2022 | Veudemic Online Short Film Festival - 2021 | CLIT Film Festival 2022 | Femifilms 2022 | Black Cat International Film Awards 2022 | Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2022

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