EVENING SHADOWS

Director: Sridhar Rangayan

102 min / India / Hindi

In a small town in Southern India that lives within a cocoon of traditions and social morality, when a young gay man Kartik, comes out to his mother Vasudha, her entire world comes crashing down. She has no one to turn to dispel her fears and doubts, to understand her loving son's truth. Moreover as a woman, trapped within a patriarchal conservative society, her biggest challenge is to deal with her dogmatic husband Damodar, and the conservative society around her. 'Evening Shadows' is a universal story about a mother-son bonding and its emotional strength to withstand the ravages of time and harsh realities.

• Winner of 27 international awards and official selection at 80 film festivals worldwide
• Streamed on Netflix for 3 years and Emirates Airlines for 1 year
• Parent support group Sweekar – The Rainbow Parents started through the film's facilitation, to open up conversations around parental acceptance.

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EVENING SHADOWS Awards

1. Best Director at Uruvatti International Film Festival
2. Special Jury Award for Best LGBT Feature at Uruvatti International Film Festival
3. Best LGBTQ Feature Film at Yatha Gatha International Film & Literature Festival
4. Best Direction for Sridhar Rangayan at the Asian Cinematography AWARDS
5. Best Cinematography - Feature Film for Subhransu Das at Asian Cinematography AWARDS
6. Best Costume Design for Bipin Tanna at the Asian Cinematography AWARDS
7. Best Actress Award at Queer Film Festival Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
8. Apnee Community Best Cinematography Award at New Jersey Indian & International FF
9. Audience Award for Best International Feature at Romania LGBTQ film festival
10. Honour Prize at Zinegoak film festival, Bilbao
11. Best Narrative Feature at Chicago South Asian Film Festival
12. Audience Choice Award at Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival, Boston
13. Audience Award for Best Feature at Outreels, Cincinnati
14. Best International Feature audience award at Out On Film, Atlanta
15. Best Performance in a Supporting Role at Out At The Movies, Winston-Salem
16. Best Performance in a Supporting Role at Rainbow Umbrella Film Festival, London
17. Best Performance (Special Mention) at OMovies, Naples
18. Vincenzo Ruggiero award at OMovies, Naples
19. Best Foreign Film at Rainbow Umbrella Film Festival, London
20. Jury Award for Best Men's Feature at North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
21. Best LGBTQ Film award at Lifft India Filmotsav-World Cine Fest, Lonavla
22. Hope Award at Kaleidoscope Indian Film Festival, Boston
23. Interfaith Discernment Award at Kansas International Film Festival
24. 'Celebration of Courage' award at OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival
25. 'Free To Be Me' award at Roze Filmdagen, Amsterdam
26. Best Fiction Feature at Changing Face International Film Festival (January)
27. Best Film at UK Monthly Film Fest (January)

EVENING SHADOWS Honors

• Opening Film - Queer Asia Film Festival, London
• Opening Film - Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival
• Opening Film - Queer Voices, Moldova
• Opening Film - Montego Bay Pride Film Festival
• Opening Film - Lonavala International Film Festival
• Opening Film - QUEER-Streifen Regensburg
• Closing Film - &PROUD Yangon LGBT+ film festival, Myanmar
• Closing Film - Lifft India Filmotsav-World Cine Fest, Lonavala
• Closing Film - OUT at the Movies
• Closing Film - North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• Closing Film - KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
• Closing Film - Advait Pune International Queer Film Festival
• Closing Film - Reincarnate II, Bangladesh
• Centerpiece Film - qFLIX Philadelphia
• Centerpiece Film - Hong Kong Gay & Lesbian Film Festival