QUEER PARIVAAR
DIRECTOR | WRITER | PRODUCER | ACTOR
When a mysterious gatecrasher appears at their wedding, Madhav and Sufi are forced to face past secrets and reflect on what makes a family.
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PRESS COVERAGE
Queer Parivaar Is Showing How To Make LGBTQ+ South Asians Feel Seen
'I want my film to show that queer South Asians are thriving'
FESTIVALS
Shiva Raichandani on creating Queer Parivaar and nurturing South Asian LGBTQ+ excellence
Iris Prize - Winner, Best British Short Film
BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Athens Short Film Festival
Tasveer Film Festival
KASHISH Pride Film Festival
Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival
transition international queer & minorities film festival
Phare International Film Festival
Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival
London Short Film Festival
Korea Queer Film Festival
SF Queer Film Festival
Durban International Film Festival
Out On Film: Atlanta's LGBTQ Film Festival
San Diego International Film Festival
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Indie Meme Film Festival
Roze Filmdagen - Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Rio LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Outfest Fusion
CREW
DIRECTOR Shiva Raichandani
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Huma Qazi
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Prima Alam, British LGBT Awards & Resham Raichandani
PRODUCERS Raisilience, Darius Shu & Neeraj Churi
WRITERS Amani Saeed & Shiva Raichandani
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Darius Shu
FEATURING Shiva Raichandani, Taru Devani, Asifa Lahore, Raimu Itfum, Aroob Sajjad, Anick Soni, Mahatma Khandi & Asad Shaykh
EDITOR Alex Balcombe & Darius Shu
MUSIC Rushil & Leo Kalyan
SOUND DESIGN Cassini Sound: Dan Pugsley & Eliran Sivan, Jane Lo
COLOURIST Sarah Buxton
POST-PRODUCTION HOUSE Goldcrest
GAFFER Hollie Mapp
MAKE-UP ARTIST Amrita mudan & Maha Alselami
STILLS Khuram Mirza & Saima Khalid
STYLING Laura Laas & Qamar Usman
PRODUCTION DESIGN Kaajel Paetl
SOUND RECORDING Joao Manuel Correia
Special Thanks: Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Rahemur Rahman, The Tram House, 221 London, Kate Stuart and Kamlu Kirpalani.
Queer Parivaar was partially funded via a GoFundMe campaign with over 150 donors.
