Writer, Director, Producer:
Neelu Bhuman
Voice Artist:
Ria Oberoi
Sound Designer:
Mustafa Bal
Set Design & Animation:
Neelu Bhuman
Andrew Nicholson
Trailer:
Nile Connolly-Martin
Basic dignity of queer people in India is under attack, yet again. The scorching IPC Section 377 is re-unleashed to police to criminalise “gay sex” in India. While the law and the Supreme Court dated themselves back a few hundred years, an adorable Indian mother has her knowledge of “gay sex” in mint condition, wheeling out a tidbit or two for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. The pair are shocked into action by the Supreme Court's latest rejection.
Duration: 4 mins. 46 secs.
Production Format: 16:9 4K 24FPS
Exhibition Format: DCP (NTSC/PAL), Blu-Ray (NTSC/PAL)
TRANSLATIONS:
Korean, Serbian, Brazilian Portugese, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew
ARTICLES:
BEST ANIMATION-JURY @ 2014 Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, New Delhi, India
BEST EXPERIMENTAL-JURY @ 2014 Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series, Brooklyn, New York, USA
SPECIAL FESTIVAL MENTION @ 2014 Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival, India
2014 Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, New Delhi, India
2014 Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India
2014 Chennai Women's International Film Festival, India
2014 Cannes Short Film Corner, France
2014 Frameline38, San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, USA
Ria Oberoi represented FU377 at Frameline38. Ria's travel was partially funded by the British Council Film and the BFI.
2014 9th Seattle South Asian Film Festival, USA
Opening night screening, festival's highest honor.
2014 Bolgatty International Film Festival, Kochi, Kerala, India
2014 Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival, India
2014 Queer Campus Hyderabad Film Festival, Hyderabad, India
2014 Portobello Free Film Festival, London, UK
2014 Reeling 32: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival, USA
2014 Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2014 Brussels Pink Screens Film Festival, Belgium
2014 Pink City International Short Film Festival, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2014 Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, USA
2014 MIX NYC - 27th New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, USA
2014 International Queer Film Festival Merlinka, Belgrade, Serbia
2014 Festival International De Cine, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
2014 22º Festival Mix Brasil de Cultura da Diversidade, São Paulo, Brazil
2014 Puerto Rico Queer Film Festival, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2014 The Retro-Futurism of Cuteness: 3rd Biennial Meeting of the BABEL Working Group+Annual Meeting of Literature & the Mind Center. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
2015 Bangalore Queer Film Festival, Bangalore, India
2015 BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival Video Library, London, UK
2015 Outfest Fusion: Los Angeles Queer People of Color Film Festival, USA
2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, USA
2015 TLVFest: 10th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, Israel
2015 TranScreen : Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival, Netherlands
2015 Queer City Cinema Film Festival, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
2015 Pride and Gender: A Film Conversation, Presented by Reel Sisters and the Kumble Theater, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2015 Rio Gay Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015 Korean Queer Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Usurp Zone5 Film Festival, London, UK
2015 Chennai Rainbow Film Festival, India
2015 Nottingham Alternative Film Network, UK
2015 Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
2015 Wotever DIY Film Festival, London, UK
2015 Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, Germany
2015 Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015 Feminist and Queer International Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
2015 Boston Asian American Film Festival, USA
2015 Seoul Human Rights Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Delhi QueerFest, India
2016 University of Washington - Global Communications by Ysin, Ekin - Seattle, USA.
2016 Shri Ram College of Women, Kriti Film Club+Projekt film and Photography Society+Usurp Collaboration, Delhi, India
2016 Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, Moscow, Russia
2016 AKS FESTIVAL, Karachi+Lahore+Islamabad, Pakistan
2016 India Habitat, Usurp Zone5 Film Festival, Delhi, India
2016 Malmö Queer Film Festival, Sweden
2016 El Ciclo Rosa LGBT Film Festival, Colombia
2016 Bernie Grant Arts Centre, WOTEVER QTIPOC Short Film Showcase, London, UK
2016 Duckie Family Short Film Showcase & Panel Discussion, Rich Mix, London, UK
2016 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
2016 5th Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival, Italy
2016 South Asian Film Education Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2017 OUTsider Fest, NYC, NY
2017 Cutie.BPoC Fest, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 Asian Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2017 Where Dreams Cross, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Speak! Activism in Storytelling, Lumiere Cinema, Maastricht, Netherlands
2018 Bi-Visibility Day, hosted by the Ontario Public Services Pride Network, Canada
2019 Language and Liveness at the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
2019 Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture 2019: DECLARE, Showcase Artist in Film, San Francisco, USA