• 132 films, from 40 countries.
• This year, the ‘Country Focus’ will be on China with more than 12 films from there.
• ‘Filmmaker in Focus’ is US filmmaker and activist Jim Hubbard, who will be travelling to India to be present at KASHISH 2013.
• Queer films from Iran, Serbia, Slovakia, Pakistan and Morocco and will be screened at KASHISH 2013.
• The “competition section” will showcase films which will be judged by an eminent international jury pane comprising of filmmaker Aruna Raje, Bollywood actor & model Simone Singh, theatre director Quasar Thakore Padamsee, author and poet Jerry Pinto and Iris Prize festival director Berwyn Rowlands.
• Best Narrative Feature film will win a cash award of Rs 30,000 and Best Indian Short films will win a cash prize of Rs 20,000 both sponsored by Bollywood actor Anupam Kher and his acting school Actor Prepares.
• Best Actor in a Lead Role award instituted this year by Bollywood actor Anupam Kher and his acting school Actor Prepares.
• Opening film The Parade is from Serbia.
• Closing film is Rituparno Ghosh’s Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish.
• The Best Indian queer short film at KASHISH gets to compete for the Iris Prize in UK which carries a cash prize of 25,000 pounds.