Solaris Pictures
Solaris Pictures is the only Indian production house that has been consistently producing, exhibiting and distributing Indian LGBTQ+ content. Started in 2001, as a partnership firm between Sridhar Rangayan and Saagar Gupta, who had earlier worked on several television shows as director, writers and producers. The company was created with the sole aim of creating positive representations of LGBTQ+ characters, that mirrored the lived realities, instead of stereotypical or caricaturish portrayals that were prevalent then in Indian mainstream cinema.
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Our Festivals
KASHISH Pride Film Festival
KASHISH Pride Film Festival was started in 2010 as India's first mainstream LGBTQ+ film festival and has been successfully for the past 15 years.
The festival also has produced 10 Indian LGBTQ+ films, which are being distributed by Solaris Pictures on OTT platforms in UK and Taiwan.
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FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival
Solaris Pictures is also the principal organizer of a path breaking film festival - FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival, which was held for 3 years between 2010 to 2013.