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@ashokvish and I are curating students' works from Karnataka and Telangana. Karnataka has one of the highest number of fine arts colleges, close to a hundred. We have been traveling across two states, and it's quite humbling to see students'works and work with them. We are also in the company of some amazing practitioners and collectives to work on this together. by @ashokvish

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✨ WORLD PREMIERE ✨
Delighted to share that my new film 'Automagic' will have its world premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival @clermontisff in the International competition section.

Lots of people to thank! The film is a co-production between India and France. Produced by myself, Claire Chassagne @chassagneclaire @dolcevitafilmsfrance
With the support of Région Île-de-France / Paris Region

Co-produced by
Aseem Chhabra @chhabs2
Shaji Mathew @nivmathew @nivartcentre
Abdullah Al Kandari @patience_darya @daryanoor_production

In the lead roles: @rutviq @chethancs
Director of Photography: @nikhilpires taken in Clermont-Ferrand, France by @ashokvish

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My film "Nightbirds" is premiering at the @quinzaine_des_cineastes, Cannes Film Festival 2024, part of The Factory Program

Co-written and co-directed with @_metromaria 🤗
My heart is full of gratitude. Many many thanks to the mother of all producers @dominique_welinski and @bradliew and @biancabalbuena of @epicmediaph

The production team in the Philippines was second to none and mostly queer. #TheFutureIsQueer
@xephsuarez @ppagong @_somesam @dotlabro_ @ryannemurcia @_jan_kyle @imwheeeen

And congrats to my fellow filmmakers part of the program. @don.ebb @seeuoo @arvinbelarmino @yokicoco @eeeeevvvvvaaaaa_ver2 @gogularaajan by @ashokvish

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In conversation with @ashokvish for the students' biennale seminar @kochibiennale by @ashokvish

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To @kochibiennale with @ashokvish by @ashokvish

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An evening of considered cinema — followed by intimate dialogue with the filmmakers on immersive filmmaking, layered narratives, and the craft behind their work.

Available as part of our Season Tickets — book via the link in bio! by @ashokvish

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Many a film finds its maker wrestling with the medium to scan and examine what it’s capable of holding—the expansion of minds and bodies it might stimulate. We wander through films when a sudden moment’s epiphany appears more reflective than anything else in life. Everything then seems more tangible, within the ambit of likelihood than being outright unseen and unfelt. Screening at MAMI Independent, Ashok Vish’s short film, Automagic, is about a tender frisson zapping between strangers, cracking open their hearts in the midst of what they can and cannot do. The androgynous artist Madhu (Rutviq, utterly bewitching) hails an auto. He doesn’t even summon as much as float towards the driver, Ratnakar (Chetan C.s.) The driver is almost paternalistic initially, chiding him for his dressing which, he insists, can issue wrong impressions. Madhu’s feminine mask flusters him. However, Madhu takes these deeply familiar remarks in his stride, boldly playing with him.

A haughtily teasing Madhu nudges at Ratnakar’s boundaries. Ratnakar is observing celibacy for a pilgrimage. With a glint in his eyes, Madhu dares, tugging him if sleeping with men is also forbidden. Rutviq is smouldering—someone you could well believe might disappear into the mist and leave no trace. He infuses Madhu with this subtle edge of unpredictability. Madhu’s sharp gaze and Ratnakar’s tentative, fledgling watchfulness are spun into a complex, throbbing give-and-take. As the latter himself suggests, Madhu knows answers to every question he seeks. He’s testing the waters, drawing out the repressed, the undiscovered.

Debanjan Dhar writes.

@mumbaifilmfestival @ashokvish @nikhilpires @rutviq @_debanjan_03

Read the full review 🔗 in bio.

#Automagix #ShortFilm by @ashokvish

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We present the second short film in the lineup for MAMI Independent: "Automagic"

7pm, Friday 6th March '26 at PVR Lido Juhu

Short Film | 12 minutes | 2025 | India, France | Kannada with English subtitles | Colour | DCP | Ratio 4:3

Written and directed by: Ashok Vish @ashokvish
Cast: @rutviq, @chethancs

Madhu, a young androgynous artist, is femme-presenting as he hails a rickshaw to return home after a night of clubbing. Ratnakar, the rickshaw driver, is middle-aged and a man of God. Over the course of their trip, Madhu engages with Ratnakar in an attempt to seduce him only to find out that he is practicing celibacy for a month in preparation for the Sabrimala pilgrimage.

Producers: @ashokvish, @chassagneclaire
Co-Producers: @chhabs2, Abdullah Al Kandari, Shaji Mathew
DOP: @nikhilpires
Sound : Sam Keuper, Inoa Kan, Jules Jaskoi
Editors: @ashokvish, Benoît Delbove
Original score: Wissam Hojeij

#MAMI #MAMIMumbaiFilmFestival #MAMIIndependent by @ashokvish

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“The Commons We Build: On Creative Care and the Future of Practice”
in collaboration with BLAK C.O.R.E Collective @blak.core

As part of Ashok Vish’s curatorial engagement with the Students’ Biennale, the workshop is designed as a two-day forum in collaboration with artist Brook Andrew
(https://www.brookandrew.com/) and the BLAK C.O.R.E Collective (Museums and
Collections, University of Melbourne - https://blakcore.edu.au/). The forum features
presentations, conversations, and performances. Our primary goal is to share how
Indigenous (Adivasi), Dalit, and Queer artists build their practices and communities of
support. Also, we aim to create an immersive environment where students can actively
listen, learn, converse with, and ask questions of our facilitators throughout the two-day
workshop, as they develop a new idea/project under the guidance of the facilitators.

Dates: Dec 15,16, 2025

@brook_garru_andrew taken in Kochi-Muziris Biennale by @ashokvish

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I have had the pleasure of co-curating the Students’ Biennale 2025-26 at this edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, and I couldn’t have asked for a better co-pilot than @shahchinar. We were tasked with engaging with two states: Karnataka and Telangana. Although we ended up curating separate exhibitions, we conducted all the work—including institutional visits, research, installation, and production preparation—together. And made it fun! We also had an excellent support team in @sahanas_art @anujithmurali3 @absen taken in Kochi-Muziris Biennale by @ashokvish

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Won the Cinematic Achievement Award at the @tisffest. Thank you so much for this incredible honor. This Cinematic Achievement Award is awarded to four to five films signifying a more democratic way to celebrate cinema than honoring only "the best" film. Amazing! by @ashokvish

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This cluster of short films celebrates pleasure in love, in beauty, in being alive. These stories embrace desire and delight without apology, finding joy in the ordinary and the extraordinary alike. A reminder that living fully is its own quiet rebellion.

#DIFF2025 by @ashokvish

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