Inside the walls of B25 is a sanctuary, where lives intersect, stories intertwine and people flourish. The film offers glimpses of these unconventional bonds and experiences that reframe notions of home and belonging, while reflecting on queerness, love, chosen families, gender, identity and freedom, against the backdrop of a rapidly changing India.​

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Indian Documentary Film Festival, Bhubaneswar

Pink Life QueerFest, Ankara
WIP Alt Fest, Delhi
DIALOGUES: Calcutta International LGBTQIA+ Film & Video Festival

Habitat Film Festival, Delhi

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Raqeeb is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and researcher from Kolkata, based in Delhi. Most of his work revolves around redefining masculinity in the Indian context, presenting an antithesis to existing representation, with a focus on queer intimacies and identities. Nominated twice as the LGTBQIA+ Voice of the Year at the Cosmo India Blogger Awards, he is currently pursuing his PhD on queerness, films and family. Raqeeb has exhibited his photographic work at several platforms, including Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai, and Khoj Studios, Delhi. His films include the Our Satrangi Jahaan, produced by Lotus Visual Productions, which he co-directed.

 

Manvendra is a queer artist, researcher and performer pursuing a PhD in Literature with a specialisation in Intermedial Studies at the Université de Montréal. With a background in Performance Studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi, their work explores the intersections of performance, archives, language and social inquiry, focusing on queerness and home-making. They engage with both real-time performance and virtual archives as ways of documenting and reimagining belonging. Beyond performance, Manvendra writes, draws and works with languages, as part of their academic and artistic practice. Influenced by migration and spatial belonging, their work is rooted in everyday experiences and artistic research.

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​Directors: Raqeeb, Manvendra

Writers: Manvendra, Raqeeb

Performance: Vidur Sethi

Voiceover: Raqeeb

Cinematographers: Mohit Tiwari, Raqeeb

Assistant Cinematographer: Nil

Sound Designer: Pratik Biswas

Editor: Zijah Sherwani

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