MUMBAI: The Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) community is set for a filmy outing very soon as entries for the fifth Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival has been invited.

The festival will be held from 21 to 25 May 2014 (tentative dates).

Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the only LGBTQ film festival in India to be held in a mainstream theater and the only queer festival to receive clearance from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

The previous four editions of the festival were well received and attracted close to 6,500 footfalls over five days at two venues. Almost 120 to 130 films including shorts, documentaries and features with LGBTQ themes from across the world are screened at the festival every year.

The competition categories in the festival are: Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Best International Narrative Short, Best Indian Narrative Short, and Riyad Wadia award for Best Emerging Indian Filmmaker.

The last date of submission of forms is January 31, 2014. However, the festival encourages early submission as previews begin mid November. The selected filmmakers will be notified by email by March 31, 2014.

The winners will be selected by a panel of eminent jury.

For details and online submission of forms, one can log on to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K2014-FilmSubmissionForm