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Onir unveils first look of his next Pine Cone

The film is set to receive its world premiere at the 14th edition of the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival in Mumbai.

Onir unveils first look of his next Pine Cone

Filmmaker Onir on Tuesday released the first look of his upcoming movie Pine Cone, which is set to receive its world premiere at the 14th edition of the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival in Mumbai.

The film will be screened on June 7, the opening day of the gala, billed as South Asia's biggest queer film festival.


Onir shared the motion poster of Pine Cone on his official Twitter account.

"Good morning beautiful people. Unveiling to you the first look of our precious film Pine Cone that will have its world premiere @KashishMIQFF: 7th Of June 9.30 pm at Liberty Cinema, Mumbai. Register yourself & join us to celebrate the rainbow. SHARE & SPREAD THE WORD," the National Award winner, who is openly gay and an LGBTQ rights activist, wrote.

The poster sees the leading men of the film Vidur Sethi and Sahib Verma in an embrace.

Written by Ashwini Malik and Onir, Pine Cone is backed by Onir, Anish, Sanjay Suri, Sanjay Routray, and Kewal Garg. It is a Matchbox Pictures Pvt Ltd presentation in association with Onir's Anticlock Films.

Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will come to a close on June 11.

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