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Hijras, the Kinnar's daughters

Have you ever heard about the third gender in India?
Do you know that in hindú religion there are some gods that have both genres?
Even though, in a religious society, transgender people still are fight to find a place in the society and be respected.
In this documentary we will discover one of the most stigmatized and unknown communities in the world, with more than 4 thousand years old. Explained by themselves, Hijras will explain us their stories, their daily problems, and the difficulties they face everyday. A trip into different indian states where this community play different roles, but always in a religious way.
A documentary that answers a lot of questions but at the same time creates new ones.

  • Anna Lofi
    Director
  • Anna Lofi
    Writer
  • Anna Lofi
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Hijras, las hijas de los Kinnars
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Visa pour l'Image
    Perpignan
    France
    September 3, 2019
  • MenorcaDocFest
    Menorca
    Spain
    November 1, 2021
  • Filmets
    Badalona
    Spain
Director Biography - Anna Lofi

Anna Lofi, graduated in Audiovisual Communication and Photojournalism is a young freelance photojournalist and filmmaker from Spain. Hijras, the Kinnars daughters, has been filmed in India and talks about the transgender community and 3rd gender in hindu religion. It has been awarded for Visa Off pour l'Image (France), and other film festivals as Filmets (Barcelona) or MenorcaDocFest. Recently, Lofi have been awarded with her work about stonecutters in Menorca, "Paredadors i picapedrers en perill d'extinció" on the XX Premi Joves Fotògraf(e)s de Catalunya.

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Director Statement

Hijra community in India it's one of the most stigmatized and unknown world's community. With more than 4 thousand years, this community it's still fighting to have a place in their society and be accepted. Before the british came to India, people where threatening them as a goddess, but now, you can see them begging on the streets and having miserable lifes. Still talking about them between the society it's a tabú. It's important to keep talking about topics and don't look to another way. If we do it visible and we talk about it, it's gonna come to the mainstream and people will know about it to do something about it.