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Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Friday, 17 April 2026 until Friday, 24 April 2026

First ukrainian LGBTQIA+ film festival aimed at representing the scope of international queer filmmaking (with a special place for Ukrainian films), voicing topical issues in global and national contexts, representing the community and being its mouthpiece, in artistic as much as social and political dimensions.

Prize for the Best Film of International Competition program (2,000 USD and the Sunny Bunny statuette)
Prize for the Best Film of the International Short Competition program (2 000 USD and the Sunny Bunny statuette)
Festival diplomas.


 

2026 films...

Competition (C)

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION, NEW FILMS (2024-2026)
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EMERGING TALENTS

The Education of Jane Cumming

Sophie Heldman

UK, Germany, Switzerland

 

Prosecution

Faraz Shariat

Germany

 

Narciso

Marcelo Martinessi

Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, France

 

Maspalomas

Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi

Spain

 

Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day

Ivona Juka

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland

 

The Little Sister

Hafsia Herzi

France, Germany

 

Julian

Cato Kusters

Belgium, the Netherlands

 

Fantasy

Kukla

Slovenia, North Macedonia

 

Black Burns Fast

Sandulela Asanda

South Africa

 

Blue Film

Elliot Tuttle

USA

 

On the Road

David Pablos

Mexico

 

In a Whisper

Leyla Bouzid

France, Tunisia 

Shorts (SH)

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION, NEW FILMS (2024- 2026)
WITHOUT LIMITATIONS ON GENRES OR FORMS (FICTION, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATED, EXPERIMENTAL)

Tell me a fairytale

Diana Anikieieva

Ukraine

 

Upon Starvation

Saurav Dattatraya Mahind

India

 

Adult Child

Hugo Francker

Norway

 

Twilight Ladies

Alain Soldeville, Alexe Liebert

France

 

Until We Return

Huss Al-Chokhdar

UK, Egypt

 

Mia Mio

Roxanne Peguet

Luxembourg

 

Ronita Rambo

Michael Doshier

USA

 

My Age Now

Daniel Talbott

USA

 

Mr Sun & Miss Universe

Souffien Melad

The Netherlands

 

Gorgones

Dimitris Tsakaleas, Lida Vartzioti

Greece

 

I Want My People to Be Remembered

Hélène Giannecchini

France

 

Fuck the Cistem

Tajo Hurrle

Germany

 

Heavy Metal Flower

Alberto Baños

Mexico

 

Golden Mirror

Nicky L. Lapierre, Nour Beetch

Belgium

 

Second Spring

Olexi Chubun

Czechia 

Documentary (DOC)

THE MOST INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY FILMS,
THE MOST CURRENT SUBJECTS, THE MOST INTERESTING CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS

Barbara Forever

Brydie O'Connor

USA

 

The Hidden Face of the Earth

Arnaud Alain

France

 

What Will I Become?

Lexie Bean, Logan Rozos

USA

 

This is Ballroom

Juru, Vitã

Brazil

 

Mickey&Richard

Ryan A. White, A.P. Pickle

USA 

Nineties Retrospective (90s)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Stephan Elliott

Австралія / Australia

 

Savage Nights

Cyril Collard

France, Italy

 

All About My Mother

Pedro Almodóvar

Spain, France

 

Bound

Lana & Lilly Wachowski

USA

 

My Own Private Idaho

Gus Van Sant

USA 

Ukrainian Queer Retrospective (UAR)

The Wonderful Years

Svitlana Shymko, Galina Yarmanova

Ukraine

 

Aftertaste

Yura Katynskiy

Ukraine

 

Sad Portraits

Vitalii Kikot

Ukraine

 

Chachó

Vitalii Havura

Ukraine

 

Sex, Мedicated, Rock-n-Roll

Anatoly Belov

Ukraine

 

Kittens

Zhanna Ozirna

Ukraine

 

The Secret, the Girl and the Boy

Oksana Kazmina

Ukraine

 

Bond

Zhanna Ozirna

Ukraine, Germany

 

Eclipse of My Heart

Angelik Ustymenko

Ukraine

 

I Have a Friend

Dmytro Moyseyev

Ukraine

 

Exarch

Nadia Parfan, Maria Stoyanova

Ukraine

 

Goodbye, Sveta

Nastia Kanareva

Ukraine

 

Landslide

Oleksiy Radynski
Ukraine
 

New Colors (NEW)

A FULL-LENGTH DEBUT AND SECOND FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Love Me Tender

Anna Cazenave Cambet

France, Luxembourg

 

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Diego Céspedes

Chile, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium

 

Iván & Hadoum

Ian De La Rosa

Spain, Germany, Belgium

 

Gorgonà

Evi Kalogiropoulou

France, Greece

 

Donkey Days

Rosanne Pel

Netherlands, Germany

 

Departures

Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Neil Ely

UK

 

At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik)

Bretten Hannam

Canada, Belgium

 

Lovers

Caroline Fournier

France 

UA Shorts (UASH)

A PROGRAM OF NEW SHORT FILMS BY UKRAINIAN FILMMAKERS, PRODUCED, OR CO-PRODUCED IN UKRAINE, DEDICATED TO LGBTQIA+ THEMES

Taste Of Almond

Elvira Smirnova

Ukraine

 

Mazepa's Ride

Mykola Ridnyi

Germany, Ukraine

 

Inside

Daria Lukasheva

Ukraine

 

Giant

Vadym Mochalov

Ukraine

 

Black Shawl

Kamila Boichenko

Poland 

Queerby (QBY)

A SELECTION FOR KIDS, TEENS AND FAMILIES, WHICH ADDRESSES THE LGBTQIA+ ISSUES IN AN ACCESSIBLE MANNER; RECOMMENDED AGE 12+

The Divine Will

Ignacio Bueno Sabatté

Argentina

 

I Am A Flower

Ariel Victor Arthanto

Germany

 

Such A Pretty Girl

Deborah Puette

USA

 

How A River Is Born

Luma Flôres

Brazil 

Neighborqueer (NQ)

PROGRAM DEDICATED TO CINEMA FROM EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT HIGHLIGHTS RELATABLE SUBJECTS FOR UKRAINIANS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

Holy Electricity

Tato Kotetishvili

Georgia, The Netherlands

 

Such Feeling

Alex Baczyński-Jenkins

Poland

 

The Activist

Romas Zabarauskas

Lithuania

Panorama (PAN)

BRIGHT EXAMPLES OF POPULAR LGBTQIA+ CINEMA BY MOSTLY ESTABLISHED DIRECTORS, FESTIVAL DARLINGS

The History of Sound

Oliver Hermanus

UK, USA, Sweden

 

The Chronology of Water

Kristen Stewart

France, Latvia, UK, USA

 

Perro Perro

Marco Berger

Argentina

 

The Boy with Pink Pants

Margherita Ferri

Italy

 

Enzo

Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo

France, Belgium, Italy

 

A Sweetness from Nowhere

Ester Bergsmark

Sweden, Norway