A Haunting on Dyke Road

USA / 14 mins
A mother recalls the horrific events from a night in 1987 when her son and his friend insist on knowing why his sister is so weird.

Alice, My Alice

Léo Bernard

2026

France / 20 mins
Alice and Vincent seemingly have nothing in common. She's outgoing, radiant and adventurous, while he's morose, grumpy and withdrawn. From their strange encounter spawns a passionate, intense, almost visceral chemistry... A few years later, Alice ends their romance. Unable to come to terms with the end of the relationship, Vincent gradually begins to transform... 

Arlington

Freddie Paull

2026

USA / 18 mins
After surviving a tragic act of violence, Arlington retreats to a remote cabin in Vermont, hoping to disappear into the quiet. His reclusive neighbor Owen carries his own unspoken grief, and their uneasy connection begins to blur the line between refuge and reckoning. As winter closes in, the two men are forced to confront the weight of what they’ve lost—and what it might take to return to the world. Arlington is a stark, intimate drama about trauma, guilt, and the fragile possibility of healing between strangers.

Baby Talk

Lizzie Cater

2026

Australia / 13 mins
In the summer of 1992, Leo and Amy drive the final leg of a road trip together. Taking the journey to openly be themselves, the spectre of Leo’s husband-to-be haunts their get away, as the closet looms on the other side.

Bestiaire

Clara Monnain

2026

France / 21 mins
In a remote French village nestled in the mountains, Maxence is the last crystal blower in the village. But these crystals are slowly disappearing due to the construction of a highway. While Maxence relentlessly searches for the last blue crystal, the arrival of the mysterious Lana breaks her routine and brings to light an ancient, enigmatic bond. Relying on magical realism, Clara Monnain portrays the emergence of a deep relationship, shaped by ideals and dreams. Love becomes the place where an alternative world can be built, a world that stands in contrast to the decaying reality.

Bless Me, Father /
Benção, Pai

Ed Lopes

2026

Brazil / 17 mins
The film follows the story of Antônio (Ed Lopes), a gay evangelical man married to Sandra (Ayala Rossana), an equally devout housewife who lives under the silence and emotional control imposed by her husband. While Antônio brings male sex workers into their home during Sandra’s absence, as she attends religious services, she finds herself trapped in a reality where she has no voice or space to confront the psychological abuse she endures.

Canvas

Max van Wijgerden

2026

Netherlands / 2:24 mins
Two transgender individuals reshape themselves, using creative tools to sculpt the bodies that feel right for them.

Coexist

Angie Panganiban

2026 

USA / 11 mins
Jamie and Alicia, a former couple, meet in the recording booth in 2017 to discuss the rise and fall of their relationship. As their conversation progresses, they analyze the root problems of their separation and how being closeted in a new city caused codependency and identity issues. 6 years after this conversation, Jamie and Alicia meet back in the recording booth to share where they are now and what they have learned from each other.

Daphne and Pol

Sergio Checa

2026

Spain / 17 mins
Dafne and Clara are two classmates in high school who are bullied because of their sexuality. Clara tries to stand up to her classmates’ homophobic criticism by normalizing her relationship with Dafne. However, the bullying doesn’t stop. 

Echoes of Us

Sharik Atkinson

2026

USA / 10 mins
More than a breakup story — a meditation on memory, healing, and what it means to move forward. A rare, intimate glimpse into Black queer love in all its complexity.
Watch… here

Fetish

Malga Kubiak

2026

Sweden, Poland, Ukraine, France, Germany / 132 mins
An uncompromising manifesto of anger and anti-war resistance. The film dismantles the mechanisms through which violence circulates within systems of power, revealing how submission becomes spectacle and how the boundaries between witnessing, desire and control blur in the murky light of contemporary politics.

It is a wild, trashy ride from the legendary princess of the underground, Malga Kubiak. Punk camp, VHS grime, and an exaggerated, deliberately tacky aesthetic pulsing in direct opposition to bourgeois taste. In this orgy of images, aggression meets intimacy, lust flirts with politics, and a community of queer artists transforms a personal scream into a collective manifesto against imperialism and war.

Flirt

Aisling Kane,
Louis Flanagan

2026

Ireland / 12 mins
Flirt is an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age short film that explores first relationships, heartbreak, isolation and the social dynamics of late secondary school years. It focuses on Kev, whose debs night is turned on its head, when a secret threatens to devastate his relationship and future plans.

From Male and Female

Bassem Ben Brahim

2026

Tunisia / 12 mins
Salima, 15, accidentally discovers that she is intersex. A young ballerina, she escapes into an imaginary world where the Buraq — a mythical creature — becomes her guide. Together, they travel through a parallel universe in search of a buried truth: her identity, and the essence of who she is.

Giant

Vadym Mochalov

2026

Ukraine / 17 mins
While waiting for the results of the Molodist Film Festival selection, queer film director and bachelor’s graduate Tim has not-so-pleasant encounters in Kyiv with his friends, relatives and colleagues, who became part of his 30-minute thesis film.

Heavy Metal Dream Police

Neel Shah

2026

USA / 14 mins
A surreal sci-fi love story about two queer physics students who bond over a love of an action movie franchise - and how badly they want the two main characters to kiss.

Hell is Cool

Baby Boudwin

2026

New Zealand / 4:20 mins
This story follows Blue, a human who lives in a Christian Nationalist world. When they unexpectedly die, they fall into a void where they receive God's Judgement.  Once in Hell, Blue is greeted by the Grim Reaper and upon being given a tour, they start to notice that nobody, in fact, is being tortured or punished in this version of Hell. Turns out it's actually pretty cool and eternity is just one big party.

I Wanna Feel

Coco Bond

2026

UK / 3 mins
A trans drag queen navigates the end of a relationship that has suppressed their creative spirit, finding their way back to the stage and to themselves. Filmed in Plymouth's queer district at Vault72 nightclub, 'I Wanna Feel' is a celebration of self-acceptance, emotional rebirth, and the quiet defiance of choosing yourself. Dripping with queer culture, the video blends intimate cinematic storytelling with soulful, transformative performance. A love letter to anyone who has ever lost themselves and found their way back.

Inheritance

Mohammad Awad

2026

Australia / 15 mins
After the news of his father’s passing, Ameen must face old demons when he returns to the family home he was kicked out of as a teenager – his kind-of-sort-of boyfriend (Zoe Terakes, Talk to Me) in tow.

Inside

Daria Lukasheva

2026

Ukraine / 20 mins
Sasha is overwhelmed by problems and melancholy. Inspired by memories of the past, she tries to escape everything, returning from Manchester to Kyiv to visit her mother and try to mend a long-lost relationship. However, things don’t unfold as she had hoped from the moment she steps through the door.

Joshua Tree (Part 2)

Tiffani Marie,
Gelli Pascual

2026

USA / 7:22 mins
Death teaches us the meanings of love. Centered on two Black queer lovers, it reimagines Black death as a beautiful dark portal, a sacred return shaped by how one has lived. Time moves like memory and spirals as the lovers share their first and last conversation, a single six-minute exchange that feels like a lifetime. Joshua Tree is an elegy, and it is our offering, a remembering of Black death as beautiful and of love as a reverent act.

La Liga

Guillermo Rodriguez Duran

2026

Spain / 5 mins
Paco y Dani son pareja de pádel. Durante la pandemia del COVID reflexionan si tan solo están juntos por la liga o por algo más.

Mirror, Mirror /
Espelho Meu

David E. Teixeira

2026

Portugal / 5 mins
Reality doesn't always live in the mirror.
Trailer… here

Misha's Girl

Isabel G. Afonso

2026

Spain
A lesbian teenager proposes to a classmate in front of her boyfriend.
Trailer… here

Phobosplunker

Bee Mulvihill

2026

Ireland / 4 mins
A hungry inventor must traverse the inside of her own mind in order to track down the source of sudden, wormy hallucinations.

Quinn

Gianluca Mangiasciutti, Stefano Usberghi

2026

Italy / 20 mins
After surviving a sexual assault, Quinn, a young person exploring their identity, decides to track down their attacker. A tense story about anger, reclaiming agency, and pushing beyond the boundaries of fear.
Trailer… here

Shards /
Éclats

France / 14 mins
Lou spends her summer locked up in a clinic specialised in eating disorders. When her doctor refuses to grant her a day pass, she lets the pretty Esther convince her to sneak out in the middle of the night.

Takapapa

Briar Rose,
Jordan Walker

2026

Aotearoa / 12 mins
TAKAPAPA is an indigenous queer short documentary that shares the personal story of Jordan Walker navigating what it means for them to get puhoro as takatāpui.
Trailer… here

Take it or Leave it

Alex Chacon

2026

USA / 3 mins
This music video speaks to the all-too-common matter of people dealing with rejection simply because they have decided to be true to themselves, to be authentic and be who they are. It is a project designed to bring hope, energy and resilience to those who are marginalized and minimized by others who choose to, nor cannot accept them or make any attempt to understand and love them. Our target audience it turns out to be the emerging generations.

Taste of Almond

Ukraine / 17mins
Chernivtsi, 1905. Writer Sophia helps Adam compose a marriage proposal for Christina. However, a private conversation between the two women reveals a mutual, unexpected emotional closeness. As unspoken desires surface, Sophia must choose between her hidden truth and societal expectations.

The Love Train

KWABE

2026

USA / 10 mins
Two young Black queer men cross paths during a quiet night and form an unexpected connection. A soft, intimate film about presence, possibility, and Black love.
Watch… here

Tião Personal Dancer

Aristótelis Tothi

2026

Brazil / 23 mins
TGIF! There is forro all over the city. Tiao, a professional dancer, works in ballrooms around the city. While Reginaldo and Cida hit the dance floor waiting for the night to bring a little something extra.

Understanding Myself as an Amphibian

May Caroline Matchim

2026

Canada / 63 mins
Understanding Myself as an Amphibian is a Queer ecology documentary that explores the sexual diversity of the wildlife around us. Director May Matchim draws connections between these incredible species and her own journey accepting her Transness.

Voice Shift

Roberto Duque

2026

UK / 25 mins
Voice Shift follows trans women as they seek a voice that reflects their gender identity. Guided by a trans vocal coach, the film weaves together stories from different stages of people’s journeys. But this film is more than an exploration of vocal technique, this is a social commentary on the power and politics of voice. This documentary was commissioned by both Aesthetica Magazine and Audible after winning The Listening Pitch 2025, by answering this year’s programme question: “What can we hear if we listen right now?”
Trailer… here

We Keep Us Safe - Qween Jean

Shawn Angela Batey

2026

USA
Profiles Qween Jean, a trans activist fighting for trans visibility in the Black Lives Matter Movement. WE KEEP US SAFE provides a personal journey of activism in the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

We Kissed Once

Sharik Geneve

2026

USA / 5 mins
Best friends TJ and Toshi are on the hunt for a kiss in NYC.
Watch… here

20:15 MEXICO DF (fleeting nature of time.)

Argentina / 6 mins
In the vibrant heart of Mexico City, two women meet and begin a tender, reflective journey together. Through intimate conversations, they explore themes of memory, love, and the passage of time. Their connection becomes a window through which they gaze not only at their present but also at the infinite possibilities of their past and future.  

4 Better or 4 Worse

Philippines / 17 mins
Trapped in an abusive home and desperate to live as her true self, Jennifer risks everything to transition using unsafe black market hormones. When she reaches the verge of death, her chosen family, Barbara, Tintoy, and Bianca, step in, joining beauty pageants to raise money for her survival.

6ft Deceit

UK / 8 mins
Brutally attacked on their anniversary, as two women bury their attacker in the woods, they reminisce on last night’s events.

A Doll’s House

Puerto Rico / 23 mins
Documentary short film that unveils the work of Alfonso Muñoz Alma: a queer artist who, from childhood, transformed dolls and everyday finds into worlds of imagination and resistance. Forged in New York’s Puerto Rican diaspora, his work challenges heteronormative visual culture and boldly brings Puerto Rican women and the LGBTQ+ community into artistic spaces historically dominated by men.

En esta reflexión sobre identidad, memoria e imaginación, el artista Alfonso Muñoz Alma reimagina la cultura visual desde una infancia queer marcada por la complicidad materna. Usando casas de muñecas y objetos reciclados, su obra inserta figuras LGBTQ+ y mujeres puertorriqueñas en espacios tradicionalmente masculinos.

A Dream Fulfilled

Ireland / 4 mins
A protagonist struggling with inner turmoil spirals into isolation before a reflective journey with their younger self reveals new perspectives.
Watch… here

A Few Pieces of Us /
Quelques Morceaux De Nous

France / 17:33 mins
Before moving out, three roommates spend one last evening in the flat they shared. These last moments bring back memories of the good and bad times spent within these walls, their fears for the future and a reflection on the traces we leave in the places we inhabited.

A Furry Tale

Norway / 19 mins
We are invited into the intimate world of a queer couple within the Furry fandom – a subculture where individuals embrace anthropomorphic animal personas through art, costume, and community. 

A Glimmer in the Maw

USA / 4:40 mins
In attempt to prove their bravery, two young mice venture into an (allegedly) abandoned dungeon.

A Kin Sin

Gulzar

Canada / 6 mins
While giving an oiled scalp massage to a friend, filmmaker Gulzar seeks to understand their gender amidst their familial and cultural wishes.

A Microphone in the Head /
Mikrofon Peas

Robert Raska Ly

Estonia / 13 mins
Joonas is dead. But through a haunted karaoke mic, he asks his heartbroken fiancée to take him to his mother… so he can finally come out to her – a secret the fiancée never saw coming.

A Night on the Footpath

Bharat Duvvada

India / 28 mins
A thought-provoking story about the struggles and strength of a transgender individual navigating life through challenging circumstances.
Trailer… here

A Thousand Waves Away

Helena Wittmann

Germany / 10 mins
There is worry in the air. The earth trembles in a garden, some people feel it with their touch, with their hearing, and suddenly they are lost. The world becomes a fan of clues, but they all seem inane, empty. Sensations carry us far away with the force of thousands of waves.
An enigma signed with the very recognizable style of Helena Wittmann, a use of film that is the more tactile the more the senses become deceptive, the more touch sight and hearing say nothing but the happening of things, and the parameters with which we evaluate reality are lost, depending on the point of view, in a world of possibilities or in an abyss.
Trailer… here

A Woman's Last Cigarette /
O Último Cigarro de uma Mulher

Lia Fortes

Brazil / 15 mins
A young adult woman decides to quit smoking after her ex, during their breakup, accuses her of not being able to control her impulses. Confronted with her own decision, the Woman faces unexpected challenges, as the absence of pleasure gives way to questioning her entire lifestyle.

Uma jovem adulta decide parar de fumar quando sua ex, durante o término, a acusa de não saber controlar as suas vontades. Frente à sua própria decisão, Mulher se depara com impasses inesperados, à medida que a abstinência do prazer abre espaço para o questionamento de todo seu estilo de vida.

Acá arriba

Carlos Castro

Puerto Rico / 19 mins
A week after his breakup, Venecio decides to return to the bar he used to frequent with his ex-partner. As he sinks into melancholy and alcohol, he meets a young man who changes the course of his night. Up Here is an intimate drama about grief, unexpected connection and the possibility of a new beginning.

Una semana después de su ruptura amorosa, Venecio decide regresar al bar que solía frecuentar con su expareja. Mientras se sumerge en la melancolía y el alcohol, conoce a un joven que transforma el rumbo de su noche. Acá arriba es un drama íntimo sobre el duelo, la conexión inesperada y la posibilidad de un nuevo comienzo.

All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant

Angel Gates Fonseca

USA / 12 mins
Follow multidisciplinary artist Blake Pfeil as he recounts the bittersweet end of a relationship while exploring the abandoned Universal Atlas Cement Plant that overlooks the banks of the Hudson River. HUDSY Original All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant explores the healing power of human forgiveness through fantastical, queer storytelling. Using personal journals about his experiences exploring modern ruins, Blake shines a light on the cultural, historical, and spiritual underbelly of America. This is the third installment of the HUDSY Original Anthology All-American Ruins.
Trailer… here

Alyssum

Alex King

USA / 6:26 mins
Alyson is trying to craft the perfect bouquet for her wife, Lilith. Overwhelmed by anxiety and self-doubt, she battles her inner critic. As she spirals deeper into self-doubt, she must decide: will she push forward and embrace imperfection, or will her fears consume her?

American Mamas

Tony Ferraiolo

USA / 9 mins
In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, three Connecticut mothers discuss their fears and share their outlook for the future with trans-activist Tony Ferraiolo. For anyone feeling helpless or scared right now, this discussion is meant to inspire hope. 
Trailer… here

Americana

Agarb Braga

Brazil / 20 mins
At the Marambaia Police Station, Bryanna, better known as Americana, waits with her friends for questioning by the detective who must piece together what happened at the city playground, where chaos and confusion erupted in a fight that ended with the police getting involved.

Cinco amigas são detidas após uma briga em praça pública motivada por uma traição. Na delegacia, durante os depoimentos, segredos vêm à tona, revelando verdades inesperadas.

An Act of Love

Stephan Stelman

USA / 14 mins
Imagine you have discovered that your husband is not straight, but actually bisexual; however, instead of feeling betrayed or hurt, you decide to open the marriage by adding another man to the mix? Molly, David’s wife, comes to this very realization, and as An Act of Love, she is helping their love grow stronger rather than dividing them. This short puts a different perspective on a common story.

An Ex in Provence

Sofia Chapman

Australia / 26 mins
Provence is the best place to break up, as lavender helps one sleep. Yet lavender has been banned due to allergies when Therese and Reggie arrive, seeking culture and to rekindle their relationship.
Trailer… here

An Extraterrestrial Exchange

Ash Bieber

USA / 4 mins
An alien student enrolled in an exchange program comes to Earth to experience a real life human school. However, upon arrival they are quick to be othered by the terrible, horrifying beasts known as middle schoolers. An unsuccessful attempt at fitting in later, they are approached by a lone boy that knows exactly how it feels to fall outside of the norm.
Trailer… here

Ancestor /
Dédé

Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume

UK / 4 mins
Examining the divine female figure in West African sculpture through an exploration of the director/animator’s Bété ancestry, drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people.
Trailer… here

And a Whisper Will Be Heard

Yuval Parnass-Mader 

Israel / 22 mins
Adi, 14, was born into a gay co-parenting family. As he grows up, the tense balance at his father’s home begins to crack. When their relationship is put to the test, Adi faces his world, and his home, upended.

And The Homosexuals

USA / 6 mins
A spoken word poem set against the backdrop of rural East Texas, a queer teen finds confrontation and ultimately community within her close-knit conservative church congregation.

Andro

Dominik Gasser

Germany / 27 mins
Andro Dadiani's political performances dissect the oppression by state and church in Georgia. As a queer, non-binary protest and performance art figure, their identity remains a secret. The danger of open resistance is too great.

Anita Louise and the Wild Women

Canada / 12 mins

A beloved photographer reflects on her 50 years documenting the Nova Scotian queer community, including “Wild Women Don’t Get The Blues”—an intimate camping getaway for lesbian and bisexual women in the 80s & 90s.
Trailer… here

Anziety

David O Carroll

Ireland/ 10 mins
A frank yet inviting conversation with Ian, as he tells his story of overcoming darkness and embracing self-expression as drag artist Anziety.
Trailer… here

Aquí donde soy

Daniel Braga

Spain / 22 mins
Aquí donde soy is an intimate portrait of three LGBTQ+ people from Asturias, whose stories are intertwined with the spaces they inhabit and the desire to go to where everything seems to happen: the big city.

Retrato íntimo de personas LGTBIQ+ del medio rural de Asturias que reflexiona sobre identidad, pertenencia y territorio. A través de entrevistas honestas, el documental explora cómo los espacios que habitamos moldean quiénes somos y cómo el anhelo de la gran ciudad aparece como promesa de libertad, visibilidad y nuevas posibilidades.
Trailer… here

Artifice

Theo Rose

USA / 12 mins
A mystic woman oscillates between performance and projection until she meets her shadow at a local coffee shop (or it’s about a girl being haunted by a pronoun, depending on who you ask).
Trailer… here

As If Once Again /
Encore Désolé

France / 8 mins
While caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s, Guillaume shares old photographs that trigger memories, forcing him to confront her painful reactions to his sexuality.

At Arm’s Length

USA / 5 mins
When a neurotic teen asks his best friend to break his arm for prescription meds, what starts as a twisted favor spirals into an absurd test of loyalty — with consequences neither of them is quite prepared for.

Auntie
(Ten Poem Project)

USA / 4 mins
Ten Poem Project is a hybrid dance film that brings together poetry, movement, and lived testimony to explore migration, identity, and artistic resilience. Emerging from a larger practice-as-research monograph, the film weaves choreographic performance with personal narrative, poetic text, and visual storytelling. Rooted in the experiences of migrant dancers in the United States, Ten Poem Project reflects on displacement, survival, and the transformative power of dance as both testimony and archive. The work blurs the boundaries of scholarship and art, creating a visceral meditation on how bodies remember and reimagine home across cultures.

B and S

Lipika Singh Darai

India / 30 mins
A personal essayistic documentary that explores the beauty and depths of friendship between B and S. While going through corridors of loneliness, as they struggle with their immediate world that refuses to see them for who they are, friendship becomes the idea of home and family, where the deepest connections and belongingness are found. The filmmaker introduces this tender friendship to her late grandaunt through imaginary conversations that carry in them fragments of shared love and longings, drawing intimate connections between human and non-human worlds.
Trailer… here

Babyspice

Belgium / 17 mins
Babyspice is the story of someone caught in the aftermath of a breakup. Rather than running from the pain, she chooses to welcome it.

Bacterial Forest /
Bosque de Bacterias

Argentina / 19 mins
Orchid is the new Adult Sex Education teacher at High School 69. An unexpected position in her final year of teaching.
This isn't a normal school; the evolving diversity and free teaching will transform her life.

Bagua

Australia / 13 mins
A young Chinese woman’s obsession with feng shui spirals out of control as she tries to protect her girlfriend from an evil spirit.

Ballade en Boîte Berlinoise

Clothaire Hanania

Germany / 4:41 mins
Marlene throws herself into Berlin’s vibrant nightlife to get closer to her crush. Between beats, ecstatic dancing, and an unexpected high, a wild, unforgettable night unfolds with a happy ending.

Bare

Daniel Tout

UK / 9 mins
A contemporary short film set in Plymouth.
Late into the night, an anxious Kai invites a stranger over for a hook-up. He may be looking for connection, but is he ready for it?

Bazooka /
Lança-foguete

William Oliveira

Brazil / 16 mins
Set against the backdrop of mysterious abductions across Brazil, a mother and her son struggle with affection and grief when one of their loved ones, the young trans woman Diná, becomes one of the victims.

Levi e sua mãe lidam com o luto de uma pessoa querida depois que Diná, uma jovem trans, ter sido uma das vítimas de misteriosas abduções extraterrestres que ocorreram na cidade do Recife.
Trailer… here

Be Not Afraid

Maxwell Senter

USA / 12 mins
Oliver must either confront his religious fears immortality or succumb to the grim fate of eternal damnation that awaits him.

Bebe

USA / 5 mins
Bebe follows a trans model’s journey from a small town in Maine to the runaways of Paris, balancing fame, family, and the fight to simply exist. Told entirely in her own words, it’s a raw and poetic portrait of identity, survival, and becoming.
Trailer… here

Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo

Barbara Malaran, Desireena Almoradie

USA / 41 mins
Because of You tells the story of queer Filipnxs who, in 1990s NYC, built a joyful, defiant community against racism and lesbophobia. Through archival footage, it celebrates love, protest, and reunion.
Trailer… here

Better Man /
Lepší člověk

Czech Republic / 6 mins
Three men use bodybuilding to heal trauma, fight low self-esteem, and cope with the pressures tied to male body ideals.
Trailer… here

Beyond the Mirror /
Gewoon Renee

The Netherlands / 11 mins
A poetic documentary following performer, thinker, and activist Renée on a personal and political journey through Amsterdam and Berlin. As an ongoing project to create layered, multifaceted portraits of individuals living beyond normative gender and sexual frameworks, this short is an intimate meditation on gender, space, and the desire to be truly seen.

Birth of the Hive Queen

Tempest Creation

USA / 9 mins
Amina, a trans sex worker, gives birth out of her anus. 

Black Shawl /
Czarna Chusta

Kamila Boichenko

Poland / 26 mins
Lesya and her daughter Anya are living in a refugee camp, grappling with the torment of blackmail related to the disappearance of Lesya’s husband, who went missing during the war a year ago. In the camp, Lesya reconnects with her old friend Maria, a widow who, like Lesya, is haunted by the loss of a loved one. As their bond deepens, the women find solace in each other’s shared grief. However, Anya begins to suspect that her mother’s relationship with Maria is evolving into something more than just a friendship.
Trailer… here

Bodyrebuilding

Vivek Shraya

Canada / 11 mins
How diversity work led to chronic pain and a journey to healing through weightlifting.

Bones

Kai Shepherd

UK / 10 mins
Bones is a raw and emotionally resonant short film that dives into the psyche of Ren, a non-binary teenager grappling with their identity in the face of political hostility, internalized doubt, and generational misunderstanding. When a televised anti-trans speech triggers a spiral of painful memories and inner turmoil, Ren is forced to confront the voices, both real and imagined, that question their existence. Within this darkness, a powerful thread of familial love and self-affirmation begins to emerge. Through a surreal blend of memory, mindscape, and grounded reality, Bones becomes a defiant reflection on selfhood and the resilience of chosen truth.
The film offers a timely and intimate exploration of gender, acceptance, and the power of unconditional love, crafted to spark conversation and connection in a world still learning how to listen.

Born at Night /
Ferides / Blessures

Spain / 18 mins

Break Everything /
Tout Casser

Breaking Language /
Romper el Español

Sofía Castro

Argentina / 18 mins
Merging Argentinian Sign Language, dance, and documentary, Breaking Language presents the perspectives of four Deaf artists as they examine ideas of identity and resistance within a cultural and linguistic minority, the need for poetic and artistic creation in one's own language, and the importance of feminism within the Deaf community.

Fusionando la Lengua de Señas Argentina, la danza y el documental, Romper el español presenta las perspectivas de cuatro artistas Sordes, mientras examinan las ideas de identidad y resistencia dentro de una minoría cultural y lingüística, la urgencia de la creación poética y artística en la propia lengua y la importancia del feminismo dentro de la comunidad Sorda.

Bugged

Kieran Altmann,
Katie Schiller

USA / 20 mins
Kieran and Katie, two amoral queers in their 20s, host an open house at their Bushwick apartment in a desperate attempt to find a subletter. There’s just one catch…the apartment is infested with bed bugs.

Burlesque

Canada / 7 mins
Burlesque, a student documentary exploring the world of burlesque as a space for artistic expression and personal liberation, where performers channel their creativity and sensuality. Through their voices, they speak about the power of the stage to reconnect with their bodies and establish a deep connection with the audience. Burlesque is presented as a feminist, inclusive, and supportive environment, celebrating gender and body diversity. The action takes place at the Wiggle Room, located in Montreal. It is the only burlesque cabaret in Canada, known for its warm atmosphere and strong sense of community.

Caboco Food Stories: By the Banks of Rio Negro /
Comida de Caboco: Herança na Beira do Rio Negro

Dante Abner

Brazil / 8 mins
Dante Abner crosses the Rio Negro to Careiro Castanho to reunite with his riverside grandmother. Between memories, affections and recipes, the short film reveals the strength of caboclo ancestry in the face of changes that threaten the Amazon.

Dante Abner cruza o Rio Negro até Careiro Castanho para reencontrar sua avó ribeirinha. Entre memórias, afetos e receitas, o curta revela a força da ancestralidade cabocla frente às mudanças que ameaçam a Amazônia.

Casting Call /
La audición

Argentina / 7.52 mins
Santiago, an actor on his way to a crucial audition, is forced to ask Mariano, a stranger, for help when his car breaks down.

Casual

Denmark / 9 mins
'CASUAL' is a sensual short exploring intimacy and monogamy in casual relationships. Two protagonists share the thrill of peeking into a stranger’s private world, then face a deeper question: Is it more vulnerable to reveal sexual desires or romantic dreams?

Cataratas

Francisco Bendomir

Argentina / 6 mins
It's New Year's Eve, and Catalina is waiting for her girlfriend to pick her up to go to the airport when an unusual incident with a firework threatens to ruin their vacation.

CD Memory

Kel Delboux

Brazil, Canada / 1:04 mins
When Naoko presses “play” on her CD player, she finds herself face-to-face with a mysterious entity inside of a subway train and reminisces on the meaning of friendships, nature and death.

Ceasefire /
بِكَفِّي قَهْـر

Hungary, Slovakia / 23 mins
Nawras, a Jordanian-Palestinian queer artist, has been living in Bratislava, Slovakia, for the past four years. Living on the boundary between two communities and clashing cultures, she is pushed towards a third goal – to find peace and a place she can call home. Can she reclaim her cultural identity, this time as she chooses to define it herself, and in doing so, form a community she could call her second family?
Watch… here

Cherries

Jaimee Poipoi

New Zealand / 9 mins
When two single ladies attend an orgy for the first time, they end up exposing more than they ever could have imagined. Jaimee Poipoi (Māori) is a director/producer whose aim is to tell unique and diverse stories through a comedic lens.

Chhesang:The Untold Story

Rajeela Shrestha

Nepal / 13 mins
CHHESANG: THE UNTOLD STORY follows 21 year old Chhesang, who is a music lover and works at the cinema hall to sustain his life. While convincing himself as a man, he goes through gender dysphoria every month while he menstruates. The film explores the social and cultural norms; shame and stigma revealing the hidden stories that will put everyone in shock, in tears or give surprises as well as empower with the character’s boldness and bravery.

Chosen /
Escolhidos

Pablo Diego Garcia

2025

Brazil / 9 mins
Behind the innocent game lies silent suffering. Who is watching and who is really seeing? Missionaries become witnesses to a hidden judgement.
Trailer… here

Chronicle of the Fortress and the King /
Chronique de la Forteresse du King

Noah Guardiola

2025

France / 17 mins
Every day, Achraf is followed by a huge knight’s armor, silent and imposing. It’s there when he works, when he sees his friends, and even when he performs as a Drag-King in his music group. No one else notices the Armor. Ach tries to ignore it, but it becomes increasingly present in his life.

Chaque jour, Achraf est suivi d'une immense armure de chevalier, silencieuse et imposante. Elle est là quand il travaille, quand il voit ses ami.e.s, et même quand il performe en tant que Drag-King dans son groupe de musique. Personne d'autre ne remarque l'Armure.

Close to Home

Whitney Skauge

2025

USA / 32 mins
Through the exploration of their personal and shared experiences, four young advocates imagine a world where access to safe, affordable, and reliable housing is not a privilege but an undeniable human right.

Coffee & Lavender

Allie Morgan

USA /10 mins
Two young women meet at a party and enjoy a summer romance that leaves a lasting imprint.
Trailer… here

Color of my Garden

Korea, Republic of / 25 mins
To keep flowers from withering, I paint them." Through polio's despair, bus accident's agony, love and betrayal, Frida Kahlo became a world-renowned painter. To her, life was a garden cultivated in her own colors. From self-portraits begun in bedside mirrors to final "Viva La Vida!" watermelon, 25 minutes through her monologue. In her garden, flowers that never wither bloom eternally today.

Coming Out Polyamorous for Thanksgiving

USA / 21 mins
When polyamorous spouses Alex and Don introduce Don’s partner Aly to his Southern parents on Thanksgiving, they must weigh biological family against their chosen one.  Based on Alex Alberto’s real-life story, as told in their memoir “Entwined,” this unconventional holiday drama is brimming with humor, heartache, and uncompromising self-love.
Trailer… here

Confluence

Canada / 9 mins
Transmissions of creation among the echoes of our Ancestors guide new waves of storytelling in this unconventional 16mm film.

Controlled Burn

Canada / 22 min.

Reid spends his final day of parole doing all the things that got him there in the first place.
Trailer… here

Cornfed Punk

USA / 11 mins
Cornfed Punk explores the surprising hardcore punk scene of Iowa City. Serving as a haven for many who might otherwise find themselves stranded in the middle of a red stronghold, this community proves its commitment to inclusion, acceptance, and kindness, showing that these values exemplify the punk ethos.
Watch… here

Cowboy Dinner

Bethany Canchola,
Isabel Nixon Klein

2025

USA / 6 mins
Alice is a lonely bookshop owner who decides to bring a community of movie lovers together for friendship and companionship. Her successful weekly movie nights gather more and more diverse attendees enjoying films and potlucks called “Cowboy Dinners.” Along the way, the community finds healing and love, along with a surprise visitor, Alice’s long separated sister.

Cruising in Gomorrah

Coby Friesen

2025

Canada / 16 mins
Childhood friends Chris and Alex reunite on a camping trip at a haunted creek as Chris’ deep Christian faith clashes with Alex’s worldly desires when a dark gay presence awakens their unconscious desires and forces them to reckon their sexualities.

Daddylove

Henry Baker

2025

USA / 5 mins
An older American tourist, lost in the chaotic streets of Bangkok, is helped by a handsome young local. As they navigate the city together, their unlikely friendship unfolds. Through shared moments and subtle connections, they find common ground within the unspoken language of gay culture, proving that love can transcend words.
Trailer… here

Dance of Urgency: Kyiv

Netherlands / 29 mins

Dance of Urgency is a dance that emerges in times of personal and collective crisis — a movement that empowers individuals and communities, serving as both resistance and a coping mechanism. Filmed in December 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine, at Club K-41, the short film brings together people who speak about the power and importance of dance during the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion. In the midst of fear and grief, dance becomes a way to deal with pain, to connect, and to find the strength to keep moving through these hard times.

Dead End

USA / 13 mins
After one of their friends passes away, a lesbian friend group goes on a cabin trip. They conduct a seance and hidden secrets within the friend group start to surface.

Dead Fish /
Peixe Morto

João Fontenele

2025

Brazil / 14 mins
On a dirt road, two truck driver friends face a mechanical problem and are surprised by the help of a woman who lives nearby. She points them to a workshop, takes them to her home, and their interaction unfolds in a mysterious way.

Em uma estrada de terra, dois amigos caminhoneiros enfrentam um problema mecânico e são surpreendidos pela ajuda de uma mulher que mora ali por perto. Ela indica uma oficina, leva os dois para sua casa e a convivência vai se desenrolado de forma misteriosa.

Decisive /
Deciso

Florencia Amado, Wanda Davenport

2025

Argentina / 15 mins
Plastic artist Leo invites young Dante to his art studio and proposes a peculiar game to leave all tension behind.

Deserter /
Trânsfuga

Ana Mendes

2025

Brazil / 12 mins
Aion is a non-binary person whose performance oscillates between masculine and feminine, even though they were assigned female at birth. About to participate in a job selection, they face external pressure to conform to a gender expression that fits as male or female.

Aion é uma pessoa não binária cuja performance oscila entre o masculino e o feminino, ainda que tenha sido designada mulher ao nascer. Prestes a participar de uma seleção de emprego, elu se depara com a pressão externa para se conformar a uma expressão de gênero que enquadre como homem ou mulher.

Dextra

Canada / 19 mins
A young transwoman searching for her identity spends a week in a trans punk house where she can safely express herself and test how she feels about her new name.

Die Shiny:
Embalmed

USA / 5 mins
Embalmed is a haunting, satirical anthem that examines themes of capitalism, dehumanization, exploitation, and greed.

Diffidence

USA / 12 mins
A transgender man surviving conversion therapy.

Dig Up Your Darlings

USA / 18:48 mins
Dig Up Your Darlings is a surrealist, lightly comedic take on the internal journey of a trans-masc lesbian confronting their identity. The main character Melly starts on their “before-sunrise”-esque journey after accidentally ordering an explicit item to their parents’ address. The story is uprooted by an unknown Caller calling Melly and claiming they've been buried alive. We follow Melly as they go to pick up their package before their family sees, trying to find the caller on the way, only to discover that the caller is a manifestation of the queer/trans part of Melly they’ve been “burying”.
Trailer… here

Dizzy

USA / 6 mins
Dizzy is a story about struggling to fit in, facing rejection, and finding belonging through chosen family. It speaks to anyone who has felt different, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community. The film’s message is simple but powerful: acceptance and understanding can lead to healing.

Double Bogey

USA / 13 mins
In the fall of 2020, Hayden and Avery's friendship is tested when a hot new e-boy comes to play on the mini-golf course where they work.

Double This, Double That /
Babalu é Carne Forte

Brazil / 18 mins
Diana returns to the town where she grew up, on the eve of the traditional celebration of Saints Cosmas and Damian. A mysterious child invites her to play.
Trailer… here

Drag Me in Red /
Quando a Noite é Vermelha

Caio Marques,
Nilton Silva

Brazil / 20 mins
2 May 2024. Amidst prominent figures of the São Paulo drag scene, a young filmmaker dives into the experience of becoming a drag queen for one night.

2 de maio de 2024. Em meio a grandes nomes do cenário drag paulistano, um jovem cineasta mergulha na experiência de se tornar drag queen por uma noite.

Dragged to Nowhere

Jordan Martin

USA / 13:50 mins
Late Bloomer, a Native drag queen, has an unexpected nightmare on their trip back home. Caught in a relentless cycle of dislocation and danger, Late Bloomer must navigate a world of shifting realities and sinister forces. Will they find their way back?
Trailer… here

Echoes: The B Side

Mars Storm Rucker

USA / 17:36 mins
This film dissects the different perspectives of how the unconscious mind finds healing through nostalgia and connection to the inner child. The inspiration of this stemmed from the medicalization of gender dysphoria by the ADA. This bred me to interact with the question of the intimate why's behind this incongruence between sex and gender, whether gender dysphoria was inherent to transness, and analyze history and how America medicalizes black people. I wondered about our black indigenous understandings of gender pre colonization and western ideals. This experimental documentary-film ultimately examines the technology of black liberation and healing of trauma through vintage fashion, vintage aesthetics, and the romanization of nostalgia to create afro-futuristic utopias.

Ecology of the Shipwreck /
Ecologia do Naufragio

Brazil / 3 mins
In a coastal zone inhabited by queer creatures left out of Noah’s Ark, an animated tutorial reveals underwater tactics of resistance.
Trailer… here

El Bosque Me Habló Sobre Ti

Matías Leiva

Chile / 14 mins
A man lost on the road… In search of feeling again.

Un hombre perdido en el camino…. En busca de volver a sentir.
Trailer… here

Elegy for the Lost

UK / 29 mins
Through a kaleidoscopic collection of archives, found footage, and even AI-generated images, a young woman who has left China recalls her memories and the connections she had in her native country. Her intimate and nostalgic voice-over becomes the backdrop for queer struggles, where an underground theatre troupe, the excitement of clandestine festivals, repression, and social pressure to live in silence intersect. Between personal memory and collective history, the film juxtaposes love, resistance, and exile.
Trailer… here

Esperando el Tren

Tavo Ruiz

Mexico, Germany /12 mins
A Latino boy living in Berlin reunites with his ex-partner, a German man who brought him to that country. The night is full of nostalgic possibilities, but their farewell seems imminent.

Un chico latino viviendo en Berlín se re-encuentra con su ex pareja, un hombre Alemán que lo ha llevado a ese país. La noche esta llena de nostálgicas posibilidades, pero su despedida parece inminente.
Trailer… here

Estigma

Pilar García Elegido

2025

Spain / 23 mins
Does the stigma around HIV still exist? Testimonies from experts and people living with HIV answer this question. One of the participants is Josep María Tomás, who in 2000 starred in 'Positive', a documentary nominated for the Goya Award and winner of multiple accolades. 'Stigma' revisits the topic 25 years later. Now, different HIV-positive individuals provide a more collective perspective in this work. Awards and festivals: it has participated in numerous film cycles on HIV.

¿Sigue existiendo el estigma hacia el VIH? Testimonios de expertos y de personas que viven con VIH responden a esta pregunta. Uno de los participantes es Josep María Tomás que en el año 2000 protagonizó ‘Positivo’, documental nominado al premio Goya y ganador de múltiples galardones. ‘Estigma’”’ retoma el tema 25 años después. Ahora distintas personas seropositivas plasman una visión más coral en éste trabajo. Premios y festivales: ha participado en numerosos ciclos de cine sobre VIH.
Trailer… here

Everything You Want /
Tudo O Que Quiser

Mariana Machado

2025

Brazil / 20 mins
Magic is people, illusionism is what traps them.” After finding themselves locked out of their house, three queer Brazilian lovers spend a day and night navigating the streets of Brussels.
Este é um curta-metragem de ficção sobre três pessoas kuir brasileiras que se amam e vivem juntas em Bruxelas, Bélgica. Acompanhamos sua jornada por um dia nas ruas dessa cidade e as pessoas que encontram pelo caminho. Esse filme é também um retrato de sua busca por pertencimento em uma terra estrangeira.​​
Trailer… here

Exploitation

USA / 15:38 mins
A group of escorts are thrust into the world of hedonism, power dynamics, and moral dilemmas after meeting a mysterious stranger. 

Finding Peace in My Body

USA / 19 mins
This film follows the life of Achim Howard and his struggles in becoming the man he is today.

Fine

Canada / 3 mins
Xavier insists they’re fine–but, as they struggle to confront buried emotions, the weight of honesty becomes both a burden and a breakthrough.

Flight Risk

Australia / 16 mins
When Muhammad is “randomly selected” for airport interrogation—again—they expect the usual racism. But when accused of joining ISIS and questioned for the Milo in their bag, the pressure mounts, and Muhammad is faced with an impossible choice: come out to strangers before telling their own mother or find another way.

Foil

USA / 2:23 mins
In a fantasy world where church and state are one, a high priestess sneaks into the night and stumbles upon a guard practicing fencing. She is immediately enamored.

For Aunt Morgana /
Tia Morgana

Brazil / 22 mins
Morgana, is a trans woman who was kicked out of her home at 18 and has since maintained rare contacts with her siblings. After her mother's death, she attends her nephew's birthday party.

For Small Creatures

USA / 5 mins
An astronaut gets a second chance to say goodbye.

Forbidden Love /
Yasak Aşk

Austria / 12 mins
 Amid fear, repression, and social pressure, two men meet in secret – a quiet, yet powerful film about queer love in a country that denies its existence.

Forbidden soul

Pakistan / 29 mins
The inner spiritual feelings and emotions of transgender are considered forbidden in the eyes of society.This story is based on transgender Act 2018.when a decision by the Islamic court declared such lewd feelings un Islamic.maina is a eunuch who after castration became a member of the eunuch community and lives with her mentor.

Foreigner

Brazil / 17 mins
Kaio is not from this planet. On a Saturday night, he goes out with his Earthling friends and tries to deal with his feeling of not belonging.

Forget me not

Hungary / 20 mins
One night by Lake Balaton ignites a romance that was meant to be nothing more than a holiday fling – until Alex’s return puts those feelings to the test… Between passion, cultural differences, and their own fears, a question emerges: can love at a distance truly survive everything?

Fourteen and Nine Months

Yvette Turnbull

2025

Australia /10 mins
Teenager Freya works at the kitchen supply store in her regional town. On her first solo shift, things take an unexpected turn when a local lesbian couple come in looking to buy a turkey baster.

Fragments /
Fragmente

Lisa Jabornig

2025

Austria / 17 mins
Emma works in a film archive and immerses herself in the queer scene of the 1980s in Vienna. Between the past and her present, Emma encounters conflicts, such as her friend Ira's experience of discrimination and her own search for an answer to the question what family means to her.

Fronteriza

Brazil / 20 mins
With a photograph and a handycam in hand, Lucca travels from São Paulo to Foz do Iguaçu in search of the father he’s never met. When he arrives at the triple border, he meets Diego, a Paraguayan who unveils the secrets of the area.

Fucking War

Israel / 7 mins
Palestinian Iyad and Israeli Maor meet through Grindr for a mix of wild sex and a power struggle. The sudden alarm throws them to the hall surrounded by hostile neighbours. That is when true intimacy sparks between them.

Fulgora

Canada / 10 mins
Félix, a young actor in the midst of a personal reckoning, finds himself torn between the expectations of the public and the industry, and a deep unease at having to play yet another role that no longer reflects who he is. One night, an unexpected encounter shakes up his world. Drawn to the possibilities of a vibrant world where he could finally be himself, Félix faces a choice: continue performing a role that no longer belongs to him, or take a leap into the unknown to fully embrace his transformation toward a new identity.

Garden Gimp

UK / 5 mins
The story follows two housemates Ethel and Hugo awkwardly try and hold a conversation together whilst their little secret lays under the table plotting his escape.

Canada / 4 mins
a home video, dedicated to my baby.

Czech Republic / 25 mins

Good Game

Jezer Serafica

USA / 8 mins
A homophobic gambler bets big in a series of video game money matches, but finds himself more tangled in the web of sensual competition than the cash he’s chasing.
Watch… here

Grace

Jana Park

USA / 13 mins
Based on True Events: On a summer evening shortly after Hawai’i’s official statehood is announced, two women attend a dinner at one of their family’s homes. Ruth, a spirited school teacher, and Grace, the pastor’s daughter, hide their love for each other while Ruth’s prim sister tries to set her up with yet another man from church.
Ruth doesnʻt want to be married; Grace doesnʻt want to be American. The two women spend a stolen moment together, considering a life where they don’t have to hide or pretend, even if it’s only imagined.

Guttercat

Aubrey Winslow

Australia / 12 mins
A punk sapphic couple attempt to wipe away their drug debt in Adelaide’s seedy southern suburbs.

Halloween Headliners

Chris Carter,
John Simpson,
Christopher Miniaci

Canada / 13:45 mins
At a remote campground, longtime drag rivals Elvirus and Betty Whitecastle face off as co-headliners of a Halloween show destined to be unforgettable. But when the lights go down, the night takes a deadly turn... and the battle for the spotlight becomes a fight for survival.

Heart Hunter

Xhel Moçka

Canada / 1 min
HEART HUNTER follows a bounty hunter chasing after their target somewhere in the West.

Heavy Metal Flower

Alberto Baños

México / 17 mins
Depressed brat wants to get rid of his boyfriend. He talks his sister into stealing his boyfriend from him.

Her Dance

Julián Córdoba

2025

France, Argentina / 10 mins
A day in the life of a trans dancer excluded from her prestigious company in Buenos Aires. As her world and landmarks crumble, she feels herself gradually disappearing.

High Tension

Candra Aditya

Indonesia / 27 mins
A happy couple celebrates their six-month anniversary, wrapped in the illusion of a perfect love. But as the night unfolds, buried truths resurface, forcing them to confront whether their relationship is built to last or just a beautiful lie.

Higher

Israel / 13 mins
On the edge of the rooftop of the housing block where he grew up, on the eve of its demolition, 18-year-old Ido sits drunk. He waits for Omer, his best friend, who has just enlisted in the IDF, hoping to recruit him for a plan to save the building (or their friendship). 

Hiko

Canada / 10 mins
Hiko, 11, runs away from a neighborhood party after a disagreement with his mother over his refusal to wear makeup. He stumbles upon a mysterious circus tent, where an unexpected encounter reshapes his perception of himself. This magical adventure compels him to face his choices and explore his own identity.

Historias Positivas

Spain / 29 mins
Voices of six people living with HIV of different ages, identities and cultural backgrounds. Their intertwined stories create an intimate, diverse and human narrative. Through personal diaries, home recordings, reflections and fragments of their daily lives, the documentary invites us to listen to what it means to live with the virus today.

Voces de seis personas que viven con VIH de distintas edades, identidades y contextos culturales.
Sus relatos entrelazados construyen una narrativa íntima, diversa y humana.
A través de diarios personales, grabaciones caseras, reflexiones y fragmentos de su cotidianidad, el documental nos invita a escuchar lo que significa vivir hoy con el virus.

Homme-Sick

Julian Konuk

UK / 14 mins
Homme-Sick is an experimental short film in which time disintegrates and deconstructs itself; past and present merge to create a new temporality that breaks with linear and rigid narrative impulses. Composed almost entirely of archival footage, both found and from the artist's family collection, the film explores the relationships between toxic masculinity, family, home, and transgenderism, creating precarious spaces that defy the viewer's expectations.

Hunger

Germany / 17 mins
HUNGER is the first installment in a planned, experimental short film series about trans identity and concepts of living outside of big cities. 
In a small town the nonbinary main character Nina seems to be on the run from somebody and has taken refuge in a nail salon. 
In flashbacks they fight their way out of the trauma of domestic violence, attempts at domestication and imposed female performance in their past.
Hunger drives Nina to search for help and a place where they belong. A journey from a nail salon to a police station into a mysterious allotment garden were Nina finally finds a sence of home.

I Can Be Killed

USA / 17 mins
Not wanting to die in a body that repulses him, a trans college student resorts to the most extreme measures possible.

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Valley of the Dolls!

Australia / 5 mins
It’s 1963, and the dolls are fighting. Naarm drag artists JENS RADDA and IVA ROSEBUD are Neely O’Hara and Helen Lawson in a lavish act of diva worship, committed to 16mm film.

I Do /
Glacaim

Ireland / 11 mins
In the quiet, windswept Donegal Gaeltacht, Dónall prepares for his wedding day, but his mind is elsewhere - lost in the pages of his journal. Scribbling furiously, he clings to his thoughts as if afraid they'll slip away. But when the journal vanishes, so does his certainty about the day ahead. All is not what it seems.

I don't forget /
Io non dimentico

Italy / 13:21 mins
"I Do Not Forget" is a 'Visual Pentalogy' dedicated to all those who have been persecuted for not fitting into a binary sexual orientation, whose very death was mystified, hidden, considered 'second-rate.' A journey through history that seeks to give voice to all those who are still fighting for the right to love and be loved, and to rejoice in the pleasures of the body. A dedication to all the souls whose epitaphs hide who they are and/or even deny their very existence.

Io non dimentico è un "Pentalogo visivo" dedicato a tutti quell3 che sono stat3 perseguitat3, perché non rientranti in un orientamento sessuale binario, la cui stessa morte è stata mistificata, celata, considerata di "serie B". Un viaggio nella storia che cerca di dare voce a tutti quell3 che ancora lottano per avere il diritto di amare ed essere amat3 e di gioire delle gioie del corpo. Una dedica a tutte le anime i cui epitaffi nascondono chi sono e/o addirittura negano la loro stessa esistenza.

I Had Sex But…

Ang Li

UK / 14:44 mins
How would you define intimacy and how would you find it? The filmmaker tried to find it by having his first sexual experiences with strangers. The film shows the interactions between them before and after sex. And after these encounters, the filmmaker had some new thoughts about intimacy and sex.
Trailer… here

I Like the Way You Taste

Maya A. Williams

UK / 5 mins
"I Like the Way You Taste" is a short film where our couple, Kaeshelle and Nicholle, embody softness, Black queer love, and the unspoken power of touch. Through intimate moments and the challenges of public affection, they explore how love fosters self-acceptance and growth.
Trailer… here

I See /
Eu Vejo

Maya Boaretto

Brazil / 3:30 mins
“I See” is a poetic documentary that follows a day in the life of a trans woman. Through first-person images and an intimate narration, it reveals the contrasts between care and oppression, showing the world she sees — and that sees her back.

I Want My People to Be Remembered

Hélène Giannecchini

France / 26 mins
When I meet photographer Donna Gottschalk in Vermont, she tells me she has spent her life photographing queer people from working-class backgrounds. She shows me portraits, street scenes captured in the late 1960s, and entrusts me with hundreds of negatives that have never been developed.

I Was Also a Girl Scout Once /
Też kiedyś byłam harcerką

Olga Malinowska

Poland / 12 mins
It is a story about love – the love between two women, but also love for organisation, for people, and for nature, and about what happens when one is forced to choose between them.

Ice Burns Like Fire /
El hielo quema tanto como el fuego

Miguel Ariza

Spain / 21 mins
Three friends confide in each other inside a car. Afterward, they go their separate ways and search, in the darkness of the night, for other bodies and loves.

If June never fades /
Für dich ist immer noch Sommer

Philipp Boukhors,
Theo Carow

Germany / 29 mins
Eighteen-year-old skater Noah faces emotional collapse after his father disowns him for failing to graduate. As his friends move on with their lives, he must repeat his final year, haunted by the fear that this may be their last summer together. His best friend Finn drifts away, and Noah’s relationship with his on-and-off girlfriend Maja falters as she flirts with others. The group’s hot, hazy summer of skating and drinking unravels when a shady photographer lures them into a morally dubious situation. Humiliated and isolated, Noah’s anxieties and longing for connection surface—but in an unexpected twist, he finds fragile comfort in the very man who exposed him, a photographer grappling with his own past losses.

Impulse /
Estímulos

Felipe Solino

Brazil / 5 mins
A man with sexual impulses seeks satisfaction.

Um homem com impulsos sexuais procura satisfação.

In Another Life

Tristan Blue

USA / 9 mins
Secluded in the coastal forests of Northern California, an elder queer hermit searches for strange frequencies hidden in nature. While manipulating the noise in their makeshift studio, they have repeated visions of a mysterious cave and a person they believe to be another version of themself. In attempt to commune with this being they embark to find the cave and are confronted with a strange and cathartic experience.
Trailer… here

In the Light of a Miracle

OJ Parker

USA / 14 mins
Andre, a pretty boy with dreams of sainthood, is swept into a killing spree with Clint, a hot older voyeur, all while trying to cross the Texas border to evacuate from a hurricane.
Trailer… here

In the Middle

Saba Khatami

Iran / 8 mins
"In the Middle" is a short dance film captured in the streets of Tehran and London, exploring the emotional experience of living between two worlds. In Tehran, where dance is prohibited, movement becomes an act of quiet resistance—a gesture of freedom within restriction. In London, dance is free, but this freedom can feel anonymous and isolating. The film traces a dialogue of the body with two cities, capturing how it navigates urban spaces and reflects the tension between belonging and dislocation. Through shifting cityscapes and expressive movement, it explores the internal push and pull of being caught between past and present, home and elsewhere. It is a personal reflection on what it means to exist “in between,” where nothing fully fits, but everything leaves a mark.

Infect Me Gently

The Netherlands / 11 mins
An HIV-positive artist presents work created with his own blood—a visitor recoils, afraid he might “catch something.” This moment opens the door to the surreal, where a haunting figure drifts between exposure and erasure. An engagement with the concept of the Other as a reflection on the tension between contemporary medicine and social attitudes that remain stuck in outdated panic. Which is more contagious: the virus, or fear? 

Inside me

Alessia Buscarino

Italy / 6:12 mins
Being yourself nowadays is so difficult that we no longer know who we are, we say we are all the same following the mass that pushes us to pretend.
Watch… here

Into the Chutes

USA / 23 mins
Lee Knight struggles to overcome injury and adversity in order to pursue their dream of becoming a bull rider in the International Gay Rodeo (IGRA).
Trailer… here

Is This the Mansion I Will Live in?

Rafaelle Fillastre

Belgium / 5 mins
In Belgium, queer asylum seekers endure mistreatment, hunger, and homelessness within the first hours of a grueling asylum process.

It is not dirty

France / 4 mins
Didier remembers.
In the intimacy of his daily life, he recounts his memories of love and loneliness, of what is hidden and what remains.
The film questions how memories build our identity, while raising awareness of the struggles and hardships that LGBT seniors face throughout their lives. It values resilience in the face of discrimination, while offering support tailored to this community.
Trailer… here

It’s Just a Fucking Opening

USA / 18 mins

its nice and calm here for sure. theres so much i wish i could've done. but now all i can do is this :(

Jacha, Jigo, Jiguera: Crónicas Disidentas d’Estremaúra

Jasha

Australia / 13 mins

Je Suis

Canada / 13 mins
Camille, at the bar, is in the process of reflecting on its identity. It feels cornered by its work, social norms and external expectations. But a dance performance combining drag artists, circassian.ne. s and other performeur.se. will shake its thinking: it is taken. By this new world that will allow it to drop its mask and discover itself personally.
Trailer… here

Jurerê Internacional

Brazil / 20 mins
After a traumatic night, a wounded man receives an unexpected visit. As he recounts what he experienced, he dives into a psychological game where desire, violence, and memory intertwine.
Trailer… here

Just Me and the Graves

USA / 12 mins
The last man left after a vampire apocalypse contemplates life after the end.

Just Visiting

Israel / 19 mins
On the eve of a holiday, Dor prepares for an orgy when his estranged mother arrives, mistaking his hookup for a boyfriend. Over a tense dinner, they maintain the lie — until an unexpected knock at the door shatters the facade.

Kaleidoscope

Alex Isom

USA / 7 mins
In a world where society is conditioned to only see black and white, those who do see color are mocked and considered deviants. After a tarot reading, Jade starts reconsidering how she looks at the world, and is reminded of the times where she was able to see color. 
Watch… here

Kassandra with a K /
Kassandra com K

Rivanildo Feitosa,
Cícero Filho

Brazil / 26 mins
Kassandra with a K is a transgender mortician makeup artist who finds in her colleague Veronica all the care and emotional support she never found in her family. Together, she and Veronica have fun at work with the two assistants and bring more lightness to the makeup ritual, preparing the dead with their art for the 'grand finale'.

Kassandra com K é uma maquiadora de defuntos trans que tem na colega de trabalho Veronica todo o acolhimento e o apoio afetivo que nunca encontrou na família. Juntas, ela e Veronica de divertem no ambiente de trabalho com os dois ajudantes e dão mais leveza ao ritual da maquiagem, preparando os mortos com sua arte para o “grand finale”.

Kid from Saturn /
Enfant de Saturne

Switzerland / 15 mins

Kin

Bruce Thomas Miller

Canada / 3 mins
A man is beckoned by the spirit of the earth in a plea to reconnect with his own spirit. Bruce Thomas Miller is an Anishinaabe writer, director, and producer from Northern Ontario, now based out of Calgary, Alberta. He is passionate about storytelling and uplifting underrepresented communities.
An honest & comedic exploration of the urban queer & trans indigenous experience centred around a group of friends & their social media engrossed lives.
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Kippur

Israel / 13 mins
Aviad, a devout Jewish boy, starts his first fast of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of atonement in Jewish tradition. But a nocturnal incident during the fast shakes his inner world and threatens his identity.

Know Your Place

Ada Malpractice Heasman,
Ewan Lowe

UK / 5:21 mins
Has this ever happened to you – it’s National Chase Women Home Night and you’ve accidentally flattened your homunculus? Welcome to Jake’s stupid incel world. Still, it could be worse – you could be poisoned by black mould, dreaming about a man who doesn’t exist. Or you could be a woman. Or maybe Jake’s just a construct in an advert made to sell more homunculi.

La Barriga de la Montaña

Lola Clavo

2025

Spain / 21 mins
In Montjuic, a magical mountain and a mountain of death, normativity and monstrosity converge and feed off each other. The belly of the mountain seeks to penetrate the different layers of the urban mountain, understood as a living queer entity, a reflection of contemporary Barcelona and its history, where diverse and often contradictory realities and temporalities coexist.
Trailer… here

La Cerrillana

Argentina / 13 mins
When a young trans man visits her kiosk on the side of the road, a mother learns to understand and unconditionally love her trans teenage child.
Trailer… here

La Vida Me Supera

Spain / 19 mins
Zarvahe Judith, a woman from Cádiz with art and guts, boldly leads the largest LGTBI festival in southern Spain. A day with her is enough to discover that she not only hosts the show: she embodies it.

Zarvahe Judith, gaditana con arte y agallas, guía con descaro el mayor festival LGTBI del sur de España. Un día con ella basta para descubrir que no solo conduce el show: lo encarna.

Lady is with Me

Saeed Bonardi

2025

Iran, Persian Islamic Republic of / 15 mins
In a remote outpost, Farid, a talkative soldier, entertains his comrades by reading love letters he supposedly receives from a girl named Leily. However, his comrade Gholam uncovers a bitter truth: Leily doesn’t exist, and the letters are a way for Farid to hide his forbidden love.

Last Call

Tricia Hagoriles

2025

Canada / 10 mins
A lesbian couple must rely on a jaded bartender to work through their recent-breakup bubble to survive a sudden zombie attack inside a dying Queer bar.

Leather Graves

USA / 12 mins
Queerness and death are interwoven in a frayed burial shroud. Through the rips of this tattered fabric, we witness queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people exiled from family units and shunned by their communities, while simultaneously confronting an oblivion of health disparities: AIDS, structural discrimination, state violence, physical assault, suicide, and murder. Though all non-heteronormative individuals face these terrors, trans women of color are the most vulnerable to harm.

Lesbian Custody

Samuael Topiary,
Molly Skonieczny

2025

USA / 18 mins
This essential short reflects on the making of In the Best Interests of the Children, featuring filmmaker Frances Reid and Julie Stevens, the daughter of filmmaker Elizabeth Stevens. It explores Julie’s separation from her mother — who was, at the time, Reid’s partner — after coming out as lesbian and facing a custody battle. Blending archival footage with hindsight’s poignancy, it offers a layered historical perspective on queer family struggles and the fight for parental rights.

Lesbian Mud Wrestling

Kirsty Wilson

2025

Australia / 15 mins
Every night, Ziggy dreams of the golden strap — the ultimate prize for the ultimate lesbian mud wrestler. Cheered on by sold-out community crowds, Lesbian Mud Wrestling regularly takes place as a way to raise funds for gender-affirming surgeries for legends like Ziggy. This latest release from Sapphic Flicks, directed by Kirsty Wilson, is an intimate and playful documentary that plunges you right into the mud, capturing Naarm’s young inclusive lesbian community as it is in 2025. God bless lesbians!

Lesbian Vampyres From Outer Space

Jules Robinson

2025

USA / 6 min
When a hungry vampires stumbles upon a bands performance, she must choose between her draw to the enchanting lead singer or her otherworldly desires.
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Let’s Kiss and Find Out

Luz Alejandra Perez

2025

USA / 8 mins
Prom becomes an unexpected night to remember when two unlikely friends kiss to find out if they're gay.
Trailer… here

Listen to Your Love for Me / Ecoute Ton Amour Pour Moi

Kai Xu

2025

France / 23 mins
Lu and Christophe are a young gay couple living in Paris. During the French election, Lu, as a foreigner, discovers that his boyfriend is going to vote for the candidate who is not favorable to him…
Trailer… here

Live large no shame /
Buena vida y poca vergüenza

Argentina / 9 mins
A young trans woman gets locked out of the apartment she's supposed to be watching and has no choice but to ask for help from the building's superintendent, a middle-aged man with Down syndrome who quickly wins her trust and affection.
Live large no shame, is a story about an unexpected encounter, a moment of urban poetry that captures the magic of diversity.
Trailer… here

Living in Pryde

USA / 38 mins
Living in Pryde is a short documentary that follows residents of The Pryde - New England’s first LGBTQ+ welcoming, affordable senior housing community. At a time when LGBTQ+ rights face renewed attack, the film explores the experiences of a generation that came of age with few legal protections against harassment or discrimination. Residents tap into a lifetime of resilience to meet the current political moment as they reflect on surviving the AIDS crisis, fighting for same-sex marriage and coming out as transgender.
Trailer… here

Lockdown

Brazil / 19 mins
The story takes place at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a young man experiences the creation of a solitary cinematography in his daily life and seeks, through ancestry, a connection to his self-esteem and his sexuality.

Long Night

USA / 12 mins
Before Connor proposes marriage, she wants the blessing of her girlfriend’s mother. But in the midst of her request, Connor begins to “wolf out.”

Lost in San Francisco

USA / 7 mins
A story of sex, love, and anger during the AIDS pandemic.
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Lucky Break

Israel / 22 mins
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, my queer family and I left Moscow in a hurry, finding ourselves in revolutionary Sri Lanka. Finding and realising my identity while searching for a new home and trying to keep my family together – is this our lucky break?
Trailer… here

Madre moderna

Spain / 15 mins
Carmen is a very open-minded mother who seeks to strengthen her relationship with her 25-year-old son, Dani, who is gay, deaf, and whose love life is on hold. She's concerned that despite seeing him often, he doesn't share his personal life with her. She decides to take him out of his comfort zone by secretly setting him up on three dates through an app. After convincing him to go, Dani will experience three very peculiar situations that, with humor, reflect the lack of understanding he experiences every day in a hearing environment.

Carmen es una madre con una mente muy abierta que busca estrechar la relación con su hijo Dani de 25 años, gay, sordo y con su vida sentimental en pausa. Le preocupa que a pesar de verse a menudo, no le cuenta nada sobre su vida personal. Decide sacarle de su zona de confort montándole en secreto tres citas a través de una aplicación. Tras convencerle para que vaya, Dani vivirá tres situaciones muy peculiares en las que, con humor, se reflejará la incomprensión que vive en un entorno oyente día a día.

Maic não quer cruzar

Brazil / 20 mins
Maic is no longer a puppy. He is about to turn ten years old but doesn't seem keen on completing 'the circle of life' and reproducing. His family is worried, even embarrassed. They try introducing him to Flofinha, to Layka… but Maic has other interests.

Maic ya no es un cachorro. Va a cumplir diez años pero no parece que tenga ganas de completar “el ciclo de la vida” y reproducirse. Su familia está preocupada, incluso avergonzada. Prueban a presentarle a Flofinha, a Layka… pero Maic tiene otros intereses.
Trailer… here

Mail

USA / 20 mins
Olive has had a rough couple of months but then she meets the woman of her dreams. Afraid to mess it up, she does what any sane, reasonable person would do … she pretends to be a mail carrier. Wouldn’t you? 
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Make No Mistake: These Are the Glory Days

USA / 15 mins
While on tour for their sophomore album, emo band HOME IS WHERE pulls up to venues across the country and provides moments of community, celebration, and freedom for their trans-forward audience as well as themselves. Energetic performances are the bridge between moments of vulnerability for the two trans women who lead the band and the fans lining up to see them.

Make Some Room: The Rebirth of The Legendary Haus of Marciano

USA / 18 mins
We meet the NYC Chapter of the Haus of Marciano weeks before the highly-anticipated Blond Ball, where the Marcis plan to storm the Kiki ballroom scene with new leaders and talent after a temporary hiatus. The ball marks a new era for Marciano, as they plan to storm the event with both longtime leaders and fresh talent. Experienced figures like Charlie, Carter, and Will have upheld Marciano's legacy, while new leaders like Prince and Ariah declare visions for the future. Meanwhile, friends and house members, Ziggy and Badu, prepare to hit the floor with their house siblings. Culminating in lively performances at the ball, the Marcis set the tone for a new chapter.

Making Space

Ireland / 6 mins
Cardboard is trying to create a queer fun night for their friends and the queer community in push against boredom and fascists. This is a film about resilience, community, and the fight against bigotry.
Trailer… here

Man Cured

Kyle Heiner,
Johan T. Anderson

2025

USA / 18 mins
Lucas, an insecure, in-the-closet 22-year-old, is stuck spending his weekends babysitting for a bougie Park Slope family to get by. On any other Friday evening, he arrives to watch Freud, a precocious 7-year-old. There’s only one problem: a new babysitter is already there. What happens as a chance occurrence between two young men spirals into a weekend of self-discovery and acceptance. Being bold doesn’t always mean being loud.

Márcia

Brazil, USA / 16 mins
Márcia's story is told through never-before-seen archival images and the voices of her lovers and friends, from a childhood saved on the streets of Brazil in the 60s until she became one of the first and most talented capoeira practitioners in the world, paving the way for women and queer people in this art.
Trailer… here

Marrow of my Bones

Canada / 2 mins
Marrow of my Bones is a short experimental film that has been created through a mixture of digital special effects, compositing, frame by frame animation, and 16mm hand processed film. Through material-based exploration, this film plays with the concept of post-humanism via the return to nature and the body in a tactile and gritty manner.
Trailer… here

Mattress

Australia
Carrying both a second-hand mattress and their emotional baggage to their new home, a young queer couple end up on a journey that results in the discovery of one’s infidelity.

Mdb

Argentina / 18 mins
The summer of 2005 in Mar del Plata. The Bikini Open and the Ladies Night give warmth to the season. Pilar spends her afternoons at a high class beach resort with her family, and there she meets Camila. The teenagers live their first love secretly in front of a society that does not accept them.
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Medusa vs. the Men Who Want (Her) Head

USA / 4:08 mins
A modernized take on Medusa, reimagining her as a transgender woman in her mid 20s-early 30s just trying to get by. This is just one of many encounters with strange men she must put up with.
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Meet Me.

USA / 11 mins
Meet Me is a soft, romantic drama that follows a queer couple preparing for one of them to reconnect with an absentee parent.

Meet Me Again /
Reencuentro

Julio César Silva García

Mexico / 6 mins

At a wild party, queer teen Almos uncovers a betrayal that forces him to confront his fears to rediscover his identity.
Trailer… here

Mercy

Dara McManus

Ireland / 5 mins
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Canada / 16 mins

UK / 2:22 mins
Merlyn, a transgender wizard, really wants a beard. He and his trusty companion Merp try new and creative ways to make beards.
Trailer… here

Meu Pedaço de Mandioca

Raíssa Castor

Brazil / 14 mins
A portion of yuca triggers Rita's delusions and personal transformations.
Trailer... here

Mommy /
Mãe

Mood Memory

Mr Sun & Miss Universe

Murder Me

Spain / 15 mins
A novice drag queen is given a golden opportunity to become a star, but she'll have to give up on herself to achieve it. Her decision must be made before the party’s over.

Muses

Canada / 8 mins
A dancer struggles to break free from the hold of his choreographer, now attracted to another.

My Dearest Darling

Philippines / 20 mins
Overcome by loneliness, an aging trans woman tries to contact the spirit of a lost loved one. An emotionally-rich dark comedy from emerging Filipino filmmakers.
Trailer… here

My Name is Lilith /
Mon nom est Lilith

Belgium, France / 14 mins
Banished from Eden, Lilith falls into hell. Guided by Eve, she embraces her many identities. Together, they move forward, fire in their eyes.

Narmook

Iran / 19 mins
 A teenage girl is forced to live as a boy due to an ancient tradition, leading her into a silent identity crisis.

New Acquisition

UK / 2 mins
A young lesbian couple debates keeping a painting up in their new apartment.

Next Best Thing

USA/ 2:49 mins
This song and film are about the filmmaker's first homosexual experience, and how he soon learned that it was from someone who had feelings for his brother.
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Nice to meet you

Sweden / 13 mins
Emilio and Mikas are two men in their 30s who have never known true love or embrace from their parents as children. One night in a park, when Mikas is on the verge of taking his life, Emilio sees him and intervenes in an impulsive act. This becomes the starting point of their first meeting. During that night, as they share their wounded memories, an unlikely and deep connection develops between them. They explore their feelings and desires, leading to an unexpectedly intimate experience.
Trailer… here

No Brainer

UK / 9 mins
Two friends hatch a plan to avoid going to work the next day.
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No Love Lost

Canada / 8 mins
The film follows a soft, sensual romance between two queer black women falling in love for the first time.
Trailer… here

No Need to Explain /
Pocas pra Entender

Brazil / 17 mins
A hybrid short film (documentary/fiction) that plunges into the realities of three independent, marginalized artists from São Paulo, some of whom are members of the LGBT community (including a notable transfeminine performance artist). The plot follows the artists’ subjective journeys rather than a single central conflict. The storyline focuses on self-discovery, artistic creation as a form of resistance, and the search for ways to make a living from art within a context of social and economic limitations. Through interviews, performances, and glimpses into their daily lives, the short film explores how these artists transform their identities—including their queer identities and the challenges associated with them—into powerful artistic expression.

No Sleep For ICE

USA / 3:51 mins
Community members make noise to resist the federal ICE invasion in Long Beach, CA.
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Non-Binary Music Video

USA / 4 mins
Non-Binary is a sultry, genre-blending love story that reimagines R&B tropes through a queer, jazz-age lens. Set in a dreamy speakeasy, it follows a cat-and-mouse romance between The Crooner and the elusive Lova Love—paying tribute to icons like Josephine Baker, Marlene Dietrich, and Gladys Bentley.
Trailer… here

Nostalgia's Calling

USA / 4:20 mins
A hypnotic journey drenched in moody lighting, sensual movement, and the unmistakable allure of a familiar time. With sweeping cinematography, evocative lighting, and intoxicating movement, Nostalgia's Calling is more than a music video-it's a visual seduction & a love letter to longing.
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Nuh Uh

USA
Nuh Uh follows the daily struggles of a queer college student Leif, weaving in and out of his friendships, romantic life, and career goals to paint a picture of one’s early twenties in 2025.
Trailer… here

O Lado Que A Cidade Não Vê

Brazil / 16 mins
Shows how a transphobic, macho and racist society hinders and excludes trans bodies from the labor market.
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One Day

One Night Cherub

USA / 7 mins
While Nick waits for his app hookup to show up, a demonic cherub tries to kill him.

One Slight Change

Iran / 14 mins
Maryam is a prostitute who is trying to get money by any means necessary to take care of certain matters. She goes to great lengths to gather the money, and eventually we find out what she truly needed it for.
Trailer… here

Only the Dead Fish Go with the Flow /
Seuls les poissons morts suivent le courant

France / 10 mins
Camille is a six-year-old boy, but Camille feels like a girl. For Carnival, Camille goes to school dressed as a princess, despite the school's refusal to acknowledge Camille as a girl. The principal summons Camille's mother for a final confrontation.

Or

Israel / 6 mins
Or and Bar are in a secret relationship during a war. While Or is recruited to fight in Gaza, Bar remains at home and discovers Or’s death through a news report on the television. Now Bar must carry the weight of grief and their secret.

Pages of Protest

USA / 19 mins
In the United States, book banning has increased at an alarming rate. This project follows activists on the frontlines of the battle against book bans, exploring the complex fight between censorship and free speech.  Pages of Protest critically examines the history of book banning in the U.S., exploring how politics, religion, and shifting cultural battles shape information control and ideas. Our documentary follows the life of a young, queer, black student activist, Da’Taeveyon Daniels, who is fighting the Texas legislature and radical political groups who aim to ban books that represent BIPOC and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Painting it Pink

Netherlands / 17 mins
In an attempt to get closer to their parents, Lau Zautsen examines their mother’s postnatal depression and the strenuous relationship with their dad. In this poetic documentary, archive footage from the family past is interlaced with performative reconstructions.

How can you get as close as possible to the stories from your parents’ and your own past? Reconstructing memories from shortly after his birth, Lau hopes they will better understand their parents. How did their mother cope with their postnatal depression, and why is the relationship with their dad so troubled? This short, experimental documentary provides insight into how vulnerable, inconsistent and subjective family stories can be. Videos from the family archive and some performative contributions make clear: The past is constantly on the move.
Trailer… here

pansies

USA / 12 mins
After Caleb is almost caught in the back of a pickup truck with Logan Balfe, he has to keep things quiet while driving Logan home.

Pansy Boy

USA / 12 mins
Pansy Boy is a short documentary film that considers the archival elements that informed director Gavin Vitale’s perception of what it means to be emotional. Blending performative and poetic documentary modes, the film delves into Gavin’s boyhood through journal entries, home videos, and returns to the locations that shaped him. With each new fragment revealing more of his internal struggles, Pansy Boy captures the beautiful complexity of a boy and his emotions.
Trailer… here

Pas de Deux!

USA, UK / 4 mins
The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.

Passado Infernal

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Pink Isn’t Your Color

USA / 12 mins
Binta, a secretly queer African-Muslim teen, sells candy with her crush Aminata in Atlanta at the pursuit of buying Aminata her dream bike.
Trailer… here

Pink Marker

USA / 4 mins
A reflection of my first, strongest relationship--my queer discovery-- and it's ending. simple as that. my way of shutting the book.
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Pith

Olivia Tirol

USA / 4 mins
This short film was initially adapted from a student poem. Pith, the white insides of an orange, reflects the author’s personal relationship with the world around them and their own gender expression.

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Elisa Beli Borrelli

Ireland / 7 mins
A young trans masc from a distant country finds a new home in Ireland, but the nation’s own problems quickly start to take a toll on him.
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Play Date

USA / 8:35 mins
Matt tries to reconnect with his first love while fighting his own insecurities about their past.

PMBC - shapeshifter

UK / 5 mins
A celebration of PMBC, drag and the queer experience. Take a glimpse into PMBC’s world and discover drag as an act of rebellion and transformation, powered by community and pure queer joy.

Polanco

Santiago Sierra Soler

Mexico / 5:55 mins
Polanco is a deeply emotional and visually vibrant film that explores identity, self-discovery, and the transformative power of confidence. Set in the heart of Mexico City, it follows a troubled young man grappling with a sexual identity crisis. Lost and uncertain, he seeks guidance from a mysterious tarot card reader, who sets him on a journey of self-acceptance and courage.
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Ponay (or You Are Not F***ing Welcome)

Hesome Chemamah

2025

Thailand / 27 mins
Cherry is one bureaucratic checkmark away from obtaining a gender identity exemption for the military draft: they ‘just’ have to travel from Bangkok to their family home in Thailand’s deep south to get a residency document. On this final stretch, not only do they have to deal with their conservative family’s outright rejection and abuse, but even those who do recognise their queerness harbour misplaced expectations towards how Cherry performs their gender.

Popped or Alive

USA / 3:13 mins
In an imaginary world of balloon people, an outlaw and a sheriff find themselves working together to take down a poorly-drawn monster.
Trailer… here

Prom Queer

Filipinas / 5 mins
The film explores themes of LGBTQ+ identity and prom, likely within the context of a queer experience. The title, "Prom Queer," suggests a focus on the challenges and celebrations of LGBTQ+ youth navigating prom, possibly mirroring the experiences of those who feel excluded from or marginalized by traditional prom events. The film's short length likely allows it to focus on a specific moment or internal struggle within Lex's experience

Purgatory

Canada / 19:56 mins
Zena, a usually confident queer woman with an anxiety-induced supernatural streak, is forced to face off with a meddling relative when she returns to her family’s mosque with her partner in tow to attend the funeral of a beloved community member.

Que Bela Herança

Brazil / 15 mins
Amid silences, affections and scars, What a Beautiful Heritage delves into the intimacy of Emily, a young lesbian woman who revisits memories, affections and ruptures in her journey of self-discovery. In a sensitive and delicate narrative, the documentary draws a poetic portrait of her daily life, her pains and internal reconciliations, revealing the subtleties of existing in a world that still insists on imposing limits on love and identity. An invitation to the viewer to enter, with respect and attentiveness, the paths of freedom and the courage to be

Entre silêncios, afetos e cicatrizes, Que Bela Herança mergulha na intimidade de Emily, uma jovem mulher lésbica que revisita memórias, afetos e rupturas em sua trajetória de autodescoberta. Em uma narrativa sensível e delicada, o documentário traça um retrato poético de sua vida cotidiana, suas dores e reconciliações internas, revelando as sutilezas de existir em um mundo que ainda insiste em impor limites ao amor e à identidade. Um convite ao espectador para adentrar, com respeito e escuta, os caminhos da liberdade e da coragem de ser.

Queen /
Rainha

Brazil / 12 mins
On the Amazon’s coast, the Marajó Island celebrates the “Queen of the Forest” festival, a competition that celebrated its fourth edition. This year the theme was “blue carbon: the relevance of mangroves”. Led by trans women and gay cis men, the festival promotes discussions on the environmental and lgbtaip+ community.

Queer and Longing

USA
In the space between reality and dreams, two souls connect.
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Queer Memoirs: Too Queer for Me

USA / 14 mins
When Lucki's latest fling goes from a masculine fantasy to a voguing nightmare, Lucki must confront his own insecurities if he wants to continue to date Nico.
Trailer… here

Queer tattoo history /
Queer tatueringshistoria

Sweden / 30 mins

Queertawe - the documentary

UK / 26 mins
An up-lifting and heart-warming documentary following the journey of LGBTQI+ people in Swansea as they participate in the inter-generational community arts project QUEERTAWE.

¿Quién mató a la cucaracha?

Spain / 7 mins
An unprecedented event takes place in Okania, a planet parallel to Earth where the gender structures and behaviors of the Idiots are meticulously studied. The death of the cockroach marks the beginning of a dark chapter in their own civilization, which ends with an even more unsettling occurrence.

Un hecho sin precedentes acontece en Okania, un planeta paralelo a la tierra donde se estudian meticulosamente las estructuras de género y comportamientos de Los Idiotas. La muerte de la cucaracha marca el inicio de una oscura etapa en su propia civilización que termina con un suceso aún más inquietante.

Ramen for two

Spain / 4 mins
A young chef is getting ready to make some ramen for a date, but the discovery of a photo of her ex-girlfriend sends her on a journey through their shared past. A film that explores themes like memory and new opportunities. Surprising for the mature way it approaches relationships and captivating thanks to its evocative pictorial art aesthetic. Ingredients that will leave audiences with the lingering taste of something between nostalgia and hope.

Ranch

UK / 24 mins
Since the 90s Lesbos has been a town where lesbians would gather during the summer. In the early 2020s a new FLINTA festival was born, bringing the tradition forward.
Trailer… here

Rat+Cammie=Forever

Canada / 11 mins
Two strangers connect through the BetterHell App and bond over their fears and unrealized dreams. When a paywall threatens their relationship, they risk everything to meet–in real life.

rebel!

Slovakia / 10 mins
Kamil, a seventeen-year-old teenager, decides it’s time to change his look and cut his hair. However, his mother reacts with strong opposition – in her view, his hair is the key to his appeal, and without it, no girl will want him. What starts as an innocent conflict gradually deepens into an emotionally charged struggle between generations, values, and Kamil’s right to his own identity. As Kamil tries to take control over his life and choices, he begins to realize that sometimes, a simple decision can hold more significance than just a matter of style.
Trailer… here

Red Bay

Spain / 29 mins
Hondarribia, 1943. Martin is a young man who works on the family farm. His mother works underground with the Comet Network. Martin's relationship with one of the refugee pilots will forever shape his life.
Hondarribia 1943. Martin es un joven que trabaja en el caserío familiar. Su madre colabora en la clandestinidad con la Red Cómete. La relación de Martin con uno de los pilotos refugiados marcará para siempre su vida.
Trailer… here

Red Light Green

USA, Germany / 6 mins
A hypnotic, sensual 3D animation and love letter to the parents who tried their best, and their children who surpassed them in daring to love more boldly.
Trailer… here

Return to Xanadu /
Regreso a Xanadú

Spain / 9 mins
A young man caught in the vortex of addiction and chemsex through fleeting encounters and endless nights, his life becomes a kaleidoscope of intense emotions and dangerous decisions.
His friend Marcos seeks to intervene directly, confronting him with the reality of his actions and their consequences. Other friends choose to distance themselves, feeling unable to handle the weight of the situation.

Revenge

Mari Penteado,
Eduardo Campos

2025

Brazil / 18:56 mins
Virginia is a 43-year-old transgender woman who works as a community health agent in Guarulhos, Brazil. The film follows a day in her life, marked by the exhaustion of work, but also by meaningful encounters, dreams, and, above all, the need to live – and resist.

Rocks Kissing

Micah Goldstein

2025

Canada / 4:34 mins
A dive into disconnection and reconnection - of returning to your sense of self after a long time away.

Rope

Lucas Manuel-Scheibe

2025

USA / 12 mins
During a night of erotic bondage, Aki begins to recall the story of his grandmother’s disappearance. An “ama,” or “sea woman,” of Japan, she gradually descends into the ocean’s loving arms, reflecting Aki’s drift from the ropes and lover who bind him.

Rosa: A Mad Wonder

Nazli Yildirim

2025

Turkey / 4 mins
A film that follows Hediye, a Muslim woman grappling with the conflict between her sexual identity and her faith. Although she views love as a gift from God, she confronts the prohibitions found in sacred texts. It also explores the contradictions between love, fate, and belief, revealing a journey of self-discovery and spiritual struggle.
Trailer… here

Scheherazade

Israel / 18 mins
A young violinist is trapped between a twisted relationship with his conductor, and his inability to connect with the woman who could offer him an escape.

Scored

USA
SCORED follows Jacob, a Black queer composer in LA, who accepts a new film scoring job - only to find that the project unexpectedly stirs his own unresolved grief. 
As artistic compromise, exploitation, and a fraying relationship with his partner Bae begin to take their toll, Jacob is forced to confront the emotional cost of staying visible - and the quiet unraveling that comes with translating pain into performance.

Seasons Along Rivers

Australia / 20 mins
"I'm rooted but I flow", a queer romance of identity and destiny flowing along mighty Murray and gentle Darling Rivers in rural Australia.

Sébastien Delage – Game Boy

France / 3 mins
Une chanson geek au romantisme décalé, où le jeu vidéo devient la métaphore d’un jeu de séduction queer aussi maladroit qu’attachant. Les cœurs se battent en versus, les manettes se débranchent, les connexions lâchent… mais le désir persiste, comme un bug qu’on n’a pas envie de corriger.
Watch… here

Secret /
Raaz

USA / 3 mins
Secret (Raaz)' started as a song about hidden emotions, but now it's a visual anthem for anyone who's ever felt like a secret or had one kept from them, celebrating love in all its authentic, inclusive forms. This chill-pop anthem blends South Asian influences with modern pop beats and is a celebration of love in all its forms, especially queer love. The music video is also reflection of my journey as an immigrant to a naturalized American recording artist, and a fully manifested love letter to the San Francisco Bay Area community that has supported me from the beginning.
Watch… here

Sentimientos Que No Pedí 

Mexico
Trailer… here

Service

Israel / 20 mins
Caught between his mother’s anxieties and a risky romance with his boss, 16-year-old Yonatan is in a desperate search for freedom. As secrets surface, he must navigate love, betrayal, and self-discovery to uncover what truly matters.

Sex in Drag

USA / 15 mins
_Sex in Drag _is an intimate, unfiltered portrait of Sherry Vine - a performer who’s spent her life straddling gender, sexuality, and the unforgiving streets of New York City. What begins as a bawdy tale of her first hookup in drag with a drug dealer evolves into a deeper meditation on what it means to be desired—not just as a spectacle, but as a person. In Sex in Drag, Sherry Vine reflects on her most formative sexcapades and how defying labels, navigating secrecy, and grappling with hetero norms have led her to a love life in the margins. With sharp wit and aching honesty, Sherry dismantles the binary thinking around sexuality and challenges the shame and rigidity that still cling to queer desire.

Sex Siren

Argentina, Spain / 12:33 mins
How editorial can fisting be? This project seeks to portray, through an aesthetic and symbolic lens, practices such as fisting, latex culture, and other expressions linked to BDSM—approached in a way that emphasizes care, tenderness, intimacy, and the body’s erotic power.

Shaping a Dress

Canada / 4 mins
An early 19th century tailor going through the process of making a dress for themselves as a way of coming out to their family.
Trailer… here

Shemergency

Italy / 3 mins
Sher is a transgender superheroine, guardian of the trans* and queer community. Not all of Sher’s missions consist in defeating supervillains; some are more mundane, at times ridiculous, but still with the support and help of her sisters in the times of need in mind.

Shishbarak

Israel / 20 mins
Zohar is a lazy, closeted bisexual granddaughter who hates magic and lives with her Syrian witch grandmother. When her grandmother is injured because of her, Zohar is forced to inherit the family’s magical powers. Together, they open the first Shishbarak stand in Kiryat Ono, through which Zohar learns that magic—like her sexual attraction—should be embraced as a strength, not a source of shame.
Trailer… here

Silent Night /
Amígdalas

Andrezza Czech,
Laís Catalano Aranha

2025

Brazil / 24 mins
1990s. A family of women only gathers at Christmas. Each year, Emily's life undergoes changes, but something remains: her throat burns when she is in her mother Norma's (Gilda Nomacce) presence.

Década de 90. Uma família de mulheres se reúne apenas no Natal. A cada ano, a vida de Emily passa por mudanças, mas algo permanece: sua garganta arde quando está na presença de sua mãe, Norma (Gilda Nomacce).

Silent Pull

Lamont Nathaniel Gibson

2025

USA / 11 mins
A Black queer man navigates unreciprocated intimacy and the emotional cost of longing, as systemic pressures push his vulnerabilities into transactional spaces.

Singh & Sinha

Mohan Das

2025

India
Singh and Sinha shared a love that seemed unbreakable. For a year and a half, they were inseparable—best friends, partners, and soulmates, living a life full of happiness and quiet intimacy. Singh often expressed how grateful he was for Sinha, the perfect partner he always dreamed of. But in a cruel twist of fate, Sinha suddenly dies, leaving Singh devastated and struggling to comprehend the loss of the person who completed him. As the devastating news sinks in, Singh is hit with the gut-wrenching reality—he, too, is HIV positive.

Small Town Pride

Australia
In a remote outback Australian town, a brave queer community rallies to keep their vibrant pride weekend alive. Told through three locals’ stories, this film is a sharp, heartfelt look at resilience, belonging, and hope against the odds.
Trailer… here

Soft Boy

USA / 3:25 mins
Paige Alyssa’s “Soft Boy” is a high-energy, joy-drenched music video that turns a retro workout class into a vibrant stage for self-expression. Set in a stylized gym reminiscent of Richard Simmons' iconic fitness tapes, the video celebrates softness, sensuality, and queer liberation through playful choreography, bold fashion, and infectious pop production.

Sofia

USA / 10 mins
Sofia is a young Brazilian woman, recently immigrated to Baltimore, USA, who suffers from the millennial disease of ‘15-second attention span.’ A fish out of water, she goes on to her waxing session in hopes to have fun on her dates over the weekend. Being more interested in people she doesn’t know than the ones right in front of her, a moment of miscommunication with the aesthetician turns what is to be a quick waxing session into Sofia’s worst nightmare.

Southern Son Shine

USA / 23 mins
Poetry, modern dance, survival! Southern Son Shine centers Black gay men living with HIV through Southern storytelling, art, and ancestral memory. The film reframes the South as a place of survival, softness, and becoming, where faith, masculinity, queerness, and healing intersect. Through intimate reflection and creative expression, Southern Son Shine honors lived experience as cultural testimony, illuminating joy, resilience, and the enduring light found when Black Southern stories are told with truth and care. Inspirational!
Trailer… here

Spicy Noodles

Austria / 9 mins
Tim and Fino have been friends since their school days. They talk about past relationships and share memories, which are extremely different. Tim asks Fino a question. They make a bet and eat spicy ramen. Fino loses and a secret is revealed.

Stagmite

Sydney Violet Gray

2025

USA / 13 mins
A trans girl moves into an apartment with two cis roommates who will go to brutal measures to push her out.
Trailer… here

Standing and Watching / Parado Mirando

Renzo Cozza

2025

Argentina / 15 mins
Rafael is a poet who lives with his best friend, has a sad job in a gray office and a worn-out relationship. The city is collapsing due to a heat wave that makes adults feel sick, but also gives them the opportunity to feel again.

Stardust & Camp

Jayden Van Win

2025

Australia / 1 2mins
A wandering cosmonaut interviews artworks in an abstract art gallery, talking about queerness, identity and the artistic process.

Starting Whistle

Eve Sanchez

2025

USA / 5 mins
Starting Whistle explores the intersection of gender, sport, and power through the story of Maren “Nightmaren.” By day, she navigates the demands of work and family; by night, she laces up her skates and takes on the track.

Stay Hot Stay Chill
小女孩長大了

Stealing Ash

Frances Capel

2025

USA / 13 mins
After their best friend dies, four best friends plan a heist to steal their ashes and take them on a final joyride for the send-off they deserve.

Strange Passenger /
Extraño Passageiro

Rafael Vebber

2025

Brazil / 11 mins
On a nudist beach, an unexpected encounter brings changes to a young man’s life. Years later, he returns in search of his memories and someone who might still be there.

Em uma praia de nudismo, um encontro inesperado provoca mudanças na vida de um jovem. Anos mais tarde, ele retorna em busca de suas lembranças e de alguém que talvez ainda esteja lá.

Surajmukhi

Ritik Mehta,
Kriti Edwankar

India / 13 mins
Surajmukhi, a flower of the sun, aches for the night. Drawn to the moonlit world of Parijatika & raatranis, she tastes freedom and desire. But night is fleeting, and dawn is merciless. As light and dark meet, so do love and loss.
Trailer… here

Sweep

Chaela Fuentes

Philippines / 9:36 mins
Seven-year-old Anna convinces her trans mother, Joe, to let her tag along as she works as a street sweeper. Their journey leads to a day of quiet revelations and unexpected intimacy on the city’s margins.

Swept by Silence /
Odviate tichom

Slovakia / 28 mins

Take a Look at Me

USA / 25 mins
Zhang, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant, visits the grieving family of his former lover, Ming. Over one afternoon in Queens, he connects with twenty-something Andy, Ming’s genderqueer child.

Talking Walls

Marcellus

USA / 28 mins
Multiple voices reflect on language, sound, touch, history, and choice in public and private, Black and queer spaces.
Talking Walls takes us through the Black queer spaces of Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York City, tracing the architecture of queer resistance and joy.
Through voices and archival fragments, the film pays homage to the remains of hidden homes and places where touch, language and memory preserve stories of survival and belonging.
Trailer… here

Taps

Louis O. Utieyin

UK / 6:51 mins
When Max accidentally summons a demon on Grindr, he must do whatever it takes to survive.

Tasty

Cameron Collett

Australia / 8 mins
A short documentary about the Tasty nightclub raid Melbourne's stonewall which occurred in 1994, where 463 patrons filed a class action against the police for the wrong and indecent behavior.
Trailer… here

Ten

Israel / 3 mins
Music video for the song by Tom Schneid.
Watch… here

Territory in Transit /
Território em Trânsito

Brazil / 20 mins
Aracy lives with her grandmother, Dona Iram, in a community in the hinterland; she faces a journey of enchantment through her own body-territory.

Aracy vive com a sua avó, Dona Iram em uma comunidade do agreste, ela encara uma jornada de encantaria pelo seu próprio corpo-território.

Thank You for Your Love

The 2007 Miss Southern Diva Pageant 

USA / 4 mins
On the night of the 2007 Miss Southern Diva Pageant, Sasha Cunt & her best friend Balls are RUNNING LATE! One dead deer, a car chase, and a gay singalong later can the two drag artists make it on time for the pageant?

The Bathroom

Mexico / 13 mins

The Beautiful Room is Empty /
O Lindo Quarto Está Vazio

The Cat Sitter

Edie Eberhardt

2025

USA / 20 mins
In search of quick cash, a young professional takes on a cat-sitting job for quirky ladies in Slabtown. Little does she know, these seemingly innocent feline companions harbor a sinister secret.

The Cave

USA / 15 mins
An 1850s explorer wanders the California countryside, searching for a cave rumored to have mystical powers. However, Landon had concealed an intimate and profound love with a vampire, who now refuses to accept his loss and seeks revenge against his tormentor.
Trailer… here

The Center Orange County Youth Group 1982-1986

USA / 17 mins
The story and importance of the Orange County CA LGBTQ Center's Youth Rap Program, during the 1980s.

The D Word

Canada / 3:16 mins
A butch lesbian is accosted by a manifestation of their Catholic-school-going, homophobic, younger self.

The Daddy Issue "Samtalet"

Michaela & Daniela Runesson

2025

Sweden / 10 mins
The sisters Lou and Ina receive a cryptic text message from their absent father. He has something to tell them, but what?! The two sisters go through every possible scenario while Lou’s girlfriend tries to be the voice of reason. A film about sisterhood and absent fathers.

Systrarna Lou och Ina får ett kryptisk sms från sin frånvarande pappa. Han har något att berätta, men vad?! De två systrarna går igenom varje tänkbart scenario medan Lous flickvän försöker vara den förnuftiga rösten. En film om systerskap och frånvarande fäder.

The Deep Desire to Get Lost at Sea /
El profundo deseo de perderse en el mar

Mexico / 28 mins
During World War II, lovers Franco and Jorge reunite at a motel in the Port of Ensenada, but the uncertainty of the visit and some unexpected news will force them to reconsider the future of their relationship.
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The Dinner Ghost

USA / 3 mins
Sam, an anxious lesbian, who on the night of her proposal is surprised by the sudden appearance of her Grandpa's ghost!

The Divine Femme

Odu Adamu

Canada / 17 mins
Black. Brown. Trans. Cis. Queer. Immigrant. Full Bodied. Embodied. Femme. The Divine Femme is a conversation between women in Toronto’s ballroom scene. They share their personal identity intersections, and how they bring the presence and power of womanism to the runway! The Divine Femme is part of the documentary short series, GRAND PRIZE.

The Gaymaker /
L’Egayeuse

Elliot Delage

France / 2 mins
Désespérément amoureux de son colocataire, un jeune homme fait appel aux services de l’Égayeuse, une femme d’affaires connue pour rendre homo tous les mecs avec qui elle couche. L’homosexualité des uns peut-elle faire le bonheur des autres?

The Gaze

Magda El Bayoumi

Germany / 6 mins
At a swimming pool in Berlin, the beliefs of a young white feminist are challenged when a woman her age enters the pool wearing a hijab. Their encounter creates an unexpected tension that blurs the line between confrontation and attraction.

The Growing Edge

Austria, Germany / 17 mins
Blurring the lines of choreography and storytelling, The Growing Edge explores the theatrical and staged, fictional and dreamlike in autobiography, reflecting on the depiction of lived queer and trans experience as personal and political narrative. The film's transmale protagonist recounts a fragmented father and son relationship alongside a journey of re-framing masculinity as an act of reconciliation.
Trailer… here

The Harvest /
Žatva

Slovakia / 23 mins

The Insect Graveyard

Alex Simões

Portugal / 20 mins
Where were you when you realized the irreversibility of death? Through grief, Alex recreates their childhood in a mechanic's workshop, transforming memory into a performance space for overcoming loss.

The Invention of Orum /
A Invenção do Orum

Paulo Sena

Brazil / 18 mins
Drag queen Jéssica revives a "story not to be lost", recalled by her mother, of when she ran away from Novo Céu to be happy and now returns to understand her deepest choices, intertwining in a timeless relationship of longing, guilt and redemption.

A drag queen Jéssica revive uma "história para não se perder", rememorada por sua mãe, de quando ela fugiu de Novo Céu para ser feliz e agora volta para entender suas escolhas mais profundas, entrelaçando-se numa relação atemporal de saudade, culpa e redenção.

The Last Goodbye

Ahlaam Yasmin

USA / 3 mins
A vibrant hum synchronizes its rhythm to the bright life of a Chicago park in the summer. Nic and Kitty laugh alongside each other, seated a familiar distance away on the bench. The two wade between what was and what will be. Why is life so bittersweet? Kitty initiates their final goodbye, marking the end of their romantic connection. Nic sheepishly tries to extend their time together, but Kitty asks for her apartment key back. A quiet understanding: this is the end. Nic hands the key over, and the two embrace. 

The Library Problem

Mell Packard

USA / 6 mins
A short student documentary examining the history and current status of the ongoing battle over LGBTQ+ content in the children’s section of Alabama public libraries.

The Making of The Last Anomaly

Hamish Downie

Japan / 37 mins
I made a kind of documentary for "The Making of 'The Last Anomaly" - which showcases the evolution from my first draft, to Adrian's draft and the first animatic, to the actor's recording sessions, to the final film. It will be exclusive to Gilbert Baker Film Festival

The Man in the Showers /
Douches Pour Hommes

France / 13 mins
Skander is an eleven‑year‑old, withdrawn, and quiet boy. When his younger sister’s babysitter takes them to the local swimming pool, he drifts on the margins, uninterested in learning to dive and struggling to connect with the other children. His bond with his parents feels distant, and he feels little sense of belonging to the town around him. Yet something unexpected unsettles him, stirring a strange, unfamiliar feeling. Skander must now understand this feeling and make it his own. A gentle portrayal of early awakenings of desire and the natural process of self‑discovery that shapes who we become.

The Metronome

Laura Jean Healey

2025

UK / 3:40 mins
The metronome, an ever-present and indifferent tool designed to help the drummer find her rhythm, becomes her biggest antagonist. It serves as a blank slate onto which she projects all of her negative thoughts and deep-seated fears – of not being good enough, of being an imposter.

The New Creation Story

Dane Figueroa Edidi,
J Mase III,
Audria LB

USA / 6:23 mins
Since the ancient world, Creation Stories have been told to help us not simply imagine the way the world was formed, but our divine place within it.

 Blending animation, poetry, music, stories rooted in various cultures and live elements, A New Creation Story celebrates Black Trans community and retells the making of the Universe — taking us on a journey from before the first molecule was crafted until the precise moment where everything has truly come to be.

The Orchestra

USA / 18 mins
Micah, a hopeful romantic, falls for charming Vaughn. As their passion deepens, shifting perspectives reveal a tense psychological struggle, where desire blurs trust and love becomes a dangerous illusion.

The Ozard

Netherlands / 24 mins
During the rehearsals of the youth production The Ozard of Wiz, the creators walk side by side along the yellow brick road, on their way to a queer utopia under the spotlights.

This debut follows the creation of youth production The Ozard of Wiz. With this queer play, dramatist René Geerlings bases himself on the iconic The Wizard of Oz to tell a coming-of-age story about being different. In this short documentary, the actors and dramatists look back. When did they lose their youthful innocence and when did shame enter their lives? And how did they get rid of it?
Trailer… here

The Palace at the End of the World

UK / 12 mins
Max's mum is crying into her wine, his dad is refusing to look away from the TV and his nan seems to only be worried about whether she is missing Emmerdale... oh... and there's a comet about to destroy the world. A journey into the night finds Max partying with a bunch of costumed queers. But as the end of humanity fast approaches he must decide where he truly wants to spend his last moments on Earth.

The Pleats of the Skirt /
Los pliegues de la falda

Colombia / 19 mins
When Linda is offered the lead “male” role in the school play “The Ugly Duckling”, her father tries to forbid it while her mother Maria decides to help her, even if it means swimming against the tide.
Trailer… here

The Queer Box

The Netherlands / 11 mins
What does it mean to be queer in a world that only sees straight? In this exploration of queer visibility, four people who are often misread as straight reflect on their experience navigating heteronormative society, and the bittersweet privilege of being able to hide your queerness while constantly feeling the need to explain why you belong to the queer community. 

The River and The Glen:
Camp Trans Scotland

UK / 30 mins
The First Scottish Camp Trans happened in September 2024, near Aberfeldy.  Cradled by the mountains, far from cis-society for a weekend.  Far from being a commodified retreat, Camp Trans was a coming together of trans people to rest and restore strength.  This documentary explores how community care, trans ancestry were the pillars of Camp Trans.
Trailer… here

The School of Rocky

USA / 5 mins
"The School of Rocky" is about a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast and the Queer community built around it.

The Second First Kiss

USA / 8 mins
Emmett is new to dating men. Theo is not. But after their first date ends in an awkward fashion, can the two reconcile?

The Teachers Day

India / 7 mins
Every Teachers’ Day, retired teacher Asha is reminded of the impact she’s had on her students through the notes and gifts they send her. This year, one gift stands apart—a colorful rainbow saree from Sameer, a former student who thanks her for being the ally who helped him grow into his proud, authentic self.
Watch… here

The Wolf Cut

USA / 24 mins
A high school student decides to befriend and secretly make a movie about a boy who is rumored to be a werewolf.
Watch… here

The Worst Kind of Aftertaste

Canada / 9 mins
In this poignant animated short, a film student navigates the shockwaves of hidden trauma and PTSD on a night out with friends.

Things I Wanted to Tell You

Israel / 12 mins
Danny and Ya’ara pretend that everything is fine between them. Ya’ara- an actress, lands an audition and asks Danny for help to prepare, but when they start acting the scene, relationship problems starts to surface and things go downhill.

This Is Everything I Never Told You

Luz Alejandra Perez

2025

USA / 14 mins
After deciding to move on from their romantic history, life gets complicated when two best friends struggle to navigate their friendship as their journeys to coming out don't align.

This Side Up

Alex J Bledsoe

2025

USA / 4 mins
“This Side Up” is a short film that documents the interior lives of art handlxrs and their experiences in the art world. Set in the Bay Area and contextualized by the voice of contemporary art curator Eungie Joo, this film features Adrian Clutario and Nahkoura Mahnassi as they explore the ways that their identities as LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people intersect with their roles behind the scenes of museums and art galleries. The film also brings into view the international scale of the art world, with appearances from art handlxrs located in Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City.
Trailer... here 

Thoughts and Prayers 

USA / 10 mins
A transgender angel crash lands in the desert and finds her way to Las Vegas, where she is exposed to earthly pleasures.

Threatening Tone /
Tom de Ameaça

Brazil / 18 mins
A fictional short film that mixes reality and dream while telling the story of a fortune teller who challenges the patriarchy.
Trailer… here

Three Act Structure

UK / 3 mins
Iona recounts and imagines discussing gender with doctors.

Tiffany – SHADES:
Amplify Her

Canada / 3:22 mins
Tiffany speaks to the beauty of growing older as a trans person, a subject rarely celebrated.

To Fight /
Travando Lutas

Beni Campos

Brazil / 15 mins
How does society produce illness in dissident bodies? Fighting Struggles is a dive into the fears, resistance, and celebrations of trans people. In this sensitive short documentary, the drive for life is the loudest cry for health and care.

Como a sociedade produz doença em corpos dissidentes? Travando Lutas é um mergulho nos receios, na resistência e nas celebrações de pessoas trans. Nesse curta-metragem documental sensível, a pulsão de vida é o maior grito por saúde e cuidado.

To See the Light of Day

Rachel Sung

New Zealand
To See the Light of Day is a film about two high school girls Carson and Eren as they tiptoe around their unspoken feelings towards each other amidst the chaos of end of year exams. The potential of something more challenges the familiarity of friendship, and nudges Carson to take the leap and dive into the matters of the heart.

Touch

Joa Darmansjah

Australia / 16 mins
At a crossroads between an old flame and an unraveling sense of self, Mac is drawn to Kieran, a charismatic photographer who awakens a dormant longing. Tension finally breaks at a crowded house party, leading to a heartfelt confession and their entanglement unravelling.

Transitions in Life

USA / 4:51 mins
Florian Rafalaf, a high school student, talks about his story of being transgender and how it has affected him and his life. He discusses his thoughts and point of view during the time of his gender transition, how others reacted and how it has changed many parts of his life. It is also the story of how he found art, a way to express himself and his thoughts during these tough times in his life.

TransVengeance

Kaye Adelaide

Canada / 4:45 mins
A trans woman dies on the operating table during facial feminization surgery, but death is no match for a determined transsexual.

Tri-County

Gerard Shaka

2025

USA / 25 mins
A hot mess Florida gay ignores the warnings of his friends and family, who are all worried about him working on a project with his ex-fiancé, but his lies to them only cover up the puzzling attachment he has to the love of his life.

Trick

Brazil / 15 mins
Elisa, a worker from São Paulo, decides to skip work to go to the beach.
Trailer… here

True Receiver

Judebird

2025

USA / 4 mins
A work of hand-painted 16mm film evoking the motion of leaving earth, burrowing deep into time and space and coming out the other side.

True Treasure

Cat Saucier

2025

USA / 3:40 mins
Sailing to the treasure, a ship of silver and gold, Bonny quickly learns they are being followed by her rival Captain Jordan. Before the two ships can fight over the riches, a great sea serpent rises from the sea and blocks its course. Bonnie now must choose, should she stay behind to fight with her greatest enemy, or go after the treasure, leaving Jordan and her crew behind to perish?

Tu

María Luisa Ruiz Monclova 

2025

Spain / 5 mins
Rosa is mourning a love that could not be.

Rosa está en duelo por un amor que no pudo ser.
Trailer… here

Tutti Frutti Cake

Rohit Prajapati

2025

India / 18 mins
Maya, a transwoman, and her chosen family host a vibrant Diwali party celebrating love and acceptance. As tensions simmer beneath the festivities, unexpected transformations and surprises spark healing, joy, and reconciliation – making it a night of true new beginnings.

Tutto il resto è noia

Federico Cianferoni

2025

Italy / 12 mins
Lupo is bored, frustrated, and restless. Meri tries to help him, but everything falls apart when he meets Tancredi: he feels inadequate. He knows he isn’t “normal”: normality isn’t a path he can take.

Twinkhood

Spencer Dorsey

2025

Canada / 7 mins
What happens when a chronically horny twink gets a crush?

Two or Three Things Before I Go /
Deux ou trois choses avant de disparaître

Guillaume Le Pape

2025

France / 13:11 mins
In the midst of a crowded funfair, H. isolates himself in a phone booth. He uses the coins he has left to try to reconnect with someone close from his former life.

Two Sides

Mi Ni Ni Aung

Myanmar / 18 mins
Thit Lwin Htun, a transgender man, lives in the bustling city of Yangon, in a quiet neighbourhood where he runs a barber shop. He is finally happy with his body and loves his job. Now, he must learn to emotionally navigate his past life as a mother of a budding teenage daughter and presence as a recently married man.
Trailer… here

Unanimated Strangers

Róisín Sinai

Ireland / 5 mins
A young woman takes the daily commuters on a journey through her memories of a past relationship.
Trailer… here

Unburied

Ayo Lawson

Nigeria / 13 mins
Unburied” is a haunting exploration of identity and acceptance, set against the backdrop of contemporary Nigeria. The film follows Alex, a non-binary individual from a conservative Yoruba family and a strict Pentecostal community, as they navigate the treacherous path toward self-discovery. Confronted by family rejection, societal transphobia, and religious condemnation, Alex’s journey unfolds in a dark, metaphorical forest where they are both literally and figuratively running from their past. This sinister setting is haunted by a masquerade that embodies the societal pressures and deep-seated fears aiming to erase their identity. Employing elements of suspense and the supernatural, “Unburied” is a poignant narrative that delves into the struggles and resilience required to live authentically. It highlights the challenges faced by transgender and non-binary individuals in Nigeria, advocating for acceptance and the fundamental human right to one’s true self.
Trailer… here

Unfulfilled Dreams

Shwe Yee Oo

Myanmar / 10 mins
While observing a lesbian couple selling naan breads in a street cart, the director struggles with questions of (in)visibility and dreams of partnered life in Myanmar.

Uniformed /
FArDADO

Brazil / 25 mins
A gay cop, Gustavo lives two irreconcilable realities. In a world where the uniform condemns him to hiding, he feels his true nature being crushed by fear.

Policial militar e gay, Gustavo vive duas realidades que parecem inconciliáveis. Em um ambiente onde estar fardado é também estar fadado a não se assumir, ele vê sua natureza ser esmagada pelo medo. Mas até onde o silêncio protege, e quando ele se torna uma arma?
Trailer… here

Unravelled

Sofia Bianca Chua, Maria Isabella Patricia Manaloto,
Avryll Nartates

Philippines / 9 mins
Struggling with his identity, anxious Rio has always sought acceptance but as his past haunts him, he struggles to see himself as human.

Until We Return

UK, Egypt / 11 mins
UNTIL WE RETURN drifts between memory and dream, moving from the flicker of a sixth birthday on VHS to the final unknowing farewell of a vanished home.

Upon Starvation /
Upaasmaar

India / 16 mins

Vanished Season

KIM Daehan

Korea / 36 mins
Su-yeon, burdened by guilt over the death of Hye-gyung, receives a letter from Hye-gyung's twin sister, Ja-yeong. While sorting through Hye-gyung's belongings, Su-yeon discovers that the address in the letter was the home they had planned to share. Confronting Ja-yeong, the two women share their grief and begin to heal, each finding their own way forward as time starts to flow again.
Trailer… here

Venus Sucks

Israel / 13 mins
Yana sets out with her sharp, shady friend Sheli for an afternoon adventure at the mall, determined to leave her innocent days behind. In search of a blue movie, fast food, and male attention, the girls drift into a series of unexpected encounters — and an unplanned lesson in the praises of the arts of seduction.

Vertical Storage Solutions for the Recently Bereaved

USA / 12 mins
Strapped for cash from healthcare costs, a trans woman takes a job testing an invasive, empathy-generating brain implant, unaware her childhood friend is the project's lead developer.

Vlinder

The Netherlands / 12 mins
In this hybrid documentary, we follow poet, writer, and fashion-icon Vlinder Verouden as she talks about her experiences now that she is in transition. As an ode to being queer, the film captures the feeling and beauty of this process and serves as a reminder that in the end—we are all in transition. 

Vogelaar

The Netherlands / 11 mins
A documentary portrait of Martha, a young artist and activist who devotes herself to the intricate study of bird anatomy to create life-sized replicas from materials she finds outside. In this short, her current project, a crow, takes shape right before our eyes as Martha reflects on her process. An ode to the art of looking closely and an invitation for kinship across species.

Vulkan

Brazil, France / 15 mins
A sensitive 16mm portrait of a volcanic love story between three women, where desire, affection and memory overflow the limits of normative love.
Trailer… here

Walk Me Home

Canada / 11 mins
Axis, an anxious enby, braves a late night walk home alone where they encounter a supernatural swelling of fears.

Warm Shadows

Aakash Chhabra

India, Singapore / 15 mins
Weaving personal family archives, reenacted rituals and stories of Priya's girlhood which Raag grew up listening to, Warm Shadows is about a secret between a mother and a son that must be kept hidden, despite the yearning to break free.
Trailer… here

We’ve Come a Long Way

Edgar Flores

USA / 7 mins
A conversation with senior members of the LGBTQ+ community, exploring how the universal need to express our identity can bring us together.

Weaving

Korea / 27 mins
Soohyun, a solitary professional boxer, is preparing for a match when she spars with Minkyung, an amateur who boxes as a hobby, and takes a solid hook from her. After the hit, Soohyun begins to feel drawn to Minkyung, who suddenly enters her life, causing her match preparation to falter.

we’re sitting at the lake and we’re asking ourselves is it getting dark yet

A.C. Birch

Canada / 4:58 mins
“On April 8th as we sat at the lake, a whole city of there on the rocks and boardwalk, I watched a plane descend towards Billy Bishop while I could still look up.” A poetic experimental short shot during the 2024 eclipse.

We’ve Always Been Here

Khevyn Ibrahim

2025

UK / 11 mins
Growing up in Lewisham.
Trailer… here

Wetboy

Yentl Vlachos

2025

Netherlands / 10 mins
A summer trip to the river turns into a moment no one saw coming. Beneath the water, a tension arises between two friends, surfacing in the form of shock, anger, and questions neither of them is ready to face.

What you doin’?
(Wyd?)

Max Kutschenreuter

2025

Germany / 14 mins
A single brief question on Grindr sets off a date that quickly slips beyond the usual hook-up script. An awkward, funny and surprisingly tender encounter between two men as they confront their own fantasies, masculinity, and what they truly want to say.

When I Run

USA / 9 mins
When I Run is a magical realism short film that blends humor, surreal moments, and quiet reflection to explore the struggle of getting out of bed and moving forward physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Set in the quiet, open landscapes of rural Raton, in Northeast New Mexico, Mario, a hesitant early-morning runner, grapples with self-doubt, internal contradictions, and everyday temptations as he loops the track, searching for meaning in motion.

Though absurd at times, the film invites viewers to reflect on deeper questions of self-discovery, guilt, escapism, and the nature of progress. Life, like running, isn’t always about speed, but about presence, pace, and the people beside us.
Trailer… here

Where Are You From?

Australia / 6 mins
A doco-style music film, introducing Melbourne-based musician and debut film maker Naavikaran and her South Asian futurist lore.

Where Should We Go Now
此刻去哪都在此刻

China / 25 mins
Between her and her, the unresolved questions send them on a quest for solutions. But they have no idea where they are going. One keeps asking; the other never has an answer. Is it here, or over there? Just like on the path of life, you can never know where you will be the next moment. And they have each other to face the fear and anxiety that comes with the unknown. They will find the answer in the end – this journey, this life, perhaps it is all just a dream. This dream only takes place in one instant – this moment.

Why Did You Invite Me to Your Wedding

Gus Black

USA / 4.20 mins
When Kevin Atwater gets a bizarre invitation out of the blue from an old friend, he’s met with tumultuous feelings of past love, heartbreak, and grief. Inspired by the true story told in Atwater's acclaimed song of the same title
Watch… here

Wild Mei
野红梅

Ye Fang

China / 14 mins
Mei is a post-00s transgender woman who loves revolutionary songs and whip dancing. She sees herself as an ancient witch, who because of her “identity” has to give up her mainstream life to work on the streets as a fortune-teller. But at the same time, because of her “identity”, she has gained something different, something more important.

Woman of Valor

Israel / 3 mins
Woman of Valor follows the personal journey of a Mizrahi lesbian woman as she tries to find her place within her religious and traditional world. Reflecting on her childhood in a Mizrahi household, where women’s roles were.

Womb Mates

NOH Heejeong

Korea / 16 mins
"Seriously? Ugh, my period again?!" Minhee is frustrated because her period cycle doesn't align with her girlfriend's, making sex difficult. Then, Jisoo shows her something. And that is... The app that gives hope to all women: Womb Mates! 'Swipe to choose your ideal womb and enjoy perfect love and sex!' Minhee's wild adventure to find a period-free womb begins now!
Trailer… here

Womankind(A)

Anna Ní Dhúill

Ireland
Womankind(a) follows Aodh, non-binary and experimenting with group sex along with their partner Fran. When Aodh falls pregnant, they must reconcile their feelings about their biology and decide how to move forward. This is an LGBTQ+ drama film about love, identity, and trusting one’s gut.

Xylella Fastidiosa

France / 22 mins
Simon works in a garden center in the south of France, with his kind but overbearing mother. When Corentin ghosts him, his world as an emo and introverted teenager collapses. Perhaps the comfort of the plants in the greenhouse will allow him to move on.

Simon travaille dans une jardinerie du sud avec sa mère. Ghosté par Corentin, son monde d’ado s’écroule. Les plantes de la serre et Hyacinthe pourront peut-être l’aider à avancer.

Yaga

USA / 12 mins
When a woman accidentally summons an immortal witch while hiking with her girlfriend, she must learn to stand up for herself or risk losing herself forever.

Yendo a Casa

Mexico
What would happen if accepting who you are means confronting your worst fears? Alejandro, a high school student, experiments with his gender identity, amid self-doubt, mockery and silence. A simple call from his friend Natalia triggers a chain of imaginary events and memories, where he confronts himself. What will happen to Alejandro's life?

¿Qué pasaría si aceptar quién eres significa enfrentar tus peores miedos? Alejandro, un estudiante de preparatoria, experimenta con su identidad de género, entre dudas sobre el mismo, burlas y silencios, Una simple llamada de su amiga Natalia desata una cadena de sucesos imaginarios y recuerdos, donde se enfrenta a si mismo ¿Qué pasará con la vida de Alejandro?
Trailer… here

You are not alone /
No Estás Sola

Mexico / 11:47 mins

On January 16, 2022, Mexican sex worker and trans activist Natalia Lane survived an attempted transfeminicidio by Alejandro Sanchez Lopez. Three years later, on the anniversary of her attempted femicide, Natalia organized an action in Mexico City to hold the local Mexican government accountable for allowing Alejandro to await further sentencing on house arrest. She was met with a counter-protest, calling her an opportunist, delinquent, and a liar. During the action, Natalia found a way to repurpose rage and materialize justice through collective and catharsis.Trailer… here

You Are Not Part of the Cake

Taiwan, UK / 5 min
A girl faces conflict with her girlfriend’s homophobic and aggressive father. As tensions escalate, she is forced to take drastic action to save herself.
Trailer… here

Your Cookie

USA / 10 mins
Dustin, an aspiring fashion designer, travels across New York for his demanding boss. A satirical portrait of a privileged yet frustrated man swept up in the frenzy of city life.  
Trailer… here

126

Carol Resende

Brazil / 19 mins
Marcia, a 50-year-old devout Catholic, faces her demons, including alcoholism, on a journey of self-discovery with an unexpected friendship with Paula, a homosexual nurse.

Marcia, católica devota de 50 anos, enfrenta seus demônios, incluindo alcoolismo, em jornada de autoconhecimento com amizade inesperada com Paula, enfermeira homossexual.

4.48 Dysphoria

Noah Holtegaard

Sweden / 12 mins
A loving response to Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis (2000). Kane’s play is, in part, a tragic love letter to a future lover not yet born. In Holtegaard’s video, the future lover answers, speaking back to Kane's text. While Kane’s play is a haunting portrayal of the inside workings of the mental health institutions and her struggles with body and mind as a queer woman, Holtegaard’s work looks at the pathologization of trans identities, specifically the ill-treatment of trans people within the healthcare system. Balancing sorrow and hardship with tenderness and poetry, the video captures both the pleasure and pain of queer life. The work invites viewers to navigate its fragmented form, mirroring how trans people's lives often follow timelines different than the norm.

Ett kärleksfullt svar på Sarah Kanes 4.48 Psychosis (2000). Kanes pjäs är, delvis, ett tragiskt kärleksbrev till en framtida älskare som ännu inte är född. I Holtegaards video svarar den framtida älskaren och talar tillbaka till Kanes text. Medan Kanes pjäs är en kuslig skildring av mentalvårdens inre mekanismer och hennes egen kamp med kropp och själ som queer kvinna, undersöker Holtegaards verk patologiseringen av transidentiteter, särskilt den bristfälliga behandlingen av transpersoner inom vårdsystemet. Genom att balansera sorg och svårigheter med ömhet och poesi fångar videon både glädjen och smärtan i ett queert liv. Verket bjuder in betraktaren att navigera dess fragmenterade form, vilket speglar hur transpersoners liv ofta följer andra tidslinjer än de normativa.

A Black Man’s Day /
Um dia de Negão

Rebeca Carmo,
Analu

Brazil / 7 mins
Three transgender Black men face manifestations of their unconscious while living their routines in the Northeast of Amaralina. Each encounter reflects their internal struggles and the pressures of a society that demands rigid masculinity. Amid these experiences, they share reflections on the expectations of living a healthier masculinity free from stereotypes.

Três homens trans negros enfrentam manifestações de seus inconscientes enquanto vivem suas rotinas no Nordeste de Amaralina. Cada encontro reflete suas lutas internas e as pressões de uma sociedade que exige uma masculinidade rígida. Em meio a essas experiências, eles compartilham reflexões sobre as expectativas de viver uma masculinidade mais saudável e livre de estereótipos.

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Osadolor Osawemwenze

USA / 25 mins
Across Dallas, the Bay Area, and New York City, eleven Blackqueer folks engage in layered conversations and candid everyday moments of joy, melancholy, introspection, euphoria, loneliness, and community-in-active-formation. Their complex minds revel in the journey of becoming Blackqueer and exploring their endless coming of age.
Trailer… here

A Body Transgressive

Charlie Galea McClure

Canada / 4 mins
A love letter to Frankenstein’s Monster, the Queer Body, Theatre, and Horror Cinema, “A Body Transgressive” is an exploration of subversive existence.

A Conversation

Tre King

USA
Through an intimate series of flashbacks, Levi must struggle with the decision to reconcile his differences with his best friend after a heated argument.

A Different Home

Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

UK / 15 mins
A Different Home asks what “home” means for queer people who live in a city but grew up in a rural place. Interviews layered on Scottish landscape shots explore the tensions between craving a rural life and thriving in an urban queer community. Interviewees share their sense of belonging to and alienation from both cities and rural spaces. Visually rooted to the land, this documentary reflects on what it means to grieve a space and a home which are still there but do not welcome us as who we are.
Trailer… here

A.I. Love You

Michal Malek

South Africa / 7 mins
Two women meet online and don't know what to say to each other, they turn to the AI helpers on their phone for assistance.

A Losing Game

Sweden / 14 mins
Luna and Alma meet in a hotel room to celebrate the end of their marriage. But saying goodbye proves to be harder than expected. Through movement and dance we experience their emotional journey and struggle to let go once and for all.

A River Overflowed from My Chest /
Transbordou um Rio do Meu peito

Ricardo Felix

2024

Brazil / 40 mins
"'A River Overflowed from My Chest' is a documentary that explores the experiences of 11 bisexual Black men from Paraíba and other Brazilian states. Through art, the film delves into accounts that flow on self-discovery, affection, desires, prejudices and dreams. A current of feelings pervades the reflection on the challenge of being who you are. Love did not fit within me and a river overflowed from my chest."

"Transbordou um rio do meu peito" é um documentário que explora as vivências de 11 homens negros bissexuais da Paraíba e de outros estados brasileiros. Através da arte, o filme mergulha em relatos que fluem sobre autodescoberta, afetividades, desejos, preconceitos e sonhos. Uma correnteza de sentimentos perpassa a reflexão sobre o desafio de ser quem se é. O amor não coube em mim e transbordou um rio do meu peito.
Watch… here

A Rose in the Mud

Kailey McComas

2024

USA / 9 mins
Two young women, Thana and Monde, experience a whirlwind romance that highlights their deepest hopes, fears and insecurities. They spend quality time together in unusual spaces that reflect how their relationship feels in a heteronormative world. The strength of their relationship reminds them of the beauty in their differences.
Watch… here

A Volta

Anny Stone

2024

Brazil / 16 mins
Mother Returns.

Abgad Hawaz

Canada / 1 mins
Robin Riad’s short hand-drawn analogue film ostensibly teaches the pronunciation of the Arabic Alphabet in 28 easy steps. In actuality, the hand-drawn letters were printed using a laser jet printer onto the optical soundtrack of 16mm film, and what you hear in the film is the projector reading the letters, and interpreting them into sound. Riad uses humour to play with and sit with her mother tongue, offering a ‘false’ lesson in pronunciation. A response to a digital form of anti-Arab hate that Riad witnessed online coming out of the genocide in Gaza, Abgad Hawaz is a way for her to hold close to her language, culture, and roots. (Written by Tara Hakim for TQFF)
Trailer… here

Address /
Melvilasam

Hariprasad K N

India / 15 mins 
A heartwarming documentary of Parvathi T.S and her arduous journey of becoming the first openly trans postwoman in India, and successfully changing name and gender markers in her government identity documents.

Adult Child /
Voksenbarn

Hugo Francker

Norway / 24 mins
With humor and vulnerability, the director reaches out to their distant father as they experiment with a more masculine gender identity. A unique and personal film about growing up and longing for closeness. Dressing up in suits and acting out traditional masculine activities, reveals the potential of rebuilding a lost connection.
Trailer… here

Adulting

James Duesing

2024

USA / 8 mins
A queer valentine has a fever dream.
Trailer… here

Afterglow /
Astaraag

Rahul Biswas

India / 30 mins
The mystic evening light dwells in the moments of afterglow. This afterglow appears as the messenger of the night to us, it sustains for just a short moment in time but gifts us a reddish heaven’s hue. The protagonist, Aditya, is a sad child of a broken home, love having been created and destroyed in his lonely life. In the islands of his dreams the Mother symbol deepens. After separation from Som (his ex-lover) he binds himself to the illusionary fiction of life. In time those illusions are broken with the presence of Aviraj. In the Akhara of the Vaishnavis, Soma is a new member who has come there after her parents’ death. Here she comes face to face with her past. In the midst of life’s play, Tagore’s song recites the truth ... the illusion ties us to pain, and when we try to get rid of it, it hurts.
Trailer… here

Agosto Perpetuo

México
The day Lucas moves out of the apartment they shared for three years, Rafael wanders around the place, confronting the memories of the time they spent together while trying to understand where things started to go wrong and how the difference in ambitions was slowly separating that same future they used to see.

El día en que Lucas se muda del departamento que compartieron por tres años, Rafael vaga por el lugar, enfrentándose a los recuerdos del tiempo que pasaron juntos mientras intenta comprender donde fue que las cosas empezaron a ir mal y como la diferencia de ambiciones fue separando lentamente ese mismo futuro al que solían ver.
Trailer… here

Al fin del mundo

Antonia Sanchez Suarez,
Isaac Brand Zuñiga

Chile / 19 mins
Demian (25) is a young man living a monotonous and solitary life in Santiago, spending his days at work and longing for the past he shared with Azul (28), a young woman he met in the south and with whom he had a relationship during one summer. One afternoon, Demian receives a call from Aurora (30), a friend of Azul, who contacts him to give a tragic piece of news that takes him back to the south, where he must face a nostalgic farewell.

Demian (25) es un joven que vive una vida monótona y solitaria en Santiago, dedicando sus días al trabajo y añorando el pasado que vivió con Azul (28) una joven que conoció en el sur y con quien mantuvo una relación durante un verano. Una tarde, Demian recibe una llamada de Aurora (30), una amiga de Azul, quien contacta a Demian para darle una trágica noticia que lo lleva nuevamente hacia el sur, donde debe enfrentar una nostálgica despedida.
Trailer… here

Aleya

Egypt, Germany / 9 mins
Aleya, a trans woman who moved to Germany from Cairo after her transition, shares a year of loss, poetry, and the search for self.

All Boys Do

Aaron Lovett

USA / 14 mins
A trans drag queen crosses paths with an old flame on the streets of Los Angeles. Over the course of a weekend, the pair act on their unexplored desire for each other.

All Possible Neighborhoods /
Todos los Barrios Posibles

Matteo Giampetruzzi

Spain, Italy / 10 mins
Starting from archival images (from different eras and formats) of the San Francisco neighborhood in Bilbao — its streets, nightlife, clubs, and discos that no longer exist — this film essay explores the idea of a queer space. It invites a perhaps utopian journey through places of sexual dissidence, sketching a history of cruising and gay desire in the city.
Trailer… here

All That Matters /
Tudo que Importa

Coraci Bartman Ruiz

Brazil / 20 mins
All That Matters tells the story of three Brazilian families of trans people and their processes of understanding and celebration of their identities. These mums, dads and grandparents take a step forward and decide to fight for a society that respects and values diversity. Directed by a filmmaker who is herself the mother of a young trans person, the film connects generations by showing stories of love, transformation and learning.

Allergic to

KWON Sumin

South Korea / 27 mins
Haesoo, allergic to lying, experiences her first kiss with Siyeon. However, she feels uncomfortable about the kiss and their sexualised touching. Seeing herself different from others, Haesoo thinks, “Do I not love Siyeon?” and feels confused about her love. Because she is uncomfortable with the word ‘love’, her back is getting more severe allergic reaction.
Trailer… here

Alterous

Arwynn Aristizabal

USA / 3.30 mins
This animated short film explores the concept of Alterous attraction, the feeling of being emotionally drawn to someone in a way that you wouldn’t describe as “just friends”, but also is not romantic. June is a teenager on the asexual spectrum who struggles to put his feelings for his best friend into words. He makes up scenarios in his head to try to understand his emotions, and he realizes that love and emotional closeness don’t need to fit into pre-determined categories.
Watch… here

American Problems, Trans Solutions

Nazenet Habtezghi

USA / 25 mins
Black trans people are among the most marginalized of marginalized Americans. But those closest to the nation’s most pressing problems are often able to craft innovative solutions. Award-winning journalist Imara Jones as she travels across the country to tell the stories of three Black trans leaders on the frontlines of change: housing advocate Kayla Gore; Breonna McCree, a champion for economic empowerment; and Oluchi Omeoga, who fights for the rights of migrants.
Trailer… here

An Afternoon to Take a Portrait /
Uma Tarde Pra Tirar Retrato

André Sandino Costa

2024

Brazil / 24 mins
Three long-time friends arrange a meeting weeks before one of them moves to another city. The aim is, through a photography session, to lessen the longing and strengthen mutual support in a dramatic moment of social interaction while simultaneously planning future actions with the hope that this moment will pass. Márcio Januário, Carlos Oxalá and José Roberto Pacheco, black gay men over fifty, are the protagonists of this story.

Três amigos de longa data marcam um encontro semanas antes de um deles mudar-se para outra cidade .A meta é através de uma sessão de fotografias diminuir a saudade e fortalecer o apoio mútuo em um momento dramático do convívio em sociedade e ao mesmo tempo projetar ações futuras com a esperança de que este momento irá passar. Márcio Januário ,Carlos Oxalá e José Roberto Pacheco, homens negros, gays acima de cinquenta anos são os protagonistas dessa história.
Trailer… here

Ana Cecília

Julia Regis

Brazil / 20 mins
The small town where Ana Cecília lives doesn’t fit her dreams. Caught up between conflicts with her older sister and managing first crushes, she must figure out who she is, both within and outside of her family.
Trailer… here

Anamnesis

Robson Catalunha

Brazil / 20 mins
Inspired by genetic and aesthetic interventions that blur definitions of body and identity, “Anamnesis” draws on relationships between humans and hybrids, exploring different dimensions of existence in an immersive virtual reality experience.

...and so it ends in a Tie

Crystal Hou

USA
A rope-wielding martial artist has a fated encounter that will challenge her rigid views of rope. This film is a love letter to the women in the queer kink community through the lens of shibari, which was my own personal introduction to the scene.

And the White Wall /
והקיר הלבן

Inbal Selah,
Adar Perlman

Israel / 20 mins
In the future state of Israel where a dictatorial regime exists, homosexual relations are illegal. Tomer, a released prisoner, performs service work as a whitewasher. He is about to finish his duties to the state and go free, when an encounter with a person from his past overwhelms him with old feelings and jeopardizes the terms of his release from prison. When the citizens of the country are filmed 24/7 one step in the wrong direction could be devastating.

Andrimeda

Alejandro Cervantes

Mexico / 2:04 mins
The story follows Julieta, a young woman who, in the midst of an attempt to escape an alien abduction, encounters Andromeda, an enigmatic extraterrestrial. From their first meeting, Julieta is drawn to Andromeda, sparking a cosmic connection between them.

La historia sigue a Julieta, una joven que, en medio de un intento de escapar de una abducción extraterrestre, se encuentra con Andrómeda, una enigmática alienígena. Desde el primer encuentro, Julieta se siente atraída por Andrómeda, desencadenando una conexión cósmica entre ellas.

Anima

Fabio Bonvicini

Canada / 30 mins
A dancer is teletransported to an imaginary dystopian future where robots control the world fighting human and animal emotions. The dancer will be the key to reverse this future where the feelings of animals or human creatures are a damage for the functioning of the robot empire. But our improbable hero will need as well the help of all the animal creatures to fight a lifeless and soulless future.
Trailer… here

Annapolis: In My Lifetime 

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USA / 14 mins
An aspiring videographer, Christian, takes his long-term boyfriend Mark to the New England Aquarium for their anniversary. His perpetual immaturity wears on Mark throughout the date, which rapidly unravels to disastrous results. Desperate, Christian turns to higher (or lower?) powers in a last-ditch effort to win his boyfriend's love.

Another Go

Antes de Falar de Amor

Archeology of lesbian desire /
Arqueologia del deseo lesbico

Arrocco

as to not die in these places /
pra não morrer nesses lugares

Márcia Bellotti

2024

Portugal / 29:39 mins
"as to not die in these places" is a documentary about Brazilian Queer immigration in Portugal. Marginal and dissident subjectivities are presented in a film that combines performativity with reflections on invisibility, resistance, and freedom.
Trailer… here

Ascesis

USA / 12 mins
"Ascesis" is a coming-of-age film that follows 13-year-old Xavi. In the dusk of his Catholic confirmation, Xavi must face the rites of growing up when a creature in his closet begins to torment him, all while navigating the pressures of family expectations and the tumultuous journey of self-discovery.

En Ascesis, Xavi, de 13 años, se enfrenta a una criatura que vive en el armario y a las presiones de la familia y la fe mientras se acerca a su confirmación católica, embarcándose en un inquietante viaje de autodescubrimiento y crecimiento.

Asian Bitches Speak

Janet Chen Ma

USA / 16:36 mins
After generations of cultural silence, years of pandemic anxiety, and one anti-Asian hate crime, queer filmmaker Janet takes her retired single mom Diana on a mental health discovery road trip. Along the way, they spill the tea about their own family history, and start the journey to healing.

At least we had this moment

Joshua de Vera

2024

Philippines / 20 mins
In his quest to capture the aged architecture of Manila, film photographer Dino seeks the company of a local stranger, Vince. But as the city noises grew, their stories stood out.

Atopia

Oli De Vos

2024

Belgium / 17 mins
Atopia or the non-place, the space that does not exist, that needs to be invented. A space where the imaginary is embodied as well as the pursuit of gender fluidity.

Aunt Cindy and the Alchemist

Devin Scott 

USA / 11 mins
Aunt Cindy and The Alchemist is a short film that revolves around a seemingly ordinary family whose lives take a surprising turn. The story centers on Elena, a spirited woman with a close bond with her father, a retired advertising man who’s claim to fame was promoting the new Ford Mustang convertible. Elena’s life with her husband and son appears idyllic on the surface, but as the film unfolds, subtle hints reveal underlying tensions. The family’s dynamic shifts when Elena takes a road trip through Italy with (The Alchemist) and discovers the true meaning of love. As they delve deeper into the alchemist’s world, long-buried secrets and ambitions rise to the surface, leading to an unexpected and life-altering twist in the final moments. 

b.longing

Mystery Byrd

Canada / 7 mins
where do we belong; what do we long for? b.longing is a short poetic home video/documentary that explores the question of belonging from within our neo-colonial, imperialist context. Questions of race, nationality, queerness, work, place and time are explored through a visual language rooted in frank discussions between loved ones. In the end, it’s this exact familial dynamic—and the process of making the movie itself—that begins to answer these questions.

Back to Mamanville /
Retour à Mamanville

Ballroom por Tremenda

México / 8 mins

Bathtub /
Ambatya

Israel / 4 mins
In “Ambatya” (Bathtub), Yuval Gilboa’s first clip, a gay relationship is presented, perhaps romantic, perhaps casual and friendly. Through the bathtub curtains, the clip creates an entire world in which everything is possible – soap bubbles, shadows, lights and dance – and they all help to alleviate the loneliness of the two, even if for a short time.

Batucada

Sara Lizz

2024

Brazil / 3:34 mins
It's always like this when you are around Makes a sea appear in a desert My heart does not want to be quiet in my chest It's drumming until dawn.

É sempre assim quando você está por perto
Faz aparecer um mar num deserto
Meu coração não quer calar no meu peito
É batucada até de madrugada.

Be Here for the Cure

Ron Frederick

USA / 4 mins
Let's be here for the cure of AIDS
Watch… here

Beard /
Parta

Finland / 15 mins

Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo /
Dahil Sa 'Yo: Ang Storya Ng Kilawin Kolektibo

Desireena Almoradie,
Barbara Malaran

USA / 40 mins
Joyful, raw, revolutionary: once upon a time in the 1990s, against a racist and lesbophobic backdrop, queer Filipnxs came together for the first time in NYC to create a safe and loving community.
Trailer… here

Being Her

Maheshkumar Munjale

2024

India
A short documentary that explores a 200-year-old ritual in Ahmedabad’s ‘Saduba-ni pol’, where male members of the Barot community wear female attire and perform Garba during Navratri. It questions whether this act is merely fleeting or a deeper embrace of femininity.

Belly of a Glacier

Ohan Breiding

32 mins
Ice is one of earth’s oldest records of time, storing material memories in its air pockets. Here, an ancient ice archive is put into dialogue with a community-initiated project that literally blankets the Rhône Glacier from rising temperatures, and a queer, speculative glacier funeral.

Between Signs and Tides /
Entre Sinais e Mares

João Gabriel Kowalski,
João Gabriel Ferreira

Brazil / 16 mins
A story about love that endures, about meaningful encounters, and about memory—pulsing with the kind of remembrance that only true feelings can preserve.
Trailer… here

Beyond the Binary

Sudesh Abeynayaka

2024

Sri Lanka / 5 mins
A middle-class family gives birth to an intersex child. The rural setting of Sri Lanka is contextualized throughout the film. Here, the father and grandmother are talking in the hospital about the child. They are thinking and debating about what to do. The film portrays the father's demand as a genuine culture shock. The father is torn between traditional beliefs and the welfare of the child, highlighting the complexities of navigating social expectations in a changing world. As the story unfolds, viewers are invited to question their perspectives on gender and identity.
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Bienvenido

Miguel Usandivaras, Martin Jalfen

Argentina / 14 mins
Miguel, a teenager with low resources and a brilliant future in football, discovers to be entering a homophobic world full of prejudices.

Miguel, un noi de 15 anys, humil i amb un futur prometedor al futbol, descobreix que està entrant en un món ple de prejudicis i homofòbia.
Trailer… here

Bigfoot Forever

Shawn Ryan,
Colby Loesch,
Morgan Gibson

USA / 11 mins
Fear of rejection propels Scout into the woods, where she finds what she’s really been looking for all along...could it be...Bigfoot? If he's real, then is love real too?
Watch… here

Bindweed

Juliette Leach

Canada/ 12:58 mins
Rae has a deep connection to their garden of puppets, so much so that when Rae flourishes, so do their flowers. When Rae becomes overwhelmed by the demands of adult life - working, cleaning, keeping up with their loved ones - a neglected sprout of bindweed overwhelms their flowers too.

Bingo

Fanny Ruwet

Belgium, France / 21 mins
Fanny is a bookseller by day and a sweetheart the rest of the time. She yearns for Louise and makes up for it with soulless booty calls. Until, at a literary evening she hosts, she might just hit the jackpot. 

Black Ibis /
Zwarte Ibis

The Netherlands / 18 min
Black Ibis is a short poetic film portraying a young Black woman’s quest for intimacy in a world where the boundaries between the individual and the collective, the political and the personal, the past and the present, become ever blurrier. The short film is an afro-surrealistic reverie, poetically re-imagining our contemporary conceptions of relationships with the self and with imagined communities through a questioning of historically and culturally imposed views on Black people’s intimate lives in the diaspora.
Trailer… here

Bloodsport

UK / 15 mins
After a protest gets out of control, activists Nell and Esme take refuge in a seemingly empty mansion. But danger descends when an interloper arrives with an unexpected connection to Esme.

Blue Pandora /
Azul Pandora

Cuba / 12 mins
Pandora, a 40-year-old transgender woman living in a residential neighbourhood in Havana, rejects Roy, the teenager who tries to win her over. While caring for a neighbour’s child, she gets an unpleasant surprise that makes her consider whether or not to give Roy a chance. 
Trailer… here

Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies

Benjamin Rosenthal, Eric Souther

2024

USA / 9 mins
Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies explores the nature of how we understand our bodies, the ways in which we queer the body, and performative nature of how we explore our identities in mediated space. The work challenges the supremacy of normative human body-to-body contact, by exploring the role that a hybrid human-object-virtual encounter might pose for alternative forms of intimacy and exchange. The use of self-surveillance as a strategy of making and being is critical to our understanding of contemporary bodily experiences in the piece. The lens, the camera, video as both electronic mirror and surveyor, the scanner, generative A.I., and motion capture technology construct the performance of identity - who we are as hybrids and how we exploit our self-awareness and positions. Through the act of making this work, we aim to disrupt the hegemony of stable bodies in search of what might be greater potential. Breaking the intentions of the software and hardware specifications, and revealing the tools of its making, we blast open possibility for new rules and new narratives. The future is undoubtedly queer, and it’s one hell of a party.
Trailer…here

Boi, Trans

Rivanildo Feitosa

2024

Brazil / 15 mins
“Boi, Trans” tells the story of Mahhy Silva, who shines as a singer and leader of the Boi Mimo de São Jorge in Timon/MA. The short film explores her relationship with water and family conflict with the ever-present figure of her father - prompting reflections on the patriarchal universe surrounding dance and traditional rural families. The film also reflects on prejudice, depression, and religion, but also speaks of acceptance, opening doors for new characters of diversity in the bumba-meu-boi. The story is set against the backdrop of the operetta A Morte do BOI, a metaphor for the stage the character is experiencing - one of transitioning. “The ox lives and dies. Lives and Dies”.

“Boi, Trans” apresenta a história de Mahhy Silva, que brilha como cantora e puxadora do boi Mimo de São Jorge, em Timon/MA. O curta fala de sua relação com as águas e conflito familiar com a onipresente figura do pai - o que traz reflexões sobre o universo patriarcal em torno da dança e das famílias tradicionais sertanejas. O filme reflete também sobre preconceito, depressão e religião, mas também fala de acolhimento, abrindo portas para novos personagens da diversidade no bumba-meu-boi. A história tem como pano de fundo a opereta A Morte do BOI, uma metáfora para a fase em que vive a personagem - de transicionamento. “O boi vive e morre. Vive e Morre”.

Both, Instrument & Sound

Sharlene Bamboat

Canada / 40 mins
In the face of an increasingly individualistic political discourse, this work employs tension as an aesthetic strategy and calls upon the experiences of Tony, an 80 year-old queer elder. In recalling his long life of political activism, it becomes clear that such work requires true intersectionality, solidarity, and collective struggle. Shot on hand-processed 16mm film.
Trailer… here

Boudinet’s Curtain

India / 27 mins
Taking Roland Barthes’ reflections on the indexical value of a photograph in La Chambre Claire as a starting point, Boudinet’s Curtain uses interviews with queer individuals whose stories are juxtaposed with their respective childhood photographs as a way to explore the silences and spectres of uncaptured subjectivities.

Boyilove

Phillip Dean Merritt

USA / 2 mins
"Boyilove" is a mesmerizing journey through the realms of love, desire, and polyamory, set against the tumultuous transition from the popper-fueled dancefloors of the 1970’s to the 80’s embrace of Reaganism and post-modern suburbanism. With pulsating synths and old-school R&B melodies, the song evokes the spirit of an all too fleeting moment marked by designer jumpsuits, scratchy guitars, and new wave attitude. The animated music video for "Boyilove" transports viewers to a liminal world where roller disco reigns supreme, and neon emotions ignite under the twirling mirrorball.

BrainHeart

Noah Wiseman

USA / 7 mins
Michael shows his strange neighbor around town. A growing obsession leaves Michael spiraling. He must rely on his friend Ava and his thoughts to get rid of his obsession.

Break My Heart

Ginger Yifan Chen

USA / 8 mins
Two nonbinary bookstore clerks' intimate relationship is interrupted by a new beau.
Trailer… here

Break Out /
L'Étape

Tadeo Escalante

France / 15 mins
Tonight, Hazel, the director of a queer community space, discovers that her new girlfriend Claire has been leading a double life – she’s actually engaged to a man. That same night, the police arrived to evict the residents. As the walls begin to shake, so too does their love story...

Breathe without Water

Christy Tse

Hong Kong / 15 mins
As the swimming pool dried up, the sentiments shifted and the love went missing in sex, how should she conclude that duet on her own?
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Br00dm0ther's e-Fable

Zijing Zhao

UK / 8 mins
Broodmother is a short film that combines simulation and performance. The film is a deconstruction and reimagining of the female monster character Broodmother in video games. The Broodmother is a new species of fully digitised, slimy spider-like creature with the ability to devour, vomit, scream and breed demons. In this work, the Broodmother transforms into a powerful avatar that tells a scientific myth about life, nurture, ecology, and technology.
Trailer… here

Buried

Asleigh Becker

USA / 12 mins
While looking back on a failed love, a woman tries to make sure that her heart isn’t broken beyond repair. 

Butch Dyke by A.S. Valentino

Cai Indermaur

USA / 4:35 mins
A transgender darkwave/industrial artist based in Portland, Oregon, is a tribute to butch dykes throughout history.
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Buttati!

Manuel Calisti

Italy / 6.22 mins
Noemi is about to leave her hometown and she’s spending the last days of summer with Erica, her best friend. Their bond grows closer, and with the help of two strange confidants, they find the courage to make a decision that will change their lives

By Hand

YOU Junsang

Korea / 14 mins
Anchan and Deokwoo are inseparable friends, one helping the other approach girls and write love letters. Yet their feelings are drifting in different directions. This teenage romance movie delicately unfolds the narrative of “you don’t know how I really feel” with a sense of calm and tenderness.
Trailer… here

Cachinhos Laranjas

Rodger Timm

Brazil / 13 mins
Trailer… here

Cahā

Chak Hin Leung

UK / 10 mins
Intimate documentary capturing two immigrants—Indian and Bruneian—meeting in a London teahouse. Over tea (“cahā”), their casual conversation reveals profound stories of sacrifice, identity, and adaptation. The film explores immigrant experiences and colonial tea legacy, showing how this simple ritual creates unexpected connection and understanding across borders.
Trailer… here

Camp

Dylan Field

USA / 13 mins
Seeking a fresh start, Brandon enrolls in a conversion therapy group run by Damien, a magnetic but dangerous leader whose insidious influence slowly consumes him.
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Cannot Talk

Karim Lazaar

France / 3:44 mins
In the hauntingly beautiful music video "Cannot Talk," we enter the private world of two boyfriends navigating an unspoken distance that looms between them. Set against a backdrop of dimly lit interiors and a melancholic melody, the visual narrative unfolds within the confines of a shared space that echoes with the weight of unsaid words.

Carlina

Ángela María Leyton

Colombia / 14 mins
Carlina, a girl with an overflowing imagination, takes refuge in fantasy to cope with the irreversible illness of one of her mothers. While sadness invades her home, she clings to her magical world, where freedom and hope are still possible.

Carlina, una niña con una imaginación desbordante, se refugia en la fantasía para afrontar la enfermedad irreversible de una de sus madres. Mientras la tristeza invade su hogar, se aferra a su mundo mágico, donde la libertad y la esperanza aún son posibles.

Carmen

Carla Forte

2024

USA / 4 mins
Carmen is an experimental short film in which the character tells the story through her body, creating new body language.
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Carousel

Israel / 10 mins
The film follows a couple and their friend visiting from London during their vacation at the Dead Sea on October 7, 2023. The experience is depicted through three time periods, shifting from denial to moments of rupture.

Casa Preti: Carmina 8/10

Enrico Bellenghi

2024

Italy / 8 mins
Something that has the appearance of a traditional family – mother, father, son, daughter – wanders through the rooms of a baronial villa near Monte Pellegrino, in Palermo: looking out the window, reading the newspaper, watering the plants. However, the constant comparison with objects, sculptures and paintings triggers something else, another family portrait, free and different.
A fashion film of ghosts and ideas of coexistence, commissioned by the fashion house Casa Preti. A work that expands the boundaries of formats and restores tactility and passionate moods throughout shooting on film. A meeting place, pictorial and almost metaphysical, an invasion that becomes dialogue, other possibilities for space and bodies in 7 minutes suspended in time.

Caterpillar

Ella Richie Teresa DeMaria

2024

USA / 9 mins
Watch… here

Celebrating “So Many Women” at 35

Zanne D’Aglio

2024

USA / 8 mins
In 1989, The Flame, a lesbian bar in San Diego, California, became the ideal setting for the music video “So Many Women.” This tribute was directed by its singer, who has toured in Switzerland several times. 
Watch… here

Cendre de Lune

Denis Cluchier

2024

Morocco, France / 12 mins
Chahida and her son Tarek, 20 years old, are leaving Marrakech by car. Middle class moroccan family, their son/mother relationship is not easy. The night is falling and the car disappears more and more in the desert. The memories of Tarek’s past buried till now reappear slowly. His father’s sexual violences when he was a child are coming back to his mind. The unspoken secrets hidden since so many years explode between them. Tarek is discovering her mother knew all those years what was happening. Images from the past are flowing his mind. The car is stopping in the middle of nowhere. Mother and son are taking father’s body out of the trunk, and are burning it. The only way to turn the page.
Chahida et son fils Tarek, vingt ans, quittent Marrakech en voiture. Famille marocaine de classe moyenne, leur relation mère-fils n’est pas évidente. La nuit tombe et la voiture s’engouffre un peu plus dans le désert marocain. Les souvenirs du passé de Tarek, jusqu’alors enfouis, refont surface petit à petit…

Chase Me

Sal Ardongde

USA / 3 mins
When runner Tony comes upon a curiously competitive runner, Eva, their encounter turns into a fierce race of athleticism and wits. Who might Eva be?
Trailer… here

Cherry, Passion Fruit

Renato José Duque Cereja

Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Brazil / 5 mins
Inside a mysterious rainforest, lust takes shape between love and pain.

A natureza contém tanto a cachoeira fluindo quanto o fogo devorador. Dentro de uma floresta tropical misteriosa, o desejo toma forma entre o amor e a dor. Você enfrentaria seu desejo assombrador? 

Chi Chi's Couch /
Chi Chi na gauči 

Petra Chaloupková

Czech Republic / 45 mins
A one-of-a-kind TV talk show with a host who’s got balls and a killer fashion sense. The mother of Czech drag, Chi Chi Tornado, welcomes to her fluffy sofa performers from the new generation of drag (Miss Petty, La Cuntessa). Together, they’ll go into the spicy stories from their performances, high-school traumas, and the fashion and other sins in Czech TV programs. No topic is too personal or taboo on Chi Chi’s couch!Come enjoy a sneak peek of Czech Television’s upcoming series.

Chi(le)na

Yoksan Xu

Chile / 5:36 mins
The child of a Chinese immigrant in Chile revisits the relationship with their absent father, while exploring the progenitor’s restaurants and reflecting on their own self identity and relationship with masculinity.

Chimera /
Quimera

Gael Jara,
Martín André

Chile / 11:21 mins

A non-binary person watches the handover of the first non-binary ID in the history of Chile. As they try to do the paperwork, they will face the bureaucracy of the legal proceedings and their own memories.

Una persona no binaria observa la entrega del primer carnet de identidad no binaria en la historia de Chile. Mientras intenta completar los formularios, enfrentará la burocracia del proceso legal y sus propias memorias.
Trailer… here

Claddagh

USA / 4 mins
Two childhood friends on the precipice of adulthood discuss their culturally significant jewelry, however, the room is tense with what is left unsaid.
Trailer… here

Clan /
Kordh

Jaime Lock

Close Friends

Eleanor “Ellie” Propp

11:11 mins
A young woman comes face to face with a Thing that she hasn't seen since her childhood.

Closet Monster /
Monstra do Armário

Closet Witch - My Words Are Sacred

Autojektor

UK / 1 min
Experimenting with trans porn, from a trans-viewer perspective.   
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Clover

Laura Alice

Australia / 7 mins
Meet ‘Clover’ - a young, nonbinary neurodivergent person who is struggling with depression and agoraphobia. Clover is a creative who finds solace in the one thing they seem to have control over - join them through their journey as they realise; ‘you are never alone’.

Cocoon

Holli Xue

UK / 11 mins
Denied mobility and decision-making power, the metaphorical and physical cocoon embodies political depression.

Colour Me Pink

Anika O'Hagan-Ploug

Ireland / 3 mins
A stop-motion music video for the indie-pop song ‘Colour Me Pink’ by K E L, depicting a heartwarming story of young queer love.
Watch… here

Colorful and Empty Chair /
Renkli ve Boş Sandalye

Eren Cakmak

Turkey / 3 mins
In the documentary, the life of a Kurdish and married secret homosexual person living in Turkey is tried to be described with an experimental form of shooting.

Come Back to What You Know

James Marquez

2024

USA / 2:40 mins
This short animation explores creator James Marquez's experiences of being groomed online happening concurrently with his discovery of his gender identity. With the hazy visuals of his vacant, unfamiliar childhood theme park, the ghosts of his past and present self reclaiming the agency once taken from him, his short film is one of catharsis and retribution.
Trailer... here 

Come Dance with Me

Nwaọ

USA / 8 mins
A visual archive documenting rhythmic stories of dance in the Black Diaspora across history.
Trailer… here

Come Die with Us! /
Willst du mit uns sterben?

Commodo

Elettra Gotti

UK, Italy / 26 mins
Fabrizio’s mysterious disappearance sets off a chain of events. On the streets, in the wind farms and in the vast hills of southern Italy, his absence becomes a catalyst for profound changes that send his friends and acquaintances on a journey of self-discovery.

Compass Rose & All that Glows

Celeste Gersten

2024

USA / 11mins
Once upon a time isn’t our start, it repeats itself over in cycles, like a spinning clock. This is the plight of Yaphet and Pallu, unbeknownst to them. In the present, the cycle continues. They are separated, and hope grows dim.

(Con-Tactos)

Julu Martínez

2024

Spain / 7 mins
At the end of the 20th century, humanity sent a series of documents into space representing Earth's culture. Among them were images, sounds, brainwaves, and various popular science articles. The goal was to establish galactic intercultural connections and share our culture with outer space. All of these documents have been floating through space without a response… until now.

A finales del siglo XX la humanidad mandó al espacio una serie de documentos que representaban la cultura de la tierra. Entre ellos se encontraban imágenes, sonidos, ondas cerebrales y artículos de divulgación varios. El fin era establecer lazos interculturales galácticos y dar a conocer nuestra cultura al espacio exterior. Todos esos documentos han estado flotando por el espacio sin respuesta... hasta ahora.

Concerned

Consume

Aliyah Knight

Australia / 12 mins
Suffocated by a religious fundamentalist upbringing, 17-year-old Esther fears her hunger for best friend Alana could be a little too literal…

Corahe

Lucía Román Canivell

Spain / 15 mins
Lola and Julia work as flamenco performers in Seville, Spain. However, their relationship and their love for flamenco are threatened by the difficult working conditions and the struggle of flamenco tradition to survive in modern times.

Lola y Julia trabajan como intérpretes de flamenco en Sevilla, España. Sin embargo, su relación y su amor por el flamenco se ven amenazados por las difíciles condiciones de trabajo y la lucha de la tradición flamenca por sobrevivir en los tiempos modernos.

Cornfed Punk

Zade Mullin

USA / 11 mins
Cornfed Punk explores the surprising hardcore punk scene of Iowa City. Serving as a haven for many who might otherwise find themselves stranded in the middle of a red stronghold, this community proves its commitment to inclusion, acceptance, and kindness, showing that these values exemplify the punk ethos.
Watch... here

Cottage Cheese

Liina Luomajoki,
Lena Metzger,
Janina Müller,
Alice Kunz

Switzerland / 5 mins
When Mika sits down on the toilet, she is horrified to discover something slimy and “cottage cheese-like” in her underwear. In search of answers, she embarks on a bizarre journey into her own vagina.
Trailer… here

Could It Be?

Sandeep Keshari

India / 8 mins
A coming-of-age tale set in the bustling chawls of Bombay, where 17-year-old Kartik’s unexpected feelings for his friend Arjun put their bond to the test.

Cowgirls

Emily Alegria

USA
A short Western about Evelyn and her father, Jerry, who live and work on a ranch in Montana. Jerry, concerned that his daughter may be lonely, brings on a girl from the town nearby to work for the summer. The two women form a relationship unexpected by all and unknowingly find what they’ve been looking for within each other.

Crave

Lois Norman

UK / 5:13 mins
a lick away from love now…
Late at night, her bed still warm from her lover leaving, a painter dips her brush into her own imperfect past and parts of her: a lost truth drips through…
Crave explores female queer love and the self-gaze that frees it.

Cuadro

Juan Martín,
Fran Frías

2024

Spain / 2:32 mins
In a flawless and sterile study, a group of artists waits for their model. When he arrives, he breaks all expectations, defying established norms and letting his emotions flow in a world that oppresses him.

En un estudio impecable y estéril, un grupo de artistas aguarda a su modelo. Cuando este llega, rompe todas las expectativas, desafiando las normas establecidas y dejando fluir sus emociones en un mundo que lo oprime.

Cupbearer

Andrew Child

2024

USA / 2:30 mins
This short explores the mythical figure of Hylas, cupbearer to Hercules, whose death caused the hero to abandon the Argonauts.
Watch… here

Çürük

Marion Molinari,
Tugce Karabacak

2024

Turkey / 20 mins
Istanbul, 2023. Nora, a young transgender woman, received the "Çürük Raporu" at the age of 20, a certificate issued by the Turkish State categorizing her as a deviant citizen. Today, she has to sell her body for sex to earn a living. With the presidential elections approaching, Nora keeps hope alive and tries to live.

Cybersex 19 /
Cybersexo 19

Chico Ludermir

2024

Brazil / 10 mins
Based on the feature offered by dating apps that allows you to search for partners anywhere in the world, CYBERSEXO19 embarks on an exploration of the gay universe in the nine countries that kept their borders open to Brazilians during the pandemic.

A partir do recurso oferecido pelos aplicativos de relacionamento que permite buscar parceiros em qualquer lugar do mundo, Cybersexo 19 se lança em uma exploração do universo gay nos nove países que mantiveram as fronteiras abertas aos brasileiros durante a pandemia.

Dancing Dhamaal!

Nimisha Sanjeevani-Chandrashekhar Mahatme

USA / 5 mins
A Bollywood inspired hybrid animated music video about Aadarshini, an anxious Indian-American girl, who feels out of place at an Indian wedding until she learns to make space for herself in her culture through Parvati, a traditional dancer who catches her eye.
Trailer... here

Daphne

Nicola Bianchi

Italy / 20 mins
Daphne, a transgender drag queen living in Milan, lives on the edge of two worlds: daytime with friends and dating apps, and nighttime with parties and drugs. We follow her journey to discovering her true self.
Trailer… here

Dark Roast

Mark Marquez

USA / 9 mins
When a small, Queer/Trans-BIPOC Cafe, ran BY the community FOR the community is being threatened to be evacuated by a Monstrous Franchise, it is up to our Baristas to keep their lights and bites in business before construction starts…by any means necessary.

De Princesas y Piratas