Shorts Programmes

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A film celebrating the resilience of queer people of colour, reflecting on the journey to nonbinary identity and the courage to embrace oneself fully.

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Sam's search for identity is interrupted by a mysterious neighborhood fox. Together, they embark on a magical journey to the attic, discovering unexpected commonalities and how to celebrate their differences.

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A masculine-presenting young woman travels back to her rural hometown to care for her estranged father, a former rancher, after a car accident. She soon realizes that mending their relationship is complicated when her sense of identity challenges her father's understanding.

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A radiant superhero faces off against a MAGA mob while navigating personal struggles. Alongside a group of youth, they embody trans joy, resistance, and chosen family, using courage and connection to build community and confront adversity.

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After yet another after-party, Mia faces an identity crisis. With the support of her two best friends, she navigates a pivotal moment in her life, confronting herself and finding the courage to embrace who she truly is.

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Exploring gender identity and societal expectations, the film follows non-binary lesbians navigating acceptance, cultural pressures, and homophobia. Through dance and costumes as symbols of liberation, it celebrates diverse identities, challenges societal norms, and portrays the ongoing quest for selfhood and recognition of varied gender expressions.

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Axis, an anxious enby, faces a supernatural surge of fears during a late-night walk home alone.

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A mother and son navigate their lust and loneliness in the queerest of ways.

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Unaware that her relationship is at a crossroads, daydreamer Katie neglects to clean the bathroom as her girlfriend asked. This plunges her into a fever dream that could either tear them apart or bind them together forever.

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Jesus tries to save humanity and fulfill his purpose on earth, but runs into some unexpected, internalized hurdles.

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A 32-year-old gay artist flees repressive laws and war in Russia for Berlin, leaving his boyfriend behind. They try to sustain their relationship across the distance, but their realities quickly diverge, and life in Berlin proves less "rainbow-coloured" than expected.

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After a long day on set, Liboria and Claudia stop at a deserted gas station and mistakenly fill their van with the wrong fuel. When someone from a past assault appears, tension rises, and Claudia takes the driver hostage, blurring the line between justice, revenge, and consent.

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Frustrated sci-fi writer Julian is facing a slump in his relationship. So will his fiancé Leo's trip into orbit with the world's first ever low-cost alternative spaceline provide them with just the space they need to get back on track?

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Anita Louise Martinez dedicated fifty years to capturing Nova Scotia's queer and trans community, including the Wild Women Don't Get the Blues lesbian camping weekends of the 1980s and 1990s.

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A filmmaker revisits a 1997 second-grade memory, exploring her queer identity, a legendary PE teacher, and a mysterious plastic fish, questioning what it means to be seen before seeing yourself.

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In Slovakia, Andrej Dúbravský prepares for his Olomouc exhibition GOOD BOY. While creating intimate work in the midst of tranquil rural surroundings, he is facing homophobic criticism from government officials, highlighting tensions between personal expression, societal backlash, and the fight for LGBTQ+ visibility.

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Black. Brown. Trans. Cis. Queer. Immigrant. Full Bodied. Embodied. Femme. A conversation with women from Toronto's ballroom scene exploring the intersections of identity and how they channel the presence and power of womanism on the runway.

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An exploration of Canadian photographer John Phillips’ erotic archive, chronicling the impact of AIDS on his life and work for American gay magazines in the 1990s, at the dawn of the digital revolution. An intimate portrait of an artist and an industry on the verge of transformation.

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Trans women boxers share their stories of gender euphoria, struggles, and resilience, revealing the powerful bonds they build through their shared practice of the sport.

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Every day, Achraf is haunted by an imposing knight’s armor that follows him everywhere: to work, with friends, and even onstage as a drag king. Invisible to others, the armor grows harder to ignore, reflecting the pressures, fears, and inner battles that quietly shape his life.

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Determined to prove to his father that he is the city's most feared gangster, Alessandro sets out to rob a bar with his friend Joe. However, when they discover that it is a drag queen bar and that the star performer is Alessandro's father in drag, the night takes an unexpected turn.

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When Victoire, a young trans judoka, reaches the finals of a local competition, her opponent Sonia refuses to face her. A confrontation that transcends sport, questioning prejudice, courage, and the right to simply exist.

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A court, a cell, awaiting a sentence. Two boys : Warda, a Lebanese refugee and Ange, a white delinquent. An attempted escape in the toilets sparks a manhunt, and the two fugitives, despite their different languages, try to imagine their fate together.

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On his way to a rave in the Argentine Pampas, Martín takes refuge in a mysterious tavern after a strange accident. As night falls, paranoia and eerie visions blur reality, revealing lurking supernatural forces.

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Najib, a reserved 16-year-old, spends his summer alone, absorbed in video games. When his elderly Algerian neighbor disappears, he secretly takes her apartment keys and uncovers traces of a vanished world. Through this quiet exploration, he begins to open himself to others and to islands on the verge of disappearing.

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An artist’s attempt to recreate experimental filmmaker Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil from memory. Working from fragments, the film weaves together into an engrossing narrative. It follows patterns of thought through material such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, WG Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn, Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, and combines it with personal, intimate footage, images of the Welsh landscape, San Francisco, and of course, Chris Marker’s favourite animal.

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Chants d’amours is a powerful video work based on the appropriation of homophobic and transphobic slurs. By reinterpreting them, Lamathilde and her LGBTQ+ friends from Montreal transform stigma into poetic and political resistance, hoping to inspire more love, dignity, and resilience through words.

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Disadoption challenges the plurality of the mother and father in adoption and asks whether it is possible to cancel an adoption or 'disadopt'. The artist transforms the lyrics of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' learned by children in nursery school. The wonder of looking at the little star is converted into the surprise of a rumor told by the adoption agency.

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I watch tv so you don't have to. Like the short description summaries that often accompany tv programs though an on-screen cable guide, Don't Ask Don't Tell Gay, Gay, Gay is a jump-cut/short-cut edit that summarizes the content of Season 4, episode 4 of Boston Legal. All excess footage has been removed to capture the mainstream reflection and tone of American discourse around DADT.

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Media performance artist Dayna McLeod asked ChatGPT to write an increasingly snarky and heated dialogue between Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault about The Death of the Author, inspired by Barthes' famous essay. This script is performed by AI actors of the theorists, with Dayna’s AI doppelgänger, DaynAI, acting as host to their debate.

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A sometimes-eerie romp through the mysterious life of Ponygirl, superhero of the night. Ponygirl has special powers, extra-ordinary props and a unique way of moving through the world. Will poignancy and humor prevail?

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Madonna Swimming is a video work created from footage of Madonna's music videos, Madonna is a cultural figure of excess, and her iconography appropriated from a saturated visual culture. This video collects the leaking Madonna, her images of sexuality and religion, and ultimately presents a more ambiguous product.

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say my names is a video that answers a frequently asked question...'but what is your name... really?' or 'but how do you want me to call you... which name?' So, after a few years of thinking, here is my answer in 100 words/100 second video.

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The Bathroom Tapes: My Man is the first in a series of music videos shot entirely in the rooms of my apartment. Interested in domestic containment, nesting, and home-sweet-home comfort, these tapes play with aspects of domesticity through role-playing and denial in a self-constructed fantasy world that isn’t always pleasant.

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Snarling beasts.

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A remix of sounds and images from the Prelinger Archives that feature fashion trends.

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Ice-skating and gender. A pornographic collage of figure-skating footage.

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After the 100th 'The Thursday Testo,' (TTT), the tri-linguistic references such as the Roman and Korean (Hangeul) alphabets and the Japanese syllabic (Katana) alphabet of the word TRANS on a comedy sketch by Kě.

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In a city where victims of colonial history and dominant narratives intersect, a voice begins to examine the erasure of women and minorities. Between “win,” « nip », and « egg », she plays with words and identities, scrutinizing the violence of bodies and discourse—a fragile and political visual gesture.

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An Indigenous woman, Sarah, recounts to her grandson Devin a story from her time in Residential School, when she was believed to be possessed by a demon.

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Derik Lynch, a Yankunytjatjara person, journeys from the confines of city life in Adelaide back to their Anangu community in Aputula, seeking healing through sacred Inma, traditional storytelling and reconnection with ancestral memory and spiritual strength.

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This film captures the fleeting yet powerful moments of happiness, connection and resilience experienced by the queer community.

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A lyrical portrait of Nikyle Begay, a non-binary shepherd and weaver, preserving their way of life through the traditional art of weaving.

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In the near future, Dove, a gender fluid person, discovers the powers and perils of their Inkwo (Indigenous medicine) while defending the living against a horde of ravenous monsters, testing their courage, resilience, and connection to the Earth.

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Organza, a broke artist in a distant galaxy, travels across the stars to seek revenge on her ex-lover in an attempt to cure her mysterious illness.

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This documentary explores Indigeneity in prairie settings, highlighting feelings of disconnection and the desire for kinship with the Land. Through contrasting experiences and landscapes, it reflects on cultural dispossession and the ongoing journey to reconnect with one’s roots.

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Interview with Gregory Rowe, who came from Western Canada to settle in Montreal in 1983. In addition to his comments on his experience in the English-speaking part of the gay movement, he gives a poignant account of his resilience in the face of the HIV crisis (which he has been carrying for 37 years), and his involvement in organizations that support HIV-positive people.

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Interview with Denis B. Lapointe (formerly known as Denis Levesque) about the associative movement of the gay community in Montreal — among others, at the ADGQ — during the years leading to the establishment of what was first called Le Village de l’Est (in contrast to the gay bar sector west of downtown), then Le Village gai, and now simply Le Village. The third of the documentary series L'émergence du Village gai.

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Interview with Gilbert Higgins, one of the 146 victims of the police raid on the Truxx, a gay bar on Stanley Street in Montreal, on the night of October 22, 1977. The reaction it triggered became one of the precursor events to the creation of what was first called Le Village de l’Est (in contrast to the gay bar sector west of downtown), then Le Village gai, and now simply Le Village.

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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.

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By opening forgotten boxes in the Montreal Gay Archive Center, fragments of history from the LGBTQIA2S+ community are rediscovered. Among them are Michael and René, the first gay couple to get married in Canada, Linda and Catherine, two owners of the lesbian bar Le Kiev, and Kimura, multidisciplinary artists of diverse origins. The portraits of these diverse characters bear witness to the diversity of Montreal's queer communities.

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As detective Evelyn Dubois arrests gangster Billy “the Devil” Dwayne, he gets shot in front of her. In her office with a blood stained shirt, a knock is heard on the door... Her client Liliane Wang comes to confirm the rumours circulating in town. But did she really come only for this reason?

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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.

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The director revisits a pivotal period of his life, marked by frequent one-night stands. By exploring the complexities of his sexual orientation and the dynamics of his interpersonal relationships, the film immerses us in the era of hook-ups, where fleeting intimacy and the search for identity intertwine.

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Mona lives with two roommates in an apartment cut off from the outside world. Trapped in a daily routine of household chores and a strange ritual of nocturnal debauchery, the life on the other side of the window seems to be calling to her.

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“Stubble” is an experimental documentary, in which Emma asks people when do you wish to be soft, when do you long to be rough, and when are you both at the same time? Each scene is a fantasy the subjects are invited to play inside. While interviewees’ honest answers offer glimpses into their own inner worlds and contrasting experiences. Merging both the real life and staged aspects of the film.

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Through the game Final Fantasy XIV, we follow trans folks using the game to find a strong sense of community. They will discuss different topics related to gender, virtual life, identity and existing as a trans person.

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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.

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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.

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The filmmaker, starting a documentary research, interviews clients from the Champs bar to understand the importance of lesbo-queer bars for the community.

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A literature teacher comes back to his apartment after having interrupted his class with seemingly no reason. He discovers his husband, with a bloody hammer in his hands, crying, next to a barely breathing girl, who seemed to have been hit in the head with the hammer.

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In this short horror-comedy film, two grieving drag queens are mourning the sudden loss of their beloved Drag Mother. While going over her things they stumble upon a mysterious VHS tape. As they press play; a chilling silhouette emerges, sparking an unexpected chain of events for the duo.

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Stéphane’s sister attempts once more to convince him that he suffers from HIV/AIDS. This time, however, she has no intention of forcing him to go to a hospital. She has something different in mind...

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Un film original is a very short comedy, a parody of American features from the 90's or 2000's, in the shape of a storyboard. Jane leaves her family to live her life. She meets someone who turns her life upside down. Her life will change forever. Or not. Or maybe a little.

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Toni, a successful architect, sees her world collapse when her wife Olivia falls gravely ill. Torn between her career ambitions and caring for the woman she loves, she faces an impossible choice that forces her to confront the true meaning of love and sacrifice.

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A museum worker tries to convince a co-worker that two visitors are flirting, using six scientifically recognized signs of attraction to make her case.

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A lesbian couple visits a futuristic counseling service, but only one of them knows the true, devastating reason for being there.

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La Guera, a young rapper from Mexico City, struggles with her ability to rap after a heartbreak. Despite attending freestyle sessions with friends, she struggles to regain her lyrical prowess. Seeking solace, she turns to a forest-dwelling shamanic friend for unconventional healing. Through a transformative encounter with forest crickets, she confronts her pain and emerges with newfound liberation.

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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.

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Two queer Black women experience love for the first time, exploring a soft, sensual romance that unfolds with intimacy, tenderness, and the excitement of newfound connection.

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Trapped within their frames and watched by a menacing curator, two paintings form a silent bond that sparks a revolution. Blending live-action and animation, this surreal short explores power, resistance, queer identity, and the longing to break free from the confines of constructed worlds.

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In a rigid manor where everyone conforms, a woman receives an orange, a fruit she has never seen before. This discovery transports her into a forested world of sensual fluidity where she must choose between returning to her old life or embracing a new, transformative way of being.

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In a dystopian future, two women flee exploitation and find love in a remote cabin, only to face relentless pursuit and a tragic fate.

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Vivek navigates the chronic pain caused by the pressures of advocating for diversity, finding healing and strength through weightlifting.

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On New Year's Eve, a broke and restless young man is drawn into a risky encounter with a hustler's client at a hotel. After being assaulted and scammed, with no help from the staff, he must face the consequences of his choices.

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A long-standing friendship faces tension over gender identity, but everything shifts when one friend receives life-changing news, transforming their bond and perspectives forever.

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When a mother visits her son, a drag performer, a night of raw confessions forces them to confront the unhealed wounds of their past.

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As Hadi is swept into a flood of childhood memories from Lebanon, he steps into the dreamlike whimsical world of Salma Zahore.

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A celebration of House Mother Cotton and her sisters during Vancouver's ballroom scene of the 2000s. A tribute to the pioneering Canadian LGBTQ+ community and its dazzling legacy.

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During a late-night drive, Sean and Louis reflect on their shared journey through surrogacy.

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Becoming Ruby follows Ruby Chopstix, Canada’s first drag artist-in-residence, as they navigate the challenges of being an underrepresented drag performer while preparing a special showcase to highlight and create space for other queer BIPOC artists.

Queerment QuébecCompetitionShort

Betty, driven by fear of rejection, lives isolated at home among her miniature figurines. When she meets a woman she can’t stop thinking about, she faces a difficult choice: remain in her safe, private world or step outside and risk vulnerability for a real connection.

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After losing her husband, Nani embraces newfound freedom in her home until a visit from her daughter unearths a family secret: her late husband’s queerness. Through love, grief, and defiance, Nani reclaims her story, embodying the strength of an Indo-Caribbean matriarch forging joy amid loss.

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When the church forces a choice between authenticity and acceptance, one person decides to carve out a new path.

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An animated pop-poetic incantation to unconventional intimacy.

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In 1998 Indonesia, two girls promised to be friends forever. Twenty-five years later, a traumatic event resurfaces memories of their shared childhood.

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At a secret forest hideout, suburban teen Dani meets her crush Jayde, only to encounter a mysterious, otherworldly presence.

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From Bye Bye, Binary to Love, Violet, Charlene Chua, an award-winning illustrator and author, embraces the challenges of fostering inclusivity through children's books.

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An intimate inner monologue grieves a lost love, while in the present, a heartbroken soul quietly plots revenge.

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When Vidya, a recently widowed 62-year-old Indian woman, rents a room in her home to a 19-year-old Black gay man, she rediscovers her sense of self and her love of makeup, despite complications from her family.

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Tyler's ex returns after ghosting him, dragging him into a spiral where love and obsession dangerously intertwine.

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João and Vitor, former lovers estranged for 30 years, reunite at 70 after Vitor's wife passes. Together, they reconcile past and present, contemplating a possible future as they face the final chapter of their lives.

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On a quiet Sunday, a young man is haunted by a final voice message, a breakup, and a "goodbye" he can't undo, as he struggles to process loss, regret, and the lingering echoes of what's left unsaid.

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Tom and Marcel's new apartment should be a dream, until strange noises reveal a door connecting them to a disturbing neighbor who turns out to be Adolf Hitler. As fear and denial collide, Tom must confront what lurks beyond the door in this sharp satirical horror about the terror of rising extremism.

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Steven becomes increasingly uncomfortable during fencing lessons whenever the coach touches him. When his friend, Thijmen, realizes something is wrong, he tries to reach Steven, but can't. Forcing Steven to face the long-lasting trauma and pain of abuse alone.

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“It is not about rebuilding the mythical place called home but about perpetually deferring the homecoming itself.” – Moyra Davey. In a living room, two people slow dancing become a landscape for (re)connection. A Slow Dance attempts to materialize the monolithic gesture that is longing, one that takes its roots in lifelong household transgressions and collective myths

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Betty, driven by fear of rejection, lives isolated at home among her miniature figurines. When she meets a woman she can’t stop thinking about, she faces a difficult choice: remain in her safe, private world or step outside and risk vulnerability for a real connection.

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When her childhood best friend falls in love, nostalgic teenager Dodo struggles to let go of the past and goes to increasingly dangerous lengths to secure her affections, threatening to spoil their idyllic lakeside holiday.

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A dancer struggles to break free from the hold of his choreographer, now drawn to another. This silent film explores power, inspiration, and replacement within the LGBTQ+ dance community through body language and music.

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I am near-sighted. When I see a potentially beautiful boy at a distance, I perceive him as perfectly beautiful. Gradually, as he approaches, he begins to accumulate defects which detract from his overall beauty; sometimes to the point where he ceases to be attractive at all.

Queerment QuébecShort

One is the Loneliest Number places a universal hero in the shoes of the heartbroken. Céline, Jon, Britney and Stevie couldn’t have said it better!

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Set around a single dining table, a son struggles to reclaim his sense of normalcy as his mother’s delusions tighten their grip. Through quiet tension and buried longing, this intimate psychological drama exposes the fragile warfare of a mother-son relationship trapped between love, denial, and control.

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A portrait of the legendary Madame Simone, shot in the early nineties by an undergraduate student.

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A trans woman dies on the operating table during facial feminization surgery, but death is no match for a determined transsexual.

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Twitch is an ode to overcoming dark energies that lie within; confronting fear and the journey to self-acceptance.

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Two lesbian twin brothers play out a prescribed sleep-work-play existence. But, when evening comes...

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A 'sissy devil' explores the depths of internet intelligence by conducting an 'advanced search' on an outdated search engine. Meanwhile, a female artist sketches her destiny.

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This watercolor animation of childlike creatures, poppies, and dismembered legs—collaged from Nothing Ever Happened—reflects on loss. Set to Rae Spoon’s Love is a Hunter, it explores how love can be transformative yet threatening, evoking a childhood shaped by hiding from violence, pain, and the fragility of affection.

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A poetic exploration of Black womanhood, race, place, and identity, delving into the double-voiced discourses of a particular Black literary tradition concerning the complexities faced by enslaved people learning their captor’s language.

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Another spectacular output from Montreal’s DJ Frigid.

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Johanie, the single mother of a dysfunctional family, grows wary when Ian and his dog move into the neighborhood. The back alley between them becomes the stage for a rivalry where prejudice, fascination, and frustration subtly intertwine with the sound of barking.

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I am near-sighted. When I see a potentially beautiful boy at a distance, I perceive him as perfectly beautiful. Gradually, as he approaches, he begins to accumulate defects which detract from his overall beauty; sometimes to the point where he ceases to be attractive at all.

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Part of the My Heart series initiated by Nik Forrest, Annie Martin and Nelson Henricks, a reflection on gender, delving into childhood memory, gender fluctuation and a love of late 70s rock stars.

Queerment QuébecShort

One is the Loneliest Number places a universal hero in the shoes of the heartbroken. Céline, Jon, Britney and Stevie couldn’t have said it better!

Queerment QuébecShort

A portrait of the legendary Madame Simone, shot in the early nineties by an undergraduate student.

Queerment QuébecShort

Twitch is an ode to overcoming dark energies that lie within; confronting fear and the journey to self-acceptance.

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Axis, an anxious enby, faces a supernatural surge of fears during a late-night walk home alone.