DOCUMENTARY SHORTS OUT OF COMPETITION
CITY OF MIRAGE
Directors: Anjani Chadha, Niv
5 min | 2023 | India | English
A series of conversations with Pratik, a genderfluid, tribal person from Assam who moved to Mumbai two years ago to pursue a Master’s degree and moved back to their village early this year. The film reflects the lessons learnt while they lived their life in a metropolis and how they navigate their queerness in a crowded city like Mumbai.
EVERYONE’S WELCOME
Director: Suhit Bombaywala
20 min | 2024 | India | English, Marathi, Hindi
How a restaurant staffed and owned by trans people got lots of customers in its first year and helped reduce transphobia in its surroundings
I FOUND MY YELLOW
(English Title: Duality)
Director: Shin Thandar
15 min | 2024 | Myanmar | Burmese
Two women, Shin and Susan, and one cat, Shwe Lone Chay, are slowly learning to be a family unit, lovingly accepting each other’s insecurities. In the face of the current LGBTQIA+ repression in Myanmar, same-sex marriage, for the time being, remains a faraway dream.
INNER WOUND REAL
Director: Carrie Hawks
15 min | 2022 | USA | English (Experimental Short)
Inner Wound Real is an animated documentary short about three BIPOC folks who self-injure, then find new ways to cope. The film has 3 different animators & styles, one for each participant.
OUR BABY: A MODERN MIRACLE
Director: Gussy Sakula-Barry
47 min | 2021 | UK | English
In this revealing, heartwarming and often inspiring film, Jake and Hannah Graf, Britain’s most high profile transgender couple, navigate the emotional journey of surrogacy and the rollercoaster of Covid – 19 challenges.
SLEEPING DRAGON
Director: Rob Falconer
12 min / 2023 / UK / English (Experimental Short)
The death in May 2023 of George Hodson, artist, writer and long-term HIV/AIDS survivor, leaves a legacy of inspiration, unique visual art and unforgettable writing, drawn from direct experience. Surviving HIV/AIDS for some 45 years, cancer, loss, stigma, alienating family bigotry and racism, for some of the Queer Elder generation like George, triple combination therapy threw a lifeline that also became a lifetime of onward challenge.
THE PRIDE LIAR
Director: Andres Lübbert
19 min / 2023 / Belgium / Dutch, English, Georgian
Emzo, escaped persecution in Georgia five years ago, finding refuge in Belgium. This short documentary captures his unyielding commitment to the LGBTQ+ cause, showcasing the indomitable spirit of one individual’s fight for acceptance and equality.
THERE ARE THINGS TO DO
Director: Mike Syers
18 min | 2023 | USA | English
Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ superhero helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap of initiatives & tools for generations of activist as they face anti-LGBTQ+ backlash.
UNNAMED ( بی نام )
Director: Iranmehr Salimi
13 min | 2022 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | Persian
Zainab is a successful girl who supports her family financially, but considers herself a boy in spirit, and now she has decided to undergo gender transition, but in addition to her family’s opposition and the society’s inappropriate view of this issue, she has more difficulties
YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT BUT YOU CAN GET ME
Directors: Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh
13 min / 2023 / Netherlands / English (Experimental Short)
A unique slideshow documenting two long-haired trans men falling in love. Over the course of one year, the artist couple gathered photographs from real-life events such as their first kiss, meeting each other’s parents, long-distance thirst traps, a beach wedding, and top surgery and its subsequent recovery. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up.
ZOYA
Director: Harsh Shamal Matondkar
5 min | 2023 | India | English, Hindi
The film revolves around the story of Zoya Lobo, the first transgender photojournalist of India.
