DOCUMENTARY SHORTS OUT OF COMPETITION

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The film revolves around the story of Zoya Lobo, the first transgender photojournalist of India.