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Screening: Friday Nov 20, 2.00 PM | NGMA
Dir: Wang Han-Xuan | 15 MIN | 2025 | China, USA | Mandarin Chinese
A Chinese gay father tries to go to his heterosexual son’s wedding in Paris, but his trip gets unpredictably delayed.
Dirs: Loren Loubser, Gabe Gabriel | 10 MIN | 2025 | South Africa | UK | English
A Black transmasculine Uber driver’s car becomes dangerously possessed when a German hippie offloads her trauma demon on a ride through the racially segregated, tourist-infested Cape Town.
Dir: Olivier Wright |18 MIN | 2025 | France | French
Victoire, a 20-year-old judoka, has her trans identity outed in the middle of a tournament. Sonia, her next opponent, refuses to fight her. In the following hour, the gym turns into a battleground where athletes, parents, and officials clash. As debates over fairness and safety escalate, Victoire refuses to become a symbol and focuses on what matters most: her next match.
Dir: Lucía Criado Rosas | 19 MIN | 2025 | Spain | Spanish
At almost 20 years old, Juan apparently has a life like any other person of his age, studying the career he had always wanted, being the joy of his house and everyone’s friend, with a bright future and clear ideas. But something breaks this normality.
Dir: André Vaara | 13 MIN | 2025 | Sweden | Swedish
Ten-year-old Noel wants to be more like his older sister. A visit to the hairdresser sparks jealousy, bringing sibling rivalry to the surface. A film about longing beyond the norms of 2000s boyhood.
Dir: John Sheedy | 19 MIN | 2025 | Australia, United Kingdom | English
In a quaint Welsh fishing village, a young Shirley Bassey impersonator and a fisherman are swept into a secret romance, battling the tides of family and tradition as they search for the courage to claim their own happiness.
Dir: Ghazal Zoghinia | 20 min | 2025 | Iran | Baluchi, Persian
Malalai is a teenage girl from the Baloch community in Iran, due to a traditional cultural practice, has been wearing boys’ clothing for years. Now that she has reached puberty, she must return to the world of girls, but she is experiencing an identity crisis.