Rahul Roye | India | 2026 | 20 mins

On the eve of his gender-affirming surgery, a trans man’s journey takes an unexpected turn when he discovers he is pregnant, forcing a profound reckoning with identity, body, and the meaning of manhood.

Damien Gault | France | 2026 | 20 mins

At different stages in their love story, three couples of three ages and three sexualities go head-to-head on a beach in the Camargue. Put to the test: feelings of love, desire(s) and consent.

Original title: Grain de Sable

Guilherme Rezende Jr. | Brazil | 2026 | 20 mins

Bernardo returns to his family’s farm to introduce his boyfriend to his father, but the visit unsettles his sense of identity. As jealousy, inherited expectations of masculinity, and the unexpected bond between his father and boyfriend begin to surface, Bernardo is forced to confront his bisexuality and the fluidity of his desire. When he meets Lena, he finds a mirror for his uncertainties and a doorway into new ways of loving, belonging, and understanding himself.

Jiayi Tang | China | 2026 | 14 mins

After a torrential rain, two people who should have parted ways at dawn found themselves trapped in the same room by a sudden lockdown. One was a writer—cold, obsessive about cleanliness, as if wrapped in a layer of plastic film; the other, a young boy—light, ardent, a trespasser into his life. The fourteen days of waiting were pried open by the sound of rain, the plastic film, the unread pages of a book, and an unexpected test result. The names that had been deleted, the fears that had been hidden, the old loves woven into novels—slowly rose from the depths of the room.
They drew closer to each other through closed doors and through masks, like a polar bear and a penguin in an aquarium, forever separated by two layers of glass. Time blurred within those walls; physical distance ebbed and flowed; love, too, became as hard to confirm as an illness. Until one rainy night, someone finally made a phone call—not to say goodbye, but to ask: after so long a wait, was there still someone willing to stay?

Connor Amor-Bendall | New Zealand | 2026 | 14 mins

Besties Cam and Mia, and their exes, George and Ava, are all victims of the great blight of the early thirties; long-term breakups. Six months after their in-sync separations, Ava is moving overseas and needs her passport back from Mia. The problem, Mia is still licking her wounds and would rather die than hand it over. Mutually Assured Destruction is an un-flinching portrayal of queer chaos, jealousy and the collision of neurodivergence and communication in relationships. It is an ode to chosen family and the chapters we’re not quite ready to close.

John Sheedy | New Zealand | 2026 | 17 mins

In a quaint Welsh fishing village, aspiring drag queen Henrick secretly longs for Arwyn, a fisherman whose quietness masks a storm of emotions. As Henrick dazzles the local stage alongside his mother, Frida, their glittering acts ignite tension with his tradition-bound father, Clive. Arwyn, caught between love and obligation, wrestles with his heart. When Henrick contemplates leaving the only home he has ever known in search of acceptance, the fate of their forbidden love hangs in the balance.

Zhizi Hao | United Kingdom | 2026 | 17 mins

“Three days, three words, and a city that doesn’t always speak your language.”

Andy, a young chunky Chinese newcomer, arrives in London’s gay scene full of wonderful dreams. What he finds instead: racist Grindr bios, slang he can’t decipher (“bog roll”), and rules no dictionary can teach. Over three sex/dates, he stumbles through the unspoken vocabulary of sex, love, and belonging.