Low-budget ingenuity has long been the cornerstone of queer filmmaking. Vermillion is a quiet, quietly compelling road trip of a film by non-binary filmmaker Amy Trefry, who has crafted a powerful example of queer storytellers finding new ways to bring their stories to the big screen.

Shot over just eight days, with a crew of eight (including cast), and spanning more than 1,600 kilometers of road-tripping, this unscripted and unexpected sapphic love story feels as organic as real life itself. Romantic and quietly aching, it captures the fleeting beauty of a summer spent chasing freedom through van life—freedom we know can’t last forever.