Crip Your Heart Out
Boldly Go
Christopher Cosgrove / Australia / 2019 / 6 min / English with English subtitles
A geeky sci-fi fan faces rejection by a ‘straight-acting’ guy, but not for the reason you might think.
Look the Part
Claire Fetcher / Australia / 2021 / 7 min / English with English subtitles
Sam works as a theatre janitor and is too shy to follow her passion for dancing. One night, she is reminded by her inner diva Peaches that talent can often defy expectations.
PMBC - shapeshifter
Jen Russel / UK / 2025 / 5 min / English with English subtitles
A celebration of PMBC, drag and the queer experience. Take a glimpse into PMBC’s world and discover drag as an act of rebellion and transformation, powered by community and pure queer joy.
Hot Mess
Tortor Smith / UK / 2024 / 3 min / English with English subtitles
A voice message triggers all sorts of anxieties in Andro, but will they be pressured into trying to change their ways?
Prosopagnosia
Steven Fraser / UK / 2021 / 10 min / English with English subtitles
Old sketchbooks, diaries, photographs, Polaroid’s and audio diaries are intricately unravelled to let us understand the different ways you can live your life when you cannot recognise a face.
Damp
Etsen Chen / Taiwan, South Korea / 2024 / 12 min / Mandarin with English subtitles
Yen, a young man with cerebral palsy, longs for romance while his overprotective mother harbors complex feelings for his caregiver. As tensions rise, Yen starts to believe his body is no longer the same.
!!Content Warning!! Explicit sex
Tapage
Joséphine Madinier / France / 2024 / 25 min / French with English subtitles
Nemo has just found out that he will soon be deaf. At the hospital, he catches Lou stealing pharmaceuticals. Determined to escape this new reality that he can’t process, he decides to follow Lou through the night.
Zagêro
Victor Di Marco, Márcio Picoli / Brazil / 2024 / 15 min / Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
It’s so normal to be normal, isn’t it?
!!Content Warning!! Ableism
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
As the saying goes: 'You can't be what you can't see.' Queer people with disabilities are no exception and are often overlooked in the LGBTQIA+ scene. But we exist. That is why we once again bring you shorts that focus on the different aspects of longing to belong in the world as queer people with disabilities.
This year's 'Crip Your Heart Out' short film program takes you on a journey through four continents. From a nerdy meet-cute in the UK, to wet and horny sex dreams in Taiwan, to a romantic first love encounter in the streets of Paris, to an in-your-face art performance in Brazil, this selection of films will make you want to laugh, riot, and cry, all at the same time.
+ Curated in collaboration with Sarah Glerup, Gabi Buzadzic and Oska Bright Film Festival
+ Premieres of ’Boldly Go’, ’Look the Part’, ’PMBC - shapeshifter’, ’Hot Mess’, ’Prosopagnosia’, ’Damp’, ’Tapage’, and ’Zagêro’.
MIX @home
3/11 > 9/11 2025
