There Are No White People In Paradise
Mijo
Mazdey / Mexico / 2024 / 5 min / Spanish with English subtitles
Mijo is a young dreamer, suddenly blessed with the gift of King Midas. However his ability has a unique twist: whatever and whoever he touches is stylishly pimped up.
I’ve Got Something To Tell You
Ben Clery-Hall, Mandy McMillian / UK / 2024 / 4 min / English with English subtitles
In a dreamlike state, Kai experiences the worst case scenarios of coming out to their best friend. Are their anxieties getting in the way of their reality? Or have their worst nightmares actually come true?
NO!!!
Oktania Hamdani, Winner Wijaya / Indonesia / 2024 / 8 min / Indonesian with English subtitles
Sekar is planning a wedding in an online game with her girlfriend when she suddenly receives a call from her mother, who wants to set her up with someone else.
!!Content Warning!! Homophobia
Yellow Is The Color Of Happiness
Cherine Karam / Sweden, UK / 2025 / 9 min / English without subtitles
Marc works at Dépôt-Vente, a Beirut thrift shop, designing body ornaments. Surrounded by vibrant creatures, he rebuilds his DNA link by link and emerges from an upcycled denim cocoon as a fierce, graceful version of his true self.
I’m the Most Racist Person I Know
Leela Varghese / Australia / 2025 / 13 min / English with English subtitles
When Lali unexpectedly ends up on a date with another woman of colour for the first time, it unravels prejudices she has long ignored.
Personal Mythologies
Susan O’Brien / USA, Philippines / 2024 / 4 min / Tagalog with English Subtitles
Painter Dominique Castelano reflects on her trans identity through folklore from her native Philippines in this visually rich portrait.
!!Content Warning!! Talk of transphobia
THE VARIABLE
Ezra Li / USA / 2024 / 9 min / English and Spanish with English subtitles
An "ethnically ambiguous" actor struggles to adjust to increasingly wilder stereotypes projected onto him during the audition process.
Zari
Shruti Parekh / USA, India / 2025 / 20 min / English and Hindi with English subtitles
American teen Neelu feels like a fish out of water amidst preparations for her sister’s wedding in Delhi until she forges a brief and unexpected connection with Zeyb, a quiet sari store clerk who moonlights as an internet drag queen.
Two Black Boys in Paradise
Baz Sells / UK / 2025 / 9 min / English with English subtitles
A movingly tender animation, based on Dean Atta’s eponymous poem, sees two young boys, Edan and Dula on a journey of self-acceptance and love – for each other and themselves.
!!Content Warning!! Racism, Police brutality.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
From sari shops to sci-fi dreams, awkward dates to digital weddings, these short films celebrate queer becoming in all its messy, magical forms. They take us through parallel worlds where identity unfolds across time, space, and the support of others. Come for the joy — stay for the revolution.
30/10 - 19:30
@Community Screening
01/11 - 14:00
@Cinemateket
+ Q&A with the director of THE VARIABLE, Ezra Li after the screening
