Balloon Animals (2026)

Every year, I buy the online Sundance Film Festival Short Film Program Pass. This allows me to watch all of the shorts from the comfort of my home over the course of the weekend. Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way. While that isn’t a lot, I’ve decided to give them special attention here by ranking them based on how queer they were. You can find complete coverage of all of the shorts on Write Through the Night.