The 6 Queer Short Films at Sundance 2026
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
Bandh Darwaza
Unable to conceive, Thakurain Lajjo enlists the help of her maid, Mahua, and approaches a demon named Nevla, who assures her that she will indeed give birth but if it's a daughter, then she must surrender her to him, to which she agrees. Shortly thereafter, she gives birth to a daughter, Kamya, but refuses to surrender it. Mahua poisons her, abducts Kamya, and takes her to Nevla, but Thakur Pratap Singh intervenes just in time, banishes the former to a coffin in a cavern, and rescues his daughter. 18 years later, Kamya herself will be compelled to approach and resurrect Nevla in order to win the love of Kumar - who she is obsessed with - and will do anything to make him her's forever.
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Unable to conceive, Thakurain Lajjo enlists the help of her maid, Mahua, and approaches a demon named Nevla, who assures her that she will indeed give birth but if it's a daughter, then she must surrender her to him, to which she agrees. Shortly thereafter, she gives birth to a daughter, Kamya, but refuses to surrender it. Mahua poisons her, abducts Kamya, and takes her to Nevla, but Thakur Pratap Singh intervenes just in time, banishes the former to a coffin in a cavern, and rescues his daughter. 18 years later, Kamya herself will be compelled to approach and resurrect Nevla in order to win the love of Kumar - who she is obsessed with - and will do anything to make him her's forever.
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Genre:Action, Drama, Horror
Written By:Shyam Ramsay
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Runtime:145 minutes
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Cast
Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay
Director
Hashmat Khan
Kumar
Manjeet Kular
Sapna
Kunickaa Sadanand
Kamya P. Singh (as Kunika)
Satish Kaul
Anand
Anita Sareen
Bhanu - Anand's wife
Anirudh Agarwal
Nevla
Aruna Irani
Mahua
Raza Murad
Nevla's devotee
Vijayendra Ghatge
Thakur Pratap Singh (as Vijayendra)
Karunakar Pathak
Surinder Kohli
Nevla's devotee
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