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.

Saimun and his wife use black magic to get easy cash, by becoming a literal pig. Saimun thinks it over as he just heard news about the rising case of swine flu.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
I understood post-memory as passing down stories and images of one’s experiences that are not your own. For decades, rape has been depicted in cinema through a third-person perspective, leaving the viewer to observe rape; not to experience it.
Mirrorball is full of passion and love for the medium of cinema and is indeed a fitting love letter to La La Land.
Disney movies have taken a bit of a downward turn recently. How come?
With The Father, writer-director Florian Zeller- who wrote and developed the play upon which the film is based- pulls no punches as he confidently makes every effort to put the audience in the mind of someone whose grip on reality has all but vanished. It’s a dazzling testament to Zeller’s abilities as a director as he makes his first transition from stage to film appear as if he’s been working behind a camera his entire career. The dialogue he fashions with co-writer Christopher Hampton, along with the work of production designers Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone, collectively makes the downward spiral of dementia startlingly tangible, doing so in a way that can be comprehended by everyone except the person it directly affects.
This sports drama movie is centered around an Asian American boy named Chang.