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.

Haru is shy and silent, alone and insecure. She doesn't particularly like people by and large. However, one evening at the level crossing she meets a young man who puts a camera in her hand. Will this moment change your life?
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
Guillermo del Toro highlights a touch of innocence in the Gothic classic. The journey of Victor Frankenstein defying death gained inspiration from the Eastern energy system that is named ‘Qi’ and the lymphatic system being studied by Muslim scholars.
'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.
This reboot of The Wonder Years is told from the lens of a Black man.
The film is trying to revive DC's former glory, it really is, it just doesn't have everything it needs to get there. Luckily, Black Adam isn't as bad as many internet haters want you to think it is.
Remakes. Reboots. Reinventions. Redundancy. It's the common practice in Hollywood of late, sometimes offering us victorious reimagining of what can be considered cinematic classics while also, more often, falling flat on their UN-imaginative faces in utter defeat and lackluster results. Admittedly, with this in mind, I went into the newest incarnation of "The War of the Roses" with typical trepidation and cautious optimism.