Baggage (2026): Surrealistic Visual Language and Confront the Past
Baggage’s experimental mixed formats visualized a woman’s brave inner journey of visiting the museum of her fragmented memories.

Estela and Pilar become friends when they enter an acting school. They live together and dedicate themselves to their learning process under the premise: "Acting in life is called play." Estela does not pay much attention to Pilar's envy towards her classmate Dora. But when the school principal assigns Dora the lead role in a play, Estela joins her friend's cause.
Baggage’s experimental mixed formats visualized a woman’s brave inner journey of visiting the museum of her fragmented memories.
A quiet film that does not demand your tears but earns them. It explores love that lingers, timing that fails, and the silence between what was and what could have been.
Udo Kier takes center spotlight in 'Swan Song' as Pat Pitsenbarger, a gay beautician who comes out of retirement for one last job and rediscovers himself along the way.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.