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.

A series of mishaps threaten a recently divorced mom's attempts to make her two kids' first Christmas "without dad" perfect.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
The fun tricks used in the production design and lighting read extremely well on-screen but hardly fulfill their purpose of trying to inject glamour into a lack-luster story with nothing to say.
Not every silence is empty. Some are filled with things too heavy for words.
The film reminds us to remember the people who had the courage and dignity that had made the world better, even when the memory was absent.
'Alice' is a genre trifecta: one part revenge drama, one part historical account, one part throwback to Blaxploitation—kinda 'Django' meets 'Roots' meets 'Foxy Brown.'
A complex, realistic, and loving mother-daughter relationship is at the heart of this story about Black pageants and the fight for a better future.