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.
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Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?
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Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Jean-Michel Ribes, Guy de Maupassant, Walerian Borowczyk, Rio Kishida, Shūji Terayama
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Runtime:103 minutes
Studio:Les Films du Jeudi, FFF-French Movies, Toei Central Film
Cast
Just Jaeckin, Walerian Borowczyk, Shūji Terayama
Director
Roland Blanche
(segment "L'île aux sirènes")
Marie-Catherine Conti
(segment "L'armoire")
Marpessa Dawn
a siren
Laura Gemser
(segment "L'île aux sirènes")
Jūzō Itami
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Hiromi Kawai
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Yves-Marie Maurin
the customer (segment "L'armoire")
Hiroshi Mikami
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Keiko Niitaka
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
Takeshi Wakamatsu
(segment "Kusa-Meikyu")
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