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.

Jenny is leaving on a trip to see her gay boyfriend Johnny, but Johnnies boyfriend Alex is very upset after being blown off by Johnny for his girlfriend so Alex grabs a knife and makes plans to get even. Meanwhile Jenny's Daddy has a thing for his daughter and keeps fondling her causing Jenny to get very upset as well. Meanwhile Jenny's boyfriend Aaron crashes the party and wants to go along but hates Johnnie with a passion and threatens to kill him and meanwhile there is a knife wielding monster that wants to kill everyone for no apparent reason. See it to believe it!
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
Overall, Altered Carbon: Resleeved is pretty “meh.” It’s cool and all that it takes a different approach from the TV show to make it animated rather than live action, but it doesn’t help that the animation looks like something from a video game.
'Airplane Mode' is a young adult movie that is about a woman who learns to step away from her smartphone, and from social media.
KIMI is the main character of this film and as much as I wish it was Angela Childs played by Zoe Kravitz, it isn't. KIMI is a smart device that works not unlike Amazon's Alexa and Google's Nest assisting in anything from home purchases to music playing all under the guise of only activating when in use.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.
Films and TV series often tend to misrepresent or not acknowledge bisexual characters, but recent trends show that bi-erasure is now under deserved scrutiny. So, I’m genuinely happy about the direction bi-representation seems to be taking.