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.

Attempting to piece together the memories of his recent breakup with Sasha —a quietly perceptive, under-confident fellow writer—Nikhil revisits their most tumultuous, mundane, and tender moments to understand what went wrong... and to soothe his unsettling descent into existential delirium.
Of the 28 total films I watched, just six of them were queer or featured queer characters in some way.
A film that focuses on an algorithm for a dating app that will bring viewers in for a surprise.
This holiday movie serves as the prequel to the TV series The Really Loud House.
The way Jeannette has to deal with child neglect makes her insecure about her parents and how she was brought up and raised in the United States. This continues into adulthood, where Jeannette becomes a successful journalist and is frequently asked about her parents by others.
I think that the happiness and survival of "Wynonna Earp"’s LGBTQ+ characters is incredibly refreshing in contrast to the prevalence of queer suffering and death in other television.
The film does not add anything to its own conversation or genre, and falls flat once it’s about to end and must declare some sort of conclusion.