Adelaide Film Festival
Queer Shorts
2026

Queer Shorts

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Automagic

Automagic

On his return home, androgynous-looking Madhu attempts to seduce Ratnakar, his rickshaw driver, who is practicing celibacy in preparation for a religious pilgrimage.

Director

Ashok Vish

Country

India

Runtime

13 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Boyish

Boyish

Director

Scarlett Scherer

Country

Australia

Runtime

12 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Crabs in the Air

Crabs in the Air

After a devastating argument with his partner, Iván runs away in search of refuge and freedom. With no money or direction, he reconnects with an old love who has already rebuilt his life, reliving unresolved wounds and desires. That night, the past returns under the silent gaze of a crab...

Director

Esteban Guerrero Carranco

Country

Mexico

Runtime

18 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Emile is Missing

Emile is Missing

Director

Sam Carson

Félix Morreo Zisserman

Country

Australia

Runtime

16 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

Ladies Night

Ladies Night

During a girls' night clubbing with her best friend Fiona, Viv spots her ex, Remy. Determined to keep the night going, Fiona helps score Viv a hot new babe to move on (and shove it in Remy’s stupid face).

Director

Lucy Bubalo

Shayla Nguyen

Country

Australia

Runtime

4 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

The Eating of an Orange

The Eating of an Orange

In a large manor house identical figures eat the same, move the same, look the same. But everything will change for one woman when she gets given an orange by an unknown figure. She has never seen an orange.

Director

May Kindred-Boothby

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

8 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

The Fling

The Fling

A nice romantic dinner in a restaurant goes awry when it’s revealed one of them has a monstrous secret.

Director

Jemma Cotter

Country

Australia

Runtime

4 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Sugar

Sugar

Oscar, a young sex worker, spends the night with an older client who introduces him to GHB and promises care, until the night takes a dangerous turn.

Director

Simon Croker

Country

Australia

Runtime

13 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

Delay

Delay

A Chinese father hopes to accompany his children to his son’s wedding in Paris, but their trip becomes unpredictably delayed.

Director

Wang Han-Xuan

Country

China

Runtime

15 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

The Wind in Ash

The Wind in Ash

A tomboy returns to her hometown for a funeral, sparking a journey of self-discovery and a shift in her perception of her mother.

Director

Sun Kun

Country

China

Runtime

18 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

Baby Talk

Baby Talk

As her wedding to the father of her unborn child looms, Leo steals a precious day with best friend Amy to find a wedding dress on the final leg of a road trip home.

Director

Lizzie Cater

Country

Australia

Runtime

12 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

The Night Moses Died

The Night Moses Died

Weighed down by others' ideas of who they should be, nineteen-year-old Moses carries more responsibility than most while searching for space to become themselves. An unlikely kinship with retired showgirl Carmel opens the door to another life, where sequins and stories illuminate a nuanced coming-of-identity story celebrating selfhood and survival.

Director

Lilah Benetti

Country

Australia

Runtime

12 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

Stallion and a Crystal Ball

Stallion and a Crystal Ball

In the silent darkness of his room, a secluded teenager sick with a burning desire casts a spell. As surreal visions warm his reality, a bubble threatens to burst.

Director

Christian Avilés

Country

Spain

Runtime

18 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 18+

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The Square

The Square

An animated romance blooms under the watchful eye of the North Korean state. When his secret lover vanishes, a foreign diplomat’s quiet search becomes a poetic, political thriller, rendered in minimalist but impactful animation. The Square blends heartbreak and surveillance with unsettling elegance.
Drunken Noodles

Drunken Noodles

Art student Adnan has moved to New York City, where he is house-sitting in his uncle’s apartment and undertaking an internship at a local gallery. With food delivery and sex both readily available via app, Adnan enters an erotic world of late-night encounters, delivered with the lightness of a lazy summer afternoon sliding into evening.