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SEARCHShorts: Rainbows in a Desert
Sept 13, 2026
1:30 PM
Location
International Village
Watch Online In BC
Sept 20, 12 AM - Sept 27, 11:59 PM
115 min
BIPOC perspectives that first provoke, then seduce, the narratives of queer belonging. Explore themes of loneliness, migration, caste, and closeted desires with unflinching honesty. Meet characters who confidently spark mischief and embrace defiance. Despite pressures to assimilate, they enter spaces of public conformity looking for spontaneous bubbles of defiance, compassion, and community.
Woodpecker
Tanju Ozdemir
United States
2026
15 min
Kurdish, Turkish
Follows Cihan, a gay and Kurdish asylum seeker in the US, as he goes through a series of intense encounters on the same day as his immigration case hearing.
Same Time Next Year?
Anushay Sheikh
Canada
2025
8 min
Arabic, English, Urdu
Brampton-based Safa’s annual family trip to the Jummah turns into an awkward confrontation with her ex-girlfriend Maha.
Content notes: Swearing and strong language
SHOWTIME (像这样的时刻)
Lam Can-zhao
China, Malaysia, Switzerland
2026
15 min
Min Nan Chinese, Cantonese
Tia, a lonely teen who lives in a rural Chinese mining town, seeks refuge in her online persona as Michael Jackson’s doppelgänger.
What do you seek in the dark? (หาอะไร?)
Tossaphon Riantong
Thailand
2026
20 min
Thai
An erotic thriller that captures the dying charm of Thailand’s stand-alone cinemas which also serve as cruising sites for closeted gay men.
Content notes: Nudity, Sexually explicit content, Swearing and strong language
Upon Starvation (Upaasmaar)
Saurav Mahind
India
2026
16 min
Marathi
A jaded petty thief in Pune, India, unexpectedly stumbles into profound intimacy with a college student, awakening a new hunger that rips open an unspeakable social chasm.
Content notes: Smoking, drinking, and substance use
Out of Shadows
Pradeep Mahadeshwar
Ireland
2025
15 min
Spanish, English, Hindi
A short documentary with striking visuals of nature and folk imagery, performance art, and oral storytelling by three men living with HIV who, upon immigrating to Ireland, received free access to life-saving treatment.
