Shorts: Through Our Kaleidoscope

Sept 13, 2025
8:30 PM
Location
International Village
Partially Online in BC
Sept 22, 12 AM - Sept 28, 11:59 PM

120 min
Co-presented with
Vancouver Latin American Film FestivalCommunity Partners
Gina'sAbsurd, diverse, abstract, and profound—Through Our Kaleidoscope celebrates a bold new wave of queer Latin American cinema. Featuring different genres, visual styles, and themes, these films each break new ground in queer storytelling.
Please note: Only some films in this program will be available to watch online. See below for details. Learn more.
Luz Diabla
Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza
Canada, Argentina
2025
11 min
Spanish
In the Argentine Pampas, a young raver is entangled in a strange car accident on the way to a party he can’t seem to escape



Cataratas
Francisco Bendomir
Argentina
2025
5 min
Spanish
It’s New Year’s Eve and Catalina is waiting for her girlfriend to pick her up when fireworks change the course of their encounter.



Iloveyou Iloveyou Iloveyou (…) (Euteamo Euteamo Euteamo (…))
Boy Princess
Brazil
2025
3 min
Portuguese, English
In this mock-film trailer, a trans nonbinary couple decide to get married, defying societal norms in an upside down world.



Querida
Santiago Sierra Soler
Mexico
2024
5 min
Spanish
The cards show the past, present and future. In Querida, it all comes down to bravery for a young man in search of his sexual identity.



Exempt
Otto Morales
Cuba
2024
15 min
Spanish
An intimate experimental meditation on gay cruising in Havana, Cuba.



¡salsa!
Antonina Kerguelén Román
Colombia
2024
14 min
Spanish
A woman seeking freedom from her life meets a deaf tourist at a seaside bar. Through music and movement, they find common ground.



La Cerrillana
Andrea Urquiola
Argentina
2025
13 min
Spanish
When a young trans man visits her kiosk on the side of the road, a mother learns to understand and unconditionally love her trans teenage child.



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Mila Aquilia
Argentina
2025
18 min
Spanish
Summer of 2005 in Mar del Plata. 14-year-old Pilar and her family spend their afternoons at a spa, where she meets Camila and first love blossoms in secret.


