Queer Shorts

This program compiles all LGBTQ+ short films from this year’s festival! These films spotlight the Vancouver queer community with love, and include intimate biographical documentaries, experimental films and coming-of-age narratives.

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Touchscape
Canada
2024
Experimental
22
mins
Language: 
No Dialogue
Touchscape is an experimental short exploring the layered memories, fluid identities, and intimate gestures of Iranian diasporic life through Super 8 and digital imagery.
Shame
France
Lebanon
Spain
2024
Comedy
4
mins
Language: 
Arabic
during rehearsals the young actor begins to suspect that his role may not be a fictitious one.
Burcu's Angels
Canada
2025
Documentary
20
mins
Language: 
English, Turkish
For over 30 years, Burcu’s Angels was more than a store, it was a radical space of care. This film honours a Turkish queer elder and the vanishing spaces that held queer lives.
Baba I'm Fine
United States
2025
Comedy
13
mins
Language: 
English
A teen battles heartbreak while spending Friday out with her unknowing father.
Aleya
Egypt
Germany
2024
Documentary
10
mins
Language: 
Arabic
After her transition, a trans woman from Cairo rebuilds her life in Berlin while navigating family rejection, profound loss, and the psychological turbulence of becoming herself.
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19+
Jan 15
 - 
Jan 31, 2026
Streaming Online
19+
Thursday, January 22, 2026
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8:30 pm
Screening as part of the 
Queer Shorts
 
Bundle
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Bundle Runtime:
69
 Mins
VIFF Cinema
19+
Tickets
Sold Out
Waitlist at the door
Jan 15
 - 
Jan 31, 2026
Streaming Online
Stream on Eventive