From basketball courts to coastal villages, these six films explore queer joy, resilience, and unexpected tenderness. Through stories of love, survival, and reunion, they capture the quiet revolutions of becoming — even in the face of violence, loss, and distance.

Programme includes:

We Clap for Airballs
Dir. Sai Selvarajan, 12 mins, United States, Documentary, 2023
We Clap For Airballs is a layered short documentary where the basketball court becomes a healing ground for queer and trans BIPOC joy, visibility, and community.

Presented in partnership with our friends at Shamrock Sióga.

Mermaid
Dir. Estevan de la Fuente, 14.57 mins, Brazil, Drama
On Brazil’s south coast, as climate change ravages a small fishing village, young Lúcio, a boy who dreams of mermaids, faces his father’s violence — until a secret gift from his mother transforms his birthday.

If
Dir. Tathagata Ghosh, 25:41 mins, India, Drama, 2023
An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible.

Taps
Dir. Louis O. Utieyin, 6:51 mins, UK, Comedy/Drama, 2025
When Max accidentally summons a demon on Grindr, he must do whatever it takes to survive.

The Bus Driver
Dir. Ku Ki, 22:00 mins, Myanmar, Documentary, 2024
In Myanmar, a queer bus conductor and their wife endure hardship and power cuts, yet find unexpected acceptance under a repressive regime.

Mountain Lingers
Dir. Hyeryeong Song, 10:30 mins, Republic of Korea, Drama, 2022
Two decades after their romance ended, former colleagues Myeong-jin — now a shaman — and In-ho — now a family man — reunite when In-ho seeks spiritual guidance for his daughter’s future.

Screening as part of Queer Spectrum Film Festival