FESTIVALS

Notes, dispatches, reports, or whatever you'd like to call them—from festivals around the world.

A still from 'The Mud Under My Window' by Violette Delvoye.
Horny, Frustrated, Joyous: Best of Queer Shorts at Anima 2025
ANIMA 2025: We take a look at three highlights from this Brussels festival for animated films, which have all been critically acclaimed to date—for good reason.
little trouble girls urska djukic
The Act of Queerness: Notes on the 75th Berlinale
BERLINALE 2025: LGBTQIA+ films at the festival's 75th edition showed a refreshing tendency toward celebrating the experience of queerness rather than solely the identity within.
Still from Chheangkea's 'Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites'
No Shame, No Gain: Queer(ed) Shorts at Sundance 2025
SUNDANCE 2025: In this report, we highlight five interesting Sundance short films of different styles that we found memorable across the festival’s LGBTQIA+ offerings this year.