Queer Voices: NYC Film Festival 2026

Shorts Block A - Queering the Genres

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Ornithomancy
An anxious man, who relies on omens from watching birds to guide his biggest life decisions, spirals as the omens grow erratic and unreliable on the day of an important job interview.
Las Cosas Que Brillan
A curious trans mermaid defies her mother’s warnings to venture up to the surface, only to discover the world above is not what she dreamt.
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Dry January
When Maya gives up drinking and takes up sculpting, her crab sculptures terrorize her former drinking buddy, her brother Toby.
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HAUNTED
When a traumatic memory resurfaces, a young queer Black person is hunted by a sinister spectral entity that forces them to unravel their buried past before it shatters their sanity.
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Pack
A young werewolf tries to befriend a group of werewolf hunters while keeping their identity hidden.
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Everything You Want
After finding themselves locked out of their house, three queer Brazilian lovers spend a day and night navigating the streets of Brussels.
Cockroach
A surreal and emotionally charged story of a late-night hookup turned existential odyssey, Cockroach follows a Black trans man and an older gay white man as they navigate an unexpected interruption.
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Are You Even Gay
A lonely gay black man summons his soulmate through a DIY seance, only to manifest a straight white man from the 1970s –forcing both to confront the ache of love, memory, and the fluidity of identity across time.
Jamaal: Love Coded (Episode 2)
A Sci-Fi anthology series about the intersection of futuristic AI humanoids and queer dating.
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They can try to fit us into a box, but we have never been defined by just one thing. From comedy to horror, mermaids to werewolves, to a magical love story across the world, these films break the rules and are Queering worlds entirely of their own.

“Magic is people, illusionism is what traps them.” After finding themselves locked out of their house, three queer Brazilian lovers spend a day and night navigating the streets of Brussels. We follow their journey and the people they encounter along the way. The film offers a heartfelt portrayal of their search for belonging in a foreign land.

  • Runtime
    20:00
  • Language
    Portuguese, French, Spanish
  • Country
    Belgium, Brazil
  • Premiere
    NY Premiere
  • Genre
    Drama, Comedy, Gay, Bisexual
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  • Director
    Mariana Machado
  • Screenwriter
    Mariana Machado
  • Producer
    Nikolaos Akritidis
  • Cast
    Louís Dellis, Sol Guerreiro, Mariana Queiroz, Gláucia Vandeveld, Francis Adam, Claude Musungayi, Desirée Cerocién, Paulo Lustosa (Sugar Love)
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