Queer Voices: NYC Film Festival 2026

Shorts Block D - Queering the Heavens

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Heaven In Detroit: A Sanctuary of Sound
Amid grief and uncertainty, a young man enters Detroit’s legendary Club Heaven, where the legacy of house music and Black queer culture transforms a night on the dance floor into a journey of healing, belonging, and an homage to the safe havens that have long sustained a community.
Forward
Struggling with his mother’s recent death, a painter faces an impossible choice: accept a life-changing opportunity or hold onto the home he and she once shared.
To Move in My Mother's Prayers
A rebellious, non-binary teenager wrestles with their hardworking single mom over joining the Legacy League—an elite organization for high school girls.
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If only you knew
After losing someone dear to her, Fem finds the courage to confront her Jamaican father about his absences. A conversation that leads to an unspoken truth.
Through Glass
Feeling exploited and exhausted, Mariama turns to ritual as she is reminded that the best solutions might just be the ones she's overlooked.
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Pink Oz. (Ounces)
A young woman taunted by a Greek chorus of church ladies is forced to confront her hesitancy to intimacy when she develops feelings for a co-worker.
SCORED
A young Black gay composer lands the opportunity of a lifetime to score a short film about grief, only to find himself navigating an industry that prizes his sound but silences his voice. As Jacob immerses himself in the project, his music begins to echo his own unspoken pain, forcing him to confront the weight of loss, love, and the quiet compromises that come with being seen but not truly heard.
Enough
Sonia can’t stop scrolling through photos of her ex-girlfriend. But when a sleepless night bends reality, she’s forced to face what she’s really holding onto.
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Out of Shadows
Three queer immigrants living with HIV share their journeys of finding safety, identity, and community in Ireland. Set in Wicklow and Dublin, this short documentary explores resilience, stigma, and the power of visibility.
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Swann Queen
At a ball hosted by the world’s first drag queen, the category is: run or resist.
Last Day of Us
Returning to sell her old family home, a Korean Guatemalan immigrant confronts buried memories and lingering emotions, ultimately finding closure within its familiar walls.
River Mamma
Set in Jamaica, River Mamma follows Jacqueline, a trans mother torn from her son by her fundamentalist father and shaken by the violent death of her lover. As her world closes in, she must decide who she can be—and what she is willing to risk.
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Swann Queen is a short fiction film inspired by the real story of the world’s first drag queen, William Dorsey Swann. Swann hosted drag balls with their brother, Daniel, in late 1800s Washington, DC, which were routinely raided by police, and Swann and others were often arrested and jailed. In Swann Queen, Billy Swann and their brother Dan are getting ready to host their third masquerade ball. Billy hopes their neighbors don’t find out about tonight and call the authorities on what’s surely to be a lavish affair. When the cops eventually raid the ball, Billy must decide whether to run and hide, or resist and fight.

  • Runtime
    8:38
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    NY Premiere
  • Genre
    Drama, Gay, Comedy, Trans, Non-Binary, Thriller
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  • Director
    L cedeño miller
  • Screenwriter
    L cedeño miller, Pussy Noir, King Molasses
  • Producer
    L cedeño miller, Lee Levingston Perine, Pussy Noir, Miles C. Hill
  • Cast
    Pussy Noir, King Molasses, Blaq Dynamite, Dirty Sanchez, Hennessey, Phil the Dandy, Rico Pico
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