Short films selection
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This LGTBIQ+ short film selection showcases a powerful mosaic of identity, resilience, and desire, traversing from the intimate corners of neighborhood shops to the vibrant, precarious nights of Lisbon. Through stories of shared grief, youth transitions, and the search for safe havens, these films explore the human need to be seen and the courage it takes to inhabit one’s own truth. It is a cinematic journey through the vulnerable and ironic spaces where we fight to belong.
Following the screening, a panel discussion will take place featuring Alex Simões and João Ferreira, the Artistic Director of the International Queer Film Festival, Queer Lisboa 29.
Spanish selection
Lencería Milagros, Jana Moreno (2025)
The story revolves around the closure of a neighbourhood shop and the catharsis that reveals the identity and vulnerability of the women who find themselves within it.
Tienes sitio, Estefanía Serano (2025)
“Tienes sitio?” offers an intimate and honest look at desire between young men in a context of precariousness. Through a sexual encounter in a car, the film explores the awkwardness of intimacy, the fear of not belonging, and the human need to feel seen. A portrait full of irony and vulnerability about the difficulty of finding a space — both physical and symbolic — in which to inhabit intimacy.
Las Pardas, Sojo Simone (2024)
A group of transvestite friends sneak into the public pool every night to cope with the summer heat. The darkness embraces them and the vegetation protects them from the gaze of the world. But tonight is different. The conversations no longer satisfy them, and danger lurks from the bushes to the bottom of the pool; almost without realising it, the light and the other bathers take them by surprise.
¿Dónde estás?, Moreno Novoa (2025)
During the last week of summer, Nahia and Laura, both 25, travel by van along the roads of northern Navarre. They are on the verge of fulfilling their teenage dreams, even if that may lead them down different paths.
Portuguese selection
Tapete Voador, Justin Amorim (2025)
Based on one of the many real stories from the largest case of institutionalised paedophilia in Portugal, Tapete Voador follows Ricardo, a teenager searching for an escape from the overwhelming reality that suffocates him and those around him, preventing him from taking flight.
Quem Se Move, Stephanie Ricci (2025)
Over the course of one night, René navigates through her vibrant yet solitudinous life as a Brazillian immigrant in Lisbon. In every encounter, she faces a revolving dilemma about her future—to remain illegal in a city that feels increasingly unfamiliar, or to return to a home she once escaped. As the night unfolds, the external conflicts and her internal turmoils intertwine, revealing the complex emotions of belonging, displacement, and the pull between two worlds.
O Cemitério de Insetos, Alex Simões (2025)
Where were you when you first became aware of the irreversibility of death? Drawing from grief, Alex revisits the atmosphere of his childhood in a car repair workshop, transforming memory into a space of performance for overcoming loss.
Rezbotanik, Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro (2025)
After heavy nights partying with drugs and sex, Rezmorah goes to the Botanical Garden of Lisbon to get sober again. More than a park, the place is a living museum: and is amidst its tropical and exotic flora that Rez talk about their relationship with the night, with that space, and with gender, wondering what plants may have to teach us about ways of seeing and thinking queer life.