Galimatazos – Jabberwockies
Chile, 16:51 min, director: Oscar Marín
Fiodor, 20, a young gay man, agrees to hookup through a dating app with Simón (22). When they begin to get intimate, his discomfort overwhelms him, and he starts expelling letters from his body. Together with Simón, they'll try to arrange them and make sense of them.
Las cenizas de mi madre – My mother’s ashes
México, 14:56 min, director: Ximena Chiunti
After their mother’s death, two siblings return to the place where they grew up to take care of an abandoned house. Amid memories and tension, they confront their differences: one wants to sell and leave, the other to stay. By letting go of the past, they find a way to reconcile.
No mientas – Don’t Lie
Venezuela, 12:30 min, director: Anwar Hasmy, Leonardo Gutiérrez
An unexpected visit threatens to reveal a well-kept secret. While his partner is away, a not-out gay man hurriedly erases every trace of their shared life before a relative’s arrival. But a single misstep could shatter the fragile facade he has built.
Memorias Sinvergüenzas – Shameless Memories
Uruguay, 8:35 min, director: Rocío Llambi Scirgalea
A photograph titled “I am a lesbian from this country” and in the center of the image a person with their face covered. A first-person search through fragments of archives, geographies, eras, and stories unfolds to find the protagonist of that photograph.
Nunca fuimos un desierto – We Were Not Desert
Argentina, 13:00 min, director: Agustina Comedi, Chiachio & Giannone
This short film was born from an installation by Argentine textile artists Chiachio & Giannone. In it, a group of dancers, wearing dresses crafted and sublimated by the artists, challenge the choreography of the "Pericón," the national folk dance, to question the portrayal of a homeland projected as white, binary, and civilized.
Ponto e Vírgula – Linger
Brazil, 17:33 min, director: Thiago Kistenmacker
João and Vitor used to be paramours but haven’t spoken to each other for 30 years. At 70, they reunite and reconcile past, present, and a possible future after the passing of Vitor's wife, at a moment when so much of their lives seem to have reached an end.
