Lesbian Stories (Shorts)

Come Die With Us!
A young queer person visits the collective grave of twelve older lesbians in Berlin, which becomes a starting point for reflections on death, community and queer visibility. This unexpected intergenerational encounter opens up a space to talk about how to coexist – and how to pass away together.

directed Anis Anaïs Looalian, Dario Campo, Jimena Puente Arasti, Zélie Dartus-Parraud, cast: Anita Meier, Christiane Erlemann, Dagmar Schultz, Suzette Robichon, Traude Bührmann, Ursula Bierther, Ursula Häusler, music: Yeve, cinematography: Allan Laurent, Dario Campo, Jimena Puente Arasti, Loup Deflandre, Marlene Hempel, Zélie Dartus-Parraud, production: Germany 2024, running time: 26 minutes, category: documentary, English/Polish subtitles

Don’t Go (No te vayas)
Destiny sometimes knocks at the door and sometimes drops in without invitation. Maika believes that it is never too late to give fate a second chance. But can a heart that once fell apart put itself back together?

directed & written: Miguel Muñoz Gascón, cast: Almudena Ardit, Cristina Bertol, music: Víctor Lobo, cinematography: Ian Nieto, production: Spain 2024, running time: 8 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

Gillyfish
When Gillian pretends to be her girlfriend to confront her father, she unexpectedly discovers a new bond in this unusual encounter. This is a short but intense story about healing through replacement and finding yourself in someone else’s identity.

directed & written: Sarah Sellman, cast: Aoife Commons, Cat Coyle, Sean Donegan, Sarah Fahy, music: Lillie Rebecca Mcdonough, cinematography: Alba Fernandez, production: Ireland 2024, running time: 11 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

Lesbian Jesus Is Pregnant with Vibes
Crazy 19-year-old TikToker Liza Rose is suddenly elevated to a pedestal as ‘Lesbian Jesus’ and embarks on a tour with her eccentric mother-manager and a girlfriend selling merch with the slogan ‘Eat Crotch!’. When it turns out that the producer who discovered her is her abuser and she can’t talk about it publicly, the fight for the truth takes a dramatic turn. It all plays out in the seven minutes before their bus leaves.

directed & written: Reid Pope, cast: Emily Wirth, Jill Pangallo, Alex Song-Xia, Jordan Carlos, cinematography: Remington Long, production: United States 2024, running time: 12 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

Midna
Bowling, passion and… a voice message that ruins everything. Midna gets a stab right in the heart when Dani breaks up with her. She is quite a mess until she meets Valeria, a barmaid who has an alternative ending to the story. Will Midna choose revenge or healing?

directed & written: Denisse Laub, Francisco Castro Pizzo, cast: Denisse Laub, Denisse Van Der Ploeg, Neven-K, music: Tomás Krittian, cinematography: Mariam Bakir, production: Argentina 2024, running time: 13 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

Playground
A relationship without a definition? Sounds great… until someone makes them define themselves. Grace and Jas love their unforced relationship, but one uncomfortable event among friends forces them to finally make things clear. It’s time to play open cards – and decide if this ‘thing’ has a future.

directed & written: Tayla Halfacre, cast: Amelia Clarkson, Ebony Aboagye, James Craven, Freddie Palmer, cinematography: Rosie Taylor, production: United Kingdom 2024, running time: 11 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

The Conversation (Rozmowa)
Some conversations are more important than words. Two girls, one meeting over coffee and a game that can be more than fun. They start a sentence with ‘I’d rather…’, but it’s the smiles, glances and unspoken gestures that really tell their story.  

directed & written: Karolina Tomanik, cast: Karolina Tomanik, Zuzanna Zawitkowska, music: Natasza Ptak, cinematography: Adam Załuska, production: Poland 2025, running time: 4 minutes, category: feature film, English subtitles

Safety State
In a dystopian future where women’s and queer rights are being revoked, a gay and a lesbian couple join forces to escape the repressive Midwest to New England. This is a story of survival, solidarity and seeking asylum in a world that closes more and more doors to freedom.

directed: Jeanette L. Buck, written: Rani Deighe Crowe, Jeanette L. Buck, cast: Caitlin Lopez, Jane Reagan, Alan Tyson, Stephen Woosley, EJ Williams, Joe Balding, Philip Mathews, Colleen Carow, music: Elizabeth Ziff, cinematography: Wenting Fisher, production: United States 2024, running time: 16 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

Shrapnel
Five years, one disaster and an uncomfortable reunion at a funeral. Layla and Jamie haven’t spoken since the day their relationship exploded – literally. Now, trapped in the same room, they must confront their past. Will they emerge as friends, enemies or perhaps lovers again?

directed & written: Holly Barbour, cast: Meghan Tyler, Joanne Thomson, Alan McHugh, music: Sarah Playford, cinematography: Laura Dinnett, production: United Kingdom 2024, running time: 15 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

Talcahuano
A family home, soaked in the past, becomes an arena for ssemotional struggles following the death of the mother. María Luz, Noelia and Gonzalo balance between memories, material inheritance and family conflicts, confronting their old prejudices and trying to place value on what is difficult to measure.

directed: Ramiro Velasco, Mercedes Grassi, written: Ramiro Velasco, cast: Verónica Mayorga, Ayelen Tenenbaum, Sofía Lanaro, Matías Dinardo, music: Manuel Caizza, Martín Morita, cinematography: María Milagros Chaín, production: Argentina 2022, running time: 14 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles