QUEER SHORTS WATCH / MAR-APR 2026

QUEER SHORTS WATCH @GlobalQueerCinema

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showcase amplifying the visibility of genre- and geography-diverse queer cinema.  We spotlight 5 films/ filmmakers each season.

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28 MARCH - 25 APRIL, 2026

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NEXT QUEER SHORTS WATCH | APRIL 4-5

FEATURED FILMMAKER: 

RAE WILTSHIRE & NICKOSE LAYNE

RAE WILTSHIRE

Rae Wiltshire is a Guyanese filmmaker, storyteller and Guyana Literature Prize winner playwright whose work explores existentialism, sexuality, gender, and social realism. His 2022 short film Eating Papaw on the Seashore premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and is the first Guyanese film to cover same-sex attraction between two men in a country that criminalizes homosexuality.

NICKOSE LAYNE

Nickose Layne is a Guyanese actor and film marker, radio broadcaster and the founder of Centre Stage Production. He is the recipient of multiple National Drama Festival Awards in Guyana and has performed and directed theatrical productions in Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Haiti. 

NEXT QUEER SHORTS WATCH | APRIL 4-5

FEATURED FILM: 

EATING PAPAW ON THE SEASHORE (2022) 

dir Rae Wiltshire, Nickose Layne | Guyana 

A poetic coming-of-age short about two queer boys who are discovering their feelings and attraction to each other and trying to make sense of what that means in their family, community and their home country, Guyana. Papaws (papayas) become the symbol of their affection as they savor the forbidden fruit of their love and navigate their feelings in a homophobic environment. 

Available exclusively for 36 HOURS ONLY

on April 4-5 by courtesy of the filmmakers. 

QUEER SHORTS WATCH | MARCH 28-29

FEATURED FILM: 

QUEEN SIZE (2023) 

dir. Avril Besson | France 

César Award-nominated short about immigrant realities and life-changing chance encounters. Marina (Raya Martigny) is selling off her things, including a queen size mattress, as she is moving back to Réunion Island. Charlie (India Hair) just lost her grandmother and needs a new mattress. On a sunny Paris morning, a queen size mattress finds a new owner and much more. An absolute must see. 

This short was available to watch free with  Queer Shorts Watch on March 28-29, 2026  by courtesy of the filmmaker Avril Besson and Manifest Pictures.  

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QUEER SHORTS WATCH

FEATURED FILMMAKER: 

 AVRIL BESSON

Avril Besson is a French filmmaker, writer and editor with a background both in narrative and documentary film. Her César Award-nominated short Queen Size (2023) starring the magnificent duo India Hair and Raya Martigny, was developed into a feature film, Les Matins Merveilleux (2025), to be released in 2026. 

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