QUEER FLUID BODIES SHORTS

A gaze that lingers. A body that slips out of frame. A gesture that means something else. In Queer Fluid Bodies, the screen becomes a space where bodies are seen — not as fixed shapes, but as shifting forms, read and rendered through a queer lens. Some films explore nonbinary identity directly; others inscribe queerness into genre, into silence, into looks that linger too long or not long enough. Certain works hold the body close — skin, scars, movement — yet refuse to pin it down. What emerges isn’t a singular narrative, but a constellation of subtext, tension, tenderness. These films don’t seek clarity. They slip between codes, spill out of categories, and insist on a cinema that holds space for ambiguity, softness, and resistance — all at once.
A gaze that lingers. A body that
slips out of frame. A gesture that means something else. In Queer Fluid Bodies, the screen becomes a space where bodies are
seen — not as fixed shapes, but as shifting forms, read and rendered through a queer lens. Some films explore nonbinary identity
directly; others inscribe queerness into genre, into silence, into looks that linger too long or not long enough. Certain
works hold the body close — skin, scars, movement — yet refuse to pin it down. What emerges isn’t a singular narrative, but
a constellation of subtext, tension, tenderness. These films don’t seek clarity. They slip between codes, spill out of categories,
and insist on a cinema that holds space for ambiguity, softness, and resistance — all at once.
Save my soul, Kam Fai LEUNG, Hong Kong 2023, Yue Chinese (Cantonese) OV with EN subs, 14 min
If I Were You... (I Actually Am), Silvia Marcantoni Taddei, Italy 2024, English OV with EN subs, 6 min
KASIOPAIA.15, Felix Siegl, Austria 2023, no dialogue with English subs, 10 min
the occurrence of colours by night, Sophie Lenglachner, Austria & Germany 2022, No Dialogue, 5 min
Bodies, Clouds, Tino None, 2024, English OV with EN subs, 1 min
Underwater, Yuxin Wang, China 2025, Chinese OV with EN subs, 16 min
Nature Calling: Mountains, littlefishtino, China 2024, English OV with EN subs, 1 min
Private Flowers, HAUI, Canada 2023, English OV, 7 min
Berry Wilde, Mika Aloisia Sattler, Austria 2024, German OV with EN subs, 24 min
Ticket: 9 EURO
*not included in nonstop Kinoabo
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Save my soul, Kam Fai LEUNG, Hong Kong 2023, Yue Chinese (Cantonese) OV with EN subs, 14 min
If I Were You... (I Actually Am), Silvia Marcantoni Taddei, Italy 2024, English OV with EN subs, 6 min
KASIOPAIA.15, Felix Siegl, Austria 2023, no dialogue with English subs, 10 min
the occurrence of colours by night, Sophie Lenglachner, Austria & Germany 2022, No Dialogue, 5 min
Bodies, Clouds, Tino None, 2024, English OV with EN subs, 1 min
Underwater, Yuxin Wang, China 2025, Chinese OV with EN subs, 16 min
Nature Calling: Mountains, littlefishtino, China 2024, English OV with EN subs, 1 min
Private Flowers, HAUI, Canada 2023, English OV, 7 min
Berry Wilde, Mika Aloisia Sattler, Austria 2024, German OV with EN subs, 24 min
Ticket: 9 EURO
*not included in nonstop Kinoabo
buy tickets here