No matter the age, things can always get sticky and wet.
This short film program includes the following films:
The Man in the Showers
Hakim Atoui, France (14 min)
11-year old Skander experiences a sexual awakening at the local pool.
Content Considerations: Nudity
Buddies
Fraser Wolfe, Canada (11 min)
Boundaries shift as two teen friends spend a ski weekend together.
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Francisca Alarcão, Portugal/Spain (14 min)
Alarcão attempts to overcome her inexplicable aversion to belly buttons.
Stallion and a Crystal Ball
Christian Avilés, Spain (20 min)
Consumed by longing for a mysterious sorcerer, a secluded teenager performs a spell to break free.
Going Nowhere Fast
Dylan Paffe, Canada/USA (15 min)
Three adults living with disabilities navigate the intricacies of a love triangle.
Dance of the Sun On the Water
Ming Wong, UK (23 min)
The queer story of St. Sebastian is made even queerer, as seven performers restage his life inside the National Gallery.
Already Happened
Hao Zhou, China/USA (18 min)
Zhou revisits previously abandoned footage to queer the boundaries between personal archive, fantasy, and exorcism.
Various
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2025 & 2026
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Indigenous & Community Access
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VIFF Short Forum
See more shorts in this series
Short Forum 1: The Scarier One
The return of scary: fear in all its chilling, suspenseful, and unsettling shades.
Short Forum 2: Anthropomaxx
Dogs, frogs, hogs, and more!
Short Forum 3: Workers of the World
The grind of the working class in a system that betrays its promises.
Short Forum 4: Immanence: A Life
You don’t have to look far; life is beautiful!
Short Forum 5: Somewhere Else
If space and time are pure perception, let’s build them differently.
Short Forum 6: Archive Lives!
Before anything becomes archival, it’s lived.
Short Forum 7: War at Home
Truly, no one is safe until everyone is safe.
Short Forum 8: Sticky & Wet
No matter the age, things can always get sticky and wet.
Short Forum 9: Big Time Sensuality
Explorations of desire and intimacy serve both pain and pleasure.
Short Forum 10: Are the Kids Alright?
The future kinda depends on it.