Told from the perspective of queer parents and children, these short films cast an attentive gaze on the complexity of family dynamics. Alternative possibilities for kinship blossom in decaying cinemas and darkened forests, where love and obligation are tangled up in knots of ambivalence. From childhood to parenthood, dealing with family doesn’t seem to get any easier, but unexpected moments of connection can illuminate the way.
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A gay father tries to attend his straight son’s wedding.
dir. Hanxuan Wang | China, USA | 2025 | 15min
Papa’s Coding Day
A boy saves up money to buy his Papa a day off.
dir. Michael Pogoy | Philippines | 2025 | 18min
Toad Song
Seeking to find his tadpoles a new home, a boy stumbles upon a family secret.
dir. Qin Qin | USA | 2025 | 15min
What’s softest in the world rushes and runs over what’s hardest in the world.
Queerness, nature, and Daoism intersect in this hybrid documentary about parenthood in Singapore.
dir. Charmaine Poh | Singapore | 2024 | 15min
Honey, My Love, So Sweet
A boy learns about love through cinema.
dir. JT Trinidad | Philippines | 2025 | 20min
Content Note: contains depictions of sex
As part of Queer East 2026, a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image work from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities.
