2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy Tonight, Hazel, director of L’Étape—a failing, self-managed queer space—just found out that her new girlfriend, Claire, is living a double life: she’s engaged to a man. Unfortunately for Hazel, tonight is also the night the police have chosen to evict L’Étape’s residents. The building shakes, the door …
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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy A young woman who is in desperate search for her husband soon realizes that the surroundings are not as what they might seem for first and the boulevard she is on just keeps getting more and more strange. Director(s): Benedek Koszorus Writer(s): Benedek Koszorus Producer(s): Benedek Koszorus …
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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Short Film – Comedy Adapted from Stephanie Trudeau’s docu-cabaret performance of the iconic lesbian Mexican singer Chavela Vargas’ life and music. Told in a hybrid genre–using performances, animation, and scripted narrative–this blend of approaches is a perfect combination to bring this unique tale to vivid life. Director(s): Joyce Callo Writer(s): Joyce …
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2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Music Video A joyful upbeat music video for the folk/pop song Beautiful Day, by award-winning singer-songwriter Stephanie Bettman. Director(s): Miguel Hernandez Writer(s): Stephanie Bettman …
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2025 Official Selection: Short Film – Sci-Fi Talia’s depression keeps her locked in her apartment until she receives a HeLP-O, a paper butler robot that unfolds, cooks, and cleans, but can HeLP-O give Talia the help she really needs? Director(s): Kevin O’Brien Writer(s): James Kislingbury Producer(s): Connor O’Brien, Kevin O’Brien Key Cast: Quinn Francis, Kevin …
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