LGBTQIA+ Short Film Showcase

GASP! are so proud to bring back this popular yearly showcase that highlights some of the greatest new filmmakers within the LGBTQIA+ community. Starting with a biting satire with a bimbo cannibal as our main character, and ending with a romantic sci-fi epic, and featuring vampires, zombies, body horror and animation (to name a few!) along the way, this showcase once again delves into the weird, the wonderful and in your face camp value, as it boasts a mix of films that delve into the experiences of being a queer person as well as films that manage to show off some very impressive and exciting filmmaking by a wide range of queer people.

Ashley Bones: The Bimbo Cannibal

Directed by Lee Dubin, Written by Julia Rome and Bradley Ralph – Starring Julia Rome, Will Smart, Timanii Meeks, Austin O'Reilly – USA, 2026, 15 minutes

Ashley Justine Bones is just your regular, pink-loving, bimbo-core girly girl, with a questionable hunger for men.

The Reflection

International Premiere

Written and Directed by Philip Brocklehurst – Starring Philip Brocklehurst – UK, 2026, 2 minutes

A young man looks into his mirror and sees more than just his reflection.

Mirror, Mirror

European Premiere

Written and Directed by David E. Teixeira – Starring Catarina Carvalho – Portugal, 2026, 5 minutes

Content Warning: Flashing images and body horror

Reality doesn't always live in the mirror.

Just Me and the Graves

International Premiere

Written and Directed by Ellison Winterstein – Starring Jason Dernay, Bill Vincent, Ashley Patti – USA, 2025, 12 minutes

Content Warning: Child death references

The last man left after a vampire apocalypse contemplates life after the end.

Kiss Me Thru the Phone

Written and Directed by Scarlett J. Stribley – Starring Laëticia Sevin, Lilia Josh – UK, 2025, 7 minutes

Content Warning: Flashing images

A lonely woman finds love in an unlikely place: a phone box haunted by a decades-old caller.

Undying Love

Northern UK Premiere

Written and Directed by Anca Vaida – Starring Carmine Tiberi, Susan Hoffman – UK, 2025, 1 minute

Content Warning: Animal in danger

Adam is about to meet Eve, his Tinder date. But while Eve might not be the "lively" girl he thought she was, can love truly conquer all?

Alice, My Alice

Northern UK Premiere

Written and Directed by Léo Bernard – Starring Melissa Collace, Tommy Chevret, Fanny Schoeffter – France, 2026, 20 minutes

Content Warning: Suicide references and body horror

Alice and Vincent seemingly have nothing in common. She's outgoing, radiant and adventurous, while he's morose, grumpy and withdrawn. From their strange encounter spawns a passionate, intense, almost visceral chemistry... A few years later, Alice ends their romance. Unable to come to terms with the end of the relationship, Vincent gradually begins to transform...

Pas de Deux!

Written and Directed by Nathan Koranda – UK, USA, 2025, 4 minutes

Content Warning: Body Horror

The chaos of a flashback is transformed into a visceral performance as two bodies struggle for control in this grotesque dance for two.

In the Valley

Exclusive Manchester Screening

Written and Directed by Adam Van Dyke – Starring Jorgie Goico, Arden Lassalle, Jack Lerner, Aiden Zhane – USA, 2025, 27 minutes