Queer & Feminist Shorts

On oranges, birds, and the urge to smash the patriarchy real quick.

In A bird hit my Window and now I am a Lesbian a somber bird funeral becomes the ultimate coming-out moment. While we’re still bickering over pronouns, the animals in Dans la Nature have long since moved on and are laughing at how uptight we are. Along those lines, Lady Attila reminds us that dreams should happen in real life, not while we’re sleeping. But getting there isn’t always that glamorous: In Pissing on the Patriarchy, a frantic hunt for a bathroom becomes a full-on political throwdown. And it’s always about community too: A Study of Empathy poses the uncomfortable question of whether you can actually ask for empathy, or if that’s already asking too much. Change often starts quietly and fruitily, as in The Eating of an Orange, where a simple gesture becomes the juicy turning point toward an entirely new outlook on life. In About me, a mother goes head-to-head with her daughter in an e-casting, proving that the journey to self-discovery almost always runs straight through generational conflict. But in the end, experience wins out, because Girl Power teaches us you’re never too old for a healthy dose of courage and a cunning plan.

A Bird Hit my Window and Now I Am a Lesbian
USA 2024,
Dir: Carmela Murphy, AJ Dubler,
with English subtitles,
8 min, Animation

Lady Attila
FR 2025,
Dir: Apolline Andreys,
with English subtitles,
25 min, Fictional Short

A Study of Empathy
DK,DE 2023,
Dir: Hilke Rönnfeldt,
with English subtitles,
15 min, Fictional Short

About Me
AT 2025,
Dir: Fanny Rösch,
OV, 15 min,
Fictional Short

Dans la nature / In der Natur
CH 2021,
Dir: Macel Barelli,
German-language version,
5 min, Animation

Pissen auf das Patriarchat
DE 2023,
Dir: Lena Fakler,
OV, 9 min,
Fictional Short

The Eating of an Orange
GB 2025,
Dir: May Kindred-Boothby,
without dialogue,
8 min, Animation

Girl Power
SW 2004,
Dir: Per Carleson,
without dialogue,
4 min, Fictional Short