What if a ten-minute film could make you feel more seen than a two-hour blockbuster? Welcome to the third of Gazes In Short, where Gonella Productions continues its unapologetic commitment to queer storytelling—bold, bizarre, poetic, and, above all, real. This edition delivers another eclectic batch of queer short documentaries that challenge the binary, defy the norm, and glow with human vulnerability. And as always, Guidedoc proudly curates them so you don’t have to swim through algorithm sludge to find your next favorite doc.
So whether you’re craving something sensual, something political, or something that just says, “Yes, queer lives are this wonderfully weird,” this collection has something for you. These aren’t stories about fitting in. They’re about expanding the frame. And let’s be honest, the world could use a bit more queer framing these days.
Short documentaries aren’t just training wheels for aspiring filmmakers—they’re powerhouses of concentrated perspective. And in queer cinema, where visibility and nuance have historically been scarce, these brief but potent forms offer windows into lives often neglected by mainstream film. The form allows for experimentation, non-linear storytelling, mixed media, and voices that whisper, scream, or laugh at the margins.
This new crop from Gonella Productions taps into that potential with vigor. It also complements previous entries in Gazes In Short—which you can revisit here in Part One and Part Two—and once again asserts that queer stories are not a niche. They’re necessary.
As we stated in our previous article “When Children Watch Docs”, the ability of documentaries to speak across age, gender, and experience is one of their most enduring qualities—and these ten shorts are no exception.
A musical, mystical quest with 14 days to save a loved one. Three lives collide in a whirlwind of science, alchemy, and witchcraft. Think healing crystals meet documentary realism.
Cruising, confession, and coded language collide in this Spanish short. A sharp, unflinching look into the world of anonymous intimacy and the emotional residue it leaves behind.
A Norwegian school’s public bathroom becomes the site of self-discovery and gender exploration. It's vulnerable, funny, and almost unbearably honest.
What happens when a filmmaker points the camera at their father and finds a different kind of performance? An obsessive tailor, an aging queer narrative, and a story stitched with care.
A powerful follow-up to Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten, revisiting a protagonist who now tells his story of gender, transition, and maternal love. Emotional, cinematic, and fiercely reflective.
A cemetery becomes a political landscape in this Mexican short. As a narrator meanders among the graves, so too do thoughts on loss, rebellion, and legacy.
In under 15 minutes, this experimental short interrogates masculinity, trauma, and the male body. A visual and auditory dive into personal mythology.
Part making-of, part queer film essay, this piece blurs fiction and non-fiction to reflect on identity and artistic creation.
Old ruins, forgotten names, and flickers of a lost queer past. Set in Mexico, this quiet documentary finds sensuality and grief in decayed spaces.
A sculptural ode to eroticism and death. When painter Pierre Molinier’s story is told, it comes draped in lace, soaked in shadow, and framed by contradiction.
What unites these ten films is their rejection of cliché and their devotion to truth in all its queer complexity. These shorts don’t follow the typical three-act structure. They jump, glide, mourn, dance, and sometimes just exist—which, for queer cinema, is still a radical act.
As streaming becomes the norm and attention spans dwindle, short queer documentaries are more crucial than ever. They’re accessible, poignant, and often lightning strikes of representation. Whether you have ten minutes between meetings or a full evening to binge, these films remind us that time isn’t needed to change perception—perspective is.
All ten films are now streaming on Guidedoc. And if you want to continue celebrating stories from the margins that belong in the center, stick around.
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