Parks / Toilets / Cruising

Shortfilm program, 66 min.

Long before hookup apps, parks, public toilets, and other hidden corners became the geography of queer desire. These films explore cruising as ritual, refuge, political act, and sometimes simply a very good story.

El Pornitólogo (The Pornitologist)

By: Jose Pouchucq
ES 2025, 9 min., engl. + span. OV + engl. UT

An ornithologist’s search for birds leads him to an altogether different kind of wildlife.

Çark (Cruising)

By: Nadir Sönmez
TR 2025, 6 min., turk. OV + engl. UT

An open letter to UNESCO makes the case for preserving Istanbul’s cruising culture as an endangered cultural heritage.

The Uptown

By: Polly Bombshell
US/NL 2025, 7 min., engl. OV

A nostalgic journey through San Francisco’s vanished queer sex culture of public toilets, personal ads, and chance encounters.

Occupied

By: Nova Lov
IT/BE 2026, 20 min., engl./span. OV + engl. UT

Made at Rome’s 2026 Hacker Porn Film Festival, a club toilet becomes the stage for queer encounters, connection, and community.

Osceno (Obscene)

By: Gabor JT
IT 2026, 8 min., ital. OV + engl. UT

Cruising becomes the starting point for a personal reflection on shame, desire, and liberation.

Quisiera hacer de ti… (I wish I could make of you…)

By: Jen Córdova
MX 2025, 10 min., span. OV + engl. UT

While eating ice cream during a museum visit, two men slip into a playful fantasy of desire and kink.

Look@Me

By: Eva Calòr
IT 2025, 6 Min., int. OV

A chance encounter in a club bathroom challenges assumptions about desire, attraction, and the way we look.

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