Official Selection 2026

Sex Education Film Festival > Official Selection 2026

TEENS 1

Que nadie se entere

Andrea Revi | Spain | 2023 | 15 min. | Spanish | VOSC

Vega, a ten-year-old girl, is enjoying a summer day at the pool surrounded by her friends. Everything goes as planned until she receives an unexpected visit: her first period. Together, they must figure out how to handle the situation so they can keep having fun without anyone finding out. Featuring Aída actress Melani Olivares.

Turmspringer (High Diver)

Oscar Bittner | Germany | 2024 | 5 min. | No dialogue

On the Baltic Sea, Tuan and Felix discover their love of water as young children. They soon become divers, spending their free time together at the pool. However, they quickly realize that in competitive sports, results are everything, and they begin to compete more and more. Play turns into relentless competition.

Piruletas

Carlos Martínez | Spain | 2025 | 12 min. | VOSC

Víctor, a sixty-five-year-old man, realizes that at his age he must hide part of his life for fear of rejection… even from his own family. This includes some mysterious pills that have gone missing. Will you join us in uncovering his secrets?

Les Lèvres bleues (Blue Lips)

Laure Larguier | France | 2025 | 10 min. | VOSC

An alien sent to Earth inhabits a human body for the first time. Over the course of a day, she discovers hunger, fatigue, and above all, desire. Through her encounter with a human woman, she learns how to eat, go to the bathroom, and perhaps even how to kiss.

Silencios

Yago Casariego | Spain | 2025 | 6 min. | VOSC

During a train journey, Laura tries to break the silence surrounding her to connect with a stranger sitting opposite who awakens unexpected emotions. A story of pride, desire, and connection that, through its protagonist’s perspective, honestly portrays both the LGBT+ and deaf communities.

Et je deviendrais belle (And I Would Be Beautiful)

Mathilde George | France | 2025 | 10 min. | VOSC

My breasts? Too small. My butt? I hate it! My face? Straight to the trash! Thanks to “Muse,” I could become someone else. In just thirty days, I’d have slimmer legs, perkier breasts, and firmer curves. And finally, I would be beautiful.

TEENS 2

Mater Mea

Inés RiveraSpain | 2025 | 16 min. | VOSC

During Holy Week, Sole and Eva—mother and daughter—embark on a journey of acceptance, confronting sexual taboos in a conservative environment. After an encounter with a boy, Eva experiences vaginal discomfort but cannot turn to her mother for help. Both must set aside their differences to reconcile and strengthen their relationship.

Audrey

Julie Doumenjou | France | 2024 | 1 min. | VOSC

Audrey is fifteen and enjoys happy moments with her boyfriend. Suddenly, her love story takes an unexpectedly dark turn. Animated story based on a real testimony in vertical format.

Corre, Adela

Alba Pino | Spain | 2025 | 8 min. | VOSC

Adela just wants to play football and be part of the team. But midway through a match, something happens that changes everything, forcing her to flee with the certainty that nothing will ever be the same again. Featuring actor Fernando Tejero (Aquí no hay quien viva).

Libellule

Loïs BlanchardFrance | 2024 | 4 min. | VOSC

Gabriel and Célia are best friends, but he begins to question their relationship. Could there be something more than friendship between them?

Manadas Alfa: de niños a lobos

Concha Alonso | Spain | 2025 | 5 min. | No dialogue

Raúl and María are two fourteen-year-olds born in 2010. Although they attend the same high school, they don’t know each other. One afternoon, they cross paths at a shopping mall. From that moment on, their lives will change forever.

Giros

Willy Suárez | Spain | 2025 | 4 min. | VOSC

Life’s unexpected turns are explored through the relationship between Bruno and Alma, from childhood to adulthood. Their early years are filled with innocent play, but as they grow, their paths diverge, marked by conflict, separation, and vulnerability.

Sous tes yeux (Under your eyes)

Jocelyn Ramirez | France | 2025 | 3 min. | No dialogue

In the bustle of a subway, a woman sits down. Amid the noise, a gaze unsettles her: that of a discreet man who smiles at her. A silent game unfolds between them, made up of fleeting glances and subtle smiles. But how far will this game of seduction go?

Inès

Julie DoumenjouFrance | 2024 | 1 min. | VOSC

Inès was fourteen when she found a way to gain popularity and make money through her phone—but we never really know who is behind the screen. Animated story based on a real testimony in vertical format.

El vestuario

Miguel Bensadón | Spain | 2025 | 16 min. | VOSC

After the first match of the year, Marc faces hazing as a newcomer on his football team. As he tries to be accepted in a tense environment of sweat and aggression, he questions whether he truly wants to belong. Starring Ander Puig (Élite).

ADULTS 1

Atalante

Bilal Ena, Eva Cayatte | France | 2025 | 14 min. | VOSC

Elena, a thirty-six-year-old athlete recovering from an injury, discovers she is pregnant. The news makes her think her career is coming to an end. But then she learns she has been selected for the Olympic Games. What will she do?

L'última cita

Roger Bayerri | Spain | 2024 | 13 min. | VOSC

Javi’s parents separate after entering the “swinger” world, just as his girlfriend Silvia asks him to experiment as a couple. Javi decides to break up with her, but unable to do it for fear of hurting her, he hires the services of a restaurant specialized in breakups. Starring Mikel Iglesias (Polseres vermelles).

Insiste

Ben Popincourt | France | 2025 | 15 min. | VOSC

Fourteen-year-old Yuri grows up amid the chaos of a broken family. When his mother leaves the house after a violent argument, he gets into the car with her. A journey with no destination gradually reveals a deeper silence than it first seems: a painful secret hidden for too long.

Love You Forever

Alexandrea Meyer | USA, France | 2024 | 16 min. | VOSC

Shannon is a mother burdened by invisible pain. She exists within a fragile, chaotic calm, slowly cracking from within. Exploring motherhood and female madness, the film asks: is it more dangerous to confront female pain than to hide it?

Sexo a los 70

Vanesa Romero | Spain | 2025 | 18 min. | VOSC

Marga, a widow stuck in monotony, is surprised when her granddaughter sets her up on a date via an app, pretending to be her. Despite her initial resistance, Marga meets Agapito, a salsa-loving man, and the night takes an unexpected turn. Directed by actress and presenter Vanesa Romero, featuring Carlos Sobera.

ADULTS 2

Cherchez le garçon

Paulin·e Goasmat | Belgium | 2025 | 18 min. | VOSC

While Charly, a young trans man, is buried under his birth name, his queer friends Tom, Louise and BB decide to pay him a final tribute at their usual meeting place: his childhood home. But his brother Víctor has the same idea. A short film screened at over thirty international festivals.

Chop Chop!

Ievgen Koshyn | United Kingdom | 2024 | 13 min. | VOSC

Hamza, a Scottish father of Pakistani origin, faces a profound moral dilemma when his orthodox Pakistani father demands the circumcision of his grandson Idris. A British comedy short selected at festivals worldwide.

A temps

Christelle Jeanne | France | 2024 | 11 min. | VOSC

Three women meet in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. As each one enters the consultation, their stories unfold—three different perspectives on the need for safe and free abortion everywhere.

Clara

Julie Doumenjou | France | 2024 | 1 min. | VOSC

Clara is seventeen and notices a sudden change in her best friend’s behavior. Eventually, she decides to break the silence. Animated story based on a real testimony in vertical format.

 

Mujer con flores

Jonay García | Spain | 2026 | 11 min. | VOSC

Marta spends her days in a hospital where her husband survives connected to a machine. One night, on her way home, she encounters a much younger man outside a mysterious venue she often passes. Their connection feels almost magical, leading Marta on an irreversible journey toward her own desire.

261

Juliette Henry | France | 2024 | 5 min. | VOSC

In 1967, seven-year-old Gia hears on the news about a young woman who defied social conventions by running the Boston Marathon without permission. Her father’s violent reaction and her mother’s silence push her to uncover the mystery of this “marathon woman.”

Cheeese!

Elena Wiener, Josefine Maier | Germany | 2025 | 2 min. | No dialogue

Cutting cheese, eating cheese, licking cheese. Penetrating… cheese. An erotic ode to the pleasure of cheese in a colorful and suggestive animated piece that leaves us craving more—animation and cheese!

Vasectomie

Isabelle Cadière | France | 2025 | 15 min. | VOSC

Sébastien was absolutely sure he wanted to do it—he had made the decision months ago. Unfortunately, on the day of the vasectomy, doubt strikes. Suddenly, he sees the operation as the total loss of his virility. Will he find the courage?

Fuck off

David Baquero | Spain | 2025 | 12 min. | VOSC

Esmeralda is driving along a road when her car tire bursts in the intense heat. While waiting for assistance, she talks to someone sitting in the back seat. The ghosts of her past resurface.

ADULTS 3

Buena vida y poca vergüenza

Ana Colato, Guadalupe Sanz | Argentina | 2025 | 9 min. | VOSC

A young trans woman gets locked out of the apartment she is looking after and must ask for help from the building’s caretaker, an adult man with Down syndrome who quickly earns her trust and affection. An unexpected encounter that reveals the magic of diversity.

Torse nu (Shirtless)

Margaux Rachidi | France | 2024 | 7 min. | VOSC

During a heatwave, Sarah is so overheated that she decides to go topless. Although she is alone at home, she feels uncomfortable and tries to understand why.

Maitighar

Marc Gurung | France | 2024 | 15 min. | VOSC

After a night out with friends in Pokhara, Nepal, Asha, a young high school student, quietly returns to her village. Upon arriving at her mother’s home, she does not yet know she is about to step into adulthood.

Lucie

Julie Doumenjou | France | 2024 | 1 min. | VOSC

Sixteen-year-old Lucie struggles to enjoy outings with her friends due to lack of money. A friend offers her a solution that leads her down a dangerous path. Animated story based on a real testimony in vertical format.

De tanto usarlo

Iván Melguizo | Spain | 2024 | 9 min. | VOSC

Does love wear out? Does it have an expiration date? Sofía and Álex, like many couples, begin a relationship filled with ups and downs, from attraction to passion to love. But over time, cohabitation and routine begin to write its ending.

Karatéka

Florence Fauquet | France | 2024 | 17 min. | VOSC

Gabrielle and Alix are about to compete in the regional karate finals. But when Gabrielle unexpectedly gets her period, things become complicated and the fight turns uneven. Soon, they realize they are actually on the same team.

Will You Come With Me?

Derya Durmaz | Germany | 2023 | 2 min. | VOSC

An animated piece that reminds us that women’s right to decide over their own bodies and the intersectional feminist struggle are still very much alive today—and that everyone, not only women, must stand in solidarity.

Pastisset de Xocolata

Andrea Adame, Paula Trejo | Spain | 2024 |11 min. | VOSC

A young man enters a sinister and mysterious pastry shop where he must prove to the men inside that he can complete an initiation ritual. To join their community, he must be the first to claim the chocolate cake being baked.

ADULTS 4

My Mother's Girlfriend

Arun Fulara | India | 2021 |15 min. | VOSC

Renuka and Sadiya, two working-class middle-aged women in love, are celebrating Renuka’s birthday. Unbeknownst to them, her son Mangesh is nearby. My Mother’s Girlfriend tells the story of two relationships—the romantic and the mother-son bond—on a collision course.

Ed

Victor Del Rio | USA | 2025 |15 min. | VOSC

From the outside, Ed is your family’s favourite friend. Behind closed doors, however, he is controlled by a secret compulsion that begins to consume his life. Ed is a raw and intimate portrayal of a young man’s struggle with mental health, masculinity, and addiction.

Guérisons (Healing Journeys)

Mounir Slama | France | 2024 |15 min. | VOSC

Jeanne takes us on a chaotic journey through the healthcare system, visiting various specialists in an attempt to diagnose her pain, which she describes as a sharp object piercing her from within. A film that sheds light on a condition as invisible as endometriosis.

Mélissa

Julie Doumenjou | France | 2024 | 1 min. | VOSC

Sixteen-year-old Mélissa is bullied at school. One night, one of her aggressors apologises and invites her to a nightclub to meet his friends. An animated story based on a real testimony, presented in vertical format.

Dejar de fumar

Javier Rubio | Spain | 2025 | 11 min. | VOSC

A couple with an unconventional lifestyle faces an event that shakes their relationship. A story about polyamory and doubt, selected at the FILMETS International Short Film Festival in Badalona.

Lettre à Karen : Bienvenue à la Mercadita !

Juliette Henry | France | 2025 | 6 min. | VOSC

Juliette travels to Mexico to explore a market reserved exclusively for women, where her work becomes an act of resistance. A documentary piece with a feminist perspective that sheds light on realities from across the world.

Les Filles c’est fait pour faire l’amour

Jeanne Paturle, Cécile Rousset, Jeanne Drouet | France | 2025 | 15 min. | VOSC

This animated piece is based on a sociological study of sexuality in couples. The interviewees—heterosexual women aged 25 to 45—share their experiences of desire and love, relationship norms, and pathways toward emancipation.

Amor

Paloma Mozo | Spain | 2024 | 1 min. | Sense diàlegs

Bound by humour and complicity, and open to exploring a new sexuality after breast cancer, a couple discovers the pleasure of a scar—and the sensitivity of a breast that is no longer there. Does phantom limb syndrome also apply to pleasure?

Qu'en est-il de nous

Quentin Alberto | France | 2022 | 10 min. | VOSC

Laura wakes up one morning and hears a noise—she is not alone. Melvin, the young man she spent the night with, is making breakfast and doesn’t seem eager to leave. He genuinely likes her and wants to get to know her better. Faced with her coldness, he refuses to give up and tries to convince her to give him a chance.

ADULTS 5

Conversation avec Frida

Juliette Henry | France | 2025 | 7 min. | VOSC

Anxious about leaving her home, Loli seeks comfort and asks Frida Kahlo for advice, hoping to find the strength to overcome her fears and regain her confidence. A piece that highlights self-love and powerful female role models.

Son

Saman Hosseinpuor | Switzerland | 2024 | 18 min. | VOSC

In a small village near Sanandaj, in Iranian Kurdistan, Maryam, a sixty-year-old woman, awaits the return of her son Farhad from military service. One day, Farhad appears at her door wearing a chador and reveals that she now lives her life as a woman.

Anna

Julie Doumenjou | France | 2024 | 1 min. | VOSC

Seventeen-year-old Anna is obsessed with luxury handbags. She would do anything to get the one of her dreams—even falling into prostitution. An animated story based on a real testimony, presented in vertical format.

Casa (House)

Pablo Padovani | Argentina | 2024 | 13 min. | VOSC

Azula flees Venezuela and finds a new home in Argentina’s Ballroom scene, a cultural space that allows her to recognise and express herself as a non-binary trans person. Ballroom culture becomes a space of resistance against violence and discrimination, where refugees and asylum seekers can feel safe and supported.

Je pars crever (Off to Die)

Jordan Brandao | France | 2024 | 19 min. | VOSC

After a night out, Edgar wakes up in an unexpected place: an ambulance. But the overdose does not stop him, and the next day he returns to the streets. Seeking comfort in a drag bar and with his ex—sharing physical intimacy but not love—he becomes trapped in a cycle of hallucinations and poor decisions.

Azkena

Ane Inés Landeta, Lorea Lyons | Spain | 2024 | 9 min. | VOSC

In this animated piece, Lorea reflects on two women—her mother and her grandmother—to explore how motherhood has been experienced across generations. Now, it is her turn to decide whether to become a mother.

Mamour

Christelle Jeanne | France | 2025 | 7 min. | VOSC

This piece shows how, in long-term relationships, respect and care can fade, normalising situations of psychological abuse through continuous verbal aggression.

Lencería Milagros

Jana Moreno | Spain | 2025 | 13 min. | VOSC

Mili is the third generation running “Lencería Milagros,” a shop on the verge of closing due to financial difficulties. To understand her identity and find liberation, she must uncover the hidden history of the shop and the secrets her grandmother has kept for years.

ADULTS 6

Barlebas

Malu Janssen | Belgium, Netherlands | 2024 | 20 min. | VOSC

An experimental piece blending historical drama and musical cinema, focusing on the persecution of witches in the southern Netherlands. In 1595, a woman accused of witchcraft refuses to be silenced, leaving behind a powerful voice to inspire a new generation.

Oto

Giovanni Di Legami | France | 2024 | 6 min. | VOSC

Oto is haunted by the voices of the tattoos covering his body. Whether insecurities, fears or doubts, these curious figures etched into his skin constantly torment him. As he tries to hide them from his girlfriend, she pushes him to confront the intimacy he fears.

Las Pardas

Simone Sojo | Spain | 2024 | 15 min. | VOSC

A group of trans women sneak into a public swimming pool every night to escape the summer heat. Darkness embraces them and vegetation shields them from the world’s gaze. But one night is different: danger lurks, and daylight eventually exposes them.

Chi(le)na

Yoksan Xu | Chile | 2024 | 5 min. | VOSC

The daughter of a Chinese immigrant in Chile reflects on her relationship with her absent father while exploring his restaurants and her own identity, including her relationship with masculinity. An experimental autobiographical piece screened at international festivals.

Ce qui appartient à César

Violette Gitton | France | 2024 | 18 min. | VOSC

César is twelve when his older sister Lou is sexually assaulted. In the fencing locker rooms he attends, everything is measured through violence. César wants to take part in the fight but lacks the tools. A short film nominated for the French Academy Awards.

MIME II

Adrian Langenbach | Germany | 2024 | 4 min. | VOSC

An experimental video that aesthetically explores the complexity of identity and the journey toward self-acceptance. Through a fusion of fashion and dance, a narrative unfolds. The piece uses the contrast between fluid movements and abrupt gestures to illustrate the internal and external struggles of self-definition. A visual poem that invites you to embrace your true self.

El jardí del diable

Pol Rebaque | Spain | 2025 | 19 min. | VOSC

After some time, two former lovers meet again on the dance floor. Hungry, they look for a place to eat and catch up. But within this seemingly trivial conversation comes a confession that transforms the encounter into something profound. As the night unfolds, the boundaries between past and present blur like analog photographs.

NOUS TALENTS

Pies

Oscar Mulet i Paula Vélez | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Spain | 2025 | 15 min.

An adolescent overwhelmed by constant arguments with his father finds a way to make easy money so he can leave home: selling photographs of his feet. As he enters this dark world, he will have a revelation that changes his life.

Todas lo hacen

Berta Viñas | ECIB | Spain | 2025 | 4 min.

Olga experiences her first menstruation at school, which leaves her confused and anxious as she doesn’t know how to act. Emma intervenes naturally and shows her what is socially expected in this situation: using a tampon. Through this everyday episode, the film reflects how an experience shared by many girls is also shaped by social norms and expectations.

Els peixos moren a la Mar

Mer Sorribas | La Casa del Cine | Spain | 2026 | 15 min.

Mar embarks on a journey into her subconscious, exploring childhood memories she thought she had forgotten. The images of the fish in the aquarium she used to visit with her father still haunt her, and little by little she realizes her memory is fragmented. Between past and present, she confronts the violence she experienced and seeks to understand the complexity of her relationship with her abuser.

Bárbara

Gisela Rentero | Bande à Part | Spain | 2025 |         4 min.

In a hospital waiting room, Beth trembles when she is called in for her appointment. Fortunately, she is not alone. A piece inspired by 1980s Barcelona, during the peak of HIV in the queer community, portraying shared anxieties through sisterhood.

Play

Violeta Moro | ESCAC | Spain | 2025 | 11 min. 

Judith, a fifteen-year-old girl, shares the story of her first sexual experience through a live stream on social media. The next day, she is bullied and humiliated by her classmates. The reaction of those around her will make her question whether she is to blame and what she must do to belong again.

Liminal

Paula Labazuy, Irene Galindo | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Spain | 2025 | 11 min.

After a toxic relationship that left her traumatized, sex has never been the same for Bruna. Unable to feel pleasure due to vaginismus—a condition rarely discussed—she wants to overcome her frustration and ultimately attempts to do so by force.

Ramen for two

Leni Losantos, Sergi Barrasa, Judith Tarrés | La Salle – URL | Spain | 2025 | 4 min.

Zuri, a young cook, prepares a ramen dish for a date, but the sudden discovery of a photo with her ex sends her on a journey into their shared past. Memories and ramen blend in the kitchen: the temperature rises, sparks fly, and both the relationship and the recipe culminate in an explosion of passion and fire.

La filla d’elles

I.E. Quesada, A. López, N. Carmona, N. Alberdi, M. Montiel | UAB | Spain | 2024 | 14 min.

Iona, a girl raised by two mothers who are friends, narrates her adolescence through her diaries, marked by her father’s absence, her struggle to understand the world, and her longings. The diaries become a bridge to finding the answers that have always accompanied her.

Sra. Antonia

Aline López | ECCIT | Spain | 2025 | 7 min.

It is Spain’s National Day, and the Díaz family gathers to celebrate in style. Suddenly, a joke between siblings disrupts the grandmother’s peace—a very traditional woman. What her grandchildren don’t know is that Mrs. Antonia has a well-hidden secret from her past.

Instantànies

Irene Corts | ECIB | Spain | 2024 | 14 min.

Four friends reunite over a summer weekend after Júlia returns from a trip. During a game, Júlia kisses Marta. Could it be that Júlia is rethinking her sexuality? Will Marta dare to find out whether there is something more than friendship between them?

La reconquista

Abril Álvarez | ESCAC | Spain | 2025 | 6 min.

When Sara’s intimate video is leaked at her school, the scandal threatens to consume her. Caught between shame and fear of judgment, she finds refuge in Zoé, her best friend, whose worldview is as irreverent as it is defiant. What begins as an uncomfortable conversation becomes a sharp critique of the double standards that punish some while absolving others.