Beauty, Sex, & Shame | VAEFF 2025

This year’s program delves into the complexities of desire, sex, transformation, and self-perception. Through a mix of intimate portraits, surreal encounters, and reflections on gender, culture, and the body, these films explore how beauty, pleasure, and shame shape our understanding of identity in a world defined by visibility and image.

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Program Lineup

Subject of Desire directed by Benett Holgerson

La Petite Mort directed by Bolongaro and Alberto Braga

THUG DELUXE - LVX MACHINA directed by Cristian Balint and Béla Baptiste

NIO GÅNGER BÄTTRE directed by Lorenzo Follari and Emma Dock

Nothing directed by Yana Gukun

The Story of The Cricket Queen directed by Natalie Peracchio

surface tension directed by Dean Moss

Mx. directed by Wwenen Lusa

Sirena directed by Mija Kembre

Red Light Green directed by Eva Wu

Girls Night Out directed by Ashley Sengstaken

AUGMENTED directed by Raymond Rea

Sari, Not Sorry directed by Nikita Shah