MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Friday, 24 October 2025 until Sunday, 02 November 2025

MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival started in 1986 and is now the leading LGBTQIA+ film festival in the Nordics.

We show the best in contemporary LGBTQ+ cinema that push and challenge societal notions and conceptions of gender and sexuality. Our focus is not only to bring the best queer cinema to Copenhagen, but also to provide a platform for community.

THE LILI AWARD
Our award for Best Feature, Best Documentary and Best Short Film is named after the Danish transgender artist Lili Elbe, who became the first person to undergo gender affirming surgery in 1930. She was married to accomplished artist Gerda Wegener. They moved to Paris in 1912 to live openly as lesbians.

The films in competition are nominated by our Programming team and the winners are selected by the International Jury.

THE AUDIENCE AWARD
Selected by our fantastic audience. To participate our festival guests simply vote after the screening of a nominated film.

The Audience Award winner will be announced at our Award Ceremony.

2025 films...

We have omitted publishing 2 short film programmes due to one being pornography and the other having an unacceptable racist title.

Sad Jokes

Fabian Stumm / Germany / 2024 / 97 min / German with English subtitles

Outerlands

Elena Oxman / USA / 2025 / 101 min / English with English subtitles

Assembly

Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons / 2025 / 99 min / English without subtitles

Nordic Lights

93 min

Casual

Kauli Green / Denmark / 2025 / 9 min / Danish with English subtitles

'CASUAL' is a sensual short exploring intimacy and monogamy in casual relationships. Two protagonists share the thrill of peeking into a stranger’s private world, then face a deeper question: Is it more vulnerable to reveal sexual desires or romantic dreams?

Yasmin

Shabnam Alimardani Shafigh / Denmark / 2025 / 8 min / Danish with English subtitles

Yasmin and Karoline meet for a first date. As the evening unfolds, Karoline’s remarks reveal subtle racism and cultural ignorance. What began with promise turns tense, exposing the emotional toll of microaggressions faced by women of color. A sharp study in discomfort and resilience.

U Got to Live a Little liksom

Hedvig Orback / Sweden / 2024 / 14 min / Swedish with English subtitles

During a panic attack, Lea calls her best friend. Although they live apart, their bond offers comfort and clarity. As the anxiety fades, they rediscover laughter—even in the darkest moments. A tender portrait of friendship, vulnerability, and emotional resilience.

Adult Child

Hugo Francker / Denmark, Norway / 2024 / 24 min / Danish with English subtitles

With humor and vulnerability, the director explores masculine gender identity while reaching out to their distant father. Dressing in suits and performing traditional male roles, they uncover the emotional potential of reconnecting. A personal film about identity, intimacy, and healing.

The World Stood Still

Elise Celestia / Finland / 2024 / 15 min / Finnish with English subtitles

Myrsky, a young trans woman, has fled her transphobic parents and lives with her grandfather Tapio. As graduation falters and family tensions rise, she feels like a burden. Struggling with identity, friendship, and belonging, Myrsky begins to question whether healing is possible in the city she hoped to escape.

BEARD

Kristiina Karsten / Finland / 2024 / 15 min / Finnish with English subtitles

Middle-aged priest Late Mäntylä finds authenticity in a beard, reflecting their inner self. With help from makeup artist Kata Launonen, Late learns to create one. A quiet afternoon in a beauty salon becomes the emotional climax of a lifelong journey toward becoming themselves.

MASC4MASC

Felix Augustin Greisinger / Sweden / 2024 / 8 min / Swedish with English subtitles

Rafael and his friends reign supreme in a world dominated by masculinity and casual sex. One of these hookups leads to a passionate but brief encounter with Alex and a moment of intimacy arises between them. However, when Alex shares an intimate moment with another man, Rafael grapples with his own desires and fears, torn between two worlds.

Crip Your Heart Out

84 min

Boldly Go

Christopher Cosgrove / Australia / 2019 / 6 min / English with English subtitles

A geeky sci-fi fan faces rejection by a ‘straight-acting’ guy, but not for the reason you might think.

Look the Part

Claire Fetcher / Australia / 2021 / 7 min / English with English subtitles

Sam works as a theatre janitor and is too shy to follow her passion for dancing. One night, she is reminded by her inner diva Peaches that talent can often defy expectations.

PMBC - shapeshifter

Jen Russel / UK / 2025 / 5 min / English with English subtitles

Hot Mess

Tortor Smith / UK / 2024 / 3 min / English with English subtitles

A voice message triggers all sorts of anxieties in Andro, but will they be pressured into trying to change their ways?

Prosopagnosia

Steven Fraser / UK / 2021 / 10 min / English with English subtitles

Old sketchbooks, diaries, photographs, Polaroid’s and audio diaries are intricately unravelled to let us understand the different ways you can live your life when you cannot recognise a face.

Damp

Etsen Chen / Taiwan, South Korea / 2024 / 12 min / Mandarin with English subtitles

Yen, a young man with cerebral palsy, longs for romance while his overprotective mother harbors complex feelings for his caregiver. As tensions rise, Yen starts to believe his body is no longer the same.

Tapage

Joséphine Madinier / France / 2024 / 25 min / French with English subtitles

Nemo has just found out that he will soon be deaf. At the hospital, he catches Lou stealing pharmaceuticals. Determined to escape this new reality that he can’t process, he decides to follow Lou through the night.

Zagêro

Victor Di Marco, Márcio Picoli / Brazil / 2024 / 15 min / Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles

It’s so normal to be normal, isn’t it?

Foreign Tongue

Claire Burger / France, Germany, Belgium / 2024 / 101 min / French, German with English subtitles

Sebastian

Mikko Mäkelä / Finland, Belgium / 2024 / 110 min / English and French with English subtitles

Queer as Punk

Yihwen Chen / Malaysia, Indonesia / 2025 / 88 min / Malay and English with English subtitles

Mea Culpa

Patrick Tass / Belgium / 2025 / 72 min / Arabic with English subtitles

Baby