A short film about an Asturian cheesemaker and a young photographer — about silence, desire and rural Asturias — finds, for the fourth time, an audience in India.
IUS of Time — the Spanish LGBTQ+ short film directed by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi, produced with support from the Government of the Principality of Asturias — has been selected for the 10th Out & Loud – Pune International Queer Film Festival (PIQFF), screening in Pune, Maharashtra from May 29 to 31, 2026.
With over 60 international festival selections across four continents and 7 awards, the film marks its fourth appearance at an Indian film festival — a trajectory we hadn’t quite anticipated when it first screened in Asturias.
IUS of Time at the 10th Out & Loud Pune Queer Film Festival — Screening Details
🗓 Festival dates: May 29–31, 2026
📍 29 May — Pivo Garten, Upper KP Mundhwa, Pune
📍 30–31 May — Lokashahir Annabhau Sathe Rangamandir, Pune
🎬 Category: Best International Short Film (Narrative)
📱 Festival updates: @outloudpiqff
The selection places IUS of Time within one of India’s most established and community-driven LGBTQ+ film festivals, dedicated to showcasing queer cinema from India and around the world through screenings, discussions and public engagement.
An Asturian Short Film Produced with Support from the Principality of Asturias
IUS of Time was produced with the support of the Department of Culture, Linguistic Policy and Sport of the Principality of Asturias, which funded part of the film’s production, post-production and distribution. The Asturias Paraíso Natural Film Commission facilitated locations and permits during the shoot — including the cheese caves of Cabrales, the fields of Onís, and the Picos de Europa.
Those landscapes aren’t background. They carry the story. And the international circuit of IUS of Time is, in a very real sense, those landscapes traveling the world.
With over 60 international festival selections, the film has established itself as one of the most internationally circulated Asturian fiction short films in recent years. Its journey began at the XI CortoGijón Short Film Festival in April 2025, where it had its first public presentation. The international premiere followed at the 27th OUTshine LGBTQ Film Festival in Miami, then its Northern European premiere at Manse Pride by the 56th Tampere Film Festival in Finland, and its Asian premiere at the 16th KASHISH Pride Film Festival in Mumbai — Asia’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival.
Since then, the film has screened at festivals including:
— 53rd Huesca International Film Festival (Oscar & Goya qualifying)
— 31st Chéries-Chéris Paris LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
— 43rd Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
— 63rd FICX Gijón International Film Festival
— 16th Écrans Mixtes in Lyon (France)
— 42nd Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg (Germany)
— 10th FeCHA Athens (Greece)
— 11th Geelong Pride Film Festival (Australia)
A full account of the 2025 festival journey is available on our website.
Among its 7 awards and distinctions: the Director’s Choice Award at the 45th Thomas Edison Film Festival (USA), the Audience Award at the 24th Avilés Acción Film Festival (Spain), and Best Cinematography at both the 4th Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival (USA) and the 3rd Rural and Mountain Film Festival of Cervera de Pisuerga (Spain).
India, Four Festivals — the Unexpected Journey of IUS of Time
When IUS of Time was selected for KASHISH in Mumbai — for its Asian premiere — it felt like a strong signal. Then came the 13th Reel Desires Chennai International Queer Film Festival and the 4th Utsav International Film Festival, also in Mumbai.
Now Pune.
What makes this trajectory particularly meaningful is that it was never strategically planned. Different programmers, from different cities and festivals, independently connected with a story rooted in silence, memory, desire and emotional repression within rural northern Spain.
There is something deeply moving in watching audiences from very different cultural realities emotionally recognize themselves in landscapes, gestures and silences that initially seemed profoundly local.
Ten Years of Queer Cinema at Out & Loud Pune
Out & Loud PIQFF has a specific place in India’s queer cinema landscape. Founded in Pune in 2017 by the Mist LGBTQ Foundation — which has been building LGBTQ+ community spaces across India since 2009 — the festival has grown into one of the country’s most consistent platforms for international queer storytelling. This 10th edition is a milestone: a decade of films, discussions and community events shaped by the belief that cinema and solidarity aren’t separate things.
Unlike many larger industry festivals, Out & Loud maintains a strong community-oriented identity. In categories such as Best International Short Film, audience members themselves vote for the winning films during the screenings, creating a direct relationship between filmmakers and viewers.
The 2026 edition takes place across two venues in Pune. The Lokashahir Annabhau Sathe Rangamandir, which hosts the final two days, is named after the celebrated Dalit writer and activist whose work in Maharashtra centered questions of identity, dignity and belonging — a context that quietly resonates with what this film is about.
About IUS of Time
For anyone arriving here for the first time: IUS of Time is a 25-minute drama in Spanish and Asturian. Luca, a young photography student, arrives in a small mountain village in Asturias. He rents a room from Xuan — an older cheesemaker, solitary, carrying a past he has never spoken aloud. What develops between them is quiet and specific: desire deferred, emotional inheritance, the weight of a life shaped by silence and prejudice.
The project itself emerged through an extended creative process that also generated the companion short films Blow Down and Sunset in Paris, conceived as “Sketches of IUS” during the screenplay development stage.
“Each time IUS of Time screens in India, something in the response confirms that what feels most local in a story is often what travels furthest.” — Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi
More About IUS of Time
Information about IUS of Time→Complete festival selections and awards → IUS of Time approaches 60 selections at FeCHA Athens → IUS of Time 2025 Festival Overview →
