Manuel Pizarro and Pelayo Carrizo embrace in a scene from IUS of Time with the official selection laurel of the 15th Sofia Pride Film Fest 2026

IUS of Time Travels to the Balkans: Our Bulgarian Premiere at the 15th Sofia Pride Film Fest

IUS of Time, the Spanish LGBTQ+ short film by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi, produced with the support of the Principality of Asturias, makes its Bulgarian premiere at the 15th Sofia Pride Film Fest — the only LGBTIQ+ film festival in Bulgaria. The film screens on June 6 at Dom na Kinoto in Sofia, in competition for the Audience Award for Best Short Film. With over 60 international selections and 7 awards, the Asturian short joins a festival that, despite years of attacks, keeps screening queer cinema as an act of resistance.

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