Desire Bundle

From a queer road-trip romance to our unapologetically sexy shorts programme, experience On the Road and Testing Limits.

On The Road

Queer Spectrum Film Festival proudly supports On The Road at GAZE 2026.

This tense and seductive Mexican thriller from acclaimed director David Pablos won both the Queer Lion and the Horizons Award at the Venice Film Festival, On The Road follows sex worker Veneno, who is abandoned at a roadside stop after a truck driver refuses to pay him, before finding a lift with the closeted trucker Muñeco. As they travel across Mexico’s stark highways and neon-lit rest stops, a charged mix of desire and unease grows between them. Gradually, Veneno’s dangerous past comes into focus, while Muñeco struggles to confront his own inner turmoil. The film unfolds as a gripping road story where longing, risk, and vulnerability collide, leading to a striking finale filled with both heartbreak and tenderness.

With pre-feature short:
Destroy me, please - Flora Woudstra Hablé / country / 2025 / Belgium

Testing Limits (Shorts Block)

Queer desire can feel like an unstoppable force at times. It drives us to test friendships, push boundaries and flirt with danger. Sleek, sexy, thrilling, these short films dance on the knife’s edge of desire, following protagonists whose love, lust and passions push them towards confrontation and the inevitable fallout.