Shorts: True to Yourself Online Screening

Mycelium is partnering with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival for 4 free screenings! RSVP below for a free online ticket for Shorts: True to Yourself. These free tickets are open to queer and trans youth aged 16-29. Please note, this online screening does not include the post-screening Q&A.

A vibrant collection of stories about being bold, brave, and beautifully you. Whether it’s sneaking a twirl in a sparkly dress, dreaming up glittery worlds, surviving prom, or finding love in unexpected places, these shorts celebrate self-expression, queer joy, and the magic of becoming who you really are—with a little help from friends (and maybe a fox)!

Specially curated for Grades 5-12, this program explores themes of identity, family, culture and expression. 

Drag Fox

Under the cover of night, a young child steals their sister’s dress to try on—only to be caught in the act by a fox (voiced by Sir Ian McKellan). A colourful stop-motion fable with a jazzy score and foot-tapping musical numbers!

Becoming Ruby

Canada’s first drag artist-in-residence Ruby Chopstix blazes a trail in Winnipeg, uplifting queer BIPOC performers and taking up space.

Loud and Cleo! (Cléo se fait des films)

12-year-old Cleo escapes from a hostile school environment into a glittery make-believe world…in the boys’ bathroom. Little does she know, someone else is hiding there too. Content notes: Homophobia and heterosexism, swearing and strong language.

Embers of Queer Joy

An endearing spoken word poem overlays 16mm vignettes of authentic queer joy. Content notes: Swearing and strong language.

With Love, Lottie

When Lottie, a disabled teen, worries that love isn’t in the cards, she turns to her friends for dating advice—only to discover that love doesn’t always follow the rules.

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival

The 37th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (@queerfilmfest) invites you to celebrate stories from
queer past, present, and future! Experience 100 films from 25 countries, created by 2SLGBTQIA+
storytellers and inspiring Vancouver audiences.

️🎞️ September 11-21, 2025 in-person
▶️ September 22-28 online BC-wide

Mycelium 

Mycelium is a space for queer & trans youth 16-29 across what is colonially known as BC. We gather to center healing, pleasure, and justice in our lives as we envision and create a world liberated from HIV & Hep C stigma. 

We are committed to reducing stigma related to HIV & Hep C and to building communities where we feel safe talking about the highs and lows of sex, drugs, relationships and all the things that bring us pleasure. 

Land Acknowledgement 

Mycelium events take place on traditional, unceded territories of various First Nations in what is colonially referred to as ‘British Columbia.’ Our team is committed to doing our work in ways that bring us closer to Indigenous Sovereignty.  

Mycelium offers online and in-person programs organized by coordinators based on the traditional, unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Qayqayt, Stz’uminus, Lheidli T'enneh, Dakehl Keyoh. We invite you to find out more by visiting https://www.whose.land/en/.