Omar Beretta
LGBTQ+ Filmmaker & Director
Omar Beretta is a queer filmmaker working across narrative cinema, experimental shorts, and explicit film practices. His work explores desire, power, performance, and visibility, treating queer sexuality as both an aesthetic and political force.
Engaging with post-porn discourse, Beretta challenges shame, censorship, and normative ideas of representation. His films foreground queer bodies and pleasures as fully present, using explicit imagery to open conversations around gender, embodiment, desire, and power.
This approach is reflected in works such as *Manila Killah*, presented in the post-porn section of Festival MIX México, as well as screenings at Porn Film Festival Vienna, Festival de Arte y Cine Contrasexual (FACC), Queergestreift Filmfestival, and Vienna Shorts. Across these spaces, his work positions cinema as a site of experimentation, exposure, and collective discussion around queer desire.
As Featured In
Film Festival Participation
Minikino Open (Indonesia, 2022)
4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (Indonesia, 2022)
Cult Valley Global Cinefest (India, 2022)
Nitiin International Film Festival (Malaysia, 2022)
Druk International Film Festival (Bhutan, 2022)
Cult Critic Movie Awards (India, 2023)
Jaisalmer International Film Festival (India, 2023)
Shunyatam International Film Festival (India, 2023)
World Film Carnival Singapore (Singapore, 2023)
Queer Film Festival Rosarito (Mexico, 2023)
Knight of the Reel Awards (India, 2023)
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (India, 2023)
Festival MIX: Cine y Diversidad Sexual (Mexico, 2023, 2024, 2026)
Asia South East-Short Film Festival (Cambodia, 2023)
Nepal Cultural International Film Festival (Nepal, 2023)
PIFF Paraná International Films Festival (Argentina, 2023, 2024, 2026)
Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans / Lesbigaytrans (Paraguay, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Fotofilm International Short Film Festival (Turkey, 2023)
Make Art Not Fear Film Festival (Portugal, 2023)
Bali Queer Film Festival (Indonesia, 2024)
Maracay International Film & Video Festival (Venezuela, 2024)
Festival Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (Argentina, 2024)
FARO Concurso de Cinema Mediterrâneo e Mundial (Portugal, 2025)
Gasp! Horror Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2025)
Assurdo Film Festival (Italy, 2026)
Cine Pobre Film Festival (Mexico, 2026)
South Asian Short Film Festival (India, 2026)
Porn Film Festival Vienna (Austria, 2026)
FACC* – Festival de Arte y Cine Contrasexual (Mexico, 2026)
Vienna Shorts (Austria, 2026)
Queergestreift Filmfestival (Germany, 2026)
International Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen (Mexico, 2026)
Recognitions
Awards
Best First Time Filmmaker — 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (Indonesia, 2022)
Best LGBT Film — Cult Valley Global Cinefest (India, 2022)
Best Debut Director — Nitiin International Film Festival (Malaysia, 2022)
Debut Filmmaker — Druk International Film Festival (Bhutan, 2022)
Best LGBT Film — Cult Critic Movie Awards (India, 2023)
Best Debut Filmmaker — Jaisalmer International Film Festival (India, 2023)
Best LGBT Film — Shunyatam International Film Festival (India, 2023)
Best Mobile Film — World Film Carnival Singapore (Singapore, 2023)
Outstanding Achievement Award – Debut Filmmaker — Knight of the Reel Awards (India, 2023)
Best Editing — Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (India, 2023)
Special Mention — Asia South East-Short Film Festival (Cambodia, 2023)
Award Winner — Make Art Not Fear Film Festival (Portugal, 2023)
Best LGBT Short Film — Maracay International Film & Video Festival (Venezuela, 2024)
Honorable Mention — FARO Concurso de Cinema Mediterrâneo e Mundial (Portugal, 2025)
Best LGBTQ+ Film — Assurdo Film Festival (Italy, 2026)
Nominee — Cine Pobre Film Festival (Mexico, 2026)
Official Selections
Queer Film Festival Rosarito — Rosarito, Mexico (Feb 3, 2023) — Official Selection
Festival MIX: Cine y Diversidad Sexual — Mexico City, Mexico (Jun 7, 2023) — Official Selection
Nepal Cultural International Film Festival — Kathmandu, Nepal (Sep 22, 2023) — Official Selection
PIFF Paraná International Film Festival (6th Edition) — Paraná, Argentina (Sep 3, 2023) — Official Selection
Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans — Asunción, Paraguay (Jul 22, 2023) — Official Selection
Festival MIX México — Mexico City, Mexico (Jun 20, 2024) — Official Selection
PIFF Paraná International Film Festival (7th Edition) — Paraná, Argentina (Sep 3, 2024) — Official Selection
Festival Internacional de Cine Lesbigaytrans — Asunción, Paraguay (Aug 27, 2024) — Official Selection
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre — Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov 27, 2024) — Official Selection
GASP! Horror Film Festival — Manchester, United Kingdom (Aug 16, 2025) — Official Selection
Festival Internacional de Cine Lesbigaytrans — Asunción, Paraguay (Aug 26, 2025) — Official Selection
South Asian Short Film Festival — Kolkata, India (Jul 6, 2026) — Official Selection
PIFF Paraná International Film Festival (9th Edition) — Paraná, Argentina (Aug 31, 2026) — Official Selection
Porn Film Festival Vienna — Vienna, Austria (Apr 16, 2026) — Official Selection
Festival MIX México — Mexico City, Mexico (Jun 18, 2026) — Official Selection
International Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen — Playa del Carmen, Mexico (Nov 19, 2026) — Official Selection
FACC* Festival de Arte y Cine Contrasexual — Mexico City, Mexico (Apr 15, 2026) — Official Selection
Vienna Shorts — Vienna, Austria (May 26, 2026) — Official Selection
Queergestreift Filmfestival — Konstanz, Germany (Apr 16, 2026) — Official Selection (Non-competitive Section)