The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Vidiots, Los Angeles

**Screenwriter**: Diego Céspedes **Producers**: Giancarlo Nasi, Justin Pechberty Join us in the microcinema for Diego Céspedes’ Cannes winning masterpiece, an empowering and heartfelt queer western to warm up these chilly nights with unforgettable characters, heart, humor, and all the feels. In the early 80s, in the Chilean desert, eleven-year-old Lidia grows up in a loving queer family pushed on the edge of an unwelcoming dusty mining town. They are blamed for a mysterious illness that’s starting to spread – said to be passed through a single gaze, when one man falls in love with another. In this modern western, Lidia leads a quest for vengeance, facing violence, fear and hatred, where family is her only refuge and love might be the real danger. A remarkable tale of trans joy and resistance, a stylish modern folktale, and a moving coming-of-age classic all in one, this transcendent triumph will having you laughing, crying, and cheering throughout.