""I saw Black and queer stories but they were always tragedies so I'm so glad we have the opportunity to tell a joyous story. There are some struggles within our story but they overcome and they're celebrated and they're joyous at the end and that's what I needed to see when I was younger,""
""Their love for each other, and their refusal to hide it, lands them in a paradise free from shame and judgement.""
""embark on a journey of self-acceptance and love - for each other and themselves,""
The televised 2026 BAFTA ceremony included few LGBTQ+ stories beyond Harry Lighton's leather romcom Pillion, which received three nominations but won no awards. Two Black Boys in Paradise won the British Short Animation award, beating 2026 Oscar nominee Cardboard and Luce Angus's Solstice. The nine-minute stop-motion short follows teenagers Eden and Dula as they embark on a journey of self-acceptance and love for each other and themselves. Jordan Stephens narrates, and Arun Blair-Mangat voices the two characters. The film is based on Dean Atta's poem; Atta co-wrote the script with producer Ben Jackson after Jackson asked him to adapt it. Director Baz Sells, Jackson and Atta spent five years working with a team of over 100 people on the film, and Atta framed it as a joyous counterpoint to tragic portrayals of Black and queer lives, offering positive representation he lacked growing up.
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