Adrian Garcia Gomez: Reinterpreting the Mikveh
The mikveh is a cleansing ceremony for Jewish brides, performed as a purifying ritual bath before marriage. In Gomez’ film, Mikveh, this ceremony is reinterpreted by two married men. In …
The mikveh is a cleansing ceremony for Jewish brides, performed as a purifying ritual bath before marriage. In Gomez’ film, Mikveh, this ceremony is reinterpreted by two married men. In …
What led you to pursue documentary filmmaking? I’ve always been engaged in communications and growing community and documentary filmmaking is a clear form of both. I thrive on the creativity …
Catherine Gund: Documentaries and the Urgency of Representation Read More »
“Do you prefer shagging men or women?”, Hedi asks Iva as they both lie on her floor mattress, Hedi smoking, Iva on her front clutching the sheets beneath her. “It’s …
Jacob Engelberg: Bisexual* Representation and Cinema’s Sexual Paradigms Read More »
For decades in film and television, transgender people were often portrayed as villains with their gender identity used as a way of making them appear crazy and unstable. These days, …
Mabz Beet: Changing Trans Representation on Screen Read More »
How did you get into filmmaking and what drives you? I am a scriptwriter first and foremost and have recently branched out into filmmaking. What has always interested me is …
When I met Erin Allday, the journalist whose idea it was to start reporting on long-term AIDS survivors, I was attending a working group requesting the city for funding to …
Harry Breaux: At 72, Surviving the AIDS Epidemic Read More »
Gender has always been a challenge for me. As a child, my mother wanted to dress me in pink, lacy dresses that horrified me. No one was thrilled with my …
Cyn Lubow: Trans/Gender Experience of Birthing Children Read More »
Recently, I’m talking around March this year, I was outed at the funeral of a close family member. It was literally so extra and dramatic I couldn’t believe what was …
We have a number of lovely guests attending SQIFF 2017 and are looking for local people in Glasgow to host some of them in a spare room or sofa bed etc. …
Friendly Locals Sought to Host SQIFF 2017 Guests Read More »
My Aunt Mame is a funny/sad dramatization of a woman’s childhood visits to her working-class butch great aunt, and what happened when she came out to her mom, told through …
Krissy Mahan: Telling Queer Working Class Stories Read More »