SQIFF 2021 takes place 6th to 10th October in Glasgow and we are offering a £1000 commission for someone to create the artwork to appear on our print marketing materials and merchandise this year. To be eligible you must be based in Scotland and have…
SQIFF is collaborating with Sanctuary Queer Arts to offer 2 online workshops for LGBTQIA+ people, aged 18+, to learn about film programming. Participants will work together to watch a selection of queer short films and make decisions about a final shorts programme, which will be…
We are looking for a freelance Producer and freelance Programme Coordinator for SQIFF 2021. To apply, please send an email to info[at]sqiff.org. Let us know the role you’re interested in and what you would like to bring to it. If you have an up-to-date CV,…
SQIFF is pleased to be making documentary Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America available online for the rest of February for LGBT History Month 2021. Unsettled is a feature-length documentary revealing the untold stories of LGBT refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution from…
We are very pleased to announce that Leah Francisco’s What is Wrong With Her? is the winner of our SQIFF 2020 award for Best Scottish Short. What is Wrong With Her?, an autobiographical BSL poem by Edinburgh-based filmmaker and comedian, Leah Francisco, produced by Glasgow…
We talked to filmmaker, artist and writer Lana Lin about the ethics of documentary filmmaking, embodied vulnerabilities and the political meaning of ‘Self Care’ Can you tell us a bit about your filmmaking practice and approach? I’ve gone from identifying as a filmmaker to identifying as a…
SQIFF programmer Harvey Dimond discusses their picks for SQIFF 2020, colonial queerphobia, and the challenges of documentary formats. Can you tell us a little about how you came to be on the programming team at SQIFF 2020 and how you’ve found the experience? I joined SQIFF as…
We talked to filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang about intimacy, queer scifi cinema, and making queer film over a 30 years’ shifting cultural landscape. Can you tell us a bit about you how you got into filmmaking? I have always wanted to make ‘cinema’ since my…
We talked to artist Jamie Crewe about their relationship to filmmaking, classic horror movie tropes, and the violence of representation. Can you tell us a bit about your art practice and how you got into filmmaking? I did an art foundation course at Chesterfield College,…
SQIFF programmer Samar Ziadat discusses her Festival strand Queer Ecologies, programming SQIFF as it goes online, and how exploring our relationship with ‘the natural’ can help us unpick harmful gender and sexuality norms. How have you found programming for SQIFF this year, as the format…