At SQIFF 2017, we introduced a sliding scale ticket system with the aim of making the festival more affordable to more people. A lot of events organisers have been in touch asking how this worked, so we thought we’d publish a mini report here with stats and relevant infos. Credit…
We have several DVD copies of filmmaker Kanchi Wichmann’s excellent and very relatable new Berlin queer scene-set web series, Mixed Messages, to give away courtesy of Peccadillo Pictures. To be in with a chance of winning, simply email info@sqiff.org with ‘Mixed Messages’ as the subject…
We are pleased to announce that the winning film for this year’s Best Scottish Short competition was A Long Line of Glitter, created by Asten Holmes-Elliott alongside a community of LGBT 50+ people living in or around Glasgow. A Long Line of Glitter is a…
The first time I ever had a real understanding of my identity was through reflections in culture. With no relatable figures nearby, and being labelled gay or lesbian considered an insult of the highest order in school, it was film, television and books that filled…
When I first saw the trailer for the film Victoria and Abdul, I felt a bit sick. It looked like yet another nostalgic, royalist whitewashing of Britain’s oppressive colonial history. Such films seek to romanticise the racist, global, imperial project and legitimise modern Britain’s ongoing…
What is your experience of making films and getting them shown at festivals? For me, making a film is an amazing experience. My favourite parts are definitely the conception of the film, actually filming it, and showing it at festivals. Working with a creative team…
It doesn’t happen too often that the border between experimental and fictional film is torn down. Of course, there are a lot of people who started in experimental film making and progressed towards fictional film, or even continue to switch between the two. But there…
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 this reinterpretation of the mikveh, the filmmaker and his husband’s immersions are disrupted by a government who refuses…
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 of molding a story and also on the urgency of representation. In high school, I…
“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 all the same,” responds Iva. Then, after a pause, “when love strikes.” Mongolian-German filmmaker Uisenma…