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
Winner of Best Scottish Short at SQIFF 2017! Read More »
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
Eleanor Capaldi: Seeing Ourselves on Screen Read More »
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.
Rob Eagle: Unsettling White Colonial History Read More »
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
Diego Carvalho Sá: Relatability & Nudity on Camera Read More »
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
Daniel Kulle: Shooting Experimental Fictional Film Read More »
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
Adrian Garcia Gomez: Reinterpreting the Mikveh Read More »
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
Alberto Amoretti: Telling Stories of Identity Read More »
