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SQIFF Shorts: Ma(i)nly Men

September 30, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:10 pm

What does it mean to be a man? Insights into a cultural project designed to get gay men talking about sex and drug use, a destructive relationship between a married ‘heterosexual’ man and a gay guy, an experimental plunge into the homoeroticism of male rowers, two trans guys building campfires and hanging out in the wilderness together, a father taking exception to his son winning the family bread through sex work, and a group of unreconstituted hetero studs being upstaged by women at the gym. A selection of shorts probing masculinity from a variety of angles.

ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. Most films in English language.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.

To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

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Let’s Talk About Gay Sex And Drugs (12m)
Dir: Leon Lopez, Country: UK, Year: 2015

A short documentary about a monthly open mic night in London, where speakers are encouraged to talk about their experiences of drug and sex culture in the gay scene.

Nightstand (26m)
Dir: Charles Parham, Country: UK, Year: 2015

Nightstand stages the destructive relationship between two men over three consecutive nights – one is gay, lost and adolescent, the other is married to a woman and middle-aged.

X-Film (3m)
Dir: Inaki Sagastume, Country: Basque, Year: 2015

A film poem in which the sound and fury of skin flaps like a flag under the flow of assaults!

(The Here and Now) A Visit (12m)
Dir: Finn Paul, Country: USA, Year: 2015

A narrative portrait, and a staged document, of a friendship between two trans men as they hang out in the wilderness.

The Owls (10m)
Dir: Natalia Bougadellis, Country: Greece, Year: 2016

A young man’s parents find themselves unemployed and he is required to put food on the table, turning to sex work to make ends meet.

No Game Lots of Pain (3m)
Dir: Guy Wilson, Country: UK, Year: 2015

Two hetero men try to woo a woman at the gym and she is less than impressed.

Details

Date:
September 30, 2016
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:10 pm
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SQIFF

Venue

Centre for Contemporary Arts
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow, G2 3JD United Kingdom
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0141 352 4900
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