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SUMMARY:Come Back to the 5 and Dime\, Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean with TGirlsonFilm
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this News Post\n  \nFive girlies reunite at a five-and-dime for the 20th anniversary of James Dean’s death. They all gossip and process where life has led them over a cup of coffee\, the film features five female leads\, one of which is Cher and another is a glamorous transexual. Based on a play and directed by Robert Altman\, this is trans director Kristiene Clarke’s favourite trans representation.  \nCurated by Jaye Hudson. Presented with TGirlsonFilm and Introduction by Kristiene Clarke.\n \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, £8\, or £10. To book\, click here or call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900. \n  \nACCESSIBLITY  \nContent Warnings: \n\nDepiction of transmisogyny\, ableism\, outdated language and sexism.\n\nThis screening has an age recommendation of BBFC 15. \n109 minutes long. \nEnglish audio and screens with English language captions. BSL-English interpretation and live captioning provided. \nAudio description available for the film. Headsets available at the cinema entrance. \nWe have an Audience Access Fund for travel. If you would like to take this up\, please visit the access desk at the entrance of the CCA\, or contact info@sqiff.org. \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2023 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2023\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org or by phone on 07873 331 036. \nWe ask that you wear a mask if possible and please don’t attend the screening if you have any symptoms of Covid-19 or have been in recent contact with a confirmed case. FFP2 masks will be available for free around the building. \nImage: from Come Back to the 5 and Dime\, Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean (1982\, Dir. Robert Altman)
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/come-back-to-the-5-and-dime-jimmy-dean-jimmy-dean-with-tgirlsonfilm/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,Disability,English language,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Speech to Text
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SUMMARY:Not Quite That
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \n‘Not Quite That’ follows 57-year-old Sarah\, a butch lesbian predisposed to breast cancer. \nSarah discusses the implications of a mastectomy as a butch presenting person. She contemplates if people would perceive her as transmasculine and how that would make her feel. \nHer long-term close friends listen attentively and help her process the situation. The love and support shared by this group of old friends is heartwarming. A feel-good film for sure. \nThis film is followed by two shorts. Director Leo Torre of The Ship of Theseus will join us to chat about short filmmaking and the importance of queer/trans friendships. \nCurated by Nat Lall.\n \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, £8\, or £10. To book\, click here or call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900. \n  \nNot Quite That (2022\, Dir. Ali Grant): Might a genetic mutation be the very thing that allows this nice Jewish butch lesbian to be fully seen at last? Meet Sarah\, 57. Lesbian? For sure. Jewish? Yes and no. Mother? In all but one sense. Trans? No\, just often mistaken as such. Breast cancer survivor? Well\, that’s the plan\, the survival bit\, but without the cancer or the breasts. Not Quite That is an intimate and insightful exploration of how we are seen\, how we see ourselves\, and why it matters. \nThe Ship Of Theseus  (2022\, Dir. Leo Torre): A creative trans self-documentary video exploring themes of early transition and gender rebirth using themes of mythology and the sea. \nPatricia in the Dark (2023\, Dir. Laura Hartley): Born into a world where the word ‘transgender’ didn’t exist\, 95-year-old Patricia spent most of her life longing for love and acceptance but too afraid to reveal her true self. \n  \nACCESSIBLITY  \nContent Warnings: \n\nDiscussion of cancer diagnosis\, surgery\, gender dysphoria\, body image\, transphobia; \nDepictions of pregnancy\, nudity\, drains\, hospitalisation.\n\nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 16+. \n60 minutes long with Q&A after the screening. \nEnglish and French audio with English language captions. BSL-English interpretation and live captioning provided. \nAudio description available for the film. Headsets available at the cinema entrance. \nWe have an Audience Access Fund for travel. If you would like to take this up\, please visit the access desk at the entrance of the CCA\, or contact info@sqiff.org. \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2023 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2023\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org or by phone on 07873 331 036. \nWe ask that you wear a mask if possible and please don’t attend the screening if you have any symptoms of Covid-19 or have been in recent contact with a confirmed case. FFP2 masks will be available for free around the building. \nImage: from Not Quite That (2022\, Dir. Ali Grant)
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/not-quite-that/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,Disability,Discussion,Films,Hearing loop,Speech to Text
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241010T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241010T203000
DTSTAMP:20240921T060443Z
CREATED:20240823T091740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T060443Z
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SUMMARY:Scottish Shorts 2 - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening. CCA Box Office are operating a waiting list for sold out events – please contact them directly or go to their website to be added to this!** \nScottish Shorts 2 is a short film programme that celebrates the rich tapestry of queer Scottish filmmakers and stories. This collection of films showcases the diversity\, resilience\, and creativity of the LGBTQ+ community in Scotland\, offering poignant and powerful narratives that span love\, identity\, self-discovery\, and the complexities of modern life. The programme offers a diverse and compelling look at queer life in Scotland\, highlighting the unique voices and stories of the LGBTQ+ community. Through these films\, audiences will experience a range of emotions and insights\, celebrating the richness and complexity of queer Scottish experiences. We hope to welcome several of the filmmakers for a Q&A after the screening. \nAll filmmakers in this screening and ‘SQIFF 2024 Opening Night Scottish Shorts’ are automatically entered into a competition to win the title of Best Scottish Short. The winner will be announced at the closing screening of SQIFF 2024. \n  \nCurated by Nat Lall and Huss. \n  \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, £8\, £10\, or £12. To book\, click here or call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nBritish Sign Language and English audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nAudio Description\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A\nLive Captioning for the introduction and Q&A\n\nThis screening is 90 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2024 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2024\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org or by phone on 07873 331 036. \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \n  \nLove [Gaol]\, Dirs. Giulia Lina Giannetti\, Paul Morgan\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nA film about all kinds of love within the LGBTQ+ community from folks of North Ayrshire. \nGaol [Scottish Gaelic] [Goohl] \n\n Affection\, love\n\nI love my partner. \n\n (object of) love\n\nThe queer community is full of love. \n\n (pl.) kindred\n\nChosen family is based on love and support. \nContent notes: Discussion of queerphobia. \n  \nFemme Disturbance\, Dir. Conor Baird\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 25 min \nFemme Disturbance investigates a closeted adolescence\, its surrounding family dynamic and the empowering figure of the Action Heroine. To tell these stories the Sisters are interviewed and the Adolescent speaks alongside the Critic. Home movie footage and action heroine performances across Hollywood film and video games are reembodied\, cut and collaged. \nContent notes: Discussions of disordered eating\, homophobia\, family discord\, mental health. Depictions of fictional violence\, implied nudity. \n  \nGrowin’ Pains\, Dir. Sammson Orr\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 6 min \nDuring a family argument\, a teenager flees to the garden for relief\, only to find the conflict follows them. Feeling hopeless\, they grow into the grass and are swallowed by the ground. They awaken in a subterranean world as a cryptid creature\, escaping humanity. What starts as magical escapism becomes a burden as the house and conflict still haunt them. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity. \n  \nMiss Temperance\, Dir. Jeremy McClain\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nA year after a drug- and booze-fueled night that sparked their sobriety\, a drag artist prepares to return to the spotlight. As the evening unfolds\, Jackson faces nerves\, excitement\, and past shadows. With their mentor’s support\, they confront their fears and find creative freedom in their sober identity. The film explores self-discovery\, resilience\, and reinvention while celebrating Glasgow’s queer scene. \nContent notes: Depiction of alcohol use\, drug use\, pregnancy. \nAccess notes: Flashing lights. \n  \nob-SOUL-1337\, Dir. Harry Roberts\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 17 min \nAn animated short film that uses death and the afterlife to explore our relationship with technology\, the duality of our identities online and off and the monetization of our personal memories of thoughts by Big Tech. \nContent notes: Depiction of strong language\, gore\, cartoon violence\, nudity\, sexual innuendo\, death\, sex. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery\, distorted sounds. \n  \nI’ve Got Something To Tell You\, Dirs. Ben Clery-Hall\, Mandy Mcmillan\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 4 min \nAn exploration of queer temporality through the mind of someone realising they are trans. \n  \nStrangers\, Dir. Klarissa Webster\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 4 min \n2 peoples worlds collide in a graveyard. One dealing with a near loss\, another still harbouring the pain after many years. \n  \nCOWBOY\, Dir. Luca Kerr\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 10 min \nYoung Transgender man ‘Cowboy’ is run out of his small home town and turns to Glasgow in search of a new beginning. But he is unable to shake the shadows of his past. \nContent notes: Depiction of homophobic slurs\, cigarette use\, alcohol use\, physical violence\, blood. \nAccess notes: Flashing lights. \n  \nDonate: \nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to support our work and show us you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨ \n  \nImage Credit: ob-SOUL-1337\, Dir. Harry Roberts\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/scottish-shorts-2/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251027T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251027T220000
DTSTAMP:20251017T150236Z
CREATED:20250910T102316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T150236Z
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SUMMARY:SQIFF 2025 Opening Night Scottish Shorts - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening. We are operating a waiting list for sold out events on the platform Ticket Tailor\, where we sell our tickets for SQIFF 2025 – please add your name to the waitlist and you’ll be notified by Ticket Tailor if any tickets become available!** \nWe are once again back with an opening event celebrating Scottish queer cinema! This screening exclusively contains short films by artists based in Scotland. The selected short films highlight the diversity of LGBTQIA+ films being made right here in Scotland. Before we spend the week enjoying cinematic treats from across the globe\, let’s take a moment to appreciate the talented and close-knit queer community we are so grateful to have right here. Expect bright colours\, lovely creatures\, big laughs and plenty of fun informal chat in our post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers. \nAll filmmakers in this screening and ‘Scottish Shorts 2’ are automatically entered into a competition to win the title of Best Scottish Short. The winner will be announced at the closing screening of SQIFF 2025. \nCurated by Nat Lall and Huss. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nAudio Description\nEnglish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for introduction and panel discussion\nLive Captioning for introduction and panel discussion\n\nThis screening is 75 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, bean bag seating\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. If you are attending with companions and they need seating with you please also let us know. We will provide one free PA ticket for people who require any type of assistance (all tickets are pay what you can). We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of each venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2025 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2025\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org or by phone on 07873 331 036. \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \nThis Werewolf Complex\, Dir. Heather E Andrews\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 15 min \nMoving portrait explores brain auras through personal voices\, examining seizure warnings\, social stigma\, and their positive impact on artistic expression. \n  \nTWISTED PAIR\, Dir. Edward Gwyn Jones\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 13 min \nTwo characters engage in erotic\, absurdist phone calls that invert power dynamics\, sampling 1975-1985 queer cinema and pop culture.\n \n  \nLate Bloomers\, Dir. Axel Gutapfel\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 6 min \nLate Bloomers depicts a post-nature world where Glasgow’s queer community creates reality through mimicking wilderness they’ve never known. \n  \nThree Act Structure\, Dir. Iona Rose Wheeler\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \nIona recounts and imagines experiences discussing gender with doctors. \nContent notes: Discussion of difficulties in accessing trans healthcare\, medical conversations\, transphobia. \n  \nTAPS\, Dir. Louis O. Utieyin\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 7 min \nWhen Max unknowingly summons a demon on Grindr\, he must do whatever it takes to survive. \nContent notes: Discussion of drug use\, sex. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.  \n  \nTaxonomy\, Dir. Ren Leverentz\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 11 min \nUsing a combination of movement art and conversation\, Taxonomy is a short documentary that explores the relationship between language and gender for trans and non-binary people. \nContent notes: Discussion of dysphoria\, misgendering. \n  \nThe Figure in the Carpet\, Dir. Fibi Cowley\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 7 min \nPersonal reflection on living with hallucinations\, told through experimental puppetry and informed by the director’s lived sensory experiences. \n  \nWell … Actually\, Dir. Zyra Evangelista\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 13 min \nWhen xeir best friend pulls a prank that goes terribly wrong\, an agoraphobic doomsday pepper becomes the world’s last hope for survival… or so they think. \nContent notes: Depiction of misgendering\, strong language use. Discussion of climate change\, genocide\, homelessness\, intense fears and phobias. \n  \nDonate: \nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to support our work and show us you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨ \n  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: TAPS\, Dir. Louis O. Utieyin\, 2025
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-2025-opening-night-scottish-shorts/
LOCATION:The Social Hub\, The Social Hub\, Candleriggs Square\, Glasgow\, G1 1TQ
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Discussion,English language,Films,Hearing loop,Live Captioning,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251028T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251028T173000
DTSTAMP:20251028T084128Z
CREATED:20250910T102725Z
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SUMMARY:Scottish Shorts 1 - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening. We are operating a waiting list for sold out events on the platform Ticket Tailor\, where we sell our tickets for SQIFF 2025 – please add your name to the waitlist and you’ll be notified by Ticket Tailor if any tickets become available!** \n  \nWe are once again back with an opening event celebrating Scottish queer cinema! This screening exclusively contains short films by artists based in Scotland. The selected short films highlight the diversity of LGBTQIA+ films being made right here in Scotland. Before we spend the week enjoying cinematic treats from across the globe\, let’s take a moment to appreciate the talented and close-knit queer community we are so grateful to have right here. Expect bright colours\, lovely creatures\, big laughs and plenty of fun informal chat in our post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers. \nAll filmmakers in this screening and ‘Scottish Shorts 2’ are automatically entered into a competition to win the title of Best Scottish Short. The winner will be announced at the closing screening of SQIFF 2025. \nCurated by Nat Lall and Huss. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nAudio Description\nEnglish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for introduction and panel discussion. The interpreter for this event is Lou Hanson.\nLive Captioning for introduction and panel discussion\n\nThis screening is 75 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, bean bag seating\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. If you are attending with companions and they need seating with you please also let us know. We will provide one free PA ticket for people who require any type of assistance (all tickets are pay what you can). We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of each venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2025 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2025\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org or by phone on 07873 331 036. \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \nThis Werewolf Complex\, Dir. Heather E Andrews\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 15 min \nMoving portrait explores brain auras through personal voices\, examining seizure warnings\, social stigma\, and their positive impact on artistic expression. \n  \nTWISTED PAIR\, Dir. Edward Gwyn Jones\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 13 min \nTwo characters engage in erotic\, absurdist phone calls that invert power dynamics\, sampling 1975-1985 queer cinema and pop culture.\n \n  \nLate Bloomers\, Dir. Axel Gutapfel\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 6 min \nLate Bloomers depicts a post-nature world where Glasgow’s queer community creates reality through mimicking wilderness they’ve never known. \n  \nThree Act Structure\, Dir. Iona Rose Wheeler\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \nIona recounts and imagines experiences discussing gender with doctors. \nContent notes: Discussion of difficulties in accessing trans healthcare\, medical conversations\, transphobia. \n  \nTAPS\, Dir. Louis O. Utieyin\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 7 min \nWhen Max unknowingly summons a demon on Grindr\, he must do whatever it takes to survive. \nContent notes: Discussion of drug use\, sex. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.  \n  \nTaxonomy\, Dir. Ren Leverentz\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 11 min \nUsing a combination of movement art and conversation\, Taxonomy is a short documentary that explores the relationship between language and gender for trans and non-binary people. \nContent notes: Discussion of dysphoria\, misgendering. \n  \nThe Figure in the Carpet\, Dir. Fibi Cowley\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 7 min \nPersonal reflection on living with hallucinations\, told through experimental puppetry and informed by the director’s lived sensory experiences. \n  \nWell … Actually\, Dir. Zyra Evangelista\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 13 min \nWhen xeir best friend pulls a prank that goes terribly wrong\, an agoraphobic doomsday pepper becomes the world’s last hope for survival… or so they think. \nContent notes: Depiction of misgendering\, strong language use. Discussion of climate change\, genocide\, homelessness\, intense fears and phobias. \n  \nDonate: \nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to support our work and show us you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨ \n  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: TAPS\, Dir. Louis O. Utieyin\, 2025
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/scottish-shorts-1/
LOCATION:The Boardwalk\, The Boardwalk\, 105 Brunswick St\, Glasgow\, G1 1TF
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Discussion,English language,Films,Hearing loop,Live Captioning,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261019T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261019T223000
DTSTAMP:20261005T161249Z
CREATED:20260915T051326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T161249Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Night: Scottish Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nWe cordially invite you to our Opening Night event\, Scottish Shorts 1. This event showcases the outstanding talent of queer filmmakers here in our homeland\, Scotland. Before we embark on a week exploring queer international cinema\, Scottish Shorts celebrates the diverse range of films coming out of Scotland right now. Expect big muscles\, punk rebellion\, experimental textures\, heartfelt conversations and more. \nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A with local filmmakers. All films in this screening and ‘Scottish Shorts 2’ are in with a chance to win the title of Best Scottish Short. The winner will be announced at the closing screening of SQIFF 2026. \nCurated by Nat Lall & Huss. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nBritish Sign Language\, English and Scottish Gaelic audio\, with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and Q&A.\nAudio Description for all films.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset. \n\nThis screening is 92 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+ \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \n  \nVALLTE – ARPEGGI\, Dir. Reese Leitch\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 2 min \nA short experimental film about difficulties finding pride as a trans woman. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery\, flashing lights\, strobes. \nContent notes: Depiction of suggested nudity. Discussion of upsetting themes. \n  \nPang\, Dir. Lara Delmage\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nSurreal\, sexy\, and spectral. The summer before Cam leaves for university\, childhood best friends Cam and Evie are haunted by the breakdown of their grey-area\, queer friendship. As they laze by the pool\, they test the limits of their relationship\, and try to define who they are to each other. \nContent notes: Depiction of animal cruelty\, emotional stress. \n  \nDid I Feel It?\, Dir. Emma McIntyre\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nDid I Feel It? Is a creative documentary that reflects on and through a recent surgery\, convalescing and energies that are vital in living with lifelong disabilities. By sharing this small insight I hope to draw focus to the complexities and expansive journeys of queer disabled lives. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery\, loud noises. \nContent notes: Depiction of hospitals\, scars. \n  \nThe Muscle Knows Better Than To Wait\, Dir. Erica Monde\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 4 min \nA portrait of an LGBT weightlifting club in Sheffield\, exploring the embodiment of queer and trans power. \nContent notes: Discussion of transphobia. \n  \nThe Collective\, Dirs. Beth Johnston\, Daniel Archibald\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 7 min \nIn a dystopian Glasgow\, a feminist punk collective interrupt a government radio broadcast to protest against the fascist regime. \n \n  \nWake and Bake\, Dir. Luca Kerr\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 5 min \nCousins Fionn and Aonghas bond over their inability to fit into their family of saints at their grandmother’s wake. \nContent notes: Depiction of implied drug use\, smoking. Discussion of bereavement. \n  \nXTalk by HommAges\, Dir. Craig Mulholland\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 21 min \nOperating as material phenomenon and metaphor\, XTalk reframes autonomy\, objectification and porous boundaries between subject and object within BDSM culture\, fetish materiality and Queer ontology\, foregrounding adjacency\, interference\, surface\, contact and erotic material intersection. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery\, flashing lights. \nContent notes: Depiction of fetishism. \n  \nThey Bend Stars\, Dir. Diego Migliorini\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 11 min \nA genderless alien tortured in an underground facility learns that the key to return to their purple planet lies within. They must escape their captor and find their way back to their distant home. \nAccess notes: Flashing lights\, visual effects that may trigger people with photosensitive epilepsy. \n  \nExiled for Existing\, Dir. Vilte Vaitkute\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 7 min \nLGBTQ+ Refugees living in the UK speak about their experiences and the community they’ve found in Scotland. \nContent notes: Discussion of emotional displacement\, homophobia\, physical violence. \n  \nReconnection\, Dir. Amy Helena\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 11 min \nA couple’s argument is interrupted by a blackout. In candlelight\, silence gives way to honesty\, helping them reconnect and bridge the emotional distance between them. \n  \nDonate: \nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to support our work and show us you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨ \n  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: PANG\, 2026\, Dir. Lara Delmage
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/opening-night-scottish-shorts/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,Descriptive Subtitles,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Shorts,World premiere
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SUMMARY:Adam’s Apple
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nAdam’s Apple is an intimate\, collaborative documentary told through the dual perspectives of Adam\, a transgender teen\, and his mother\, visual artist Amy Jenkins\, that offers an authentic and tender counterpoint to the hostility facing trans youth today. Adam’s journey balances the milestones of gender transition with the rhythms of adolescence. As Adam asserts his identity and steps out into the world\, his parents grapple with the challenges of raising a teen while learning to let go. Through a visually poetic approach\, the film transforms a deeply personal archive\, collected over two decades\, into a powerful\, joyful testament to the beauty and difficulty of reckoning with profound change. \nAfter the screening\, Adam Sieswerda will join SQIFF Director Indigo Korres in conversation. \nPresented in partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nEnglish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and Q&A.\nAudio Description for the film.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset.\nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.\nContent notes: Depiction of hospitalisation\, needles. Discussion of COVID-19 pandemic\, mental health\, surgery.\n\nThis screening is 98 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+ \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nDonate: \nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to support our work and show us you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨ \n  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: Adam’s Apple\, Dir. Amy K. Jenkins\, 2026
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/adams-apple/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Feature,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Trans
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SUMMARY:Closing Gala: Hunky Jesus
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nJoin us for the closing event of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival as we celebrate another year of exceptional queer cinema. This year’s closing film is Hunky Jesus\, a documentary capturing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s iconic take on Easter Sunday. The sisters celebrate Easter with a massive drag competition in which people compete to be the hunkiest Jesus. It documents how community and camp can be powerful tools for resistance and solidarity. Essentially it’s an extremely fun\, silly work of queer cinema. It’s a guaranteed mood booster. And\, a fantastic way to wrap up another great year of SQIFF.
  \nThe film will be followed by a panel discussion with House of Nunsense\, Glasgow’s own chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.  \nThe winner of Best Scottish Short will be announced at the start of this event. Please join us in congratulating the winner and all our filmmakers on another year of SQIFF. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nEnglish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and Q&A.\nAudio Description for the film.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset.\nContent notes: Depiction of alcohol use\, mild sexual imagery\, religion. Discussion of AIDS epidemic\, death\, queerphobia.\n\nThis screening is 85 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+ \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nDonate: \nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to support our work and show us you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨ \n  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: Hunky Jesus\, Dir. Jennifer Kroot\, 2026
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/closing-gala-hunky-jesus/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Feature,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere
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