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  • Dykes, Camera, Action! + BOOM BUST: Feminist Filmmakers Blowing Up the Canon

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Lesbians didn't always get to see themselves on screen. But between Stonewall, the feminist movement, and the experimental cinema of the 1970s, they built visibility, and transformed the social imagination about queerness. Filmmakers Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Desiree Akhavan, Vicky Du, Jenni Olson, film critic B. Ruby Rich, and […]

    Free – £8

  • The Wizard of Oz (an asexual reading)

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    1939 Hollywood fantasy movie, The Wizard of Oz, is known for its strong association with gay male culture, thought to be the origin for homosexual men using the code ‘Friend of Dorothy’ to identify themselves to each other from the 1950s onwards. However, other readings are possible. Academic writer Alexander Doty saw Dorothy as a […]

  • DESIRES AND RESISTANCE | UNEARTHING TRANS LEGACIES

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Anonymous sexual encounters and flirtations with the camera, dress-up with Flawless Sabrina, and a night at the Stonewall Inn with Marsha P. Johnson: this programme proposes alternative modes of retrieving and disseminating a trans* past through an erotic gaze. Addressing an erasure of trans* legacies, these works place trans* sexual expression and resistances in conversation […]

  • SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Our 2018 Scottish shorts programme contains another exciting range of work by and about LGBTQ+ people and communities within our (un)fair land. Among the imagery and themes included are the search for community and intimacy, trans embodiment, anti-queer conditioning, erotic fantasies in rural landscapes, lost love, spinsterhood, tarot cards, crayfish, and witches! Featuring a spectrum […]

  • Filmmaker Social

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Are you queer filmmaker working in Scotland or beyond? Come and join us for some networking, schmoozing, and boozing. A chance to meet others who are LGBTQ+ and interested or already working in filmmaking. Share ideas, discuss your projects, or just hang out and have a nice time. We hope to be joined by representatives […]

    Free

  • SQIFF Shorts: Deaf Perspectives

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    A showcase of work by and about Deaf queer filmmakers and artists. Films include Dickie Hearts’ latest short, zombie spectacular The Deaf vs The Dead; a documentary about Deaf gay porn actor, Rick; a film-poem, featuring Donna Williams, about translation between British Sign Language and English, Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma; and The Unlimited House of Krip, […]

  • QWPS presents: Queer The Screen

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Queer Words Project Scotland presents a preview of some of the stories and poems featured in We Were Always Here, an anthology of weird, queer Scottish writing being published in February 2019 by 404 Ink. Experience a selection of stories and poems influenced by film and pop culture from some of the movers and shakers […]

  • Luke & Jack present: Bishop Black Retrospective

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    We are excited to bring Berlin-based actor and performer Bishop Black to SQIFF to present a retrospective of his amazing and varied work. Bishop has worked with some of the most prodigious and provocative directors in queer porn including Shu Lea Cheang, Erika Lust, Morgana Muses, and Bruce LaBruce. He has handpicked for us a […]

  • Meet The SQIFF Programmers

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Your chance to meet some of the programmers behind the Festival, find out more about the process of finding and selecting films, and ask any questions you might have. As a community festival, we welcome feedback on our approach, so encourage those with thoughts and ideas on queer arts programming to come along and let […]

  • Workshop: Telling Trans Stories

    Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Jason Barker is an award-winning filmmaker, comix artist, and occasional stand-up comedian. His recent feature documentary, A Deal With The Universe, uses personal archive and home video diaries to chart the story of how he became pregnant. The film is screening at multiple festivals and has gained a UK distribution deal. Jason will deliver for […]