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SUMMARY:Scottish Shorts 2 - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \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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SUMMARY:Our World: Signs for the Future with Take One Action and Edinburgh Deaf Festival - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \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!** \nCurated by Charlie Little\, a queer\, deafblind film access consultant and curator\, ‘Signs for the Future’ is a collection of short films interwoven with intersections of identity\, our natural world and elements\, and climate justice issues. These films capture Deaf and disabled perspectives and intersectional identity\, seeking to spark conversations about collective\, intertwined struggles and how our climate plays a role in our unity.  \nThis special showcase will also feature the short film Bee’s Journey\, which was produced by emerging Deaf filmmakers and created in response to the Scottish Sensory Centre’s ‘Rewilding BSL’ project. This project led to the creation of over 400 British Sign Language signs for climate and environment-related terms\, making climate justice action and environmental discussions more accessible for BSL users.  \nBee’s Journey came to life during a filmmaking workshop\, ‘Filming Our World: Rewilding BSL & Queer Ecologies\,’ facilitated by Take One Action Film Festivals\, SQIFF\, and Edinburgh Deaf Festival this summer. The workshop presentations were led by Dr. Audrey Cameron\, Will Clark\, and Klarissa Webster. \nCurated by Charlie Little. \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\nAmerican Sign Language\, British Sign Language\, English audio English language descriptive subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction.\nLive Captioning for the introduction.\n\nThis screening is 60 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \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  \nBee’s Journey\, Sandra Duguid\, Audrey Cameron\, Tanya\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \nFilmed in the serene wildness of Salisbury Centre’s communal garden space\, Bee’s Journey follows the perspectives of three individuals and their connection to nature and their identity. This film was imagined and manifested during a Deaf and climate justice-focused filmmaking workshop in collaboration with Take One Action\, SQIFF\, and Edinburgh Deaf Festival. \nContent notes: Discussion of ADHD. \n  \nScotland\, Forgive Me\, Dir. Will Clark\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 6 min \nSet against a picturesque Scottish beach\, a Deaf person writes a love letter to Scotland and to people looking for a place to belong\, using poetry to explore their struggles of identity and connection to the country they were born in.  \n  \nBattery\, Dir. Ewan Marshall\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 14 min \nIn this apocalyptic love story\, Elliot uses his last remaining wheelchair battery to navigate a city devastated by climate disaster\, hoping to reunite with his deaf boyfriend.  \nContent notes: Physical violence. \n  \nOctopus\, Dir. Ella Glendining\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nUpon returning to her sleepy seaside home town for a funeral\, a young woman reconnects with the friends she left behind. \nContent notes: Discussion of grief\, death. \n  \nThe Beauty of Being Deaf\, Dir. Chella Man\, 2021\, United States\, 3 min \nSubmerged underwater\, three people explore and express their celebration of identity and hearing loss.  \n  \nHow to Carry Water\, Dir. Sasha Worztel\, 2024\, United States\, 15m \nThis punk rock fairytale doubles as a portrait of Shoog McDaniel – a fat\, queer\, and disabled photographer working in and around northern Florida’s vast network of freshwater springs\, the state’s source of precious drinking water.  \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity. Discussion of sexual references\, references to fatphobia.\n \nAccess notes: Strobe effects. \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: The Beauty of Being Deaf\, Dir. Chella Man\, 2021
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/our-world-signs-for-the-future-with-take-one-action-and-edinburgh-deaf-festival/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Deaf,Disability,Live Captioning
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