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A white person with short blond hair and bright red lipstick grins at the camera, their hand resting on their chin, as another white person with short mousy hair kisses their chest.

Luke+Jack present: Sexxxy Beasts and Wheelchairs

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

How we are (un)represented as Deaf and Disabled people has a huge impact on our lives. Exploring such representation, we take a look at queer porn made by and about Deaf and Disabled queer people. With work by DIY queer filmmaker and activist, Loree Erickson, and self-described “bad ass, fat ass, Jew, dyke amputee,” Nomy …

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Two people stand legs apart in a dancing pose surrounded by concrete, behind them a reflection caused by sunlight and windows. One person with short black hair and a dark jacket and trousers has their arm around the neck of the other person, who has short dark hair, a grey tshirt, and dark trousers, in dance pose.

SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland

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

We present a round-up of the excellent, idiosyncratic new queer filmmaking produced within Scotland. We welcome the return of filmmakers who have screened at SQIFF before including Michael Lee Richardson, Wei Zhang, Siri Rødnes, Eleanor Capaldi, and Natasha Lall, and are excited by a whole host of new names bringing very impressive work packed with …

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A person with dark hair and long earrings wearing a flowery dress and lace gloves is in front of a brick wall and flowers. They hold a sign which reads, 'in Palestine.'

Sqifflix: Fighting for Justice

Click here to access the full programme. In our very first Sqifflix outing we showcase activist short films in which people fight for their right to exist and against oppressive forces. The movies cover identities including Deaf, Disabled, and Two Spirit, battle against patriarchy, white supremacy, and ableism, and feature hip-hop, a robot, and superhero …

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Sqifflix: Funny Stuff

Click here to access the full programme. Funny Stuff features comedy shorts with queer narratives and musings involving love potions, a mystery trail of takeaway food, Fisher Price characters brought to life, cyborgs, and zombies! All films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film's language/s, level of accessibility for blind …

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A blue and green lake with green trees and plants overhanging and surrounding. Two drawn see-through heads are bobbing in the lake looking at each other.

Sqifflix & Chill

Click here to access the full programme. Our shorts programme Sqifflix & Chill, as the title suggests, includes a varied bunch of films about romantic love, its joys, pain, and complexities. Sweet stories of intense connection are found in Selina Robertson's Couple Time and Dickie Heart's Passengers. Some of the painful and problematic aspects of …

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A woman with long red hair, leather trouser, and red shoes sits in a wheelchair talking into a microphone. Another woman with light brown hair, glasses, and a black top sits beside her.

Dream Access Focus Group SOLD OUT

**Please note this event is now sold out. You can join a waiting list by clicking Buy Tickets below and we will contact you if a space becomes available** Disability provision is almost always a second thought even in places that are all about radical inclusivity - this is the case with queer spaces as …

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A blurred image of a park with people walking in it and trees and buildings in the background. The image is circular, surrounded by black.

Watch Party: Blindsided

A documentary narrative about Patricia Livingstone, a deafblind, lesbian artist facing a series of losses and gains. The film weaves intimate, real time scenes shot over the course of eight years with home videos and photographs, relaying the story of a woman whose spark did not fade even in the face of hardship and loss. …

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Extreme close-up of a human eye with a greeny blue colour and moisture in the corners suggesting tears.

Watch Party: Queer Scotland Shorts

We are always proud to present some of the astonishing queer filmmaking made by local talent. This year features meditation on the queer body and its owner’s cultural history, the potential for zine culture to assist in the recovery from mental health difficulties, being censored when writing LGBTQ characters, living as a gay man in …

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A person wearing eyeliner and lipstick bathed in pink light looks to the left side of the frame while an overlapping image of a person with short hair wearing a suit and tie bathed in blue light looks to the right side of the frame.

SQIFF 2021 Opening Night Shorts SOLD OUT

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

**Please note this event is now sold out - we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening** Our festival opens this year with the first of our 2021 Scottish Shorts programmes, including multiple works giving a taster of the many themes to expect from the festival. Featuring a poetic film in British …

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Free – £8
A close up black and white image of a person's face. They are clawing at a clear veil covering their face and have their mouth open like they are yelling. They look angry, desperate and fierce.

A New Chapter Begins

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

SQIFF is proud to present a showcase of films from deaf filmmakers telling stories of love, understanding, and courage. In each of these short films, we see human beings reaching out to connect with one another through sign language, endeavouring to discover not only themselves but a larger truth. We are reminded in the journey …

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