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SUMMARY:Coping\, Managing\, Healing - 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!** \nThis is a screening of films that explore health without a curative focus. The focus is on managing pain\, navigating change and utilising support systems. SQIFF prides itself on its commitment to making film accessible through reasonable adjustments\, ongoing conversations and a keen interest to keep our activism intersectional. Expect to hear insights from chronically sick queers\, helpline volunteers\, gender affirmative surgery patients\, supportive lovers and community pioneers.  \nFollowing this screening\, Nat Lall is hosting a panel discussion with the director of the film There’s Not Much We Can Do\, Erica Monde\, and NHS doctor\, Chenai Mautsi. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \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\nEnglish audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nAudio Description\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the panel discussion.\nLive Captioning for the panel discussion.\n\nThis screening is 57 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  \nThere’s Not Much We Can Do\, Dir. Erica Monde\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 19 min \nIn this personal essay documentary\, the director reflects on her endometriosis diagnosis through the invasive Japanese Knotweed. While both the disease and the plant grow disruptively\, one is treated with urgency and the other with inaction. An ecofeminist meditation on body\, biology\, care\, and control\, There’s Not Much We Can Do prompts us to question what we consider “natural.” \nContent notes: Discussion of medical neglect\, medical treatments\, endometriosis symptoms. \n  \nThe Callers\, Dir. Lindsey Dryden\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 18 min \nA love letter to queer possibility\, THE CALLERS moves through time and around the UK to tell the intimate stories of people who have called Switchboard LGBT\, England’s oldest LGBTQ+ phone helpline for over 50 years\, seeking guidance on everything from where to find the nearest leather bar to how to come out\, impress a new lover or mend a broken heart. \nContent notes: Discussion of BDSM\, sex\, mental health\, abuse\, death\, trauma\, pregnancy\, body image\, gender dysphoria\, medical waiting lists\, suicide. \n  \nCornelius\, Dir. Ken Gregory\, 2024\, United States\, 7 min \n“Cornelius” is a powerful documentary about Cornelius Wilson\, who has been a tireless advocate for AIDS awareness in the black LGBTQ community for over forty years. It highlights his dedication through personal interviews and showcases his impact on health and education. Celebrating his significant contributions\, “Cornelius” is a tribute to his enduring influence and the importance of compassionate community advocacy. \nContent notes: Discussion of HIV stigmatisation\, racism. \n  \nYou can’t get what you want but you can get me\, Dirs. Samira Elagoz\, Z Walsh\, 2024\, Netherlands\, 13 min \nA unique slideshow documenting two long-haired trans men falling in love. Over the course of one year\, the artist couple gathered photographs from real-life events such as their first kiss\, meeting each other’s parents\, long-distance thirst traps\, a beach wedding\, and top surgery. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up. \nContent notes: Discussion of surgery\, sex\, genitalia. Depiction of nudity\, sex\, bodily fluids\, hospitalisation\, surgical drains\, needles\, blood\, stitches\, fresh top surgery scars\, pain medication\, scabbing wounds. \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: Cornelius\, Dir. Ken Gregory\, 2024
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/coping-managing-healing/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Disability
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