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SQIFF and Hidden Door collaborate to bring you a lovingly curated programme of shorts exploring queer notions of rebirth to consider how we (re)construct, navigate and negotiate our queer identities. From captivating, tender animations to the provocative, exciting, experimental, this selection of short films showcases some SQIFF favourites made by queer people about queer people! […]
Who killed Marsha P. Johnson? When the beloved, self-described "street queen" of New York’s Christopher Street died in 1992, the NYPD called her death a suicide. Protests erupted but the police remained impassive and refused to investigate. Now, twenty-five years on, documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson examines Marsha’s death and her […]
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates a beloved storyteller, following his evolution from conservative son of the Old South to gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired others to reclaim their lives. Director Jennifer M. Kroot weaves a fascinating life story exploring a creative artist who served in Vietnam and was invited to the White […]
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates a beloved storyteller, following his evolution from conservative son of the Old South to gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired others to reclaim their lives. Director Jennifer M. Kroot weaves a fascinating life story exploring a creative artist who served in Vietnam and was invited to the White […]
“I just want to be loved by my family,” says Bennett, a 19-year-old trans man. “But for my family, it’s not as simple as that.” Ben’s mum is having a hard time coming to terms with her child’s transition. His dad and sister no longer speak to him. But thanks to social media, Ben meets […]
In the last few years, local authorities in Scotland have increased care charging, obliging people with disabilities to pay more than others to achieve the same basic human rights. Tax on Me is a hip-hop music video by filmmaker Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi and media coop responding to the Care Tax and the effect it has on […]
Atopos Compagnia Teatrale is an Italian theatre company bringing together professional and non-professional actors, both trans- and cisgender. This documentary is about their experiences in the creation of Atopos' flagship production, Human Variables. The film describes reality through chronicling the making of a play, a conventionally fictitious endeavour. Human Variables is a show that builds […]
Co-directors Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi interweave candid stories told by Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas and those closest to her in this multi-faceted biographical film. An incomparable performer, she was also a lesbian woman who defied all social expectations, revolutionising music and challenging the stereotypical macho and hetero cultural norms of the times. This […]
How do people who don’t experience themselves as simply female or male handle a culture that offers only these two identities? A Womb of Their Own introduces a charismatic, funny, thoughtful group of masculine-of-centre-identified people who go through pregnancy. Each individual and couple navigates gender expectations - coming even from within the LGBT community - […]
