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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241012T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241012T170000
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SUMMARY:Music as Resistance - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\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!** \nPeople have been gathering to perform and listen to music since the dawn of time. How is it being utilised by queer people now? Music As Resistance delves into the universal language of music being used across the globe to gather and empower marginalised communities. Expect informative films on the history of newer sub-genres such as Bounce and Guaracha and current insights into underground music by Armenian and Asian-American artists. \nThis screening is followed by a panel discussion hosted by Nat Lall with Nxa and Queer History of Dance Music duo Duncan Ross McBride and Amy Rodgers. \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\nArmenian\, English\, Spanish audio with English language descriptive subtitles.\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and panel discussion.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and panel discussion.\n\nThis screening is 47 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  \nSymptom\, Dir. Kamee Abrahamian\, 2023\, Armenia\, 23 min \nEmbodying the dreams and poetics of a post-Soviet generation\, two young Armenian women share their politics of justice and feminism with the world through their music. \nContent notes: Discussion of queerphobia. Depiction of physical violence\, police violence\, alcohol use\, cigarette use. \nAccess notes: Minimal flashing lights. \n  \nConfluence: A Meditation in Documentary Form\, Dirs. ETA\, Shanhuan Manton\, 2021\, United States\, 15 min \nCONFLUENCE is a meditation on ancestry and identity through the lens of APIDA and queer artists\, filmed during moonroom’s 2019 PHASE event series celebrating APIDA Heritage Month in Southern California. This mix of hypnotic images and heartfelt testimonies explores the turmoil of being othered\, while creatively shattering community and perceptual barriers. The film directly challenges reductive myths about the Asian American diaspora\, advocating for self-defined identities. \nContent notes: Discussion of colourism\, racism\, colonialism\, fetishisation. \nAccess notes: Hypnotic layered imagery appears throughout the film. \n  \nfurious guaracha (videomanifesto)\, Dir. Resonantes Ruido Trans\, 2023\, Colombia\, 4 min \n⚧️🔥🚨may the scream embrace us and our fury lead us to tenderize our emancipation🔥🚨⚧️ \n🏳️‍⚧️ we share with you the videomafiesto of our furious guaracha\, a creation resulting from our outbreaks of trans love \nIn this piece we weave elements from our collective archive of the trans present\, with the party as a struggle. 📢📢 \nContent notes: Discussion of sex work. \nAccess notes: Minimal glitchy imagery\, flashing lights within party footage. \n  \nJump\, Dir. Wilberto Lucci\, 2023\, United States\, 5 min \nA history about the origins of twerking and the uber-successful Bounce Music genre of New Orleans. Narrated by New Orleans own LGBTIQA+ artist & award winning reality show star “Big Freedia”. Big Freedia is featured on Beyonce’s current #1 hit”Break My Soul” and Drake’s #1 bounce music hit “Nice For What”. \nContent notes: Discussion of hurricane destruction. \nAccess notes: Minimal flashing laser lights within party footage. \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: Symptom\, Dir. Kamee Abrahamian\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/music-as-resistance/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Documentary,Films,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241012T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241012T210000
DTSTAMP:20240924T134800Z
CREATED:20240823T092405Z
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SUMMARY:Closing Film: Lesvia - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page \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!** \nSince the 1970s lesbians have been gathering in the village of Eressos\, Lesvia\, once home to the ancient Greek poet and ‘First Lesbian’\, Sappho. Lesvia is a documentary film chronicling the site of queer pilgrimage and tensions felt between local villagers and new sapphic arrivals of the last four decades. The feature will be followed by two shorts exploring Barbara Hammer and the lesbian iconography of the carabiner\, respectively. \nThis screening will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Nat Lall with Looking for Barbara director Helen Kilbride. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \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\, French\, Italian\, Greek with English language descriptive subtitles.\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and panel discussion.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and panel discussion.\n\nThis screening is 93 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  \nLesvia\, Dir. Tzeli Hadjidimitriou\, 2024\, Greece\, 77 min \nSince the 1970s\, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos\, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own queer lesbian community\, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity\, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou—a native and lesbian herself—is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love\, community\, conflict\, and what it means to feel accepted. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity\, sex toys\, alcohol use\, cigarette use. Discussion of homophobia\, sex\, harassment\, political legislation\, oppression\, gender dysphoria\, body image\, fatphobia\, childhood trauma\, xenophobia\, physical violence\, police violence\, patriarchy\, sexism\, alcohol. \nAccess notes: Minimal flashing light in some party scenes. \n  \nLooking for Barbara\, Dir. Helen Eve Kilbride\, 2021\, United Kingdom\, 9 min \nLooking for Barbara is a short experimental film exploring personal archives—photos and cine film from home. Using the filmmaker’s mid-1990s Super 8 footage\, it questions memory’s significance and whose stories are prioritised. Inspired by Barbara Hammer\, the film blends an ethereal soundtrack with personal testimony\, offering a queer perspective on memory and how archives can be reinterpreted to amplify marginalised narratives. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity. Discussion of queer erasure\, sex. \n  \nThe History of The Carabiner\, Dir. Gianna Mazzeo\, 2023\, Netherlands\, 7 min \nA tongue-in-cheek\, historical documentary / fashion film hybrid that takes viewers on a journey through queer history to trace the origins of the carabiner as a lesbian symbol. \nContent notes: Discussion of sexism\, sex\, homophobia. \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: Lesvia\, Dir. Tzeli Hadjidimitriou\, 2024
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/closing-film-lesvia/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Documentary,Feature,Films,Lesbian,Shorts,Woman director
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250813T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250813T200000
DTSTAMP:20250811T143921Z
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SUMMARY:Reas + Post Screening Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nIn collaboration with Scottish Documentary Institute\, we’re proud to present REAS: a ground-breaking documentary-musical by Lola Arias that explores queer solidarity and kinship within the carceral system. The screening will be enriched by a post-film relaxed 30-minute workshop with filmmaker Erica Monde. \nYoseli has a tattoo of the Eiffel Tower on her back and has always wanted to travel\, but she was arrested at the airport for drug trafficking. Nacho is a trans man who was arrested for swindling and started a rock band in jail. Gentle or rough\, blonde or shaved\, cis or trans\, long-term inmates or newly admitted: in this hybrid musical\, they all re-enact their lives in a Buenos Aires prison. \nReas is a collective work that reinvents the musical genre: the performers dance and sing about their past in prison\, relive their life as fiction\, and invent\, through fantasy and imagination\, a possible future for themselves. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale. To book\, click here. \n\n\nAccessibility: \n\nAn age recommendation of BBFC 15.\nContent Notes: Contains mentions of drug and people trafficking.\nSpanish language audio with English language descriptive subtitles.\nFilmhouse is wheelchair accessible\, with gender neutral toilets.\n\nThis screening is 79 minutes long with an introduction and post-film workshop. \nIf you have any other access needs you would like to discuss with us\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org. \n\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: Reas\, Dir. Lola Arias\, 2024\, Argentina\, Germany\, Switzerland
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/reas-post-screening-discussion/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Filmhouse\, 88 Lothian Road\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9BZ
CATEGORIES:Descriptive Subtitles,Documentary,Feature,Films,Scottish premiere,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250913T181500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250913T201500
DTSTAMP:20250923T105024Z
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SUMMARY:Neirud (Edinburgh) - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\nNeirud died shrouded in mystery\, leaving behind no trace of her past. Confronting family secrets\, the filmmaker pieces together the mysterious life of her enigmatic “aunt”. In doing so\, she discovers Neirud’s colourful life as a pioneering black lesbian wrestler in an all-female circus troupe through the 60s and 80s. As she investigates Neirud’s controversial ring persona\, the filmmaker paints a fascinating story touching on race\, identity and queer life through changing Brazilian society. \n  \nTo book your ticket for this event\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nPortuguese audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for introduction and panel discussion\n\nThis screening is 72 minutes long and has a BBFC U age rating. \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: Neirud\, Dir. Fernanda Faya\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/neirud-edinburgh/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Filmhouse\, 88 Lothian Road\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9BZ
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Documentary,Feature,Films
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250919T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250919T200000
DTSTAMP:20250911T175229Z
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SUMMARY:Neirud (Glasgow)
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\nNeirud died shrouded in mystery\, leaving behind no trace of her past. Confronting family secrets\, the filmmaker pieces together the mysterious life of her enigmatic “aunt”. In doing so\, she discovers Neirud’s colourful life as a pioneering black lesbian wrestler in an all-female circus troupe through the 60s and 80s. As she investigates Neirud’s controversial ring persona\, the filmmaker paints a fascinating story touching on race\, identity and queer life through changing Brazilian society. \n  \nTo book your ticket for this event\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nPortuguese audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for introduction\n\nThis screening is 72 minutes long and has a BBFC U age rating. \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: Neirud\, Dir. Fernanda Faya\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/neirud-glasgow/
LOCATION:GMAC Film\, 103 Trongate\, Glasgow\, Scotland\, G1 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Documentary,Feature,Films
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260513T203000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260513T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T074757Z
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SUMMARY:Queer as Punk + intro + pre-recorded Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\nCinetopia:DOC in collaboration with SQIFF presents this Scottish special preview of Queer As Punk ahead of its wider UK release with T A P E Collective. The screening will have an introduction by artist Kai Khidir Hassan (fka Aki Hassan) and the film will be followed by a 20-minute pre-recorded Q&A.\n \nFaris is a transman and the lead singer of “Shh..Diam!” (meaning “shut up!” in Malay)\, an openly queer punk band in Malaysia. Together with his bandmates Yon and Yoyo\, they use their music to fight for LGBTQI+ rights in a country where conservative Muslim policies and society severely curtail human rights and freedom of expression. As discrimination against them intensifies\, Yoyo chooses to leave the country. However in the face of the many challenges\, Faris opts to stay\, determined to continue using their music as a platform to advocate for freedom and equality\, refusing to let the pressures of society silence their voice. \nDirector Yihwen Chen followed the trio for several years as they toured\, documenting their gigs\, experiences\, and wide-ranging discussions. Queer As Punk continue to use their nonconformist live performances to fight for justice\, in the face of intense pressure to and threats to silence their voices. \nKai Khidir Hassan (fka Aki Hassan) is a visual artist\, researcher and organiser who primarily works with expanded sculpture\, drawing and self-publishing. Rooted in collaborative inquiry and community-building\, Aki’s practice extends beyond the studio into organising spaces that foreground collective knowledge\, mutual support\, and slower modes of active engagement. \nCinetopia:DOC is a monthly club bringing audiences together around exceptional documentary films alongside filmmaker Q&As or conversations\, followed by continued discussion and networking in the Filmhouse Bar. Cinetopia:DOC is supported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI and the Scottish Documentary Institute and produced by Cinetopia\, a hub of activity around filmgoing and filmmaking based in Edinburgh. \nSQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) is a charity formed with the aim of showcasing diverse queer cinema and uplifting creative voices from the LGBTQIA+ community in Scotland and beyond. The organisation runs an annual film festival in Glasgow\, pop-up and year-round events\, and community-focused programmes across Scotland. \nT A P E Collective: Reppin’ could-be-cult classics\, T A P E is a UK-based film company working across exhibition and distribution to platform the works of global majority filmmakers. Cross-curatorial\, but firmly rooted in film\, T A P E creates ties with art\, music\, talks and more\, to bring exciting and subversive filmmaking to new and established audiences. With a focus on representation\, identity and heritage\, we champion the forgotten could-be cult films of the festival circuit. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20. To book your ticket for this event\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nEnglish and Malay audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles\nText on Screen for the introduction\n\nThis screening is 88 minutes long. \n  \nSupported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery. \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: Queer as Punk\, Dir. Yihwen Chen\, 2025
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/queer-as-punk-intro-pre-recorded-qa/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Filmhouse\, 88 Lothian Road\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9BZ
CATEGORIES:Descriptive Subtitles,Documentary,Feature,Films,People of colour,Trans
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