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SUMMARY:Collaged
DESCRIPTION:  \nListen to this Event Page\n  \nHand-scratched Super 8\, neon ink bleeding across film strips\, torn paper fragments\, found footage\, and reclaimed archives brought back to life. Collaged is a celebration of tactile experimental filmmaking. Blurring the boundaries between analogue and digital\, memory and imagination\, these films embrace hands-on editing\, resurfacing found footage\, and the creative ways to piece film together. Expect an explosion of colour\, texture\, and sound as filmmakers transport us to vibrant new worlds. Perfect for anyone ready to drift beyond the polished surfaces of high definition and discover the grainy\, acid-washed world of experimental cinema. \nThe films will be followed by a Q&A between Autojektor (A CURE FOR SCARS)\, Marguerite Carson (the bird sings with its fingers) and curator Nat Lall. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nEnglish\, German\, Spanish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\nLive Captioning for for the introduction and Q&A.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset. \n\nThis screening is 59 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+ \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nT4T\, Dir. Avian de Keizer\, 2023\, United States\, 3min. \nT4T is a short Super 8 experimental film about trans love and the medical system. \nAccess notes: Flashing Imagery. \n  \nLC39-A\, Dir. Josipa Anton\, 2026\, United States\, 4min. \nA short experimental documentary about the Space Race by filmmaker Josipa Anton\, LC-39A utilizes NASA archival footage and poetry by Bertolt Brecht to explore the march of history and technological progress as it intersects with ideology and cultural memory. \n  \nLunch Poems (Remix)\, Dir. J Triangular\, 2026\, Colombia\, Taiwan\, NYC\, 4min. \nIn Lunch Poems (Remix)\, J dusts off VHS tapes recorded in 2017 with their friend and collaborator Miss Expanding Universe (Ashley Yang-Thompson). They remix them into a fiery manifesto and intimate video diary — a collage of poetic art adventures in the streets of New York. The film captures the raw energy of poets claiming the city\, blending performance\, diary\, and queer rebellion. A hypnotic soundtrack of fragments sung by the poet threads the work together\, creating a bold\, immersive experience.\n \n  \nObjectionable Fruit\, Dirs. Hogan Seidel\, Gabby Follett\, 2026\, United States\, Canada\, Germany\, 15 min. \nObjectionable Fruit is an experimental documentary examining the Ginkgo tree\, a living fossil celebrated for its resilience and unique capacity to change sexes\, defying human-imposed binaries. Using the Ginkgo as a metaphor for fluidity and endurance\, the film weaves together themes of gender identity\, ecological interconnectedness\, and the nuanced complexities of queer existence. \nAccess notes: Flashing Imagery. \n  \nA CURE FOR SCARS\, Dir. Autojektor\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 3 min. \nRestoration//Cleanses with Fire. The machine reclaims the ugly body. And replaces it with a digestible corpse. A Futile conversion. Pointless violence. \nAccess notes: Flashing Imagery. \n  \nTTT (Tᄐト)\, Dir. kimura byol lemoine\, 2025\, Canada\, 3 min. \n‘In the 100th episode of “Testo du jeudi” (TTT in English)\, Roman\, Korean (Hangeul) and Japanese (Katana) syllabic alphabets feature the word ‘TRANS’ in a sketch by Kě.’  \n  \nMarked\, Dir. Wrik Mead\, 2026\, Canada\, 3 min. \nMarked is an experimental film that merges Super 8 and 16mm formats to examine the presence of queer intimacy. At its center are two shirtless men\, locked in an embrace\, dancing — a quiet yet radical act. Overlaid with hand-inked 16mm film\, their bodies become both seen and obscured\, highlighted and erased. Through this layered process\, Marked reflects on how queer love is shaped\, celebrated\, and scarred by the society that surrounds it. \nAccess notes: Flashing Imagery. \n  \nTrivakra\, Dir. Sofia Angst\, 2025\, Brazil\, 10 min. \nTrivakra moves through the memories of a child\, crossed by gender biotechnologies that reshape their body and their history. The gushing syringe of a travesti ritual of hormonal transmutation opens a glitch in the matrix of gender and video\, where bones and skins are dematerialized into cyberspace. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery\, flashing lights\, loud noises. \n  \nunbelong\, Dir. Pars Loren\, 2025\, Germany\, Türkiye\, 9 min. \nAt its heart\, unbelong is a philosophical inquiry posed through visceral experience. The narrated poem questions whether we move through time or time moves through us\, capturing the profound stillness of a moment when everything changes. It’s about the act of abandoning a home that abandoned you first\, and the sharp blade hidden in the question\, “Where are you from?“ unbelong is for anyone who understands that migration is not a simple journey but a rupture\, and that for some\, movement is not freedom but a painful necessity for survival. It is a work of grief\, hope\, and transformation. \nContent notes: Discussion of police violence\, transphobia. \n  \nthe bird sings with its fingers\, Dir. Marguerite Carson\, 2025\, Australia\, United Kingdom\, 5 min. \nSeabirds dip in and out of frame drawing on the ancient divination of the flights of birds\, asking when is a prophecy encountered and when is it voiced. \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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: Trivakra\, Dir. Sofia Angst\, 2025
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/collaged/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,European premiere,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Shorts,UK premiere,World premiere
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261021T131500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261021T150000
DTSTAMP:20260915T051148Z
CREATED:20260915T051148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T051148Z
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SUMMARY:Mini Docs
DESCRIPTION:  \nListen to this Event Page\n  \nThis screening showcases compelling short documentaries all under 12 minutes in length. It proves that big\, powerful stories can be told in even the tiniest films. From intimate personal portraits and participatory filmmaking\, to more experimental works\, this eclectic programme spans a number of styles\, genres\, and perspectives. Together\, these works highlight the fact that filmmakers don’t need a lot of time\, or budget\, to get their story across. Come and be inspired by this multi-faceted screening that educates\, humbles and wows in many ways. \nThe documentaries will be followed by a Q&A between Maddie Lock (Family Tides)\, Olivia Hird (Intermittent & Continuous)\, Rosie Bowyer (Listen)\, and curator Nat Lall. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nEnglish\, French\, German\, Polish\, Russian\, Tagalog audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles\nLive Captioning for the introduction and Q&A.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset. \n\nThis screening is 66 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+  \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \nDrag Kings: Question Time. A Day with the Fans\, Dir. Orlando Myxx\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 9 min. \nAfter 10 years on the stage\, PECS Drag Kings Collective gathers for a one-day festival in London to celebrate their anniversary with the queer community. Critical thinker and Drag King fan Diana G. penetrates Shoreditch Town Hall to ask the audience a crucial question. Have Drag Kings and Things changed the landscape of Gender and Sexuality? In this short documentary the camera turns towards the audience of a London Drag Kings Festival to understand what Drag Kinging means to them\, how it has evolved and what challenges it faces. \n  \nSome of us really can’t\, Dir. Noa Meli\, 2026\, Germany\, Poland\, Switzerland\, 10 min. \nThis film is about the fear of prejudice\, heteronormative posters and statues\, binary clothing stores… and a coming-out that never happened. In 2019\, places in Poland became known in the media as “LGBT-free zones”. This film\, set in one of these zones\, explores why LGBTQAI+ people are invisible. Is it possible to remain invisible for a lifetime? After the filmmaker fails to find affected individuals\, they start looking for the reasons behind their invisibility. \nContent notes: Depiction of queerphobia. Discussion of isolation\, suicide. \n  \nThe Beat in my Chest\, Dir. Ramona Bendig\, 2025\, Germany\, Spain\, 7 min \nSerhii\, a young deaf Ukrainian rebuilding his life in Barcelona after fleeing war and homophobia\, experiences music beyond sound. Through techno’s bass and vibrations\, rhythm becomes something felt deep within his body. Between friends\, work and nights of techno\, the film discovers a life lived with an infectious appetite for being alive. \nContent notes: Discussion of displacement\, mental health\, police brutality. \n  \nAll the Worlds I Could Lift\, Dir. Samantha Lee\, 2026\, Philippines\, 6 min. \nA group of queer women use weightlifting to reclaim bodies and spaces that have excluded them as they redefine strength and use female masculinity as an act of resistance. \n  \nlisten\, Dir. Rosie Bowyer\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 11 min. \nlisten is a short film about Listen Gallery\, an experimental sound arts gallery and communal listening space run by Riah Naief. As the security of DIY spaces becomes increasingly precarious\, how can we work together and fight to build a future that supports community-centred\, free spaces such as Listen Gallery? \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery\, flashing lights. \n  \nIntermittent & Continuous\,  Dir. Olivia Hird\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 11 min. \nIn the Peak District\, Rita is living out a childhood dream: working in a quarry. In a male-dominated industry\, she carves out her place through determination and persistence. Listening closely to the machinery\, past and present unexpectedly converge\, transporting her towards the irretrievable. \nContent notes: Discussion of bereavement. \n  \nFamily Tides\, Dir. Maddie Lock\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 10 min. \nEveryone deserves to feel like they belong in their hometown. Family Tides is a documentary that explores growing up queer and trans in small seaside towns\, opening up the conversation about what it feels like to lack a traditional sense of home\, and how that can be found in community. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery. \nContent notes: Discussion of homophobia\, transphobia. \n  \nWhile construction is in progress\, shops will remain open\, Dir. Mordred Guadagno\, 2026\, France\, 2 min. \nBetween 2021 and 2025\, the city was under massive construction to prepare for a new streetcar line. As the works finally come to an end\, I grapple with the ending of a construction of my own. \nContent notes: Depiction of needles. \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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: The Beat in my Chest\, Dir. Ramona Bendig\, 2025
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/mini-docs/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Deaf,Descriptive Subtitles,European premiere,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Shorts,World premiere
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261022T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261022T150000
DTSTAMP:20260915T051057Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T051057Z
UID:13855-1792674000-1792681200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:We Are Eternal
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nLove takes many shapes. In this selection of shorts from Brazil\, different kinds of love move through distinct relationships. Not eternal as in forever unchanged\, but constantly evolving: a throuple that keeps choosing each other as illness rewrites what they remember. Travesti friends who sit together inside grief rather than apart from it. Lovers locked out of their own home\, borrowing warmth from strangers until morning. A father and estranged son bound by an ache neither can name. A deaf man and a stranger\, something quiet beginning\, while an old friendship watches close by. \nThese films hold each of these bonds as a kind of eternity\, not because it lasts unchanged\, but because it keeps being shaped and reshaped. Every connection here is built\, lost\, and often but not always built again. Eternity is not permanence\, but persistence. Love that survives by being chosen\, over and over again. \nCurated by Indigo Korres and Ricky Mastro. Presented in partnership with Mostra Queer Brasil. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nBrazilian Sign Language\, French\, Portuguese\, Spanish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\nLive Captioning for the introduction.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset. \n\nThis screening is 56 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+ \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \nEverything You Want\, Dir. Mariana Machado\, 2025\, Brazil\, 20 min. \nAfter finding themselves locked out of their house\, three queer Brazilian lovers spend a day and night navigating the streets of Brussels. We follow their journey and the people they encounter along the way. The film offers a heartfelt portrayal of their search for belonging in a foreign land. \nContent notes: Depiction of alcohol use\, cigarette use. \n  \nIceberg\, Dir. Will Domingos\, 2021\, Brazil\, 25 min \nDuring the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro\, water runs dry at a LGBTQI+ youth shelter. Renê\, one of the residents\, paints the anguish of a spirit haunting the mansion’s pipes. Across town\, his estranged father\, a solitary plumber\, is tormented by the same dark curse. \nContent notes: Depiction of partial nudity. \n  \nWhat’s Left of Us When Humanity Fades?\, Dir. Vita Pereira\, 2026\, Brazil\, 23 min. \nAfter the death of a friend\, five travestis discover a mysterious hole inside their own home. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery. \nContent notes: Depiction of cigarette use\, misgendering\, religion\, strong language use. Discussion of death. \n  \nMorpheus and Charon\, Dirs. Luiz Ulian\, Jocimar Dias Jr.\, 2026\, Brazil\, 14 min. \nA throuple of queer elderly men deals with the proximity of death — Zito\, who has been diagnosed with dementia\, and his two lovers\, Morpheus and Charon. As the illness progresses\, the boundaries between dream and reality blur: Zito imagines his last days as if his whole life was a Brazilian samba musical extravaganza\, while his partners in life take care of him until their last farewell. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity\, explicit sex. \n  \nWaves of Silence (Special Preview Screening)\, Dir. Caio J. Bonfim\, 2026\, Brazil\, 20 min. \nBetween helping his mother run her hotel and looking after his birds\, Amon who is deaf\, feels an immediate connection with new water delivery man\, Roberto\, as best friend Daniella sets her eyes on him also. \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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: Iceberg\, Dir. Will Domingos\, 2021
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/we-are-eternal/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Deaf,Descriptive Subtitles,European premiere,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261022T154000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261022T172500
DTSTAMP:20260915T051041Z
CREATED:20260915T051041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T051041Z
UID:13860-1792683600-1792689900@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Beyond Words
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nWhat can a body say that words cannot?  \nBeyond Words moves between BSL\, breath\, music\, choreography\, vibration and touch\, following the many ways meaning can travel through the body. Across these films\, bodies become letters\, instruments\, signals and landscapes\, carrying desire\, memory\, fear\, pleasure and resistance.  \nAn alphabet is danced through ruins. A bog breathes. A kiss turns into a choir. A pop star battles her own manufactured personas. Elsewhere\, bodies move under surveillance\, fall in love\, grieve and find new ways to make themselves understood.  \nThese films do not exist outside language. They stretch it\, remix it and have a little fun with what it can become.  \nCurated by Nat Lall & Huss. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and performance. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nArabic\, English audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and performance.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset. \n\nThis screening is 83 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+ \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \nMINT\, Dir. Tomasz Grabowski\, 2025\, Poland\, 18 min. \nMINT is a silent experimental journey into a world without sound. Across five chapters\, Deaf bodies\, memories and gestures become a language of their own. Through Polish Sign Language\, surreal imagery and moments of intimacy\, the film explores silence not as absence\, but as a space of expression\, desire and imagination. \n  \nDeep Breath\, Dir. Freya Spencer-Wood\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 4 min. \nBuilding upon data produced by peatland scientists\, Deep Breath showcases the dance between the mythical will-o’-the-wisp\, phenomena of bog breathing and the landownership crisis in Scotland. The film discusses the tension between cultural perception of peatlands and landscape restoration in the context of an accelerating and unregulated carbon market. \nContent notes: Discussion of climate crises. \n  \nSamodiva (kissing choir)\, Dirs. Tomislav Latinovic\, Mathilda Harrison\, 2026\, United Kingdom\, 19 min. \nSometimes anticipation outshines the satisfaction of a kiss. I’m excited by the build-up and the tension\, when my hairs stand on end and my body feels fizzy. Things that were gross ten minutes ago become beautiful and erotic. We reach this meditative state in our thoughts\, sinking into our future satisfaction. Release is tainted by the knowledge that I’ve done this before\, and I’ll need to do it again. Live scored\, performed and recorded by the Voicing Choir\, a free community choir based in London. \nAccess notes: Loud sounds.  \nContent notes: Depiction of eroticism. \n  \nCHARITY!\, Dir. Stephen T Lally\, 2025\, Ireland\, United Kingdom\, 15 min.  \nSet on the eve of the Millenium\, ‘CHARITY!’ tells the story of a closeted Irish Y2K pop princess who undergoes a surreal assault on the senses as she wrestles with the cost of fame and a diabolical record label who’ll stop at NOTHING to make her a star. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery. \nContent notes: Depiction of mild body horror\, and mild violence. \n  \nAbjad Hawaz (أبجد هوز)\, Dir. Hadi Moussally\, 2025\, France\, Lebanon\, Spain\, 5 min. \nAbjad Ḥawaz (أبجد هوز) takes its name from the ancient ordering of the Arabic alphabet. Through the body of Salma Zahore\, each letter is danced and embodied in the ruins of Barcelona. Blending fashion\, music\, poetry\, and performance\, the film reclaims a language often feared and misunderstood\, turning it into a celebration of identity\, resilience\, and artistic freedom. \n  \nHave/Are/Will Always\, Dir. Sam Digges Hunter\, 2025\, United States\, 5 min. \nOn February 22nd\, 2025\, a small group of transgender people gathered in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, USA\, where they enjoyed each other’s company and food. The resulting video is the only documentation of this event. Soundtrack by Scotty Townsend. \n  \nUBIQUITOUS\, Dir. Masha Maroutitch\, 2025\, United Kingdom\, 7 min. \nA young man is forced to confront feelings of self-rejection and isolation as he struggles to express his love for his best friend. ‘UBIQUITOUS’ is a short film that blends music\, visual poetry and an emotionally grounded performance to tell the story of a young man battling with internalised homophobia and unrequited love. \n  \nHow To Dance\, Dir. Aileen Ye\, 2026\, Netherlands\, United Kingdom\, 10 min. \nWhen every movement is surveilled\, the body learns to speak in new ways\, sensing freedom not merely as an idea\, but as a vibration. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery. \nContent notes: Discussion of racism\, surveillance. \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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: MINT\, Dir. Tomasz Grabowski\, 2025
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/beyond-words/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,European premiere,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261024T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261024T174500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T050809Z
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SUMMARY:Enchanted Ecologies
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nEnchanted ecologies include performance-based and experimental moving image works by queer and trans visual artists from the Brazilian Amazon. Together\, these films approach nature as a living being and highlight the role of cities in ecological conversations. They engage local non-human and spiritual beings through queer and trans perspectives that discuss environmental degradation\, colonial history\, community building\, and gender-based violence. In this collection\, we see the pervasiveness of non-human-oriented\, but humanly responsible\, practices in the collective imaginary of the Brazilian Amazon. \nThe programme invites us to reconsider what it means to relate to our local and global environments as a tactic to tackle environmental challenges and resist contemporary conservative and colonial forces. The screening includes a short introduction by the curators Danilo Baraúna and Xuanlin Tham\, and will be followed by a conversation with Fi Halliday\, a community gardener from the Govanhill LGBTQIA+ Gardening Group. \nCurated by Danilo Baraúna and Xuanlin Tham. Presented in partnership with Amazônia EcoQueer and Take One Action Film Festivals.  \nThis programme was partially funded by an International Fellowship (IF24\100830) of the British Academy. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis event has: \n\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and panel discussion. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\nPortuguese audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and panel discussion.\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset. \n\nThis screening is 42 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+ \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \nFever\, Dir. Rafa Bqueer\, 2023\, Brazil\, 7min. \nA green zentai-mermaid travels along the rivers of the Amazon until they confront the architecture that endangers their life. It offers a critical discussion about bodies\, monuments\, the Portuguese invasion\, colonial wounds\, and non-official representations of the Amazon. Produced during the ‘Casa Comum’ artistic residency. \nContent notes: Depiction of references to blood. \n  \nThe Island of Self-Contemplation\, Dir. Allyster Fagundes \, 2020\, Brazil\, 3 min. \nIn a world of playfulness\, an enchanted being strives to reconstruct their hybrid body\, fragile from a long-running identity struggle. When their identity emerges\, the being discovers they are stranded on an island of rocks that functions as a metaphor for their battles. In that moment of revelation\, a mysterious creature gives them comfort. \nAccess notes: Disorientating aerial images\, loud noises. \n  \nIdyllic Enchantments\, Dirs. Rafael Matheus Moreira\, João Lucas Pedrosa\, 2022\, Brazil\, 3 min.  \nA reinterpretation of Brazilian mythology that centres LGBTQIAPN+ bodies and friendship within a popular imaginary. Two complementary beings move across different spatial dimensions through a mirror\, seeking comfort within each other’s bodies. \nAccess notes: Disorientating aerial images\, loud noises. \n  \nThe Island of Shadows\, Dir. Allyster Fagundes\, 2020\, Brazil\, 3 min.  \nAn autobiographical film exploring the mermaid myth as a metaphor to express psychological characteristics of the author/performer. This film is based on the archetype of Shadow\, one of the psychological structures formulated by Carl Gustav Jung about the collective unconscious. \nAccess notes: Flashing Lights\, Loud Noises. \n  \nCaipora\, Dir. Rafaela Correia\, 2019\, Brazil\, 8min. \nThis film merges audiovisual experimentation with riverside cultures to tell the histories of Caipora\, the rainforest’s protector\, while discussing local modes of living\, gender-based violence and the recovery of local identities. \nAccess notes: Flashing lights. \nContent notes: Discussion of gender-based violence. \n  \nHeritage\, Dir. Keila-Sankofa\, Music Rafa Militão\, 2025\, Brazil\, 6 min. \n‘Herança’ is a project born between dark waters and enchantments. A musical short film that weaves together cinema\, sound and ancestry\, guiding the narrative whilst keeping a watchful eye on the secrets of the gourd and the enchantments rooted in the Amazon. \n  \n(In)finite body?\, Dir. Ramon Reis\, 2023\, Brazil\, 7 min. \nAn aesthetic and political manifesto that mobilises symbolic struggles to approach ancestry and spatiality. A film about life and death in relation to the urban Amazon and filmed in Belém on the Day of the Dead. \nAccess notes: Disorientating Images\, Flashing Imagery. \nContent notes: Discussion of death. \n  \nI am a crab\, Dir. Nay Jinknss\, 2023\, Brazil\, 2 min. \nThis film portrays a traditional and ecological carnival parade created in 1989 in Curuçá (Brazilian Amazon). During the parade\, people use the mud (tijuco) from local mangroves as costumes\, covering their full bodies before they walk in the streets. On this day\, everyone is a crab\, and Matinta Perêra is around the city. \nAccess notes: Fast camera movement. \n  \nOur Steps Overflow with Thirst\, Dir. Danielle Fonseca\, 2009\, Brazil\, 3 min. \nA performance in which the artist offers her words to the river as a living being. This film is a free adaptation of the poem ‘Water’\, by Edmond Jabés (Cairo\, Egypt\, 1991)\, and is part of the project ‘The fate of language is to become water’. \nAccess notes: Disorientating blurred images. \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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: Idyllic Enchantments\, Dirs. Rafael Matheus Moreira and João Lucas Pedrosa\, 2022
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/enchanted-ecologies/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BIPOC,BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,European premiere,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Shorts,Trans,UK premiere,World premiere
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