Amanda and Caio are a T4T couple who have shared seven years of love and dreams. When they finally decide to move in together, the intimacy of daily life begins to expose their differences. Caio, romantic and idealistic, longs for emotional stability and a future built together while working at a radio station. Amanda, […]
Lok, a 34-year-old filmmaker from Macau, has been drifting through Hong Kong’s film industry. Although she has already directed a feature film, her life remains unstable, her next project has stalled, and her girlfriend Bei Bei is pushing for them to get married, buy a house, and settle down. Facing multiple pressures, Lok revisits […]
Botox, Revolax, Sculptra, Hyaron and Juvederm: all sorts of products, perhaps not all entirely legal, sell like hot cakes in Bouba’s Lebanese beauty salon. Skilfully, though not always gently, she jabs a constant stream of clients with all kinds of injectables to temporarily reduce their facial wrinkles and frown lines. Director Omar Mismar films […]
Adam’s Apple is an intimate, collaborative documentary told through the dual perspectives of Adam, a transgender teen, and his mother, visual artist Amy Jenkins, that offers an authentic and tender counterpoint to the hostility facing trans youth today. Adam’s journey balances the milestones of gender transition with the rhythms of adolescence. As Adam asserts […]
On May 1, 2002, transsexual sex worker and performance artist Mirha-Soleil Ross delivered a powerful monologue confronting anti-prostitution rhetoric and campaigns, exposing their often devastating effects on sex workers’ lives, rights, and working conditions. Combining sharp political commentary with striking performance documentation and hard-hitting animal rights footage, the film moves between anger, wit, and […]
Join us for the closing event of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival as we celebrate another year of exceptional queer cinema. This year's closing film is Hunky Jesus, a documentary capturing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s iconic take on Easter Sunday. The sisters celebrate Easter with a massive drag competition in which people […]
