SQIFF Shorts: The Gayz
2017-09-29 13:45 - 14:40 UTC | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
‘The gaze’ is a term used in visual media to mean the way viewers look at images and onscreen characters look at each other, traditionally in critique of male-centred and patriarchal movie-making. So what happens when the act of looking in films is queered? Featuring Campbell X’s new experimental short, DES!RE, foregrounding lust for masc AFAB people, The Naked Body, in which a director documents how people relate to nudity and their own body, Leg, Arm, Head, depicting a highly controlled dancer exploring her identity, and Harding & his camera, an ambiguous ‘love story’ told through the 1930s archive of a British archaeologist in Palestine.
Rob Eagle, director of Harding & his camera will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
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DES!RE (9m)
Dir: Campbell X, Country: UK, Year: 2017
An experimental film exploring desire for transmasculine, butch, stud, and masculine of centre (MOC) people assigned female at birth.
The Naked Body (23m)
Dir: Diego Carvalho Sá, Country: Brazil, Year: 2016
In this hybrid of documentary and fiction a director documents how people relate to nudity and their own body. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the director gets involved with one of his subjects.
Leg, Arm, Head (11m)
Dir: Scout Stuart, Country: UK, Year: 2016
A highly controlled dancer moves away from the discipline and uniformity of ballet to explore her own identity.
Harding & his camera (12m)
Dir: Rob Eagle, Country: UK, Palestine, Israel, Year: 2017
An ambiguous ‘love story’ documentary told through the 1930s archive of a British archaeologist who took a camera on his digs in the British Mandate for Palestine and fell in love with his Bedouin assistant.

SQIFF Shorts: Are We Queer Yet?
2017-09-29 15:30 - 16:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A selection of shorts asking if – and challenging the notion – that we are really queer yet. We follow LGBTQ+ people forging their own space in society and building new worlds. New communities emerge unapologetically, from creation of the trans flag to voguing on a roof in New York. One character states, “We are powerful, we are those bitches, we are confident, we are not the victim, bitch, we are the predator. It is our time, you live in our world. Either you respect it or you don’t.” Together we are bringing about change. You are not alone and you belong. Let’s find our queer future.
After the films, novelist Zoë Strachan – whose Anthology of Scottish LGBT Writing, Out There, carved space for a new generation of queer voices – will be in conversation with filmmaker Asten Holmes-Elliott.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
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Headless (7m)
Dir: Sebastian Sdaigui, Country: USA, Year: 2017
A candid portrait of three hedonistic queer performers living in New York.
Umbrella (16m)
Dir: Rhys Ernst, Country: USA, Year: 2017
The story of four transgender individuals who are fighting for their rights and to be recognised. A Scottish premiere from the producer, and now director, of the series Transparent.
BOOTWMN (11m)
Dir. Paige Gratland, Sam McWilliams, Country: Canada, USA, UK, Year: 2015
Deana McGuffin is a third generation New Mexico boot maker, handcrafting wearable pieces of art.
Ribbons (9m)
Dir: Brandon Cordeiro, Country: USA, Year: 2016
Provincetown, a small harbour village in Massachusetts, was already home to a LGBT community for a few decades when AIDS devastated its population in the mid-1980s.
More films tbc.

Women Who Kill
2017-09-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean are locally famous true crime podcasters obsessed with female serial killers. There’s a chance they may still have feelings for each other but co-dependence takes a back seat when Morgan meets the mysterious Simone during her Food Coop shift. The more she discovers about the mysterious past of her new lover, the more the commitment-phobic Morgan fears for her emotional and physical wellbeing. Though, isn’t that true to varying degrees of every coupling? Writer-director-star Ingrid Jungermann’s feature debut is a wickedly sharp dissection of Brooklyn’s lesbian scene, deftly weaving droll comedy with psychological thriller.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: comedic discussion and depiction of violence, discussion of suicide and self-harm.
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SQIFF Shorts: Daddies
2017-09-29 18:15 - 19:20 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Why is making an emotional connection with your father so hard, especially for queer men? In Bleach, trans man Jay sets out in search of Shane, his estranged father and macho boxing gym owner. Dads sees 20-something Scott finding his Sunday morning hangover interrupted by unexpected visits from both his father and older lover. Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his recently deceased father had a secret affair with another married man in Heritage. Boys in the Street #pride brings to life Greg Holden’s song of the same name about a lost and found connection between father and son.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence.
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Bleach (25m)
Dir: Jesse Lewis-Reece, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Set in a downbeat UK coastal town, trans man Jay sets out in search of Shane, his estranged father and macho boxing gym owner.
Dads (11m)
Dir: Ethan Michael Roberts, Country: USA, Year: 2016
After a night of drinking and sex, 21-year-old Scott finds his Sunday morning interrupted by an unexpected visit from his father. When Scott’s 40-something friend-with-benefits Doug also shows up, all three men find themselves in a quietly awkward world of ambiguity and things unsaid.
Heritage (25m)
Dir: Yuval Aharoni, Country: Israel, Year: 2016
Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his father, who just died, had a secret affair with another married man.
Boys in the Street #pride (4m)
Dir: Louisa Bertman, Country: USA, Year: 2016
An animation illustrating Greg Holden’s song Boys In The Street, about a lost and found connection between father and son.

Queer Revolution: Carlos Jauregui: The Unforgettable Fag
2017-09-29 20:30 - 22:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A key figure in the gay rights movement of 1980s and 90s South America, Carlos Jáuregui became politicised after witnessing mass demonstrations and early pride marches taking place in France and the United States. Returning home to find street arrests and mass raids on gay nightclubs becoming alarmingly frequent, he grew convinced that visibility and direct, collective action were the only viable means of resistance. Lucas Santa Ana’s fascinating documentary follows Jáuregui’s story, from his becoming the first leader of the pioneering Argentine Homosexuality Community organisation in 1984 to his death from AIDS in 1996.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Spanish language with English subtitles. Hearing loop.
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Feminist Porn Night III
2017-09-29 21:00 - 23:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
After suffering a wrongful death in 1914, former US slave Marie Scott – now a vampire – got a second chance at living to gain vengeance and live forever. This type of life comes with a price, though, and like everyone else, Marie must pay. Can she resist the most prime orgasmic blood in her quest toward becoming the next lair mistress? Enactone is a provocative glimpse into queer, erotic vampiric rituals by filmmaker Sky Deep. Screening alongside The 36-year-old Virgin, a coming-of-middle-age sex documentary in which trans masculine Skyler explores his long-standing fantasy of penetrative sex with a cis man.
We will be joined after the screening for a Q&A with director and star of Enactone, Sky Deep.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop. BSL interpretation for Q&A.
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SQIFF Shorts: Switching Teams
2017-09-30 13:15 - 14:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A trans woman is pursued by a charming cis man who is not the kind individual he first seems. A trans skater from Sheffield switches roller derby teams in order to live more authentically. A teenager and their traditionally-minded father struggle to find common ground after the former starts questioning their gender identity in rural Ireland. And a young man in Hong Kong documents his personal journey through conversations with family, friends, and God as he connects with his inner self. A variety of stories surveying the trans experience.
Taylor Le Fín and Becki McKechnie, filmmakers of Switching Teams, will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence and sexual assault, discussion of suicidal feelings.
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Almost Saw The Sunshine (30m)
Dir: Leon Lopez, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Rachel is a young transgender woman. After a series of coincidental encounters with a handsome man, she impulsively takes a chance on a one night stand that ends in tragedy.
Switching Teams (15m)
Dir: Taylor Le Fín, Country: UK, Year: 2016
We follow the experience of a Trans skater from Sheffield, and see that switching teams is just the shift needed towards a future of living authentically. The film explores gender inclusivity in sports and highlights the Roller Derby community as an actively progressive model for the future of Trans inclusion.
Between Us (10m)
Dir: Daithí Ó Cinnéide, Country: Ireland, Year: 2016
A teenager and their traditionally-minded father struggle to find common ground after the former starts questioning their gender identity in rural Ireland.
Kaspar X: If I Had a Soul (24m)
Dir: Kaspar Wan, Country: Hong Kong, Year: 2015
Kaspar has aspired to become a man since childhood. He struggles with his mental health and relationship with God but his friends and family respond to his transition with love and support.

Sad Girl Cinema
2017-09-30 16:30 - 18:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Sad Girl Cinema is an ongoing documentary film project exploring mental health narratives in screen culture created by queer writers Claire Biddles and Bethany Rose Lamont and designed by Maggie Webster. Sorted into three themes: therapy, the mental health ward, and tortured geniuses and tragic muses, SGC navigates a whole bunch of pop cultural clichés in film, television, and music videos. For SQIFF, SGC presents a selection of clips exploring these themes through a queer lens, plus a first look at the documentary and a panel discussion on the intersection of mental health and LGBTQ+ identity on screen.
In partnership with LGBT Health and Wellbeing.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion and depiction of mental health issues and therapy.
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Arika Presents: The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman
2017-09-30 19:00 - 20:15 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Fred Barney Taylor’s documentary offers a portrait of Samuel R. Delany, black gay man, radical, and revered author of science fiction novels. Delany is also a well-regarded literary critic and academic with a candid and iconoclastic approach. He recounts his Harlem childhood, experiences with psychotherapy, and promiscuous adventures in the infamous Everard Baths and other public-sex venues. Interviews are juxtaposed with grainy home movies of Delany’s family and absorbing footage of the bridges, streets, trains, and skyscrapers of the writer’s native New York.
Samuel R. Delany will be present at and taking part in Arika’s Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist, 16th-19th November at Tramway, Glasgow. More info at www.arika.org.uk.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop.
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SQIFF Shorts: Defiant Dykes
2017-09-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Proudly presenting dykes defying society, each other, themselves, and the demands and expectations of both hetero and queer culture. A feisty granny drags her granddaughter out of the closet, 3 Butch/Femme and Stud/Fem lesbian couples from working-class backgrounds share fragments from their lives, a 17-year-old from a West Bank settlement goes to a gay club for the first time, a child visits their working-class butch great aunt, a Deaf couple get into a storming signing fight on their honeymoon, and a rapper and breakdancer explores their identity.
Krissy Mahan, director of My Aunt Mame, Roman Manfredi, director of Everything That I’m Not, and Azara Meghie & Kai Fiáin, filmmakers of Breaking Down My Translation will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation, please contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
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Oh-Be-Joyful (13m)
Dir: Susan Jacobson, Country: UK, Year: 2015
Rita is about to kick the bucket but before she does she’s got one last job to do: drag her granddaughter out of the closet.
My Aunt Mame (9m)
Dir: Krissy Mahan, Country: UK, Year: 2015
A funny/sad dramatization of a woman’s childhood visits to her working-class butch great aunt, and what happened when she came out to her mom, told through Fisher-Price people in homemade sets.
Honeymoon (10m)
Dir: Ronit Meranda, Country: UK, Year: 2015
Lucy and Johanna are on their honeymoon. Johanna is partially, and Lucy profoundly, Deaf. They have a storming argument and signing allows them to be carefree about quarrelling in public.
Pony Tale (9m)
Dir: Moran Nakar, Country: Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Year: 2016
17-year-old Adva goes on a night journey from her life in a West Bank settlement to fulfil her fantasy of kissing and fucking a woman.
Everything That I’m Not (15m)
Dir: Roman Manfredi, Country: UK, Year: 2017
Everything That I’m Not centres the relationships of 3 Butch/Femme and Stud/Fem lesbian couples from working class backgrounds.
Breaking Down My Translation (5m)
Dir: Azara Meghie & Kai Fiáin, Country: UK, Year: 2015
A rapper and breakdancer describes feeling alienated by middle class queer culture and explores their identity.

Glasgow School of Art Pornography Society Presents: M4M
2017-09-30 21:00 - 23:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
M4M showcases queer sex on camera with a variety of vivid, lurid, and fluid short films and clips. Presenting scenes from prominent gay porn company productions including Falcon Studios’ pioneering 1983 film, Spokes, and the infamous Devil’s Dick scene from Treasure Island Media’s 2006 Breeding Season. Also featuring a selection of works by Zachary Hutchinson, Georges Jacotey, Antonio da Silva, Bishop Black, plus a teaser from local grassroots producers at the GSA Pornography Society.
Followed by a panel discussion with Drew Bigglestone and Ian Diamond from Glasgow sex boutique, Luke & Jack. Curated and hosted by Dylan Meade.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Content note: hardcore porn and extreme scenarios.
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Cariocas (10m)
Dir: Antonio da Silva, Country: Brazil, Year: 2014
Filmmaker Antonio da Silva explores Brazil’s muscle beaches and busy cruising grounds.
untitled (questions in a toxic world of blue) (10 mins) Dir: Georges Jacotey, Country: Greece, Year: 2017
Georges Jacotey presents an edited film of a live performance work developed for dgtlfmnsm
festival in Dresden.
Getting Kinky With Bishop Black (4 mins)
Dir: Davey Wavey, Country: Germany, Year: 2017
Porn legend Bishop Black talks direct to camera about his experiences and sexuality.
How to Reduce Your Masculinity in 10 Easy Steps (25m)
Dir: Zachary Hutchinson, Country: USA, Year: 2016
“A smart examination of masculinity that features some local art scene pillars and employs humour as a means to break down what it really means to be ‘masculine.’ The project is a filmic celebration of non-binary expression, welcoming individual projections of femininity and masculinity,” Justin Moran for bullettmedia.com.
Spokes (c.10m clip)
Dir: Bill Clayton, Country: USA, Year: 1983
A team of cyclists take rest in a secluded barn where they bump into a new friend.
Devil’s Dick (c.10m clip)
Dir: Paul Morris, Country: USA, Year: 2006
From one of Treasure Island Media’s most famous films, Breeding Season, comes The Devil’s Dick. 73 loads of semen from different men frozen/solidified and submerged into a willing host.
PornoSoc Teaser (10m)
Dir: Robert Softley Gale, Dylan Meade, James Findlay, Bejoy Sanjeev, Country: UK, Year: 2015-17
A short teaser of some in-progress grassroots productions from GSA Pornography Society.
Tuntenporno: Fisting (6m)
Dir: Gitte Schmitz, Country: Germany, Year: 2016
Frisky fairies meet in the woods for some fun greasy fisting in tutus.

Looking Awry: Nowhere
2017-09-30 21:15 - 22:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Described by director Gregg Araki as “A Beverly Hills 90210 episode on acid,” Nowhere follows 18-year-old Dark Smith through a day in the teenager’s life in LA. Dark fails to get the emotional support he craves from girlfriend Mel, who is also involved with a girl named Lucifer, while Dark moons over hunky Montgomery. A spree of kinky sex, hallucinogenic drugs, random violence, romantic misunderstandings, and alien abduction ensues. Part of Araki’s notorious Teen Apocalypse Trilogy exploring alienation, fluid sexuality, and Armageddon.
Screening with short Self and Others (6 mins), a study of the visual language of sexual fluidity as captured through the lens of film history. Introduced by programmer Jacob Engelberg, part of Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for introduction. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence, sexual assault, and suicide.
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Free Family Film: Finding Dory
2017-10-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dory (voiced by gay rights hero Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every ten seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends, Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory realises that her family reunion will only happen if she can save her mum and dad from captivity.
ACCESS: Wheelchair access at Platform with ramps and lifts. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions.
This is a FREE event. Tickets will be available on the door or pre-book by calling Platform box office on +44 (0)141 276 9696.

Are We Queer Yet?: SQIFF at GoMA
2017-10-01 12:00 - 16:00 | gallery of modern art, Glasgow, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AH, United Kingdom
The huge beautiful hall in the GoMA has been left free and open for SQIFF to play with, so what do you think we did? Built a queer teenager’s bedroom, of course! Come lounge and hang out in our fully interactive installation. There will even be equipment to watch the LGBTQ+ short film DVDs piled on our teenager’s shelf. This immersive experience is designed to emulate the alienation and excitement of adolescence (particularly from a LGBTQ+ perspective) whilst simultaneously providing a safe space in the heart of the city centre. Tell your past self, the queers are here, get used to it.
SQIFF at GoMA is taking place in GoMA’s Gallery 1 while Marlie Mul’s exhibition is cancelled.
ACCESS: GoMA has wheelchair access to all floors and galleries. Accessible toilets available. Disabled parking bays are available at the bottom of Queen Street next to the taxi rank. Various languages with English subtitles/captions.
This is a FREE event open to all on the day. No ticket required.

Last Men Standing
2017-10-01 12:30 - 13:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
“We felt like every day was wonderful and anything could happen.” Rich and distinguished stories unfold among the lives of long-term survivors who have learned how to celebrate, heal, love, and thrive after the devastation of the early AIDS crisis. In this cathartic and intimate documentary, eight men look back on their experiences and then toward the future with the strength and resiliency they have cultivated over the past 30 years.
Following the screening, Scott Agnew – HIV positive, critically acclaimed, Glaswegian stand up comedian and compere – will be joining the panel for a discussion led by David Bingham of HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
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Document Presents: FREE CeCe!
2017-10-01 13:00 - 14:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
On her way to the store with a group of friends, trans woman Chrishaun Reed “CeCe” McDonald was brutally attacked and in defending her life, a man was killed. After a coercive interrogation, CeCe was incarcerated in a men’s prison in Minnesota. An international campaign to free CeCe garnered significant support from media and activists, including actress Laverne Cox. Cox signed on as executive producer of FREE CeCe!, committed to exploring the role race, class, and gender played in the case. In the end, CeCe emerged not only as a survivor but also as a leader.
Followed by a discussion with Chryssy Hunter from Bent Bars Project, a letter writing scheme for LGBTQ+ people in prison in the UK. Presented in partnership with Document, Glasgow’s International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion of violence.
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Looking Awry: She Must Be Seeing Things
2017-10-01 15:00 - 16:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Sheila McLaughlin’s solo directorial debut follows professional social advocate Agatha (Sheila Dabney) and her partner, mercurial indie filmmaker Jo (Lois Weaver). Taking care of Jo’s flat whilst she’s away, Agatha discovers Jo’s diary, which catalogues her past sexual experiences with men. As Jo repeatedly leaves to work on production of her new film – about a former nun who lived as a man in 16th century Spain – Agatha becomes convinced Jo is cheating on her. But is any of it real or is Agatha only seeing things?
Screening on 16mm and with short More Love. Less Prepackaged Bullshit (1 min) by Neelu Bhuman. Introduced by programmer Jacob Engelberg, part of Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for introduction. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence.
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SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland III
2017-10-01 15:30 - 17:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Presenting a selection of the compelling array of queer filmmaking happening in Scotland. A gay man drags his friend into lying to his mother with hilarious results, a Polish woman gives insights into why she chose to leave her country to move to Edinburgh, a mother-daughter relationship in the year 2020 proves surprising, and a bisexual woman from China explores her identity amongst the varied approaches in this showcase.
We will to be joined by at least one filmmaker from each featured short film for a Q&A after the screening.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English and Polish languages with English captions/subtitles. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop. Audio description available (small amount of non-English dialogue read within AD).
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
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When a Man Loves a Woman (10m)
Dir: Charlie Francis, Year: 2016
A comedy about identity, the lies we tell our mothers, and the lies we ask our friends to tell our mothers.
Fuego (10m)
Dir: Alice Jane McKinney, Year: 2017
Fuego is a short documentary following Marta as she returns to her small rural village in Poland, after leaving in search of a better life.
Amber Blue (10m)
Dir: Hong Anh Nguyen, Year: 2017
While cooking a warm stew together, the relationship between a mother and daughter boils over only to reveal the truth about their peculiar relationship.
Poly Amour (7m)
Dir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi, Year: 2016
How capable are we to love boundlessly? This film explores polyamory, deconstructing conventional stereotypes of the romantic relationship structure.
Pull (5m)
Dir: Eleanor Capaldi, Year: 2016
Pull explores what happens when two people are inexorably drawn to one another.
A Long Line of Glitter (15m)
Dir: Asten Holmes-Elliott, Year: 2017
A short film created by LGBT Age community members and a rare chance to witness the unique perspective of people who have lived through changes we now take for granted.
Fluid (14m)
Dir: Whei Zhou, Year: 2016
An experimental film in which a bisexual woman from China explores her identity.
Joey (9m)
Dir: Helen Wright, Year: 2017
A lesbian sci-fi short about a young woman with telekinetic powers going out on the queer scene for the first time.

Hustler White
2017-10-01 17:00 - 18:30 | Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB, United Kingdom
Bruce LaBruce’s Hustler White features the legendary Canadian filmmaker himself as lovelorn academic Jürgen Anger, whose quest to document the LA hustling scene leads him into an increasingly tangled relationship with the reckless Monti Ward. A satirical black comedy riffing on Sunset Boulevard amongst other Hollywood classics, this early work from LaBruce also stars queer canonical figures such as Vaginal Davis and Ron Athey.
Screening with LaBruce’s new short film Refugee’s Welcome (22 mins), sketching a day in the life of a Syrian man living in Berlin as he encounters both racist violence and a tough, kind-hearted Czech poet.
We are delighted to welcome Bruce LaBruce for a Q&A after the screening.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of Glasgow Film Theatre with Screen 2 on ground floor. Accessible toilet available. English, Arabic, Czech, and German languages with English subtitles. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Content note: depiction of violence and sexual assault.
All tickets £5.50. To book, click on the button below or call Glasgow Film Theatre box office on +44 (0)141 332 6535.

195 LEWIS Season 1
2017-10-01 17:30 - 18:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
195 LEWIS is a dramedy series about a group of women navigating the realities of being Black, queer, and polyamorous in New York City. Based in Brooklyn, the series follows Yuri and Camille as they test the boundaries of their open relationship. Yuri’s growing infatuation with a new lover leaves Camille distressed, which is only amplified by the unexpected arrival of Yuri’s old college friend Kris, who shows up with nowhere else to stay. Another exciting example of a contemporary web series paving the way for more progressive queer representation.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Diane Torr Tribute: Man for a Day
2017-10-01 18:00 - 19:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
The worldwide stage appearances and workshops of gender activist and performance artist Diane Torr are legendary. For over thirty years, the focus of Diane’s work was an exploration of the theoretical, artistic, and practical aspects of gender identity. Director Katarina Peters observes a Berlin workshop taught by Diane, in which a group of open-minded women come together to discover the secrets of masculinity. What makes a man a man and a woman a woman? Precisely when and where is gender identity created? How much is nature and how much nurture?
With an introduction by Angie Dight – director of Mischief La–Bas, which focuses on innovative theatrical experiences, and Stephen Greer, theatre academic and cultural critic at University of Glasgow – celebrating the life and work of artist, activist, and educator, Diane Torr, who sadly passed away earlier this year.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English, German, and Hebrew languages with English subtitles. BSL interpretation for introduction. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Look at Me
2017-10-01 18:45 - 20:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Technological LGBTQ+ themes are probed in this cyber-collection of shorts. Featuring a DIY documentary about queer and trans bodies and online self-representation, trans people talking about how they have actively used videogames to explore their gender, a gay man programming his very own virtual world – a campy safe haven – in a dystopian future of surveillance and work, and a man discovering he has HIV and deciding to share the news via digital forums.
Marco Alessi, co-director of Look at Me, will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Skeleton in a Beret (7m)
Dir: Mabz Beet, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Two trans people talk about how they have actively used videogames as part of how they explore not just their gender, but their skills, self-confidence, and self-expression.
In deiner Haut (28m)
Dir: Daniel Kulle, Country: Germany, Year: 2016
In a dystopian future world of surveillance and work, Max compensates for his isolation by programming his very own virtual world, a campy safe haven.
Look at Me (20m)
Dir: Marco Alessi and Patrick G. Lee, Country: UK, USA, Year: 2017
Look at Me is a mixed-format short documentary about queer and trans bodies and online self-representation. It is DIY labour of love made by a host of queer filmmakers and collaborators in London.
Event Horizon (15m)
Dir: Gil Baroni, Country: Brazil, Year: 2016
Gabriel discovers he has HIV and decides to share the news via digital forums.

SQIFF Closer: Signature Move
2017-10-01 20:30 - 22:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Zaynab is a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian lawyer living in Chicago who begins a romance with Alma, a confident and vivacious Mexican-American woman. Zaynab’s recently widowed mother Parveen spends her days watching Pakistani TV dramas while searching for a potential husband for her daughter. Alma’s mother, Rosa, is a former professional Luchadora, which Zaynab finds fascinating as she has recently taken up lucha-style wrestling. Co-written by and starring Fawzia Mirza, Signature Move is a hilarious and honest look at a queer Muslim experience.
Preceded by the presentation of our award for Best Scottish Short. Co-writer Lisa Donato will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English, Urdu, and Spanish languages with English subtitles. BSL interpretation for introduction and Q&A. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Hawick: The Misandrists
2017-10-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Unit 4, Towerdykeside, Hawick, TD9 9EA, United Kingdom
Queer film legend Bruce LaBruce’s newest feature dives headlong into the world of the Female Liberation Army hiding out in the heart of Gerwomany. Led by Big Mother, the FLA indoctrinates its young recruits to take up the struggle of freeing all female people through a mix of revolutionary porn-making, songs about taking down the patriarchy, and even a sneaky dancing nun. But does the FLA’s brand of radical feminism hide some darker and more exclusionary beliefs?
Part of Behind the Curtain, a celebration of the diversity of cinema. We screen documentaries, experimental works, cult, queer, trash and the best work from independent filmmakers around the world. Behind the Curtain is your film community, whatever your identity. An Alchemy Film & Arts project in partnership with Moving Image Makers Collective.
ACCESS: Level access throught Unit 4. Accessible toilet available. English language with English captions.
Content note: depiction of violence and real surgical operations, discussion of sexual assault.
Tickets £5 plus £0.50 booking fee. To book, please use the button below.

What (the Fuck) is Lesbian Cinema? + The Book of Gabrielle (Glasgow)
2017-10-28 14:30 - 17:30 | The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, G1 3NU, United Kingdom
The Book of Gabrielle is a clever dramedy about an intimate yet platonic relationship that develops between a female graphic artist and an older male erotic novelist. Saul delights in Gabrielle’s description of her past affairs and ongoing relationship with her younger girlfriend, Olivia (Anna Koval), just as Gabrielle likes to explore masculinity through Saul. Does he help Gabrielle find her artistic voice or is Saul finding his? Does she need to break from his patriarchy in order to find herself?
To coincide with the launch of the film, director and star Lisa Gornick presents an accompanying live drawing show What (the Fuck) is Lesbian Cinema? Using pen, paper, and watercolour, Gornick explores where the desires of lesbian film are at right now alongside the politics, money, and passions aroused around it. Lisa will also take part in a Q&A after the film screening.
Also taking place at Edinburgh Filmhouse on Sunday 29th October 2.30pm.
ACCESS: The Lighthouse has level access at the entrance with a lift available to the screening space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the live drawing show, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Ages 15+.
Ticket prices are £10, £5, or FREE. Choose what to pay according to what you can afford with everyone very welcome! No proof of your situation will be asked for. Wine and snacks included with ticket! To book, please use the button below.

What (the Fuck) is Lesbian Cinema? + The Book of Gabrielle (Edinburgh)
2017-10-29 14:30 - 17:00 | Edinburgh Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ
The Book of Gabrielle is a clever dramedy about an intimate yet platonic relationship that develops between a female graphic artist and an older male erotic novelist. Saul delights in Gabrielle’s description of her past affairs and ongoing relationship with her younger girlfriend, Olivia (Anna Koval), just as Gabrielle likes to explore masculinity through Saul. Does he help Gabrielle find her artistic voice or is Saul finding his? Does she need to break from his patriarchy in order to find herself?
To coincide with the launch of the film, director and star Lisa Gornick presents an accompanying live drawing show What (the Fuck) is Lesbian Cinema? Using pen, paper, and watercolour, Gornick explores where the desires of lesbian film are at right now alongside the politics, money, and passions aroused around it.
Also taking place at The Lighthouse in Glasgow on Saturday 28th October 2.30pm.
ACCESS: Filmhouse Foyer and box office are reached via a ramped surface from Lothian Road. Cinema 3 has one wheelchair space accessed via a platform lift. Advance booking for wheelchair spaces is recommended. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation by Mark Sherwin for live drawing show and Q&A. Hearing loop.
Ages 15+.
Tickets £10 or £8 concession. If the price of this event is a barrier to you attending, please contact us on info@sqiff.org for a free ticket. To book, please use the button below.

SQIFF Presents: Scottish Shorts @ Inverness Film Festival
2017-11-09 14:00 - 15:15 | Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA, United Kingdom
SQIFF presents a selection of the compelling array of LGBTQ+ filmmaking happening in Scotland.
A gay man drags his friend into lying to his mother with hilarious results, a Polish woman gives insights into why she chose to leave her country to move to Edinburgh, a mother-daughter relationship in the year 2020 proves surprising and a bisexual woman from China explores her identity.
Seat Price £3.
To book tickets visit the Eden Court website, or call the Box Office on 01463 234 234.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of Eden Court with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Wheelchair spaces for screening must be booked in advance. English and Polish languages with English captions/subtitles. Audio description available (small amount of non-English dialogue read within AD).

Rainbow Families on Film
2018-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Outside the Box, Rainbow Families, and SQIFF team up to present an evening of short films plus discussion on the theme of LGBTQ+ families. We’ll be thinking about being an LGBTQ+ parent or guardian as well as how LGBTQ+ children relate to their families. Films include Vicky Du’s Gaysians, in which queer and trans Asian-Americans explore their family relationships, Where We Are Now about a bisexual woman and her trans parent, Take Your Partners, featuring gender non-conforming kid Ollie, plus more! Refreshments will also be available.
**ACCESS**
CCA has level access at its entrance at the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Scott Street with the event taking place in the ground floor Cinema. Accessible and gender neutral toilets available. All films are in the English language and also screen with English language subtitles or captions. If you would like to attend the event and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please let us know and we’ll book this for you. For more venue access details, see CCA’s access statement.
FREE event open to all ages. To book, please use the button below.

LGBT History Month 2018 at An Lanntair
2018-02-02 20:30 - 2018-02-19 20:00 | An Lanntair, 55 Kenneth St, Stornoway, HS1 2DS
We are very happy to again be supporting screenings as part of LGBT History Month 2018 at An Lanntair on Lewis!
Call Me By Your Name (15) – Friday 2nd Feb, 8.30pm and Saturday 3rd Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7)
The Children’s Hour (12A) – Thursday 8th Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7/4.50)
God’s Own Country (15) – Tuesday 13th Feb, 7pm in the Auditorium (£7)
Tomboy (U) – Monday 19th Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7/4.50)
ACCESS: An Lanntair has level access to all public areas (box office, certain area of the auditorium, shop, gallery, bar and restaurant), ramps where required, lifts, disabled toilets, induction loops and disabled seating in the auditorium. For more information, please read our Access Statement.
For bookings visit www.lanntair.com or call on 01851 708480.
To reserve and purchase the allocated disabled seating in our auditorium please call 01851 708480.

120 BPM Preview plus Panel Discussion
2018-04-01 16:00 - 19:00 | Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB, United Kingdom
Revisiting elements of his own experience, Robin Campillo has created a bustling fresco of the personalities and politics of the ACT UP Paris LGBTQI community during the 1990s. The sense of urgency, authenticity and attention to detail is exemplary as individual stories come into sharper focus. We follow hot-headed Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) as he falls under the spell of gravely handsome newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois). A moving, lump-in-the-throat love story is matched by a celebration of the power of activism to awaken an indifferent world in this superb drama.
120 BPM screens at GFT 6th to 12th April. Join us for this special preview screening followed by a Q&A with ACT UP London activist, theatre maker and single mother Ray Malone – personally described as ‘scum’ by Nigel Farage – along with other guests tbc.
ACCESS: The film is in the French language with English subtitles. There will be a BSL interpreter for the introduction and panel discussion. GFT has level access at its entrance on Rose Street with Screen 2 on the ground floor and an accessible toilet nearby. More information on the venue’s access is fd here: glasgowfilm.org/plan-your-visit/venue-access. For any queries, please get in touch via (0141) 352 8603 or email access@glasgowfilm.org.
To book, please use the button below or call GFT box office on +44 (0)141 332 6535.

We have a number of free tickets for the event for those who couldn’t afford to attend otherwise. Please email helen@sqiff.org or text or call Helen on 07735 273 245 to book one of these.
