Trans representation in mainstream cinema remains poor but happily there’s a rich output of short filmmaking with authentic takes on trans, non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit identities. We showcase dramas, experimental documentaries, and animation in this selection covering themes including coming out to parents, dealing with mental health problems, finding love, and the specifics of trans […]
Contemporary shorts to accompany the horror classics in our programme utilising gruesome imagery and horror movie tropes to explore LGBTQ+ issues. A terrified man deals with a dead body (that of his erstwhile lover) in his flat, blood oozes and old Taiwanese film clips flicker in surreal cinematic experiments, trippy drug-induced hallucinations lead a gay […]
Is it a boy? Is it a girl? What if it’s neither? This award-winning doc explores the world of intersex people - those born with any one of a large number of variations that make their gender ambiguous according to traditional binary ideals. Presenter Mani Bruce Mitchell, one of New Zealand’s first out intersex people, and director […]
Transgressive filmmaker Bruce LaBruce gave the zombie genre a distinctive update with Otto, set in a not-too-distant future in which the undead have evolved the ability to speak and reason, yet are still persecuted by the living. Sensitive Otto wanders the streets of Berlin before being recruited by eccentric filmmaker Medea Yarn for her zombie […]
Something is happening in the queer film sphere… With increased funding challenges the LGBTQ+ community has had to innovate to discover new ways to get queer voices out there. Enter the WEB SERIES! This session presents a selection of the best and most original talent emerging from this independent medium and showcases the range and […]
When Marit Östberg finally had enough time to edit the footage she shot in 2011, it was already four years old. And, by then, her idea of a mockumentary on how to (and how not to) make queer porn had quietly changed into something different: a nostalgic look at nostalgia and a way to rewrite […]
Nobody believes teenage horror-film addict Charley Brewster when he becomes convinced his new neighbours are vampires. But with the evidence stacking up, Charley enlists the help of washed-up television vampire killer Peter Vincent to destroy the suburban bloodsuckers. Basically posing as a posh homosexual couple, these vamps have as much an appetite for fashion and […]
Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head? Inside Out ventures inside the mind to find out. Platform Glasgow is proud to present a FREE screening of Disney Pixar’s original new film as part of this year's Scottish Queer International Film Festival. Based in Headquarters, the control center inside 11-year-old […]
A joyful, empowering documentary charting the course of seven LGBT women of colour in a minivan on the road across America with THE REVIVAL, a slam style poetry tour. Both tour and film were created with the aim of building a literary arts movement among women who are LGBT and their allies. We get to […]
We present another selection of LGBTQ+ work made in Scotland, representing a variety of styles, subject matter, and identities. A non-conforming eight year old challenges gender expectations, childhood trauma is explored by a trans woman, wedding day fears and fantasies are divulged across a generation, and a bisexual daughter finds solidarity with her trans parent […]
