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SUMMARY:Making Masculinities with Take One Action and Pillow Talk Scotland - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening.** \n  \nA compelling evening of short films exploring the complexities of masculinity today – from harm to love. \n  \nWhat does it mean to be masculine today? Young men face increasing pressures\, grappling with toxic stereotypes and the “loneliness epidemic\,” often feeling isolated and inadequate. Data shows that young men are veering to the right globally\, underscoring the urgent need to address these issues. However\, masculinity is far more fluid and diverse than commonly portrayed\, and we invite audiences to reflect on these nuances through a broader\, more intersectional lens. \n  \nFeaturing short films from Glasgow artist Trackie McLeod\, filmmakers Miles Warren and Campbell X\, director and writer Daniel Bailey and others\, Making Masculinities takes us on a journey through masculinity’s many facets. \n  \nThe event encourages attendees to participate as men or people who identify in some way with masculinity\, to bring friends with them\, and to bring the men in their lives. Together we’ll have meaningful conversations about male identity’s positive and negative aspects. Hosted by Take One Action\, the Scottish Queer International Film Festival\, and Pillow Talk Scotland\, the screening will take place on 22nd November\, shortly after International Men’s Day and just ahead of this year’s 16 Days of Activism. This event provides an opportunity to challenge traditional narratives and promote a healthier understanding of masculinity today. \n  \nCurated by Iris Pase\, Rachel Hamada\, and Zeo Fawcett\, with support from Indigo Korres. \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book\, click here and you’ll be redirected to the Take One Action website. \n  \nUnderstanding Masculinity Trackie McLeod\, 2018\, UK\, 5 minutes \n​Trackie McLeod is a Scottish artist based in Glasgow. Best known for his text-based work\, Trackie recontextualises our relationship with everyday colloquialisms. His punchy take on sculpture\, textiles and print mixed with his love of Scottish patter creates a visual best described as ‘one part tongue-in-cheek\, an ounce of sarcasm and a pint of Tennent’s Lager’. Here\, in an early piece of his work\, he explores experiences of masculinity. \n  \nI Love Hooligans Jan-Dirk Bouw\, 2013\, Netherlands\, 13 minutes \nIn this animated short\, a football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However\, being gay\, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him. \n  \nFather and Son Mitchell Lazar\, 2018\, US\, 7 minutes \nAn up and coming writer competes against his father for a prestigious book award. This portrait of male insecurity and psychological cruelty shows that violence doesn’t have to be physical to maim – but who will triumph? \n  \nDes!re Campbell X\, 2017\, UK\, 9 minutes Trailer \nDES!RE is an experimental film exploring desire for transmasc\, transmen\, butch\, stud\, aggressives\, masculine of centre (MOC) people assigned female at birth. Stunning black and white images drift across the screen while transmen\, femme women and butch and MOC people speak about the complexity of their desire. \n  \nBruiser Miles Warren\, 2022\, USA\, 10 minutes \nAfter his father gets into a fight at a bowling alley\, Darious begins to investigate the limitations of his own manhood. Inspired by Worldstar fight videos\, this Sundance and SXSW selected short film interrogates the emotional fallout of macho violence\, and inspired a later feature debut by the director. \n  \nSoft Bwoi Daniel Bailey\, 2022\, UK\, 5 minutes \nIn yardie culture\, “yuh too soft” can mark you from childhood\, the equivocation of gentleness and sensitivity with weakness and irrelevance. This ensemble production refuses such sentiment and Babylon itself\, using folklore and imagery from Caribbean carnival culture and queerness to redefine this misconception. The concealment of emotion\, embracing norms\, and the repression of femininity are no longer signs of power and strength. Instead\, it is in seeking the divine feminine\, deep connections with one another and the rejection of toxicity that will unite Black men to find better ways to survive in this harsh but limitless world. Yes lawd! \n  \nYou Can’t Always Get What You Want But You Can Get Me Samira Elagoz/Z Walsh\, 2023\, Canada\, 13 minutes \nA unique slideshow documenting two longhaired trans men falling in love. Over the course of one year\, the artist couple gathered photographs from real-life events such as their first kiss\, meeting each other’s parents\, long distance thirst traps\, a beach wedding\, and top surgery. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up. \n  \nLa Vita Semplice Lucas Tielke\, 2022\, Italy\, 3 minutes \nPedro and Flavio live a simple and beautiful life together\, filled to the brim with love\, away from the distractions of the outside world. For the past 30 years\, they have poured their heart and soul into their scenic property situated in the rolling hills of Bologna. The instant you meet them their commitment to “The Beautiful Life” becomes apparent. \n  \nBEYOND THE SCREEN: Following the films\, a panel and interactive audience discussion will further explore the themes presented. The discussion will be hosted by Zeo Fawcett\, and will feature actor\, writer and storyteller Adam Kashmiry and Isaac Hoff from the University of Glasgow. We’ll also be asking the audience to share their experiences\, good and bad\, of masculinity and your ideas about what positive masculinity looks like. \nAdam Kashmiry is a neurodivergent Egyptian-born and Glasgow-raised performer\, storyteller\, experimental mover and writer\, and queer activist. Some of the projects Adam has worked on include autobiographical BAFTA-winning film Adam; As You Like It with Northern Broadsides; Tako Taal’s After Kinte; Where Are You From? at the Children’s Festival; Everyman and Who I am now? from Bombito Productions; Walter Sholto Douglas; and the exhibition The Untold Stories of People Who Shaped Scotland. \nIsaac Hoff is a lecturer in media and sociology at the University of Glasgow with interests in masculinities\, youth\, culture and class. He has written about masculinities\, transitions to adulthood and leisure. He completed his PhD at the University of Leicester’s research institute for cultural and media economies in 2021 and has been at Glasgow since September 2022. \n  \nAccessibility:  \n\nBSL-English interpretation for introduction and discussions.\nEnglish Descriptive Subtitles.\nWheelchair Access.\nContent Notes:\n\nI Love Hooligans: Depictions of physical violence\, homophobia\, strobing lights.\nBruiser: Depictions of physical violence\nYou Can’t Always Get What You Want But You Can Get Me: Discussion of surgery\, sex\, genitalia. Depiction of nudity\, sex\, bodily fluids\, hospitalisation\, surgical drains\, needles\, blood\, stitches\, fresh top surgery scars\, pain medication\, scabbing wounds.\n\n\n\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  \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: La Vita Semplice (2022\, Dir Lukas Tielke)
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/making-masculinities-with-take-one-action-and-pillow-talk-scotland/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Discussion,Films,Free event,Shorts
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250218T160000
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Field Recording with Nat Lall
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \nExpect an intro to Foley\, Spatial Audio and my own concept of ‘IRL field recording’. \nFoley lets you create a range of textural sound effects to add into films. Spatial Audio lets you create a physical space with your recordings. It lets your audience transport to vast otherworldly dimensions… without you having to leave the comfort of your home or studio. \nIRL Field Recording is a concept. I coined during my BA in Sound Arts. The soundscapes are dreamed up and carefully devised. The name represents my skeptical views towards the ‘facts’ of science\, reality\, and notably gender. Who constructed these ‘facts’ anyway? Is everything not sci-fi to an extent? \nFacilitated by Nat Lall. \nVenue: Project Space 2\, 2nd floor\, Assembly Building/GSA Students’ Association\, 20 Scott Street. \nPresented in partnership with GSA Students’ Association. \nTickets are FREE. To book\, click here and you’ll be redirected to the GSA Students’ Association website. \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: Tiu Makkonen
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/fantasy-field-recording-with-nat-lall/
LOCATION:Project Space 2\, 2nd floor\, Assembly Building/GSA Students' Association\, 20 Scott Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Free event,Trans,Workshops
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SUMMARY:D.I.Why? (Filmmaking Workshops for QTIPOC+)
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \n\nAre you LGBTQIA+ and Black/a Person of Colour and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Exhale Group C.I.C. are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Nat Lall and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nNat Lall is a Glasgow-based film curator\, known for their work with the SQIFF. Nat is also an artist and DJ. Notable works include the film Pink Excavation (2018) and their musical alias is DJ FLUFFIE. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (1/4): \nIn our first session together we are going to look into why DIY(Do It Yourself) filmmaking is such a fun and accessible way to make film. What if we used our limitations as a starting point for our creativity? That’s what I did! \nWe’re going to play around with cheap\, camp objects from our homes and pound shops. I personally love the look of cheap bits of tatt\, they tend to be colourful\, childish and inventive. They’re often not fit for purpose and how/why they could actually be used gets my creative juices flowing. We are going to use these objects as a starting point for our narratives. We will imagine new worlds from these precious\, and cost-friendly wonders. \nWith a bit of observation\, free-writing and plenty of imagination… we will think up conceptual bases for our films. We’ll do a bit of improvised narration as we ponder on our objects. And by the end of the session\, each filmmaker will have a some clips about a fantastical world in which these objects exist. \nPS. No equipment\, or prior filmmaking knowledge is necessary. Everything will be shot on our phone cameras. If you do not have one to use\, please be in touch and we will organise a camera for you to borrow. Also\, be in touch if you have any access needs. \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/12599/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,People of colour,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250309T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250309T180000
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SUMMARY:Acting is just me hanging out with my friends (Filmmaking Workshops for QTIPOC+)
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \n\nAre you LGBTQIA+ and Black/a Person of Colour and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Exhale Group C.I.C. are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Nat Lall and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nNat Lall is a Glasgow-based film curator\, known for their work with the SQIFF. Nat is also an artist and DJ. Notable works include the film Pink Excavation (2018) and their musical alias is DJ FLUFFIE. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (2/4): \nDon’t have the time or money or energy to write a script and cast actors? Don’t worry… just have a fun silly day with your pals and film it. Once again\, that’s what I did. \nWe’ll chat about filming dialogue on the fly\, making filming your friends into a fun hang out instead of a job\, and ways to repay your pals in other ways than money. \nI’ll be honest with you\, you’re probably not going to earn loadsa cash from your DIY films\, you could\, but it’s unlikely. So make it fun and worth your time. Be honest\, and kind\, to yourself about it. I struggle with the awkwardness of asking for favours too\, but maybe your pals/community actually love you..? Or if not at least maybe you could return the favour. \nWe’ll hang out together as a group\, we’ll have tea and chat\, and then we’ll devise rough ideas for acting in each others’ films. Then we’ll record our footage and help each other out. It won’t be too planned\, it won’t be scripted\, but it will be fun. \nPS. No equipment\, or prior filmmaking knowledge is necessary. Everything will be shot on our phone cameras. If you do not have one to use\, please be in touch and we will organise a camera for you to borrow. Also\, be in touch if you have any access needs. \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/acting-is-just-me-hanging-out-with-my-friends-filmmaking-workshops-for-qtipoc/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,People of colour,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Field Recording (Filmmaking Workshops for QTIPOC+)
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \n\nAre you LGBTQIA+ and Black/a Person of Colour and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Exhale Group C.I.C. are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Nat Lall and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nNat Lall is a Glasgow-based film curator\, known for their work with the SQIFF. Nat is also an artist and DJ. Notable works include the film Pink Excavation (2018) and their musical alias is DJ FLUFFIE. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (3/4): \nWe’re going to get creative and make immersive\, otherworldly soundscapes\, from the comfort of the gallery space. Expect an intro to Foley\, Spatial Audio and my own concept of ‘IRL field recording’. \nFoley lets you create a range of textural sound effects to add into films. You can create big\, gory\, explosive\, slimy sounds simply with some everyday items and a microphone. \nSpatial Audio lets you create a physical space with your recordings. Rather than flat mono sounds\, you can place your sounds left or right\, up or down and forwards or back. It lets your audience transport to vast otherworldly dimensions… without you having to leave the comfort of your home or studio. \nIRL Field Recording is a concept I coined during my BA in Sound Arts. The soundscapes are not at all recorded ‘In Real Life’\, rather they are dreamed up and carefully devised. The name represents my skeptical views towards the ‘facts’ of science\, reality\, and notably gender. Who constructed these ‘facts’ anyway? Is everything not sci-fi to an extent? \nPS. No equipment\, or prior audio recording knowledge is necessary. Also\, be in touch if you have any access needs. \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/fantasy-field-recording-filmmaking-workshops-for-qtipoc/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,People of colour,Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250318T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
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SUMMARY:SQIFF Queer Screening: Edinburgh Takeover with Edinburgh Arts Festival & Rhubaba - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening. Edinburgh Arts Festival are operating a waiting list for sold out events – please contact elle@edinburghartfestival.com to be added to this!** \n  \nSQIFF are very excited to announce our collaboration with Rhubaba for the Edinburgh Art Festival. The evening will consist of a screening of short films\, a panel discussion with Scottish QTIPOC filmmakers and food. The event will take place on the 18th March 2025 in the French Institute\, Edinburgh. \nAll of the short films in the screening are taken from the SQIFF 2024 programme and with this we aim to bring a bit of the queer magic we experienced in Glasgow to Edinburgh. The selected films include works from our Scottish Shorts\, Sci-Fi Meets Reality\, Queer Asia\, ★\,。·::·ﾟ☆ “The Real Internet Is Inside You” ·ﾟ✧*:·ﾟ✧ and Drag & Performance Through Censorship events. The selection highlights a range of techniques and genres in queer filmmaking including digital animation\, text-based film\, collage and live-action. It also explores a diverse range of topics such as young trans girlhood\, intimate friendships between men of colour\, medical drag-satire and more. \nAll of the selected films are either directed by and/or have a central focus on QTIPOC. This event aims to spotlight and celebrate queer people of colour in film. We will explore filmmaking techniques\, community initiatives and future hopes for people of colour in queer film with a panel discussion after the screenings. And after that\, we will end by chatting over food and drink provided by the festival. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \nTickets are FREE. To book\, click here and you’ll be redirected to the Edinburgh Arts Festival website. \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \nA Float\, Dir. Isabel Barfod\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \n\nA Float explores subtle modes of refusal through the lens of a Black Queer swimmer in a hostile environment. Set in a Victorian era public swimming pool\, A Float follows our protagonist as they access alternate realities\, speculated futures and enact small acts of revenge. \n\n\nContent Notes: Depiction of racism. \n\n\nAccess Notes: Contains flashing imagery. \n\n\n  \n\nDr. XYZ: A Medical Drag Transthology\, Dir. El Jones\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 14 min \n\nDr. XYZ is a community-made trans+ healthcare training film and ethnofiction. It is an exercise in queering the public information film genre\, shot in 16mm. The film weaves ethnographic healthcare accounts from Birmingham’s trans+ community with moments of drag-satire re-enactment to depict a collective vision of the UK’s healthcare system. \n\n\nContent notes: Discussion of suicidal ideation\, suicide attempt\, mental health issues\, medical neglect within NHS\, transphobia\, ableism\, racism\, passing culture\, self-medicating\, gender dysphoria\, medical waiting lists\, explicit language. Depiction of animated genitalia. \n\n\n  \n\nScrapped Fabric\, Dir. Jake Muñoz Consing\, 2024\, Philippines\, 11 min \n\nFearing her mother’s disapproval\, a teenage trans girl secretly sews a prom dress from her mother’s scrap fabric (“retaso”). \n\n\nContent notes: Discussion of transphobia. \n\n\n  \n\nFarewell\, Dir. Soham Kundu\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 15 min \n\nTwo friends: one with a broken heart\, the other on the brink of marriage. Together they set out on a day’s journey that leads them to confront their past amidst shared grief and hopes for a brighter future. Centred around intimate friendships between men of colour\, Farewell presents evolving expressions of modern masculinity. \n\n\nContent notes: Depiction of cigarette use. \n\n\n  \n\nDiffused in Marginalised Orders\, Dir. Florence To\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \n\nWords have a powerful role in shaping identity and transforming our lived experiences. The Scottish-born Hong Kong artist uses texts that ignite deep connections and solidarity. Their work confronts the dispossessions wrought by imperialism and challenges complicity in public amnesia about ongoing injustices\, redefining our relationship within social barriers and power struggles in public spaces. \n\n\nAccess notes: Flashing light and rapid visual effects. \n\n\n  \n\nBellydance Vogue\, Dir. Hadi Moussally\, 2020\, Lebanon\, 5 min \n\n“My birthday was on the 3rd of April 2020 during lockdown\, and for the first time\, I celebrated it all by myself. But even if I was alone\, I decided to celebrate it as if it’s the last one” \n\n\nThe film was made during quarantine. \n\n  \nAccessibility:  \n\nBSL-English interpretation for introduction and discussions.\nEnglish Descriptive Subtitles.\nThis event is located upstairs in the Salle Emilienne Moreau-Evrard space at the French Institute of Scotland\, accessible via stairs or lift.\nYou will enter the building at street level via the entrance on George IV Bridge\, where a reception desk is available for directions to the space or the lift.\nAccessing this venue is an uphill walk from Waverley Station. For a step-free journey\, travel along Market Street\, left along North Bank Street towards the Bank of Scotland\, and find the French Institute across the road.\nIf travel costs would be a barrier to attending this workshop\, please contact Rhubaba (admin@rhubaba.org) or EAF (info@edinburghartfestival.com) to arrange travel reimbursement.\n\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  \nThis event is part of Refractions: New Conceptions of Film + Photography (15 Jan—18 Mar). Co-created by the EAF Civic Programme and Rhubaba\, this free event series aims to connect marginalised people with creativity through film\, ceramics\, writing\, and more. Find out more here. \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: Tiu Makkonen
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-queer-screening-edinburgh-takeover-with-edinburgh-arts-festival-rhubaba/
LOCATION:French Institute\, West Parliament Sq\, Edinburgh\, EH1 1RF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Discussion,Films,Free event,People of colour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250330T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250330T180000
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SUMMARY:Collaging our Films (Filmmaking Workshops for QTIPOC+)
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \n\nAre you LGBTQIA+ and Black/a Person of Colour and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Exhale Group C.I.C. are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Nat Lall and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nNat Lall is a Glasgow-based film curator\, known for their work with the SQIFF. Nat is also an artist and DJ. Notable works include the film Pink Excavation (2018) and their musical alias is DJ FLUFFIE. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (4/4): \nIn our final session\, we will edit the film and sound clips from previous sessions into a finished film. \nI’ll show you where and how you can download free film editing software. then I’ll give you a little demonstration of how I edit films. \nI treat the editing process the same way I would treat a paper collage. I start editing when I have all my materials to hand and then I cut\, copy and paste the clips in and around each other. \nFor me\, this is really when the whole narrative comes together. I don’t start with a clear structure. Using the clips of improvised sound and image\, I piece together a story and add in a little bits narration of when needed. \nPS. No existing software licenses or experience of film software is necessary. I will show you free-to-use options and help you install them on your own laptops. If you do not own laptop\, please be in touch and we will organise one for you to borrow. \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/collaging-our-films-filmmaking-workshops-for-qtipoc/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,People of colour,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250405T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250405T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
CREATED:20250331T101218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T101536Z
UID:12813-1743849000-1743856200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Queer Families: Direct Animation Activity
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n\n  \nCome along to the next Queer Families family group! On Saturday the 5th April we’ll be in the Rumpus Room studio from 10.30am to 12.30. Indigo\, Director of SQIFF\, is helping the session with some fun\, all-ages hands-on animation by drawing & sticking things onto recycled film! \nFeel free to just come along\, or send Queer Families a message us if you need any more info or have any access requests. It’s a friendly drop-in space\, where you can join for as long as you like\, and make friends or do some relaxed art and crafts. \nQueer Families would like to remind that new people to the group are always welcome! The family group events are for all forms of LGBTQIA+ family with a child/baby\, and people waiting for one’s arrival. They’re sometimes asked if single parents and parents in a relationship that doesn’t ‘look’ queer from the outside are welcome – yes\, absolutely! People with older children and people who don’t call themselves parents but care for a child (fosterers\, grandparents\, queer chosen family\, etc) are all part of our community too. Non-LGBTQ+ members (partners\, siblings\, children\, etc) of a queer family are also welcome – being in a LGBTQ-led family space can be supportive and inclusive for the whole family. If you want to come along without your child\, you’re also invited. \nWe will have coffee\, tea and nice conversations 🌈 \n  \n\nAccessibility: \n\nRumpus Room has an accessibility page providing access information for their venue. Please find this here.\nCoffee and Tea will be provided.\n\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  \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 Families Group
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/12813/
LOCATION:Rumpus Room\, Langside Lane\, Govanhill\, Glasgow\, G42 8BH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Families,Free event,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250406T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250406T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
CREATED:20250213T143928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T133212Z
UID:12615-1743948000-1743962400@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:How a film can be found: Ideation//Process (Filmmaking Workshops for Trans and Non-Binary People) - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the event. We are operating a waiting list for sold out events – please go to the ticket link to be added to this!** \n  \n\nAre you trans and/or non-binary and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Scottish Trans are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Erica Monde and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nErica Monde is a filmmaker\, academic and educator working as a writer and director across documentary\, experimental\, and fiction film. They currently run IMPRINT Documentary Collective\, teach on film courses at the University of Edinburgh and are completing their Short Circuit funded film\, This Desert Will Rust Your Bones. Their recent documentary There’s Not Much We Can Do was funded by the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme\, and they have also worked as a producer and story consultant on award winning short films. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (1/4): \nWhat makes a compelling idea for a short film? How can a short film be created in one month? In week 1 we will explore what type of film (documentary\, fiction\, experimental or hybrid) we want to make and why we want to make it. This session will focus on short filmmaking as a creative process\, finding potential layers to explore within our film and understanding in more depth the stories we want to tell. Touching briefly on the short film landscape\, participants will walk away from this session with a draft film treatment and production plan for the next few weeks. Filmmaking teams will be organised as needed based on interest\, skill\, and desire to collaborate. \nPlease bring either: a general idea for a film you want to make\, or an idea of the kind of film you may want to work on with others. \nAll roles (directors\, producers\, cinematographers\, sound designers\, composers\, editors\, production designers\, costume designers\, etc.) and levels of experience (from none to advanced) are welcome! \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/ideation-process-filmmaking-workshops-for-trans-and-or-non-binary-people/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,Trans,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250413T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250413T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
CREATED:20250213T144107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T133157Z
UID:12619-1744552800-1744567200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:The parts that make a film whole: Directing//Shooting (Filmmaking Workshops for Trans and Non-Binary People) - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the event. We are operating a waiting list for sold out events – please go to the ticket link to be added to this!** \n  \n\nAre you trans and/or non-binary and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Scottish Trans are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Erica Monde and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nErica Monde is a filmmaker\, academic and educator working as a writer and director across documentary\, experimental\, and fiction film. They currently run IMPRINT Documentary Collective\, teach on film courses at the University of Edinburgh and are completing their Short Circuit funded film\, This Desert Will Rust Your Bones. Their recent documentary There’s Not Much We Can Do was funded by the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme\, and they have also worked as a producer and story consultant on award winning short films. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (2/4): \nHow do we want to tell our film’s story? What elements of filmmaking can we use to capture material for our short? In week 2 we will focus on various approaches to directing and methods of creating footage and capturing sound. Drawing on the concept of developing a visual language\, we will explore how different creative elements in film can be designed to craft emotion and tell our stories. Participants will leave this session with a practical plan (whether with a crew\, alone\, or using found/archive footage) to shoot their film over the following week. Skills in camera and sound will be collaboratively explored depending on the interests of the group.  \nPlease bring any film equipment (camera\, phone\, audio recorder\, etc.) you may want to work with to this session. \nAll roles (directors\, producers\, cinematographers\, sound designers\, composers\, editors\, production designers\, costume designers\, etc.) and levels of experience (from none to advanced) are welcome! \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/directing-shooting-filmmaking-workshops-for-trans-and-or-non-binary-people/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,Trans,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250420T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250420T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
CREATED:20250213T144259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T133141Z
UID:12621-1745157600-1745172000@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:The shape a film holds: Editing//Story (Filmmaking Workshops for Trans and Non-Binary People) - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the event. We are operating a waiting list for sold out events – please go to the ticket link to be added to this!** \n  \n\nAre you trans and/or non-binary and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Scottish Trans are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Erica Monde and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nErica Monde is a filmmaker\, academic and educator working as a writer and director across documentary\, experimental\, and fiction film. They currently run IMPRINT Documentary Collective\, teach on film courses at the University of Edinburgh and are completing their Short Circuit funded film\, This Desert Will Rust Your Bones. Their recent documentary There’s Not Much We Can Do was funded by the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme\, and they have also worked as a producer and story consultant on award winning short films. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (3/4): \nHow can we work creatively with our footage to design our films? How can we use specific techniques of editing and sound design to add depth and emotion to our stories? In week 3 we will begin our hands-on work with the footage shot over the previous week. Building on traditional methods of storytelling and moving into more experimental and conceptual approaches\, this session will focus on working with and developing story structure through editing. Participants will leave this session with a rough cut of their films and a plan for further editing over the following week. Skills in using editing software such as Davinci Resolve will be explored as needed depending on the interest of the group. \nPlease bring your footage and a laptop (if you have one you’d like to use) to this session. \nAll roles (directors\, producers\, cinematographers\, sound designers\, composers\, editors\, production designers\, costume designers\, etc.) and levels of experience (from none to advanced) are welcome! \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/editing-story-filmmaking-workshops-for-trans-and-or-non-binary-people/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,Trans,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250427T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
CREATED:20250213T144504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T133117Z
UID:12623-1745762400-1745776800@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Where a film lives: Screening//Distribution (Filmmaking Workshops for Trans and Non-Binary People) - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the event. We are operating a waiting list for sold out events – please go to the ticket link to be added to this!** \n  \n\nAre you trans and/or non-binary and would like to learn how to make your own short films? \nSQIFF and Scottish Trans are bringing you 4x filmmaking workshop sessions\, making film an accessible medium to get into. All sessions will be facilitated by Erica Monde and hosted at Transmission Gallery. \nErica Monde is a filmmaker\, academic and educator working as a writer and director across documentary\, experimental\, and fiction film. They currently run IMPRINT Documentary Collective\, teach on film courses at the University of Edinburgh and are completing their Short Circuit funded film\, This Desert Will Rust Your Bones. Their recent documentary There’s Not Much We Can Do was funded by the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme\, and they have also worked as a producer and story consultant on award winning short films. \nEach workshop will focus on a different aspect of filmmaking. It’d be great if you could attend all four sessions\, but don’t be discouraged to come if you can only come for a couple of sessions that you’re really excited about! \n\n  \nInformation on this session (4/4): \nHow are our films experienced by others? Where do we want our films to be seen and what impact do we want them to have? In week 4 we will share our films with the wider group\, and each filmmaker will have a chance to discuss their process with fellow participants. This session will be a space for creative feedback and ideation\, exploring if and how we may want to develop our films further\, whether on our own or in collaboration with other members of the group. We will also focus on the concept of distribution and the places and ways we want our films to be seen\, as well as the idea of impact\, or what place we want our film to inhabit in the world. Finally\, we will discuss opportunities for further development as independent filmmakers. \nPlease bring your completed film to this session. \nAll roles (directors\, producers\, cinematographers\, sound designers\, composers\, editors\, production designers\, costume designers\, etc.) and levels of experience (from none to advanced) are welcome! \n  \nTickets are FREE. To book a spot\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nWheelchair Access Including Accessible Bathroom.\nSnacks and Drinks will be provided.\nQuiet Space – A designated quiet space will be available during these workshop sessions.\nAudience Travel and Access Fund – We have an Audience Access Fund that can support any audience member with costs within Scotland to be able to attend our events (ie. travel or childcare costs). Please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org or speak to our team at the event if you require this. You do not need to give a reason for accessing the fund.\nFace Masks – FFP2 masks will be available for free around the venue.\nSupport Animals – Support animals and service animals such as guide dogs are welcome at Transmission Gallery.\nThe SQIFF Team will be available to support with navigating the venue for anyone that needs it.\n\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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI. \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: SQIFF
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/screening-distribution-filmmaking-workshops-for-trans-and-or-non-binary-people/
LOCATION:Transmission Gallery\, 28 King Street\, Glasgow\, G1 5QP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,Trans,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250517T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250517T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
CREATED:20250524T063703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250524T063721Z
UID:13007-1747477800-1747488600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Fun Family Event!
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \nQueer Families and SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) have worked together to plan a fun\, inclusive film event for all families with children! 🌈🦕🌞 \nYou can drop in on the day\, or send us a message or comment (so we know how many people will join)! \nIt’ll be a relaxed event\, with some fun child-friendly (all ages) films to watch\, fun creative activities\, toys and storybooks\, snacks and hot drinks\, and space to meet other families and make friends. \nNat Lall (SQIFF curator) has selected lovely films for us to watch\, including short animations with LGBTIQ+ families. \nWe’re holding this event because people who come to Queer Families have talked about not seeing many families like them in children’s films. So we’re trying to create more space for LGBTIQ+ families to feel more seen and valued. \nAll families with children are invited and welcome to join! The event is planned to meet the needs of LGBTIQ+ families especially\, but every family is welcome. So please invite your friends and more people in your communities along! And of course wider family\, chosen family\, grandparents\, and anyone else who matters to you too. \nSend us a message (or email Leon@otbds.org) if you have any questions\, or if we can help you feel welcome and take part. \n  \nAccessibility: \n\nThe Deep End is a wheelchair accessible venue.\nSnacks\, Coffee and Tea will be provided.\n\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  \nFilms in this programme include: \nDear Nana\, Dir. Han Nguyen\, 2023 \nDear Nana is a deeply personal work that reflects my own childhood memory of living as a queer kid in a small\, conservative town in North Central Coast\, Vietnam. It is made in memory of my maternal grandmother who passed away in 2011. She was the first person to teach me that there is no shame in being myself and doing whatever makes me happy instead of trying to conform to the norm and doing what is expected of me. This work is both about remembering her and reassuring myself that she would still be supportive of me now that I have come so far in my journey of self-expression. The film also features aspects of Vietnamese culture\, such as the tradition to venerate our ancestors and pray for their blessings. \n  \nForza\, Rea!\, Dirs. Isabel Pahud\, Isabel Clerici\, Laura Zimmermann\, Polina Tyrsa\, 2023\, Switzerland\, 3 min \nIn a hillside village in Ticino\, Rea sets out to deliver a love letter to her crush while roller skating. As she heads to the house\, the letter is swept away downhill\, sending Rea on a frantic chase through the village. Navigating obstacles on the rough old town streets\, she races to catch the letter before finally delivering it. \n  \nLittle One\, Dir. John Clister Santos\, 2023\, Philippines\, 9 min \nIn Manila\, Ili-Ili follows Joy\, a pregnant mother seeking advice from her gay dads\, Iko and Tino. When Iko has a heart attack\, Tino reflects on their family’s journey through old footage. Joy learns that true parenting is defined by love and support\, not gender\, as the film’s painterly visuals convey a timeless message of parental devotion. \nContent notes: Depiction of hospitalisation. \n  \nAlwan\, Dir. Qais Sarhan\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \nMeet Alwan\, a cheerful child longing for a friend. After a series of disappointments\, a box of crayons unexpectedly brings magic into his life. The crayons come alive\, creating a magical world filled with joy and friendship. Here\, Alwan discovers that his imagination holds the key to happiness\, celebrating the power of creativity and the simple joys found within our imagination. \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: Forza Rea!\, Dirs. Isabel Pahud\, Isabel Clerici\, Laura Zimmermann\, Polina Tyrsa\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/13007/
LOCATION:The Deep End\, The Deep End 21 Nithsdale Street\, Glasgow\, G41 2PZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Families,Films,Free event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250622T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250622T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225604
CREATED:20250524T071000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T095349Z
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SUMMARY:Building Solidarity & Kinship: Short Film Screenings + Panel Discussion (Glasgow)
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \nThis event is part of the Building Solidarity & Kinship programme curated by Esraa Husain at the Refugee Festival Scotland 2025. \nWe are featuring a selection of short films followed by a panel discussion exploring the Festival’s theme Milestones and elements connected to finding refuge and belonging and the importance of community building. \nAfter the screening we are joined by the directors Adéráyọ̀ Adenekan and Theo Panagopoulos\, community organisers Mahasin from Exhale Group\, Solidarity Screenings\, and Xuanlin Tham the author of Revolutionary Desires: The Political Power of the Sex Scene to discuss the themes mentioned and share reflections. \nTickets are FREE. To book\, click here. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nEnglish language descriptive subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and panel discussion\nLive Captioning for the introduction and panel discussion\nKelvin Hall is a wheelchair accessible venue\n\n  \nFilms in this programme include: \n\nMark Thomas\, Permissible Beauty (2023)\nBaz Sells\, Two Black Boys in Paradise (2025)\nTheo Panagopoulos\, The Flowers Stand Silently\, Witnessing (2024)\nAdéráyọ̀\, DISSONANCE (2025)\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: Permissible Beauty\, Dir. Mark Thomas\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/building-solidarity-kinship-short-film-screenings-panel-discussion-glasgow/
LOCATION:Kelvin Hall\, 1445 Argyle Street\, Glasgow\, G3 8AW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Films,Free event,People of colour,Refugee,Speech to Text
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250715T060000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250715T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T225605
CREATED:20250630T120231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T123511Z
UID:13001-1752559200-1752615000@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Pride Hub - SQIFF x Excuse My Beauty Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n\n  \nJoin us for a movie night curated by SQIFF and Excuse My Beauty\, with a special screening of Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood Sucking Freak by Heath Virgoe and Tops by Ames Pennington and Jos Bitelli. \nFollowing the film screenings there will be a panel with members of trans collectives Excuse My Beauty\, Trans Healthcare Access Glasgow\, and Glasgow Electrolysis Project. All money raised from this event will be split between the three collectives. \nThis event is open to all\, and is run by and for trans people to celebrate our community’s creativity and resilience. If you are an ally planning to attend we ask that you come with respect and awareness of how your privileges might show up in the space\, and encourage you to pay the maximum donation of £12. \n\nExcuse My Beauty is a trans artist/activist collective that organises events to fundraise for their database of trans healthcare and survival GoFundMes. Follow us and support our work @excusemybeauty.gla\nTrans Healthcare Access Glasgow are a group of trans people working to improve access to blood tests for HRT monitoring through community-led research and direct provision of services.\nGlasgow Electrolysis Project are a group of trans women fundraising to equip and train a transfem electrolysis in Glasgow.\n\nTickets are free with a sliding scale donation of £2\, £4\, £6\, £8\, £10\, or £12. To book\, click here. \n\nAccessibility: \n\nAn age recommendation of N/C 16+.\nEnglish language descriptive subtitles.\nBSL-English interpretation provided for the introduction and panel discussion.\nThe Social Hub is wheelchair accessible\, with gender neutral toilets.\nPlease let us know at check in if you don’t want to be in pictures or video.\n\nThis screening is 82 minutes long with an introduction and panel discussion. \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  \nFilms in this programme include: \nHot Young Geek Seeks Bloodsucking Freak\, Dir. Heath Virgoe\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nWhen best friends Max and Ricky find themselves the prey of an angry vampire\, they must ditch their Halloween plans to hide out at home. But when a forgotten pizza delivery shows up\, can they risk letting the driver in? Can they stop arguing with each other? And can Max find the courage to face the one thing worse than death – coming out? \nContent Notes: Discussion of sex\, role-play. Depiction of death. \nAccess Notes: Contains flashing imagery. \n  \nTOPS\, Dir. Ames Pennington and Jos Bitelli\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 70 min \nFun\, satirical and a pastiche of the chaotic\, brash\, self-deprecating and clueless 1990s/2000s British reality TV\, TOPS sees self-proclaimed future award winning filmmaker Ames Pennington present their landmark faux-documentary. Casting themselves as an invasive TV presenter\, Ames goes on a satirical odyssey through the lives and homes of four unique individuals\, exploring the crucial question that defines trans masc experience\, “What TOP did you wanna wear after TOP surgery?”. \nContent notes: Discussions of gender dysphoria\, sex toys\, surgery. \n  \nHow to get there: \nAddress: The Social Hub\, Candleriggs Square\, Glasgow\, G1 1TQ \nTrain: the venue is only a 10 minute walk from Queen Street Station or Central station \nDriving: parking is a 4 minute walk at NCP Glassford Street – The Glasshouse NCP Car Park \nSubway: the nearest subway station is a 10 minute walk from St Enoch station \nBikes: bike racks are available just outside the venue \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: TOPS\, Dir. Ames Pennington and Jos Bitelli\, 2024\, United Kingdom
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/pride-hub-sqiff-x-excuse-my-beauty-movie-night/
LOCATION:The Social Hub\, The Social Hub\, Candleriggs Square\, Glasgow\, G1 1TQ
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,English language,Feature,Films,Free event,Pride,Shorts,Trans
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UID:13084-1753209000-1753216200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Filmmakers Group - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n     \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the event.** \n  \nWe’re so back (for one session for now)! Our July 2025 session has been developed in partnership with the GMAC Film. \nDuring this session\, GMAC will showcase some of their Little Pictures short film projects: Caha; Shrapnel; and First Step Swim. Filmmakers behind these projects\, Holly Barbour\, Cailtin McMullan\, and Chak Hin Leung will talk about their experiences in the Little Pictures programme and the making of their short films. You’ll get a chance to meet and ask the filmmakers as well as the Little Pictures team on how to get into the programme as well as get your short film ideas off the ground. \nGMAC Film is a Glasgow-based charity and arts organisation\, who are dedicated to opening access to filmmaking. Little Pictures is their short film commissioning scheme for first time or emerging filmmakers\, offering them a budget and mentorship to make a film. With applications opening soon\, Little Pictures is looking for or people aged 18 and over who are interested in writing\, directing or producing films and are yet to receive their first short film commission.  \nThis is a great opportunity to learn more about Little Pictures\, the types of films they make and understanding what the process is like. You can also learn more about GMAC and the wider support they offer.  \n  \nAbout the group \nThe SQIFF Queer Filmmakers Group is an initiative to bring local queer filmmakers together for two-hour group sessions to network and support each other in the development of film projects. \nThe group is open for any level of filmmaking or film supporting arts (acting\, prop making\, music and sound design…) and we really encourage people just starting out in these mediums to come along. \nJoin a very friendly and supportive cohort of queer artists in Scotland making films! \nTickets are free. To book\, click here. \n  \nFilms included in this event are: \nCaha\, Dir. Chak Hin Leung\, 2025\, 10 minutes \nSynopsis: In a bustling London tea house\, an Indian and Bruneian immigrants share their desires over a cup of chai. \nLanguage: English \nContent Notes: discussion of transphobia\, homophobia\, violence\, death \n  \nShrapnel\, Dir. Holly Barbour\, 2025\, 15 minutes \nSynopsis: Exes Layla and Jamie haven’t seen each other since their relationship catastrophically ended 5 years ago. Things were said\, objects were thrown. When the two women find themselves trapped in a room at Layla’s dads funeral\, they are forced to confront the ghosts of their pasts. \nLanguage: English \nContent Notes: discussion of parental death\, terminal illness\, grief\, vaping\, smoking mentions\, anxiety attack  \n  \nFirst Step Swim\, Dir. Cailtin McMullan\, 2021\, 7 minutes \nSynopsis: First Step Swim follows Caitlin on a journey of wild swimming as she navigates not only her relationship to her body\, but also to the water and space in which she inhabits throughout the film. \nLanguage: No dialogue \n  \nAccessibility:  \n\nBSL-English interpretation for the whole event.\nEnglish Descriptive Subtitles for all films.\nRelaxed event.\nWheelchair Access.\n\nTotal runtime: 31 minutes \n  \nVenue access note: \nThe GMAC Film space has capacity for one wheelchair user at any given time. If this applies to you\, please let us know when you plan on visiting so that we can ensure you are able to access the space comfortably and safely. Our email is hello@gmacfilm.com. \nThere are two lifts to gain access to GMAC on 5th floor. \nIn the unlikely event of a fire\, both lifts will be out of use\, and everyone will exit the building via five flights of stairs. If a disabled person is in the building and cannot evacuate using the stairs\, the fire rescue team will be called immediately to recover them. \nYou can use our access form to let us know what adjustments or support we can provide to ensure you can take part. We recognise that our space is not as accessible as we would like it to be. With this in mind\, please know that we are reviewing our next steps towards a more accessible experience for all. \n  \nFFP2 masks are available for this event. We ask that you wear a mask if possible and please don’t attend the event if you have any symptoms of Covid-19 or have been in recent contact with a confirmed case. \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  \nCredit: GMAC Film Little Pictures
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-filmmakers-group-07-2025/
LOCATION:GMAC Film\, 103 Trongate\, Glasgow\, Scotland\, G1 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,English language,Filmmakers' Group,Free event
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