BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SQIFF - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:SQIFF X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.sqiff.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SQIFF REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20160101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201012T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201012T184500 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200908T232707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T161017Z UID:9980-1602525600-1602528300@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Q&A: Game on: queer disruptions in sport DESCRIPTION:Game on: Queer Disruptions in Sport is a documentary which shines a light on the experiences of those with diverse identities within grassroots sport. The film features the stories of gay runners Csaba and Benjamin from Hungary; Natalie\, a Scottish lesbian boxer; Pol\, an intersex rower from Bulgaria\, and a German trans woman footballer called Jessi. Join us for a live Q&A with the film’s director Maria Takacs\, protagonists from the film\, and LEAP Sports. \nPresented in partnership with LEAP Sports Scotland\, promoting LGBTI participation and ending LGBTI-phobia in sport. The Q&A will also be live-streamed to Facebook. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree event. To book\, click the button below. You can book a ticket up to one hour before the start time. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders a day or two beforehand. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qa-game-on-queer-disruptions-in-sport-tickets-120125549753′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThe event has BSL interpretation and live captioning. \nThe event is 45 minutes long. \nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/qa-game-on-queer-disruptions-in-sport/ CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Discussion,Free event,Gay men,Intersex,Lesbian,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/game_on_A3-e1599607352349.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201011T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201011T183000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200908T225813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200924T183000Z UID:9972-1602435600-1602441000@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Watch Party: Online Filmmaking Project DESCRIPTION:A screening of one minute short films made by participants of our online filmmaking workshops taking place in September. We will invite the filmmakers to take part in a Q&A after the screening of their films. Hosted by filmmaking workshop facilitator Yasmin Al-Hadithi. Hadithi is co-founder of DOCMA_ docs – a global platform for the playful exploration of different doc-filmmaking styles – and DocKlub\, “Scotland’s Support Group for Documentary Filmmakers”. Yasmin also works as a creative producer – most recently developing an international ‘film exchange’ for young people in Scotland and the Arctic called\, Breaking The Ice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are free. To book\, click the button below. You can book a ticket up to one hour before the start time. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders a day or two beforehand. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watch-party-online-filmmaking-project-tickets-120123088391′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilms’ languages tbc with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction and Q&A. \nContent notes tbc. \nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/watch-party-online-filmmaking-project/ CATEGORIES:BSL,Films,Free event,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SQIFF2019_Day5_webres-45-e1599605629745.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201011T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201011T153000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200811T134429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200919T190041Z UID:9842-1602424800-1602430200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Party: LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Club DESCRIPTION:Calling all LGBTI+ Elders and allies –  Dust off your dancing shoes\, charge your glasses and get ready for the LGBTI+ Elders Social Dance Club – Online! \nWe might not be able to meet in person but we can use the magic of technology to connect\, chat\, and boogie. Just like regular Dance Clubs you can join in however feels right for you. \nWe think it’s more important than ever right now that we celebrate our community and come together in any way we can. \nSo please join us online so we can talk\, laugh and dance together. Presented in partnership with SQIFF. \nThis event is FREE to attend. To receive the Zoom link and password to attend\, please email thecomingbackoutball@nationaltheatrescotland.com. \nThe LGBTI Elders Social Dance Club is a National Theatre of Scotland and All The Queens Men co-production\, in partnership with Eden Court\, Luminate and in association with Glasgow City Council. \n  \nACCESS \nThis event is open to all ages. \nThis event will have live captioning\, BSL interpretation\, and live audio description. We will send instructions on how to access the live AD to all ticket holders before the event. Contact us by emailing info@sqiff.org if you would like any more information about live AD during the Festival. \nThe event will have hosts with everyone able to join in with your camera and microphone switched on. However\, you can leave these switched off if you prefer. The National Theatre of Scotland will record parts of the event for research\, development\, and publicity purposes only. Everyone will have the opportunity to opt out if they do not want to be recorded by turning off their camera. You will be told when recording is about to happen and see a red ‘recording’ symbol in the top left hand corner. No dance club members will record or screenshot the session\, and by joining the group we assume that you agree to this.\n \nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/party-lgbti-elders-social-dance-club/ CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Free event,Parties,Performance,Speech to Text ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/16.-LGBTI-Elders-Dance-Club-by-All-The-Queens-Men-©-Image-by-Bryony-Jackson_CMYK-Copy1-e1596988352978.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201010T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201010T160000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200908T222504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201004T131845Z UID:9960-1602338400-1602345600@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Dream Access Focus Group SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:**Please note this event is now sold out. You can join a waiting list by clicking Buy Tickets below and we will contact you if a space becomes available** \nDisability provision is almost always a second thought even in places that are all about radical inclusivity – this is the case with queer spaces as well. This workshop is an opportunity to listen to advocates experiencing diverse disabilities\, and to find solutions for radical access provisions in a collaborative way. Documentation of the event\, in the form of a zine to share with SQIFF and other festivals\, will provide a community-based\, co created list of problems and suggested solutions\, prioritising input from excluded communities rather than theoretical ‘best practices.’ \nEvent led by Disabled activist Luke Murphy. Zine created by Dr of medieval queer+trans theology\, storyteller\, and zine-maker\, Jonah Coman. \nPlease note this workshop is intended for Deaf and Disabled participants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are free. To book\, click the button below. You can book a ticket up to one hour before the start time. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders a day or two beforehand. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dream-access-focus-group-tickets-120119848701′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nBSL interpretation\, live captioning\, and live audio description are provided for the workshop. We will send instructions on how to access the live AD to all ticket holders before the event. Contact us by emailing info@sqiff.org if you would like any more information about live AD during the Festival. \nThe workshop is 2 hours long with a comfort break in the middle. \nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/dream-access-focus-group/ CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,Disability,Discussion,Free event,Speech to Text,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SQIFF2019_Day3_highres-103-e1599603645906.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201005T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201018T235900 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200923T212546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201003T160216Z UID:10097-1601856000-1603065540@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Many Black Moons Ago\, To Go... DESCRIPTION:Time as it is Queer. \nBlackness as it is Queer. \nWhat comes next after the end of the world? \nA digital exhibition programme of Afrofuturist films and writings in response to the re/imagining of Black alternative future(s). Curated by Scottish-Zimbabwean artist\, researcher\, and curator Natasha Thembiso Ruwona. Sign up to receive a link to access the exhibition website during the festival dates\, 5th to 18th October. \nShort films available as part of the exhibition across the 2 weeks include NEGRUM3 (2018) by Diego Paulino\, Reifying Desire 5 (2012) by Jacolby Satterwhite\, and Time Travel Experiments Pt. 2 (2017) by Black Quantum Futurism. Born in Flames (1983)\, depicting a future where a socialist government gains power and a group of women decides to organize and rebel\, will be available to view as part of the exhibition on our Vimeo on Demand channel 12th to 13th October. Please note all films will screen with English language captions. Further access information will be available on the film’s Vimeo on Demand pages. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/many-black-moons-ago-to-go-tickets-122063351771′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \nThere will be artists’ responses to the programme by Sequoia Barnes and Naomi Gessesse. \nSequoia Barnes’ work is predominately centered around making processes\, rituals\, and modes of fashioning. Trained in semiotics\, she deploys research through praxis often in her artistic explorations of black diasporic symbolisms\, storytelling as performance\, and positioning the creative process as a performance/ritual. Her scholarly work currently explores the design techniques and aesthetic semiotics of late fashion designer\, Patrick Kelly. Her most recent artistic works include her artist responses to Senga Nengudi (Fruitmarket Gallery) and Nick Cave (Tramway) with performative works entitled Sew Me A Quilt. Tell You A Story. (2019) and The Burden I Bear Is Heavy (2019)\, respectively. \nNaomi Gessesse is a movie watcher and Aries sun from Glasgow. They have written for several publications and wrote an undergraduate thesis on the politics of space at the lgbtqia+ film festival. Naomi now works for Berwick Film And Media Arts Festival while continuing to write. \nA reading group led by Martha Williams on Sunday 18 October will conclude the series. Click here to book a free ticket to the reading group event\, Call & Reponse. The event will have BSL interpretation\, live captioning\, and live audio description. The films in the exhibition all have English language captions. \nBorn in Flames is preserved by Anthology Film Archives with restoration funding from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation. Distributed by Cinenova. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/many-black-moons-ago-to-go/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Films,Free event,People of colour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/negrum32-e1600896313163.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201005T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201018T233000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20201004T195547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201005T132943Z UID:10169-1601856000-1603063800@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:All The Feels!: Ultimate Queer Fanvid Playlist DESCRIPTION:Fanvids are short films using music\, edited by fans in an expression of all the feels around their favourite fandoms. Even with today’s films and television bursting with more queer characters than ever\, we still fight for true recognition\, representation\, and stories that go beyond the sometimes disappointing and limiting storylines we are given. Every fanvid is a DIY work of art\, combining music and clever edits to celebrate favourite shows\, rework plots\, commiserate in collective sadness\, and whatever feels there are to be had! \nCurated by Tara Brown\, queer crip Black fat femme and Fringe! Queer film & arts fest and freelance film curator. \nClick here for Tara’s YouTube playlist. \nACCESS \nThis playlist has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nThe fanvids have English audio. Some have English language captions or a transcript. Transcript of the other vids coming soon. With apologies for the lack of captions on all videos thanks to YouTube removing the option for community captions. Click here to sign a petition for YouTube to reverse this decision. \nThe playlist is 34 minutes long. \nContent notes: Discussion of homophobia\, biphobia\, and racism; depiction of brief nudity\, sex\, violence\, and blood. \n\n\n\n\nThe videos in All the Feels!: Ultimate Queer Fanvid Playlist include some loud music and fast editing. \n\n\n\n\nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/all-the-feels-ultimate-queer-fanvid-playlist/ CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Bisexual,English language,Films,Free event,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/queeringthescript_003_dana_piccoli-e1601841332481.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200715T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200717T100000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200708T112754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T114708Z UID:9813-1594807200-1594980000@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: A is for Asexual DESCRIPTION:We are taking part in DIVE IN Cinema\, a two-week online screening series in collaboration with other film festivals and exhibitors in Scotland. \nDIVE IN Cinema will offer a mixture of features and short films across fiction\, documentary and experimental work\, as well as a few filmmaker conversations. Each screening will be programmed by one of the contributing exhibitors and will be available on demand for 48 hours from its start time\, with a new programme released at 10am every day. \nSQIFF’s programme is called A is for Asexual and will be available to view online for 48 hours from 10am on Wednesday 15 July. \nHighlighting new work around perhaps the most under-represented identity in queer cinema\, this programme celebrates films by and about asexual people of colour. Garima Kaul’s documentary Desire? explores the wide range of experiences of asexual individuals and communities in India\, whilst multi-award-winning Brazilian film Infinite While It Lasts follows the budding relationship between asexual Danny and allosexual Seiji. \nClick here to register to access all the films in DIVE IN Cinema for free. All screenings are FREE to view\, however DIVE IN are collecting donations for Scottish charities The Unity Centre and Ubuntu Women Shelter. The Unity Centre provides advice and support to asylum seekers and migrants in Scotland. Ubuntu Women Shelter is a Glasgow-based charity that provides emergency accommodation needs for women with no recourse to public funds. There is a payment link to donate when you enter the hub. \nScreenings are captioned for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences. Content notes per film will be listed on the online platform as appropriate. \nDesire? (30m)\nDir: Garima Kaul\, Country: India\, Year: 2019\nThe everyday realities of some people who identify as asexual\, creating small ruptures in the homogenising culture of hyper and heteronormative sexuality. \nLanguage/s: English\, Hindi\n \nContent note: Depiction of asexual denial and acephobia; discussion of asexual denial\, acephobia\, homophobia\, sexual/emotional abuse\, masturbation\, and caste discrimination.\n \nFixers – Asexuality (3m)\nDir: Fixers\, Country: UK\, Year: 2013\nFixers are young people using their past to fix the future. \nLanguage/s: English \nContent note: Depiction of asexual denial; discussion of asexual denial and suicide.\n \nInfinite While It Lasts (17m) \nDir: Akira Kamiki\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2019\nAfter falling in love at a party\, Danny and Seiji just want to be together\, but their differences might prove stronger than their feelings. \nLanguage/s: Portuguese\n \nContent note: None URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-a-is-for-asexual/ CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Asexual,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Desire-3-e1594207592913.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200622T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200722T170000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200622T161719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200622T161719Z UID:9793-1592845200-1595437200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Sqifflix: More Love from Neelu DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nOur special shorts programme More Love from Neelu showcases films by award-winning artist and filmmaker Neelu Bhuman\, whose feature film TRANSFINITE we are screening online 25 – 28 June. Neelu’s work explores social and political themes as they play out in close relations. Playfully evoking insights into the workings of difference in intimacy\, their films blend viewpoints ranging from race\, gender\, sexuality\, culture\, class\, and romance. \nIn FU377\, the dignity of queer people in India is under attack through Section 377\, which the Supreme Court had recently re-introduced\, re-criminalising ‘gay sex\,’ when the film was made in 2014. Meanwhile\, an adorable Indian mother is totally down with gay sex and wheels out some choice lines for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. \nMore Love. Less Prepackaged Bullshit. (2017) is set to the soul beat of Assata Shakur\, and features a trio resisting dystopia with a bowl of joy\, intimacy\, and love. \nNeelu’s 2016 short ṣadāqa is a kaleidoscopic view of friendship transcending borders. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to Neelu Bhuman. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants. Click here to donate to the Wahala Film Fund\, a film completion fund for Queer\, Transgender and Intersex People of Colour filmmakers based in UK\, Europe and the Global South co-founded by Neelu Bhuman.\n \nFU377 (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Neelu Bhuman\, Country: UK\, Year: 2014\nBasic dignity of queer people in India is under attack\, yet again. The scorching IPC Section 377 is re-unleashed to police to criminalise “gay sex” in India. While the law and the Supreme Court dated themselves back a few hundred years\, an adorable Indian mother has her knowledge of “gay sex” in mint condition\, wheeling out a tidbit or two for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. The pair are shocked into action by the Supreme Court’s latest rejection. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Quite a lot of dialogue with some visual ideas; bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Reference to sex.\n \nMore Love. Less Prepackaged Bullshit. (1m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Neelu Bhuman\, Country: USA\, Year: 2017\nSet to the soul beat of Assata Shakur\, a trio resists dystopia with a bowl of joy\, intimacy and love. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue – only music lyrics and sound effects; quite bright images. \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nṣadāqa (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Neelu Bhuman\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nA kaleidoscopic view of friendship transcending borders. \nLanguage/s: English and Arabic\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Small amount of English dialogue and some Arabic but mostly visual ideas; quite bright images. \nSound design access notes: None\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-more-love-from-neelu/ CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Bisexual,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MoreLove.LPBS-1-e1592831934478.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200612T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200712T170000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200613T091255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200613T091255Z UID:9771-1591981200-1594573200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Sqifflix & Chill DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nOur shorts programme Sqifflix & Chill\, as the title suggests\, includes a varied bunch of films about romantic love\, its joys\, pain\, and complexities. Sweet stories of intense connection are found in Selina Robertson’s Couple Time and Dickie Heart’s Passengers. Some of the painful and problematic aspects of love and dating are considered in Sam Berliner’s Dating Sucks about seeking love whilst trans\, and Rob Eagle’s Harding & his camera\, which investigates traces of illicit love in archives and the white gaze. Violent and oppressive structures that try to curtail who gets to be with who are the core of Adrian Garcia Gomez’s Mikveh about governments refusing to recognise certain relationships\, and Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi’s Poly Amour\, which decontructs conventional romantic structures. For a dark comedy approach to the madness that sometimes interferes with people’s love life\, Netflix & Chips is about a woman with a hot date who can’t get her chip shop job off her mind. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nCouple Time (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Selina Robertson\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA suitcase full of Super 8 memories from Berlin. \nLanguage/s: English (not spoken) and German\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken English; mostly visual ideas and onscreen text; mix of bright and dark images.\n \nSound design access notes: None\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nDating Sucks: A Genderqueer Misadventure (13m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Sam Berliner\, Country: USA\, Year: 2013\nDating Sucks: A Genderqueer Misadventure is Episode 1 of an animated documentary webseries about the successes\, failures\, and incredible confusion of trying to date as a genderqueer/trans person. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover; bright images. \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex and queerphobia.\n \nMikveh (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Adrian Garcia Gomez\, Country: USA\, Year: 2016\nIn this reinterpretation of the mikveh – a purifying ritual bath performed by Jewish brides about to marry – the filmmaker and his husband’s immersions are disrupted by a government which refuses to recognise their marriage. \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue – just sound effects; quite bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive and repetitive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nHarding & his camera (12m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Rob Eagle\, Country: Palestine\, Israel\, Year: 2017\nAn 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. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of racism.\n \nPoly Amour (7m) (version with audio description integrated) [click here to watch]\nDir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nHow capable are we to love boundlessly? This film explores polyamory\, deconstructing conventional stereotypes of the romantic relationship structure. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and quite bright images. Version with integrated audio description.\n \nSound design access notes: Loud\, abrasive sound effects at start of film. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of anti-polyamory sentiments. \nPassengers (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Dickie Hearts\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA cab driver puts up with a series of irksome hearing passengers before picking up a cute guy more on his wavelength. \nLanguage/s: American Sign Language and English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue\, mostly in ASL with subtitles; mostly bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of ableism. \nNetflix & Chips (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Lock Up Your Daughters\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA woman who works in a chip shop has a hot date but can’t get her job off her mind. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue with lots of visual storytelling; mostly bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of mental health issues. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-chill/ CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Deaf,Films,Free event,Gay men,Lesbian,Polyamory,Shorts,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mikveh-e1592039560949.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200526T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200626T170000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200526T210922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200526T210922Z UID:9767-1590512400-1593190800@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Sexual Content Warning DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nFor anyone after some slightly xxx-y content to make lockdown more pleasureable\, we bring you Sexual Content Warning. A sweet night cleaner has his work cut out in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse. Disability activist Andrew Gurza reflects on his first sexual encounter and how the event shaped his identity. Scottish filmmaker John Walter addresses cruising and sexual risk\, in particular around the ‘cottage\,’ a public toilet that is repurposed as a space of sex. Gustavo is a photographer who captures the bodies of naked men in public spaces in Sao Paulo. And writer and poet Aurora Levins Morales\, a.k.a. The Gimp Gourmet\, prepares a very special recipe! \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nThe Night Cleaner (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Blair Fukumura\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nAs the night cleaner in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse\, Travis has his work cut out for him. With good humour he shyly takes us on an amusing and sometimes harrowing tour through his nightly duties. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex\, bodily fluids\, and brief reference to sexual harrassment; depiction of sex and bodily fluids. \n \nBedding Andrew (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Blair Fukumura\, Country: USA\, Year: 2014\nOn the eve of his 30th birthday\, Andrew\, a man with Cerebral Palsy\, reflects on his first sexual encounter and how the event shaped his identity as a gay man. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images. \nSound design access notes: Loud and abrasive sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex and ableism.\n \nCourtship Disorder (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: John Walter\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nCourtship Disorder addresses cruising and sexual risk\, in particular around the ‘cottage\,’ a public toilet that is repurposed as a space of sex. Cruising for sex in real space has not disappeared despite the development of online cruising apps. ‘Courtship Disorder’ refers to a controversial term used by sexologists such as John Money to describe a spectrum of human behaviours\, especially in men\, including exhibitionism\, voyeurism\, toucherism\, rubbing\, and sexual assault. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Film is mostly visual with surreal monologues; bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex; depiction of sex and nudity.\n \nLightrapping (22m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Marcio Miranda Perez\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2016\nGustavo is a photographer who captures the bodies of naked men in public spaces in Sao Paulo. One night\, young Pedro follows him\, curious and undecided about participating in the project. \nLanguage/s: Portuguese\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All in Portuguese with sparse dialogue; very dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex; depiction of possible sexual violation.\n \nPussy Vinaigrette (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Patty Berne\, Country: USA\, Year: 2011\nThe Gimp Gourmet prepares a very special recipe! Starring\, written by and with fruit carving by Puerto Rican Jewish writer and poet Aurora Levins Morales. Does activist filmmaking have room for this much sexiness…? \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Poetic monologue with some visual ideas. Not very bright images. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of sexual imagery and suggestiveness. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-sexual-content-warning/ CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Disability,Documentary,Films,Free event,Gay men,People of colour,Shorts,Working class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Lightrapping-1-1.2MB-e1590527354873.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200515T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200615T170000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200515T181717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183324Z UID:9759-1589562000-1592240400@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Queer Horror Stories DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nIn Queer Horror Stories we showcase provocative\, bizarre\, sometimes gory\, sometimes scary films that delve into the terror of queerness and oppression. In a dystopian 2064\, a federation of African States initiate an annual cull of men; a young gay man in Russia has a surprise in store for the ultranationalists who attack him; the unbearable weight of family expectations and difficulty of being stuck in unhealthy relationships are explored through formal film experiments; the movies of horror director Kang-Chien Chui are given a queer reading; and two queer feminist crews tackle violent forces in a surreal present. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \n2064 (12m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Joseph Adesunloye\, Country: Botswana\, Year: 2019\nDevastating population growth\, famine\, and mass internal displacement pushes Africa to the brink. Many of the continent’s animals are wiped out due to hunting\, ever-warming climate\, and a ballooning population.  A federation of African States is created and institutes an annual cull of four million men. Soon the policy is successful\, and the continent’s wildlife begins to flourish again. In 2064\, a nascent freedom movement led by the ‘Ladies in White’ is fighting for the emancipation of the condemned men and to put an end to the human cull. \nLanguage/s: Tswana\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only Tswana spoken and mostly visual storytelling; relatively bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion and depiction of death and suicide.\n \nCheat (2m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Ania Urbanowska\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nAt what cost to ourselves are we complicit in our families’ expectations for us? This is a film about breaking that unspoken contract; about the moment when cheating them of the person they want us to be stops feeling like a choice. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Small amount of surreal and poetic voiceover; dark images. \nSound design access notes: Loud and abrasive sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion of suicide.\n \nPYOTR495 (15m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Blake Mawson\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nSet in present-day Moscow\, 16-year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultranationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT propaganda law\, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret his attackers haven’t accounted for. \nLanguage/s: Russian\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All Russian language with some dialogue and some image-based filmmaking; quite dark images. \nSound design access notes: Abrasive horror sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex including BDSM; depiction of homophobia\, xenophobia\, and graphic\, degrading\, and gory violence.\n \nStuck (11m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Ania Urbanowska\, Country: UK\, Year: 2013\nHave you ever been in relationship where you can’t see its problems…? \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue\, only music and sound effects; quite dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of drug-taking.\n \nYi-Ren (the person of whom I think) (14m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Tzuan Wu\, Country: Taiwan\, Year: 2015\nA love letter in collage style\, consisting of found footage and a queer reading of the work of Kang-Chien Chui\, screenwriter of classic East Asian movies such as The Bells of Death and Twin Blades of Doom. \nLanguage/s: Mandarin\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All in Mandarin\, poetic voiceover; dark images. \nSound design access notes: Abrasive sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Suggestion of distress and violence.\n \nSwarm of Selenium (23m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Maude Matton & SJ Rahatoka\, Country: Germany\, Year: 2015\nIn the surreal dystopian present\, two queer feminist crews cohabit the shells of an abandoned malt factory. As a troubling pattern begins to emerge from their mouths in the form of shattered glass\, all are shaken\, but some are hit harder than others. Through dance\, visual work\, and anti-work\, they merge forces to try to care for one another and combat the insidious violent process which seems to increasingly come from within. \nSwarm of Selenium is a queer sci fi short film about collective healing\, trauma\, and other world-making. It was shot in Berlin in spring 2016 by a crew of more than 40 women\, nonbinary\, and trans artists. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Sparse and surreal dialogue; relatively dark images.\n \nSound design access notes: Lots of loud and abrasive sound effects and music. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of violence. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-queer-horror-stories/ CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,Gay men,People of colour,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/swarm_img_1-e1589566525244.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200507T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200607T170000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200507T190808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T194555Z UID:9751-1588870800-1591549200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Gender Revealing DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nIn our programme Gender Revealing filmmakers and characters play with and question gender norms and expectations. A genderqueer AFAB person experiments with male-pattern baldness\, Exa Zim narrates their life growing up trans\, ‘faux’ drag queens Sergina and Venus Dimilo strut their stuff\, and trans and genderless bodies float and move in unusual ways. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nJean (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Anna Stypko\, Country: USA\, Year: 2013\nA delightful eccentric has a haircut that transcends age and gender expectations. Set in the run-down Kensington neighbourhood of Philadelphia\, local artist Jean talks about her shoes\, hairstyle choices\, and why she changed her name. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited voiceover/dialogue and mixture of bright and dark images. \nSound design access notes: Some loud and abrasive music.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of misogyny\, homophobia\, ableism\, and mild violence.\n \nPhone Me Don’t Write (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Elly Clarke\, Country: USA/Germany\, Year: 2013-15\nA short film (and song) about love\, sex\, loneliness\, and relationships in the era of instant communications. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics\, otherwise all visual\, mix of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex\n \nAlexa to Exa (17m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Exa Zim\, Christian Marsh\, Country: USA\, Year: 2015\nA very personal documentary film about about transcending assigned identity. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover; mostly bright images. \nSound design access notes: Sudden loud music and abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion of homophobia\, illness\, mental health issues\, and suicide.\n \nI Want to See You from a Different Perspective (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Elly Clarke\, Country: Canada/UK\, Year: 2014\nA song about trying and failing to change a person you are in a relationship with. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics\, otherwise all visual\, mix of bright and dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None \nVenus (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Faye Carr-Wilson\, Magenta Sharp\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nVenus is a short documentary exploring gender roles within the drag community. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Some voiceover/dialogue and some visual ideas and storytelling; mixture of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of ableism\n \nInstantaneous Culture (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Elly Clarke\, Country: Germany\, Year: 2013-14\nA ballad about love in a time of mobile phones\, about wanting\, longing\, desiring but not really getting. Talk versus action\, song versus stillness\, and some great lingerie to go with it. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics\, otherwise all visual\, mix of bright and dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None \nLeg\, Arm\, Head (11m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Scout Stuart\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nA highly controlled dancer moves away from the discipline and uniformity of ballet to explore her own identity. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue – just sound effects and music; bright images. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of sex.\n \nFloat (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Sam Berliner\, Country: USA\, Year: 2015\nFloat is a celebratory experiment shot completely underwater and depicting trans and genderqueer folk swimming naked set to music by musician Rae Spoon. \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken language\, only music and sound effects; quite bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of nudity\n \nThe Race (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Soyoon Kim\, Country: South Korea\, Year: 2015\nTiny\, genderless figurines dance to J S Bach as their environment gives way and glitches out. \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken language\, only music and sound effects; bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of homophobia\, misogyny\, biphobia\, butchphobia\, and classism. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-gender-revealing/ CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Disability,Documentary,Films,Free event,Lesbian,Shorts,Trans,Woman director,Working class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Float-e1588878459978.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200428T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200527T173000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200428T170145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T171448Z UID:9725-1588095000-1590600600@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Funny Stuff DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nFunny Stuff features comedy shorts with queer narratives and musings involving love potions\, a mystery trail of takeaway food\, Fisher Price characters brought to life\, cyborgs\, and zombies! \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nFloozy Suzy (25m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Otavio Chamorro\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2015\nA hilarious-love-potion-gone-wrong tale where the aim is to win the love of the hottest guy at school. \nLanguage/s: Portuguese \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All in Portuguese; bright images. \nSound design access notes: Loud music and sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Depiction of misogyny\, homophobia\, ableism\, and mild violence.\n \nThe Usual (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Ruth McNally\, Country: Ireland\, Year: 2014\nIn a small country pub\, three Irish farmers are enjoying an afternoon’s drink when an unusual stranger walks in. His curious behaviour entertains them for a while but they won’t want someone like him hanging around their local for too long. \nLanguage/s: English (Irish dialect)\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue with lots of visual storytelling; mostly bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Reference to homophobia.\n \nBig Queer Failure (7m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Rebecca Tritschler and Ellie Fawcett\, Country: UK\, Year: 2017\nA DIY film celebrating and asserting our right to fail at life as individuals and communities. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover and bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None \nMy Aunt Mame (9m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2015\nA 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. \nLanguage/s: English with one line in Irish Gaelic \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some loud music \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex\, the AIDS crisis\, and hospitalisation; depiction of hospitalisation.\n \nMymy (14m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Anna Helme\, Country: Australia\, Year: 2014\nIn a mythic cyberfeminist universe\, a frustrated young man yearns for affinity and connection. In an age of digital avatars\, he crafts a version of himself that is far more corporeal – by stitching together parts of himself to become his own cyborg twin. However\, his new clone has been corrupted by a techno-magick virus… \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Little spoken dialogue\, mostly image-based storytelling; mix of light and dark images. \nSound design access notes: Some loud and abrasive sound effects \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of sex and nudity.\n \nThe Deaf vs The Dead – Episode 1: “Outbreak” (7m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Dickie Hearts\, Country: USA\, Year: 2017\nWhen the undead apocalypse breaks out in Los Angeles\, an out Deaf man must find a way to survive and protect his loved ones\, even if it means teaming up with some unlikely people. \nLanguage/s: ASL and English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited spoken dialogue\, lots of visual storytelling; quite bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of ableism and comedy violence. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-funny-stuff/ CATEGORIES:Deaf,Free event,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts,Trans,Working class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Floozy-Suzy-image-1-e1587937734702.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200427T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200527T173000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20200427T163702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T163702Z UID:9729-1588008600-1590600600@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Fighting for Justice DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nIn our very first Sqifflix outing we showcase activist short films in which people fight for their right to exist and against oppressive forces. The movies cover identities including Deaf\, Disabled\, and Two Spirit\, battle against patriarchy\, white supremacy\, and ableism\, and feature hip-hop\, a robot\, and superhero finger puppets. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nRegalia: Pride in Two Spirits (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: David Ng\, Jen Sungshine\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nThe story of Duane and his journey as someone who identifies as Two Spirit – a queer Aboriginal person. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover; mostly bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of homophobia.\n \nLike a Riot (2m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2016\n“Like anyone who grew up with the Muppets and Fraggle Rock\, I have always wanted to have a puppet self. And of course I want my puppet self to hang out with Campbell X’s puppet self. Krissy Mahan has made it happen!” So Mayer \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics with lots of onscreen text and visual storytelling; mostly bright images \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nTrans*march (2m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Simon Schultz von Dratzig\, Country: Germany/Canada\, Year: 2013\, Language/s: English\nAs the most politicized of the three marches during Pride week in San Francisco\, trans*march\, which had been running for ten years at the time this film was made\, has a tradition of raising visibility of a marginalised group within queer culture. This documentary records queer voices during the 2013 march and reflects political discussions concerning trans* and LGBT movements. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue; bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of transphobia and racism.\n \nAmar: Deaf is an Identity (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: David Ng\, Jen Sungshine\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nAmar shares his journey as a queer South Asian activist\, and explains how it intersects with his identity and culture as a Deaf person. \nLanguage/s: ASL \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken sound\, all in ASL with subtitles; mostly bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nTax on Me (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi\, Country: UK\, Year: 2017\nLocal authorities in Scotland charge people for their care costs\, obliging people with disabilities to pay more than others to achieve the same basic human rights. Tax on Me is a hip-hop music video by filmmaker Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi and media coop responding to the Care Tax and the effect it has on people who need support. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Quite a lot of voiceover and dialogue; mix of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of ableism.\n \nUntil Justice Rolls (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2013\nFaggotgirl\, a butch dyke superhero action figure\, and her friend Robot want to meet for a drink. But the New York City public transportation system is barely accessible for people with different kinds of bodies and their journey is thwarted by stairs\, gaps\, and poorly maintained curbs. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics with lots of onscreen text and visual storytelling; mix of bright and dark images \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of ableism. \nDisability Justice for Palestine (1m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Sins Invalid and Micah Bazant\, Country: USA\, Year: 2014\nDisability Justice for Palestine is a Public Service Announcement created by Sins Invalid during the extended attacks on Gaza in the Summer of 2014. “We add our words and faces to a movement for global solidarity with the people of Palestine\, articulating the struggle for Palestinian liberation as a disability justice issue.” \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue; mix of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of violence. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-fighting-for-justice/ CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Deaf,Disability,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Disability-Justice-For-Palestine-e1588003723981.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191022T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191022T203000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190828T104704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T184302Z UID:9294-1571770800-1571776200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Black History Month: Calalai: In Betweenness + shorts DESCRIPTION:Calalai: In Betweenness by filmmaker Kiki Febriyanti depicts women in South Sulawesi Bugis culture\, which for centuries has accepted gender diversity as implicit\, believing humans consist of 5 genders\, one of them being calalai. The film takes a closer look at the definition of femininity and masculinity in the Bugis culture. What or who is calalai? What are the dynamics of gender\, spirituality\, and performance? How do these dynamics define the everyday life of the Bugis people? \nScreening with accompanying short films and discussion on queerness in Indonesian cultures outside of white\, colonialist impositions. \nCurated and hosted by artist and researcher Claricia Parinussa. Presented as part of Black History Month in partnership with Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER). \nFree. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873612018/events/129093019′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilm languages tbc with English language subtitles/captions. If you would like to attend this event and require BSL interpretation for the discussion\, please email access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. \nAccessibility of films to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences tbc. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/black-history-month-calalai-in-betweenness-shorts/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Discussion,Documentary,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Calalai-In-Betweenness-e1566394995971.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191015T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191015T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190828T104739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190906T163402Z UID:9290-1571166000-1571173200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Black History Month: Portrait of Jason DESCRIPTION:Portrait of Jason shows sex worker and entertainer\, Jason Holliday\, recounting his life story for filmmaker Shirley Clarke. \nJason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his life story to the camera\, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time\, actor Carl Lee\, provoke and berate Jason with increasing hostility as the film progresses. The film alleges to employ avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques to reach the tragedy underlying Jason’s performative persona. However\, Portrait of Jason is one of if not the first documentation of black queer experiences and trauma exploited by white ‘gatekeepers’ for the sake of the artist’s cultural and financial capital gains. \nAlthough Portrait of Jason is a landmark film\, there is a need here to discuss the fuzzy problem of ‘visibility’ within the white/capitalist domination of visual culture. Are the lines between exposure and exploitation blurred in Portrait of Jason? \nCurated and hosted by Sequoia Barnes\, an art/design scholar and doctoral candidate at The School of Design with Edinburgh College of Art. Presented as part of Black History Month in partnership with Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER). \nFree. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873612019/events/129093020′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. If you would like to attend this event and require BSL interpretation for the introduction/discussion\, please email access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. \nFilm is moderately accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with a lot of visual storytelling but some explanatory dialogue and all English language. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/black-history-month-portrait-of-jason/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Discussion,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Free event,Gay men,People of colour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Portrait-of-Jason-e1566394278404.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191005T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191005T180000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190828T105643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190828T105735Z UID:9205-1570294800-1570298400@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Filmmaker Social DESCRIPTION:Are you queer filmmaker working in Scotland or beyond? Come and join us for some networking\, schmoozing\, and boozing (non-alcoholic options also available). \nA chance to meet others who are LGBTQIA+ and interested or already working in film and related media. Share ideas\, discuss your projects\, or just hang out and have a nice time. \nIn case anyone is anxious or nervous about coming along to this by themselves\, please feel welcome to get in touch via info@sqiff.org and someone can meet you beforehand. A BSL interpreter will be available at the event. \nFree. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611620/events/129089652′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis event has an age recommendation of 18+. \nBSL interpretation is available for socialising. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space will be available. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nTickets \nIn order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income\, we use a sliding scale ticket price of £0-£8 for our events. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof / ID\, we just ask that you are honest! Our ticket sales go towards supporting the vital work of LGBTQ+ filmmakers\, artists and organisers. If you have a free ticket and can no longer use it\, please contact the relevant venue box office to let them know so it can be used by someone else. For more info on what you should pay\, click here. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/filmmaker-social-2/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Free event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/filmmaker_social-e1565724911176.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T201500 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190828T110401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190912T114421Z UID:9287-1570127400-1570133700@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Black History Month: Fabulous + Father Figure DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) for Black History Month\, we look at the thriving ballroom culture of contemporary Europe. In Fabulous (2019)\, international legend Lasseindra Ninja returns to her home of Guyana to introduce voguing to its LGBTQ community. Father Figure follows Guilliano\, founding father of The Kiki House of Angels\, and his friends as they share experiences of homophobia and racism in the Netherlands. \nCurated and hosted by artist and researcher Claricia Parinussa\, co-founder and organiser of Vogue Scotland. Followed by an introduction to the history of House Ball culture and discussion with guest from the London Ballroom scene\, Elijah 007\, including on the necessity of prioritising the QTIPOC community in these spaces. \nFree. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873612020/events/129093021′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilms have Dutch\, English\, and French audio with English language subtitles/captions. If you would like to attend this event and require BSL interpretation for the discussion\, please email access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are not very accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with a lot of visual storytelling and mostly non-English language. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nTickets \nIn order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income\, we use a sliding scale ticket price of £0-£8 for our events. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof / ID\, we just ask that you are honest! Our ticket sales go towards supporting the vital work of LGBTQ+ filmmakers\, artists and organisers. If you have a free ticket and can no longer use it\, please contact the relevant venue box office to let them know so it can be used by someone else. For more info on what you should pay\, click here. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/black-history-month-fabulous-father-figure/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Discussion,Films,Free event,Hearing loop,People of colour,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Black-History-Month-Fabulous-Father-Figure-e1566389555576.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T173000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T193000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190822T092848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190911T140548Z UID:9298-1570123800-1570131000@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:VR & Interactive Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Our VR & Interactive Exhibition showcases stories from around the world told using the latest technology and innovative techniques. Experience the lives of trans people in Japan through the nostalgic style of early gaming\, share eight LGBTQI+ individuals in Australia’s intimate memories of their mother’s kitchens via an interactive documentary\, observe a mother and son discuss homophobia in Russia in 360 degree video\, and lots more. No prior knowledge required – the SQIFF team will be on hand to guide your experience! \nThe exhibition will launch with a special event on Thursday 3 October 5.30- 7.30pm and will be open Friday 4 October 12-5pm and Saturday 5 October 12-3pm. \nClick here to sign up for the Exhibition Launch on Thursday 3 October. Free and unticketed for other Exhibition days. Please note you may need to join a waiting list to try out some projects when you come along. \n  \n\nACCESS \nThe projects have different age recommendations but the exhibition will have experiences suitable for ages 12+. \nWe will have full details online soon of the accessibility of the different projects featured in the exhibition. A portable induction loop is available in the library – please let a member of staff know if you require this when you visit the Library or send us an email to info@womenslibrary.org.uk to arrange this in advance. \nLarge print versions of handouts available. \nGlasgow Women’s Library has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for Glasgow Women’s Library’s Accessibility Guide. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/vr-interactive-exhibition/ LOCATION:Glasgow Women’s Library\, 23 Landressy Street\, Glasgow\, G40 1BP\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Free event,Hearing loop,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SQIFF-VR-Interactive-Exhibition-41-e1566466041363.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191002T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191002T134500 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190828T143754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T121715Z UID:9417-1570017600-1570023900@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:SQIFF Schools: Norfolk Trans Youth: Respecting & Understanding Differences DESCRIPTION:Commissioned by Mancroft Advice Project\, a Norwich-based charity\, and created by Scottish filmmaker Nicole O’Reilly\, Norfolk Trans Youth: Respecting & Understanding Differences gives a voice to young trans people. Incorporating interviews with trans youth in Norfolk\, O’Reilly’s debut feature gives its participants space to explain transness in their own words. Issues of discrimination\, visibility\, and media representation are discussed. Norfolk Trans Youth uses an eclectic pallet of stylistic techniques\, attempting to find a new way to use the documentary format to reflect trans experiences. Merging factual documentary with experimental techniques\, this is a visually inventive film centring a group often marginalised in conversations about their personhood. \nDirector Nicole O’Reilly will join us for a Q&A after the screening. Kindly sponsored by LGBT Youth Scotland\, who will also join us at the event to give information about their work supporting LGBTI young people. \nThis is a free event open to school groups only. Recommended for Secondary 4 – 6. To book\, please email sami@sqiff.org stating how many places you would like to reserve. \nPlease note the film includes discussion of transphobia\, mental health issues including suicidal thoughts\, physical abuse\, and sex education. \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. If you would like to attend this event and require a BSL interpreter for the Q&A\, please contact access@sqiff.org. Hearing loop available. \nThe film is relatively accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with explanatory dialogue and relatively bright images. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-schools-norfolk-trans-youth-respecting-understanding-differences/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Discussion,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Free event,Hearing loop,Schools,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/norfolk_trans_youth-e1565714394510.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190601T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190601T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190527T204803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190527T204803Z UID:9022-1559415600-1559422800@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Portraits of Artists as Young Men (& Women & Other) DESCRIPTION:SQIFF curates a screening as part of Glasgow School of Art’s Degree Show programme\, Dress Rehearsal. Portraits of Artists as Young Men (& Women & Other) takes a look at the earlier\, formative days of queer artists who have gone on to make significant bodies of work. Featuring documentation and experimental meanderings by and/or about photographer Ajamu X\, circus performer Jennifer Miller\, and filmmakers Thomas Allen Harris and Barbara Hammer\, amongst others. Common themes emerge of hitting back against oppression and searching for identity through the creative process. \nThis event is free and unticketed. Just come along on the night. \nClick here for GSA’s full Dress Rehearsal Degree Show programme. \nACCESS \nFilms are in the English language with English language captions. \nFilms are experimental so some are quite visual-based but there is a relatively good amount of explanatory dialogue for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available. \nThe Art School has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/portraits-of-artists-as-young-men-women-other/ LOCATION:The Art School\, 20 Scott Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6PE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Documentary,English language,Films,Free event,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/60781531_2435987289786519_2320778272654229504_o-e1558990069228.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190222T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190222T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20190215T155854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190216T182329Z UID:8967-1550862000-1550869200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:QTIPOC shorts for LGBT History Month DESCRIPTION:For LGBT History Month\, SQIFF and the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) are partnering to showcase short films focusing on QTIPOC representation and ideas. \nMy Loneliness is Killing Me features a femme man of colour who invites a white man to his apartment for a hook-up\, unexpectedly unearthing a dark emotional connection. Clash is a short experimental documentary by queer Iraqi non-binary filmmaker Amrou Al-Khadi critiquing the lack of diversity in on-screen representation in Britain today. Iconic transgender artist and activist\, Marsha “Pay it No Mind” Johnson\, and her life in the hours before she ignited the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City are depicted in Happy Birthday\, Marsha!. \nThe event will be hosted by Samar Ziadat\, curator\, activist\, and co-founder of Dardishi\, with a discussion with local QTIPOC artists and activists following the screening. \nFREE ENTRY (no need to sign up\, just come along on the night) \nACCESS \nFilms in the English language with captions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing access. BSL interpretation for the discussion. Our venue\, Kelvin Hall\, is wheelchair accessible with accessible toilet facilities. For more information on the venue\, click here. Please get in touch via helen@sqiff.org with any questions about access. \nContent note: reference to violence and scenes of a sexual nature. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/qtipoc-shorts-for-lgbt-history-month/ LOCATION:Kelvin Hall\, 1445 Argyle Street\, Glasgow\, G3 8AW\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:BSL,Discussion,English language,Films,Free event,Gay men,LGBT History Month,People of colour,Shorts,Trans,Woman director ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Clash-e1550246322786.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181209T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181209T120000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20181025T083436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181025T121022Z UID:8442-1544353200-1544356800@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Meet The SQIFF Programmers DESCRIPTION:Your chance to meet some of the programmers behind the Festival\, find out more about the process of finding and selecting films\, and ask any questions you might have. As a community festival\, we welcome feedback on our approach\, so encourage those with thoughts and ideas on queer arts programming to come along and let us know what you think about this year’s event. We also very much welcome those with less experience of queer arts to join the session and contribute\, or just listen to/watch what’s going on if you prefer. This will also be a good opportunity for those wanting to get into film exhibition to find out more. \nThis informal event is free and non-ticketed\, just come along! \n  \nACCESS \nThe discussion will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available. \nLarge print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access. \nComfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/meet-the-sqiff-programmers/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Discussion,Free event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SQIFF2017fullres-331-e1540469374785.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181208T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181208T190000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20181025T153051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T142121Z UID:8713-1544288400-1544295600@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Filmmaker Social DESCRIPTION:Are you queer filmmaker working in Scotland or beyond? Come and join us for some networking\, schmoozing\, and boozing. \nA chance to meet others who are LGBTQ+ and interested or already working in filmmaking. Share ideas\, discuss your projects\, or just hang out and have a nice time. We hope to be joined by representatives of some of Scotland’s film funding bodies and exhibitors who will be available to give you more info on what they offer and are looking for. \nThis year we are offering a ‘buddy system’ for people who are anxious or nervous about coming along to this by themselves. Please email access@sqiff.org if you could like to make use of this. \nThis is a free event open to all. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/filmmaker-social-tickets-51819312960′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access. The event takes place in Saramago’s Terrace Bar on the first floor. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/filmmaker-social/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:BSL,Free event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SQIFF2017fullres-114-e1540481441272.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T203000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20181025T122818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181025T122818Z UID:8369-1544119200-1544128200@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Queer Arab Lives: Mr Gay Syria DESCRIPTION:Husein is a barber in Istanbul balancing life between his conservative family and his gay identity. Mahmoud is the founder of Syria’s LGBTI movement and a refugee living in Berlin. In this powerful documentary\, they both dream of participating in an international beauty contest in order to challenge the invisibility that comes with being gay Arabs. \nScreening as part of Kinning Park Complex’s monthly community meal. Food served at 6pm on a Pay-What-You-Want basis. The film will start at 7pm. \nCurated by Samar Ziadat in partnership with Dardishi\, a zine and Festival of Arab womxn’s art. \nThis is a free event with no booking required. Just show up on the night. \n  \nACCESS \nFilm in the Arabic language with English language subtitles/captions. \nLarge print versions of handouts available. \nKinning Park Complex has good access for wheelchair users. Please email access@sqiff.org for more details on venue access. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/queer-arab-lives-mr-gay-syria/ LOCATION:Kinning Park Complex\, 40 Cornwall Street\, Glasgow\, G41 1AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Documentary,Feature,Films,Free event,Gay men,People of colour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SECKER_Bradley-MrGaySyria2016-10-e1540408485187.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T140000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20181024T131440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T142847Z UID:8362-1544097600-1544104800@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:SQIFF Schools: Out (CCA) DESCRIPTION:So much of young people’s experience of sexual and gender identity in the present day comes via the internet. However\, the old pain and awkwardness of ‘coming out’ to friends and family remains the same. This new documentary from French director Denis Parrot combines the phenomenon of online queer culture with the intimacy of young people’s revelations about themselves. Out presents a collection of compelling videos posted online by young LGBTQ+ people\, showing us their experience of telling loved ones about their identity. \nFollowed by a discussion hosted by LGBT Youth Scotland about the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people communicating their identity to family and friends and finding acceptance. The event is kindly sponsored by LGBT Youth Scotland. \nThis event is free and only open to schools. The film and discussion are suitable for S1-6. Please email helen@sqiff.org to book spaces. \n  \nACCESS \nFilm mostly in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilm relies on visual material to convey ideas but has a lot of voiceover and commentary\, so is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-schools-out/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Discussion,Documentary,Feature,Films,Free event,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Schools,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Out-Cole-Ryals-06-e1540386869380.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181121T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181121T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20181118T190252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181118T190252Z UID:8823-1542826800-1542834000@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Stirling Uni LGBTQ+ Society presents: SQIFF 2018 Shorts DESCRIPTION:LGBTQ+ and AirTV are bringing SQIFF to Stirling. We will be screening a selection of shorts from the upcoming SQIFF 2018 programme followed by a Q&A with Michael Richardson\, writer of My Loneliness is Killing Me\, and SQIFF’s Coordinator\, Helen Wright. \nAll are invited to come along\, take in the incredible films and have an opportunity to ask a few of your own questions (so start writing them down now) \nThis is a free\, unticketed event taking place in Cottrell 2V1 at Stirling University. \n  \nACCESS \nFilms are in a variety of languages with English language subtitles and captions. \nLarge print versions of handouts available. \nCottrell 2V1 has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for a disabled access map of Stirling University Campus. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \n  URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/stirling-uni-lgbtq-society-presents-sqiff-2018-shorts/ LOCATION:Cottrell 2V1\, University of Stirling\, Stirling\, FK9 4LA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Films,Free event,Gay men,Intersex,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MLiKM-Bathroom-No-Title-Web-e1540467376929.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180112T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180112T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20171221T103716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171222T151653Z UID:8080-1515783600-1515790800@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Rainbow Families on Film DESCRIPTION: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. \n**ACCESS** \nCCA 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. \nFREE event open to all ages. To book\, please use the button below. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rainbow-families-on-film-tickets-41428813697′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/rainbow-families-on-film/ LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Bisexual,Discussion,Documentary,English language,Families,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts,Trans ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Take-Your-Partners-4-e1472212692344.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171021T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171029T170000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20170818T203047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171013T115926Z UID:7682-1508580000-1509296400@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Trans Filmmaking Course SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:**THIS YEAR’S FILMMAKING COURSE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED** \nVarious venues in Glasgow\, 21st/22nd/28th/29th October\, FREE. \nA course taking place over 2 weekends designed for trans\, non-binary\, and intersex people to come together and create a short film. Learn about the process of filmmaking including coming up with an idea\, writing a script\, shooting\, and editing. Led by experienced tutors Kate Burton and Asten Holmes-Elliott and suitable for beginners and those with a small amount of filmmaking experience. \nIn partnership with Scottish Trans Alliance\, an organisation working to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality\, rights\, and inclusion. \nTravel and accommodation costs available. Open to anyone who identifies as trans\, non-binary\, or intersex who is living in Scotland. Ages 18+ only. \nACCESS: Please let us know when applying if you have any access needs and we’ll do our best to accommodate. \nTo apply to take part\, click the button below. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trans-filmmaking-course-2017-tickets-37045450941?aff=erelexpmlt’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \n  URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/trans-filmmaking-course/ LOCATION:Various Glasgow. CATEGORIES:Free event,Trans,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0537-e1503146880412.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171001T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171001T160000 DTSTAMP:20260504T000127 CREATED:20170817T180007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170818T020328Z UID:7466-1506859200-1506873600@www.sqiff.org SUMMARY:Are We Queer Yet?: SQIFF at GoMA DESCRIPTION: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. \nSQIFF at GoMA is taking place in GoMA’s Gallery 1 while Marlie Mul’s exhibition is cancelled. \nACCESS: 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. \nThis is a FREE event open to all on the day. No ticket required. URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-are-we-queer-yet-sqiff-at-goma/ LOCATION:gallery of modern art\, Glasgow\, Royal Exchange Square\, Glasgow\, G1 3AH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Films,Free event,Shorts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sqiff.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Marlie-Mul-this-exhibition-is-cancelled-install1-lower-res-e1503017493394.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR