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SUMMARY:Closing Film: Lesvia - 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. CCA Box Office are operating a waiting list for sold out events – please contact them directly or go to their website to be added to this!** \nSince the 1970s lesbians have been gathering in the village of Eressos\, Lesvia\, once home to the ancient Greek poet and ‘First Lesbian’\, Sappho. Lesvia is a documentary film chronicling the site of queer pilgrimage and tensions felt between local villagers and new sapphic arrivals of the last four decades. The feature will be followed by two shorts exploring Barbara Hammer and the lesbian iconography of the carabiner\, respectively. \nThis screening will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Nat Lall with Looking for Barbara director Helen Kilbride. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, £8\, £10\, or £12. To book\, click here or call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900. \n  \nAccessibility: \nThis programme has: \n\nEnglish\, French\, Italian\, Greek with English language descriptive subtitles.\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and panel discussion.\nLive Captioning for the introduction and panel discussion.\n\nThis screening is 93 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2024 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2024\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.org or by phone on 07873 331 036. \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \n  \nLesvia\, Dir. Tzeli Hadjidimitriou\, 2024\, Greece\, 77 min \nSince the 1970s\, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos\, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own queer lesbian community\, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity\, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou—a native and lesbian herself—is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love\, community\, conflict\, and what it means to feel accepted. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity\, sex toys\, alcohol use\, cigarette use. Discussion of homophobia\, sex\, harassment\, political legislation\, oppression\, gender dysphoria\, body image\, fatphobia\, childhood trauma\, xenophobia\, physical violence\, police violence\, patriarchy\, sexism\, alcohol. \nAccess notes: Minimal flashing light in some party scenes. \n  \nLooking for Barbara\, Dir. Helen Eve Kilbride\, 2021\, United Kingdom\, 9 min \nLooking for Barbara is a short experimental film exploring personal archives—photos and cine film from home. Using the filmmaker’s mid-1990s Super 8 footage\, it questions memory’s significance and whose stories are prioritised. Inspired by Barbara Hammer\, the film blends an ethereal soundtrack with personal testimony\, offering a queer perspective on memory and how archives can be reinterpreted to amplify marginalised narratives. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity. Discussion of queer erasure\, sex. \n  \nThe History of The Carabiner\, Dir. Gianna Mazzeo\, 2023\, Netherlands\, 7 min \nA tongue-in-cheek\, historical documentary / fashion film hybrid that takes viewers on a journey through queer history to trace the origins of the carabiner as a lesbian symbol. \nContent notes: Discussion of sexism\, sex\, homophobia. \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: Lesvia\, Dir. Tzeli Hadjidimitriou\, 2024
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/closing-film-lesvia/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Documentary,Feature,Films,Lesbian,Shorts,Woman director
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211009T211500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211009T225000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20210916T094908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T204944Z
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SUMMARY:D.E.B.S.
DESCRIPTION:Sultry crime boss Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster\, The Fast and the Furious) is back in the states and the D.E.B.S. – an elite team of paramilitary college co-ed superspies – are hot on her trail. But when their top agent\, gorgeous Amy Bradshaw (Sara Foster\, The Big Bounce)\, mysteriously disappears after coming face to face with the attractive young villainess\, the D.E.B.S. begin a full-scale search for Lucy’s secret lair. They never suspect that Amy may not want to be rescued after all in this smart and sexy spy spoof about love at first gun sight. \nA light-hearted lesbian classic. Expect plaid skirts and questionable special effects… \nCurated by Nat Lall. \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. To book\, click the button below or call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873627568′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of BBFC-rated 12. \nEnglish audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation by Lisa Li and live captioning by Louisa McDaid for the intro.\n \nAudio description available. Headsets available at the cinema entrance.\n \n92 minutes long. \nWe have an Audience Access Fund for travel and internet data top-up costs. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2021\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \n 
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/d-e-b-s/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,English language,Feature,Films,Lesbian
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211003T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211003T200000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20210901T112128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T140018Z
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SUMMARY:Sanctuary shorts in association with SQIFF + Q+A
DESCRIPTION:This community-curated programme* explores the acceptance of identity\, self\, and of the world around us\, while highlighting the universal experience of being queer–with a special focus on being lesbian. The films’ instinctive narratives show the lows of being ‘othered’\, and the highs of finding a safe space within that\, no matter what age\, country\, or time period. Join us for powerfully diverse stories\, told with heart\, honesty\, and a perfect amount of humour. You’ll leave the event with a new community of queer film-lovers: your very own sanctuary. \n*Back in July\, Sanctuary collaborated with SQIFF producer and co-founder Helen Wright to offer 2 online workshops for LGBTQIA+ people\, aged 18+\, to learn about film programming. Participants worked together to watch a selection of queer short films and make decisions about a final shorts programme. Thanks to Ewan McPherson\, Kate Hammer\, Liam Rees\, JD Stewart\, Merik Tiz\, Ben Cave\, Beth Cooper\, Jonathan McLean\, Vee Smith and Sand Owsnett. \nThis is a free event. Book tickets using the button below. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sanctuary-shorts-in-association-with-sqiff-qa-tickets-167955993899′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nWe’ll be using Zoom Webinar for this screening event and Q&A. Audience members will be able to interact with the discussion through the chat function. Once you book a ticket you’ll be sent a link to access the event\, 24 hours before the event starts. \nThe films are in a mixture of spoken languages with English language captions and the Q&A will have live captions and BSL-English interpretation available. The event is suitable for ages 16+. If you have any questions or access requests for this event\, please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org. \nThe total films running time is 1 hour 25 minutes. \nThis film and discussion may include reference to: mental health breakdown\, homophobia\, transphobia\, alcohol or substance addiction. We appreciate this list is not comprehensive and encourage you to confidentially get in touch if there is a particular subject matter not listed you wish to avoid: hello@sanctuaryqueerarts.com. \nPROGRAMME \nThe Way We Are (16m) \nDir: Amanda Ann-Min Wong\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2020\, Language/s: \nEnglish  \n“The Way We Are” shares excerpts of stories from audio interviews with 4 queer Asian women: Katherine Chun\, Wenda Li\, Tamai Kobayashi\, and Nancy Seto. Told in the present-tense\, these stories are arranged in a way that explores the past as the present\, and in doing so\, immersing viewers into the real-lived experiences from a different generation. \n \nA Story of Wedding (27m) \nDir: Wei Zhao\, Country: France\, Year: 2021\, Language/s: Mandarin  \nTo satisfy their families\, Huanlin\, a gay man\, and Ziqiao\, a lesbian\, have agreed to have a marriage of convenience\, which will be held online due to the pandemic. In addition\, they have also agreed to have and raise a baby together. However\, this decision is changing their lives before they know it. \n \nFora de Época | Out of Place (13m) \nDir: Drica Czech\, Laís Catalano Aranha\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2020\, \nLanguage/s: Portuguese  \n2018: Brazil’s general election. Emotionally shaken by the possibility of Bolsonaro being elected\, a young lesbian takes refuge in her family’s farm. As she tries to understand why her mother spent the last days of her life alone in the old house\, she is faced with revelations about her own story. \n \nSubjekträume (Subject Spaces) (29m) Dir: Kat Voss\, Country: Germany\, Year: 2020\, Language/s: German  \nLeather\, metal\, fur: Pelze Multimedia\, West Berlin 1981-1996\, provided a space for art\, musix\, sex parties\, experiments. A glimpse into an almost forgotten site of lesbian/queer history.  \n 
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sanctuary-shorts-in-association-with-sqiff-qa/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:BSL,Documentary,Films,Free event,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts,Speech to Text
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210220T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20210122T131009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T131152Z
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SUMMARY:Pride & Protest: Live Watch Party + Q&A with director Blaise Singh
DESCRIPTION:Pride & Protest is a documentary about QTIPOC communities and activists in Britain today and struggles surrounding the politics of desire\, self-care\, and found family. In the wake of the Birmingham protests against LGBTIQ+ relationship education in primary schools\, director Blaise Singh follows various queer people of colour as they challenge homophobia and racism in their communities. They speak out against internalised shame and lack of representation\, and we follow them trying to figure out their place in the world in the build up to UK Black Pride. \nThe film will screen on Zoom as a live watch party followed by a Q&A with director Blaise Singh and other members of the cast and crew. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders on the day. We are partnering with An Lanntair to host this event to mark LGBT History Month 2021 this February. \nThis event is a ‘Pay What You Can’ event – come for free or pay what you can afford. To book\, click the button below or call An Lanntair on 01851 708 480. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://tickets.lanntair.com/sales/categories/sqiff/pride–protest/live-watch-party–qa/pay-what-you-can-afford’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThe film is English language with captions and the Q&A will have live captions available. The event is suitable for ages 12+. If you have any questions or access requests for this event\, please get in touch by emailing info@sqiff.org. \nContent notes: Discussion of racism\, homophobia\, biphobia\, and transphobia; depiction of homophobia\, transphobia\, biphobia\, and brief racist violence.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/pride-protest-live-watch-party-qa-with-director-blaise-singh/
CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Gay men,Lesbian,LGBT History Month,People of colour,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201016T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201016T201000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20200909T104837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201015T113328Z
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SUMMARY:Watch Party: The Cancer Journals Revisited
DESCRIPTION:The Cancer Journals Revisited is prompted by the question of what it means to re-visit and re-vision Black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde’s classic 1980 memoir of her breast cancer experience today. At the invitation of filmmaker Lana Lin\, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010\, twenty-seven writers\, artists\, activists\, health care advocates\, and current and former patients recite Lorde’s manifesto aloud on camera\, collectively dramatising it and producing an oration for the screen. The film is both a critical commentary and a poetic reflection upon the precarious conditions of survival within the intimate and politicised public sphere of illness. \nFollowed by a Q&A with director Lana Lin hosted by Anahit Behrooz. Anahit is an arts journalist based in Edinburgh\, currently working as events editor at The Skinny and commissioning editor at Bella Caledonia\, with bylines in The List\, Girls on Tops\, and Club des Femmes among others. Presented in partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. 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-the-cancer-journals-revisited-tickets-120174640585′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nThe films have English\, Spanish\, and German audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction and Q&A. \nThe film is 98 minutes long with a brief introduction at the start\, a 5 minute comfort break after the film\, and a 30 minute Q&A. \nContent notes: discussion of racism including anti-Blackness\, violence\, cancer\, and death. \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. \nTickets \nTickets for most live events are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. Our sliding scale allows you to choose what to pay based on what you feel you can afford. No evidence or proof of circumstances is required. If you can afford to pay more\, we really appreciate it as we rely on this income to pay queer people fairly for their work and keep the festival going.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/watch-party-the-cancer-journals-revisited/
CATEGORIES:BSL,Documentary,Feature,Films,Lesbian,People of colour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201014T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201014T220000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20200909T102614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201014T120738Z
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SUMMARY:Watch Party: Lesbian Shorts by Shu Lea Cheang
DESCRIPTION:Shu Lea Cheang’s work from the early-to-mid 1990s demonstrated an exciting fusion of identity politics and erotic exploration\, making her one of the period’s most prominent queer media artists. \nThis collection presents two of her solo works and two collaborations\, alongside a Q&A with Cheang hosted by scholar and critic B. Ruby Rich. \nPart of our Shu Lea Cheang Retrospective\, Cruising the Future. Cheang is a multi-media artist working in experimental video and net art since the early 1980s. Her work deals with the techno body\, queer erotics and politics\, race relations\, and governmental and institutional power. Click here to access Cheang’s 2000 feature film I.K.U. on our Vimeo on Demand. Click here to access Fluidø  (2017). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. To book\, click the button below. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders on the day. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watch-party-lesbian-shorts-by-shu-lea-cheang-tickets-120172225361′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nThe films have Japanese and English audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction and Q&A. \nContent notes: discussion of cancer\, death\, and sex; depiction of nudity and sex. \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. \n  \nPROGRAMME \nSex Fish (6m)\nDir: Shu Lea Cheang\, Country: USA\, Year: 1993\, Language/s: English\nAn erotic lesbian video involving swimming upstream\, female power\, and fish love. Made as a collaboration under the name E.T. (Ela Troyano) Baby (Jane Castle) Maniac (Cheang). \n“In Sex Fish water provides the common denominator for nature imagery and explicit sex. Unlike 1970s feminist imagery\, however\, nature is sexualized rather than sex naturalized. Dripping from the faucet\, spraying against a shower curtain\, swirling down a toilet\, water leads viewers from one sex scene to another\, private to public and back again. Swimming through the video are various fish\, seemingly unaware of the derogatory pun they enact\, and all gulping enviously as cunnilingus surrounds them.” \n—Chris Straayer\, Deviant Eyes\, Deviant Bodies: Sexual Re-orientations in Film and Video (New York: Columbia University Press\, 1996) \nSex Bowl (8m)\nDir: Shu Lea Cheang\, Country: USA\, Year: 1994\, Language/s: English\nAll forms of human sport become sites for sexual play and celebratory eroticism. \n“The tape’s images are quick\, suggestive\, and sexy: fingers moving into bowling balls\, shoe-smelling and toe-sucking\, a dog wearing chain jewelry\, fish being wrapped at the market\, young naked couples having sex…. Edited like a music video\, the image track is a constant flow of fetishes that lure us into the promiscuous pace of girls who keep lists of their sexual encounters.” \n—Chris Straayer\, Deviant Eyes\, Deviant Bodies: Sexual Re-orientations in Film and Video (New York: Columbia University Press\, 1996) \nFingers and Kisses (5m)\nDir: Shu Lea Cheang\, Country: Japan\, Year: 1995\, Language/s: Japanese\, English\nCheang has taken her camera to the streets for a candid glimpse of lesbian public sexuality. If Asian women and lesbians share a certain amount of invisibility in the culture\, Fingers and Kisses offers not only a bold representation of both\, but a challenge to the question “What do lesbians do?” Tokyo’s own out-and-loud music by Chu punctuates the narrative as what begins in the streets continues under the sheets. \nComing Home (5m)\nDir: Shu Lea Cheang\, Country: USA\, Year: 1995\, Language/s: Japanese\, English\nThis humorous video begins with two women—one white\, the other Asian—attempting to fit into a Japanese bathtub. The awkward fitting of bodies into a small space is just one of the allegorical scenarios dramatized in a pressing appeal for lesbian rights. In a game of hanafuda (flower cards)\, the terms of lesbian domesticity are cleverly played out according to such legalities as joint property\, social security\, and pensions.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/watch-party-lesbian-shorts-by-shu-lea-cheang/
CATEGORIES:BSL,Films,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201012T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201012T184500
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201011T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201011T210000
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SUMMARY:Watch Party: Blindsided
DESCRIPTION:A documentary narrative about Patricia Livingstone\, a deafblind\, lesbian artist facing a series of losses and gains. The film weaves intimate\, real time scenes shot over the course of eight years with home videos and photographs\, relaying the story of a woman whose spark did not fade even in the face of hardship and loss. Screening with local short film\, Blind Spot\, exploring and attempting to simulate the experience of visual impairment. \nAfter the screening\, filmmaker and poet\, Ross Wilcock\, and film journalist and accessibility consultant\, Charlotte Little\, will respond to the films and discuss the experiences of Deaf and Disabled LGBTQIA+ people. Blindsided and Blind Spot will also be available on SQIFF’s Vimeo on Demand channel between 5 and 18 October. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. 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-blindsided-tickets-120124713251′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nThe films have English audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction and Q&A. \nThe event has live audio description. The films have lots of dialogue and voiceover\, all English language. \nThe films are 80 minutes long with a brief introduction at the start\, a 5 minute comfort break after the film\, and a discussion lasting approximately 45 minutes. \nContent notes: discussion of homophobia\, ableism\, domestic abuse\, and brief mention of suicide; depiction of ableism\, domestic abuse\, and surgery. \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. \nTickets \nTickets for most live events are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. Our sliding scale allows you to choose what to pay based on what you feel you can afford. No evidence or proof of circumstances is required. If you can afford to pay more\, we really appreciate it as we rely on this income to pay queer people fairly for their work and keep the festival going.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/watch-party-blindsided/
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,Disability,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Lesbian
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201009T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201009T203000
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CREATED:20200908T220722Z
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SUMMARY:Watch Party: Water Makes Us Wet: An Ecosexual Adventure
DESCRIPTION:With a poetic blend of curiosity\, humour\, sensuality\, and concern\, this film chronicles the pleasures and politics of H2O from an ecosexual perspective. Travel with Annie\, a former sex worker\, Beth\, a professor\, and their dog Butch\, in their E.A.R.T.H. Lab mobile unit\, as they explore the role of water. Ecosexuality shifts the metaphor “Earth as Mother” to “Earth as Lover” to create a more reciprocal and empathetic relationship with the natural world. Along the way\, Annie and Beth interact with a diverse range of folks including performance artists\, biologists\, water treatment plant workers\, scholars and others\, climaxing in a shocking event that reaffirms the power of water\, life and the earth. Narrated by Sandy Stone. Watch party hosted by Samar Ziadat. \nWater Makes Us Wet will also be available on SQIFF’s Vimeo on Demand channel between 5 and 18 October. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. 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-water-makes-us-wet-an-ecosexual-adventure-tickets-120117886833′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nThe film has English audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction. \n\nThe film has lots of dialogue and voiceover\, all English language\, and mostly bright images. \n\nThe film is 79 minutes long with a brief introduction at the start. \nContent notes: depiction of nudity and sex. \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. \nTickets \nTickets for most live events are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. Our sliding scale allows you to choose what to pay based on what you feel you can afford. No evidence or proof of circumstances is required. If you can afford to pay more\, we really appreciate it as we rely on this income to pay queer people fairly for their work and keep the festival going.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/watch-party-water-makes-us-wet-an-ecosexual-adventure/
CATEGORIES:Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Lesbian
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UID:9834-1601924400-1601932500@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF 2020 Opening Film: Pride & Protest
DESCRIPTION:Pride & Protest is a documentary about QTIPOC communities and activists in Britain today and struggles surrounding the politics of desire\, self-care\, and found family. In the wake of the Birmingham protests against LGBTIQ+ relationship education in primary schools\, director Blaise Singh follows various queer people of colour as they challenge homophobia and racism in their communities. They speak out against internalised shame and lack of representation\, and we follow them trying to figure out their place in the world in the build up to UK Black Pride. \nWe are screening the film as a live watch party on Zoom. We are very happy to be joined by director Blaise Singh for a Q&A after the film. Pride & Protest will also be available on SQIFF’s Vimeo on Demand channel between 5 and 18 October. \nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. To book\, click the button below. 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/sqiff-2020-opening-film-pride-protest-tickets-116679955889′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nThe film has English audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction and Q&A. \nThis event has 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 film has lots of dialogue and voiceover\, all English language\, and mostly bright images. \nThe film is 90 minutes long with a 10 minute introduction at the start\, a 5 minute comfort break after the film\, and a Q&A lasting approximately 30 minutes. \nContent notes: Discussion of racism\, homophobia\, biphobia\, and transphobia; depiction of homophobia\, transphobia\, biphobia\, and brief racist violence. \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. \nTickets \nTickets for most live events are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. Our sliding scale allows you to choose what to pay based on what you feel you can afford. No evidence or proof of circumstances is required. If you can afford to pay more\, we really appreciate it as we rely on this income to pay queer people fairly for their work and keep the festival going.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-2020-opening-film-pride-protest/
CATEGORIES:Audio description,Bisexual,BSL,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Speech to Text
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201005T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201018T233000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200625T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200628T233000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20200619T132448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200623T160934Z
UID:9787-1593043200-1593387000@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Sqifflix: TRANSFINITE + shorts
DESCRIPTION:TRANSFINITE is a sci-fi omnibus feature film by Neelu Bhuman composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect\, love\, teach\, fight\, and thrive. Most of us have been in situations where we feel completely powerless and deeply frustrated with the unfairness of it all. Sometimes we have lost control of life and sometimes we find a way to use our rage\, resentment\, and frustrations to grow a beautiful garden. In TRANSFINITE\, the protagonists\, like smooth warriors\, choose to find that inner power and use it to transform undesirable situations into desirable ones in a snap. \nScreening with shorts FETISH and Something In The Closet. In Topher Campbell’s FETISH a multi-dimensional being bestrides the streets of New York in defiance and celebration as he embodies the past\, present and future of Blackness. Featuring a mesmerising original score by Mercury Prize Award Winner’s Young fathers. Something In The Closet directed by Nosa Eke is about a queer teenager struggling with her sexuality\, as desires manifest their way from the depths of her eerie closet into reality. \nWe are pleased to be hosting a live discussion with Black queer UK artists’ responses to the films on Saturday 27 June at 7pm. The discussion will take place on SQIFF’s Facebook page at facebook.com/sqiff. Hosted by writer and programmer Harvey Dimond with filmmaker Nosa Eke and other guests tbc.\n \nIn partnership with LGBT Health & Wellbeing. Supported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and Lottery funding from the BFI. \nTRANSFINITE + shorts will be available online 25 to 28 June. Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 on a pay what you can basis. Films are viewable within UK and Ireland only. To book\, please use the button below. We will email a link to the film to ticket holders and this will be available to view at any time between 25 to 28 June. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqifflix-transfinite-shorts-tickets-110259615478′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nAccess \nFilms have English\, Navajo\, Swahili\, Spanish\, Asura (in Japanese)\, and Tagalog audio with English language subtitles or captions. \nFilms are less accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with lots of visual storytelling and large non-English language sections. \nLoud and abrasive sound effects throughout the films. \nAge recommendation of N/C 15+. \nContent note: Discussion of racism including anti-blackness and violence; depiction of homophobia\, transphobia\, racism including anti-blackness\, mild and/or animated violence\, nudity\, sex\, vomit\, and urine. \nLive discussion with BSL interpretation and live captioning.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-transfinite-shorts/
CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Discussion,Feature,Films,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200612T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200712T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20200613T091255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200613T091255Z
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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
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200607T170000
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CREATED:20200507T190808Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200428T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200527T173000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20200428T170145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T171448Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200208T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20200115T184204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T185550Z
UID:9677-1581184800-1582920000@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Out of the Archives!
DESCRIPTION:As part of LGBT History Month Scotland 2020\, SQIFF presents a programme of short films looking back into largely unseen and undiscovered aspects of the history of queer Scottish representation in the 20th century. \nFeaturing archival documentaries and short films by queer filmmakers\, screenings will be accompanied by discussions examining whether these films are a fair representation of the past\, and asking what they may be able to contribute to an understanding of the future. Films include Bongo Erotico\, a surreal nightmare of bisexual lust from 1950s’ Wishaw; groundbreaking documentary of Edinburgh queer life in the 80s\, Coming Out; and Pratibha Parmar’s experimental 1990 short\, Bhangra Jig\, which follows a young Asian woman walking the streets of Glasgow with signs of colonialism ever-present. \nAges 12+. All screenings are in the English language with English language captions for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing access. A BSL interpreter will be available at the Glasgow event on 8th February. All venues have wheelchair access. Please get in touch via info[at]sqiff.org if you have any questions about access at any of the events. \nSupported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and Lottery funding from the BFI. \nTo book\, see list of screenings and links below. \nCCA\, Glasgow\, Saturday 8th February\, 6pm. Tickets on a sliding scale of free to £8. 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=’http://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nDundee Contemporary Arts\, Tuesday 11th February\, 6pm. Tickets £5-8. To book\, please use the button below or call DCA box office on +44 (0)1382 432 444. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/event/sqiff-shorts-on-tour1′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \n50 George Square\, University of Edinburgh in partnership with MSc Film\, Exhibition and Curation\, Tuesday 18th February\, 6pm. Tickets offered on a sliding scale of free to £8. To book\, please use the button below\, or cash payments will be taken on the night.\n \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives-in-edinburgh-tickets-90926637019′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nAyr Town Hall in partnership with Ayr Film Society and Ayrshire LGBTQ\, Wednesday 19th February\, 7 pm. Free\, unticketed – just come along. \nMacArts\, Galashiels in partnership with Scottish Borders LGBT Equality. Sunday 23rd February\, 2pm. Tickets offered on a sliding scale of free to £8. To book\, please use the button below\, or cash payments will be taken on the day.\n \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives-in-galashiels-tickets-91306838211′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nEden Court\, Inverness in partnership with Highland Winter Pride\, Friday 28th February\, 6.30pm. Tickets £3.50-5.50. To book\, please use the button below or call Eden Court box office on +44 (0)1463 234 234. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://eden-court.co.uk/event/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nOban Phoenix Cinema\, Saturday 29th February\, 6.15pm. Free. To book\, please use the button below or call Oban Phoenix box office on +44 (0)1631 562 905. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.obanphoenix.com/movie/out-of-the-archive-sqiff’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’]
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/out-of-the-archives-tour/
CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Discussion,Documentary,English language,Gay men,Lesbian,LGBT History Month,Shorts,Working class
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T171500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T181500
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T104856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115807Z
UID:9231-1570382100-1570385700@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:LGBT Health & Wellbeing Community Filmmaking
DESCRIPTION:LGBT Health & Wellbeing is a charity promoting the health\, wellbeing\, and equality of lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender people in Scotland and providing support\, services\, and information. Two of the organisation’s groups have recently created collectively-made short films\, which we will showcase at this event. Return to the Closet? was created as part of a collaboration between Luminate\, LGBT Health and Wellbeing\, artist Glenda Rome\, and participating community filmmakers. Luminate commissioned the film with support from LGBT Health and Wellbeing. This is a documentary exploring issues around care for older LGBT people. Everything Just Collapsed is an experimental short reflecting on stigma and survival by Tim Knights in collaboration with participants of The LGBT Mental Wellbeing Collective. Come and watch both movies and join in an open discussion on the process and value of community filmmaking. \nClick here to find out more about Luminate. Click here for more information about LGBT Health & Wellbeing. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611609/events/129089639′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilms have English audio with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are relatively accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with some visual storytelling but a reasonable amount of explanatory dialogue and voiceover and 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. \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/lgbt-health-wellbeing-community-filmmaking/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Disability,Discussion,Documentary,English language,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Shorts,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T163000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T105007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115938Z
UID:9223-1570374000-1570379400@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Kat Lindner Tribute: Tomboy
DESCRIPTION:French queer filmmaker Celine Sciamma’s naturalistic drama about childhood gender identity is touching\, painful\, and humorous all at once. Ten-year-old Laure has moved with her family to a new neighbourhood. The local kids take her for a boy and instead of correcting them\, Laure introduces herself as Mikael and starts living a double life\, with her parents unaware of her secret and her young sister persuaded to play along. \nScreening in celebration of Festival co-founder Kat Lindner\, who passed away earlier this year. We screened Tomboy at the first ever SQIFF event alongside an intro from Kat\, who also wrote about the film in her academic work. We’ll read out Kat’s original intro and share our memories of her. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611612/events/129089644′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age certification of U. \nFilm has French audio with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for the introduction. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is not accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with all French language and visual storytelling and minimal dialogue. 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/kat-lindner-tribute-tomboy/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T141000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190802T105308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120024Z
UID:9089-1570365000-1570371000@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: You Gotta Have Faith
DESCRIPTION:Short films exploring what it means to have faith as a queer person today. A seemingly pious Hasidic man living a secret double life faces a challenge when his two worlds collide. A chaplain from Cheshire sets up a helpline for gay farmers and is inundated with calls. LGBTQIA+ people in Nepal use a Hindu festival as a medium to appear in public. Plus more compelling stories in this captivating selection. \nJoin us for a discussion after the screening with playwright and author of The Gospel According to Jesus\, Queen of Heaven\, Jo Clifford\, LGBTQIA+ Muslim charity Imaan\, and Rev. Jane Clarke from Glasgow’s LGBT+ Metropolitan Community Churches. Part of our strand on queerness and religion\, You Gotta Have Faith. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873610484/events/129085538′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilms have a mixture of English\, Hebrew\, and Nepali audio with English language subtitles/captions. The discussion will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available. \nAround half the films are 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. \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. \n  \nBlack Hat (15m)\nDir: Sarah Smith\, Country: USA\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\, Hebrew\nA seemingly pious Hasidic man living a secret double life misplaces his black hat one night causing his two separate lives to collide in a way he never imagined. \nContent note: Sexual content. \nTwo Blinks (8m)\nDir. Bruno Fraga Braz\, Country: UK\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: English\nAfter her father rejects her request to get a haircut\, hijab-wearing Farhana searches the streets of Peckham London for a hair salon where her modesty can be protected. \nContent note: Depiction of homophobia. \nLandline (12m)\nDir. Matt Houghton\, Country: UK\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: English\nLandline is a short documentary about the only helpline in the UK for gay farmers set up by a chaplain from Cheshire. Through a series of recorded telephone conversations and reconstructive visuals\, the film uses the helpline as a lens through which to view the experiences of LGBTQ people in the British farming community. \nContent note: Discussion of homophobia and suicide. \nEden (5m)\nDir. Jędrzej Gorski\, Country: Poland\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: No dialogue\nA story of a young Catholic man who is struggling with his homosexuality. He is in love with another man but also does not want to abandon his religion. He has to choose between love and religion on one rainy day in the countryside. \nContent note: Sexual content. \n21st Century Nuns (10m)\nDir. Tom Stephen\, Country: UK\, Year: 1994\, Language/s: English\nDocumentary about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Sisters are an order of queer nuns. Their work covers many areas including: safer sex education\, protests and demonstrations\, outreach to the gay community\, and providing ritual to the gay population. Their goal is to “expiate all stigmatic guilt and promulgate universal joy…” \nContent note: Sexual content and depiction of homophobia. \nThe Visible (4m)\nDir. Atikah Zainidi\, Country: Brunei\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nA short documentary exploring what it’s like to be a girl in Brunei. \nContent note: Discussion of homophobia\, transphobia\, and sexual violence. \nGai Jatra (20m)\nDir. Gopal Shivakoti\, Country: Nepal\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: Nepali\nTraditionally\, Gai Jatra is literally translated as procession of cows and is an age-old festival commemorating the death of loved ones. Since 2001\, LGBTI people in Nepal have been using Gai Jatra festival as a medium to appear in the public\, flaunt their true selves with pride\, and pay tribute to the deceased members of their community. \nContent note: Discussion of mental health issues\, suicide\, homophobia\, and transphobia.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-you-gotta-have-faith/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Discussion,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts,Trans,Woman director,Working class,You Gotta Have Faith
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191005T211500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191005T224500
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190802T105416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120114Z
UID:9086-1570310100-1570315500@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Pity Party Film Club presents: Evil Come\, Evil Go
DESCRIPTION:Pity Party Film Club presents a rare screening of Walt Davis’ lesbian sexploitation opus Evil Come\, Evil Go. Sister Sarah Jane (Cleo O’Hara) is hellbent on ridding the world of evil\, sex-obsessed men. Taking to the streets of Los Angeles\, she quickly befriends a gullible young woman and the two embark on a mad\, sex-filled killing spree. \nPrior to the film\, two of Glasgow’s most outrageous drag artists\, SHREK 666 and Puke\, will be teaming up for a thrilling performance exploring religion in their own irreverent way. \nPart of our strand on queerness and religion\, You Gotta Have Faith. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873610485/events/129085539′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. The introduction and drag performance will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is moderately accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with some 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. \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/pity-party-film-club-presents-evil-come-evil-go/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,English language,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Performance,You Gotta Have Faith
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191005T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191005T222500
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T105517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120137Z
UID:9214-1570309200-1570314300@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Some Like it Rough
DESCRIPTION:We delve into the varied practices of BDSM and societal attitudes towards this age-old erotic preference\, which continues to be subject to stigmatisation and censorship. In Lasting Marks\, one of sixteen gay men put on trial for taking part in consensual sadomasochism in late 80s England narrates his experience. Berlin-based conscious BDSM practitioner\, Caritia\, explains her spiritual journey through eroticism and life in Rituals + Worship. In French dramedy\, Dressed for Pleasure\, a young disabled woman seeks a more exhilarating sexual satisfaction. Mockumentary No Democracy Here sees a lefty dominatrix employed by right-wing Israeli men to force them into recanting their politics. The programme concludes with super hot non-binary\, lesbian action with a punk boidyke given the rough-tender treatment in Driven. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611616/events/129089648′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nFilms have English\, French\, Hebrew\, and German audio with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are moderately accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with two of them English language with explanatory dialogue and voiceover but the others non-English language\, a fair amount of visual storytelling throughout\, and a mix of dark and 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. \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. \n  \nLasting Marks (14m)\nDir: Charlie Lyne\, Country: UK\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: English\nThe story of sixteen men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher’s Britain was told by the police\, the prosecution\, and the tabloid press — but not by those in the dock. Director Charlie Lyne has created an experimental recreation of what happened offered by the men themselves. \nContent note: Discussion of sex including BDSM\, homophobia\, mental health issues\, and police persecution. \nRituals + Worship (13m)\nDir: Morgana Muses\, Country: Germany\, Year: 2015\, Language/s: English\nA short BDSM documentary that explores the workshop culture in Berlin and focuses on conscious BDSM practitioner\, Caritia. \nContent note: Depiction of BDSM. Discussion of racism. \nDressed for Pleasure (17m)\nDir: Marie de Maricourt\, Country: Switzerland\, Year: 2017\, Language/s: French\nSarah\, a young disabled woman\, lives with her parents. She is increasingly subject to many fantasies and sees her sexuality taking up more and more of her attention. The arrival in the house of a new cleaner\, Victoria\, a trans woman\, will upset the family balance. \nContent note: Depiction of nudity\, sex including reference to BDSM\, and transphobia. \nNo Democracy Here (25m)\nDir: Liad Hussein Kantorowicz\, Country: Germany\, Palestine\, Israel\, Year: 2017\, Language/s: Hebrew\nNo Democracy Here deals with the topic of political domination. Liad\, a lefty human rights defender dominatrix\, re-educates her Israeli right-wing-leaning obedient submissive slaves to follow upstanding leftist ethos and morals\, like freedom of movement\, economic justice\, direct democracy and human rights by using domination practices such as humiliation\, doggy-training\, coercion\, and administration of pain. \nContent note: Depiction of light BDSM and racism. \nDriven (13m)\nDir: Toni Karat\, Country: Germany\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: German\, English\nA punk boidyke\, handcuffed\, facing the wall in a sparse\, empty room\, breathes heavily with anxiety and expectation. And anxious she should be\, for the rough treatment she will face in the 13 minutes that follow! The film is a contribution to much-needed lesbian visibility – conveying a proud and unashamed image of dyke eroticism and BDSM – also at the age of 50+! \nContent note: Depiction of BDSM including consensual non-consent.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-some-like-it-rough/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191005T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191005T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T105537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120205Z
UID:9311-1570302000-1570307400@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Stonewall Scotland presents: Before Stonewall
DESCRIPTION:On June 27 1969\, police raided The Stonewall Inn\, a gay bar in New York. In a spontaneous show of support and frustration\, the city’s queer community rioted for three nights\, an event often considered the birth of the modern LGBT Rights Movement. Revealing and often humorous\, Before Stonewall exposes the fascinating decade-by-decade history of homosexuality in America\, from 1920s Harlem through to World War II and the witch hunt trials of the McCarthy era. Essential viewing for all those who have celebrated their sexuality\, or have been persecuted because of it. \nIn partnership with Stonewall Scotland\, working to ensure LGBT communities here and abroad are Accepted Without Exception. \n#ComeOutForLGBT \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book\, please use the button below. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stonewall-scotland-presents-before-stonewall-tickets-70497539037′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis event has an age rating of 12. \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. \nFilm is relatively accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences – there is some visual storytelling but a reasonable amount of explanatory dialogue with moderately bright images. Large print versions of handouts available. \nThe Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema has reasonable access for wheelchair users and welcomes assistance animals. Please get in touch with access@sqiff.org for further venue access information. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nIf you would like to reserve seating at this event\, 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/stonewall-scotland-presents-before-stonewall/
LOCATION:The Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema\, 304 Maryhill Road\, Glasgow\, G20 7YE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Gay men,Lesbian,Working class
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191005T151500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191005T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T105841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T144322Z
UID:9202-1570288500-1570294800@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland
DESCRIPTION:We present a round-up of the excellent\, idiosyncratic new queer filmmaking produced within Scotland. We welcome the return of filmmakers who have screened at SQIFF before including Michael Lee Richardson\, Wei Zhang\, Siri Rødnes\, Eleanor Capaldi\, and Natasha Lall\, and are excited by a whole host of new names bringing very impressive work packed with stylistic invention and stimulating ideas. Gender roles in ballet\, a queer reimagining of a working men’s club\, sending naked pics via dating apps\, Chinese mythology and human binaries\, trans masculine culture\, BSL poetry\, LGBT people in the asylum system\, and loads more are explored in our 2019 Queer Scotland programme. \nWe hope to be joined by a number of the filmmakers for a Q&A. With a cash prize for Best Scottish Short sponsored by Gender Studies at University of Stirling in memory of Kat Lindner. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611621/events/129089654′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilms have English audio and BSL with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation and Speech to Text for the Q&A. Hearing loop available. \nAudio description available. Films are otherwise all English language but not hugely accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with lots of visual storytelling and minimal dialogue. 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. \n  \nFrontiers (4m)\nDir. Eve McConnachie\, Year: 2019\nFrontiers questions traditional gendered roles in classical ballet by refusing to adhere to dated stereotypes: women powerfully command the space\, men intimately embrace each other. Frontiers contrasts the fluidity of the human form with the brutalist concrete motorways that cut through the heart of Glasgow. \nContent note: None. \nwe were always here (4m)\nDir. Michael Lee Richardson\, Garry Mac\, Year: 2019\nA queer reimagining of the working men’s club. A dance-powered journey through space and time. \nContent note: None. \nAcceptable Face (6m)\nDir: Holly Summerson\, Year: 2019\n“The sort of person who someone might say: ‘oh he’s gay\, but he’s lovely!’” Acceptable Face is an animated discussion about the ‘ideal’ respectable queer person. How would they look\, act\, and let people know that they’re not “that kind of gay”? Based on a series of interviews with LGBTQ+ people\, this experimental charcoal animation explores the pressure to be a ‘good example’\, and the joy of refusing to conform. \nContent note: Discussion of homophobia and transphobia. \nDix Pix (4m)\nDir. Steven Fraser\, Year: 2019\nDix Pix is a short animated documentary that looks at the gay male/trans/non-binary body and why it is common for people to send naked pictures via dating apps. The documentary takes an experimental approach in its visual style and tackles themes of masculinity\, queerness\, solitude\, and the body. \nContent note: Depiction of animated nudity and sex. \n2x+xy=1 (12m)\nDir. Wei Zhang\, Year: 2019\nWei Zhang’s practice is an experimental film created by multi post-production technologies\, including 3D animation. 2x+xy=1 is constructed by the abstract fluid matters and concrete polygons to display the feature of the non-binary and the binary\, the expression of emotion and the symbol of predicament. \nContent note: Depiction of nudity. \nNone of the Above (16m)\nDir. Siri Rødnes\, Year: 2018\nEmbarking upon a distinctly postmodern cyber experiment\, Cassie charts her dating odyssey on her personal vlog\, posting regular updates to her ever-growing number of followers. But when sensitive rendezvous footage goes viral\, she becomes a media pariah. \nContent note: Depiction of homophobia\, mental health issues\, and suicide (graphic). \nRoberta Cowell’s Story (1m)\nDir. Melissa J Clifford\, Year: 2019\nRoberta Cowell’s Story is a one minute short detailing the life and achievements of one of the most prolific British Trans Women of the 20th century. It originally debuted as one of five short films in DOCMA filmmaking challenge  #39 AMBITION. The short was created by Melissa Joan Clifford\, a trans woman\, and was made in the style of an archival film. \nContent note: Reference to transphobia. \nA Woman is Her Most Beautiful on Her Wedding Day / Someone I Hate (3m)\nDir. Nastia Nikolskaya\, Year: 2019\nTitled both A Woman is Her Most Beautiful on Her Wedding day and Someone I hate\, this film draws on the filmmaker/artist’s own upbringing in a more conservative and gender constrained environment. Employing ubiquitous wedding videography x perfume advertisement tropes\, the work is a humorous exploration of how the narratives we have absorbed dictate our daily lives\, driving our short-term and long-term decisions. \nContent note: None. \nGlue (4m)\nDir. Eleanor Capaldi\, Year: 2019\nWhen you’ve been dreaming of the past for so long\, what do you do when she’s finally there? Agnes meets her ex\, Anna\, for the first time since their break up and needs to decide whether to stay stuck in the past or move on to the new. \nContent note: None. \nPossessive Skin (2m)\nDir. Myles McEachan\, Year: 2019\n“To accept yourself against the face of adversity\, is the purest form of courage.” A self-reflective insight into the fundamentals of culture within the Trans masculine community\, and how in an age that prides itself on inclusion\, we still find segregation and discrimination within even the most marginalised of people\, which reflects us inwards. \nContent note: Description of mental health issues and transphobia. \nWhat Is Happiness? (6m)\nDir. Claire Clark\, Year: 2019\nWhat Is Happiness? is a British Sign Language poem shining a light on some of the elements of that impossible question and showcasing positive representation of BSL poetry as an art form. \nContent note: None. \nThe 16mb\, Future Sounds & A Mini City (15m)\nDir. Natasha Lall\, Year: 2018\nThe 16mb\, Future Sounds & A Mini City explores retrofuturism through the lens of a shy and naïve queer. 3 short sci-fi\, lo-fi films shot in Glasgow. \nContent note: None. \nCrypsis (9m)\nDir. Christopher McGill\, Year: 2019\nAfter fleeing for his life\, a gay refugee files for asylum in Scotland. Lacking evidence\, he decides to photograph himself in the dark techno world of a queer underground scene. Based on accounts of real-life African LGBT refugees and the challenges they face during the asylum process\, Crypsis is a raw depiction of a grim reality obscured by vitriolic public debate about refugees and the broken system that surrounds them. \nContent note: Discussion of homophobic violence; depiction of trauma.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-queer-scotland-3/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,English language,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts,Speech to Text,Trans,Working class
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191005T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191005T133000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T105938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120500Z
UID:9196-1570276800-1570282200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:A Girl’s Band
DESCRIPTION:From 80s punk to modern day synth pop\, rocking Argentinian queer women artists are chronicled in A Girl’s Band by bassist turned filmmaker\, Marilina Giménez. Her band YiLet broke up long ago but Giménez still has access to dozens of musicians who are ready to speak their truths about partying on the road\, sexual harassment\, and the recognised truth that any men in ‘girl bands’ ruin the whole vibe. Veteran bands like The She-Devils get the mosh pits going\, while newcomers Chocolate Remix and Miss Bolivia reinvent reggaeton and pop. These women also double as badass activists fighting for safe and legal abortions whilst being determined to make an indelible mark on the stomping girl-led music scene in Argentina. \nIn association with Girls Rock Glasgow with an introduction by Sarah Glass from band The Fnords. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611623/events/129089657′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilm has Spanish\, Italian\, and English audio with English language subtitles/captions. The introduction will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is not accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with explanatory dialogue\, but mostly Spanish 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/a-girls-band/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Documentary,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191004T211500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191004T224500
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T110020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120530Z
UID:9280-1570223700-1570229100@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Luke+Jack present: Sexxxy Beasts and Wheelchairs
DESCRIPTION:How we are (un)represented as Deaf and Disabled people has a huge impact on our lives. Exploring such representation\, we take a look at queer porn made by and about Deaf and Disabled queer people. With work by DIY queer filmmaker and activist\, Loree Erickson\, and self-described “bad ass\, fat ass\, Jew\, dyke amputee\,” Nomy Lamm. Also featuring films by Morty Diamond\, Nikki Silver\, and Pandora Blake with Deaf and Disabled performers taking control of their own narratives. Join us for everyday ableism crossed with seductive images of disability; pervy\, polyamorous BDSM; sexy nurse roleplay; even sexxxier wheelchairs; and fat-bodied\, amputee eroticism. \nFilmmaker Loree Erickson will join us after the screening for a Q&A. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873612022/events/129093023′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n\n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nFilms have English audio with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are moderatly accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with a lot of visual storytelling and limited dialogue but 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. \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. \n  \nTrans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papí and Wil (20m)\nDir: Morty Diamond\, Country: USA\, Year: 2007\, Language/s: English\nPapi and Will is a film about a hot\, pervy\, loving\, polyamorous transgender couple. On screen Papi and Will share with the viewer everything from their unique perspective on gender identity to how they negotiate multiple partners in their life. The sex scenes are filled with raw\, uninhibited exploration and incorporate BDSM\, roleplay\, and a lot of hot sex! This scene shows Papi and Will playing with a partner who is Deaf. \nContent note: Depiction of graphic sex and consensual non-consent; discussion of racism. \nWant (9m)\nDir: Loree Erickson\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2006\, Language/s: English\nWant weaves together sexually explicit images with everyday moments and scenes of the ableist world. It works to get people hot and poses an insightful\, complex\, honest\, and sexy image of disability. \nContent note: Depiction of sex and ableism. \nSexxxy (3m)\nDir: Loree Erickson\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2006\, Language/s: English\nSexxxy compels the viewer to take a closer look at wheelchairs and the people who use them. \nContent note: None. \nWaiting for Beast (10m)\nDir: Nikki Silver\, Country: USA\, Year: 2014\, Language/s: English\n“Waiting for Beast is at once a whimsical nod at the camp of queer porn and a political\, intimate commentary on life. As a wheelchair punk my DIY\, my freedom\, is mutual aid. We work with what we got! During the making of this film\, I was waiting for a new power chair\, waiting for folks to meet me as they can\, and in turn\, people wait for me as I romp around and am pushed in my manual chair. This is wheelchair smut\, and we have various ways of getting our chairs and our sexy selves where we need to go.” Lyric Seal \nContent note: Depiction of sex including light BDSM. \nSadistic Nurse (11m)\nDir: Pandora Blake\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\, Language/s: English\nThis hot and very edgy spanking scenario was written by the performers\, real-life couple David Weston and Talia Lane. They wanted to explore a humiliating punishment that incorporates David’s wheelchair\, creating a scene in which his character is completely helpless. \nContent note: Depiction of sex including BDSM and consensual non-consent. \nWall of Fire (6m)\nDir: Lisa Ganser\, Nomy Lamm\, Country: USA\, Year: unknown\, Language/s: English\nRoles switch\, paddles hit & control shifts when two fat bodied gender queer women\, lovers off camera\, push limits of pleasure\, penetration & trust\, engaged in an afternoon of tender making out and consensual amputee sex. \nContent note: Depiction of sex including BDSM.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/lukejack-present-sexxxy-beasts-and-wheelchairs/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Bisexual,BSL,Deaf,Disability,English language,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Shorts,Speech to Text,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191004T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191004T140000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T110225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120849Z
UID:9181-1570192200-1570197600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:See Me Proud presents: Mental Health Shorts
DESCRIPTION:We know that mental health issues disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ individuals and communities\, who often experience difficulties in accessing support. To create space for discussion and representation of these topics\, we’ve curated a collection of insightful and powerful shorts in partnership with See Me Proud. Topics covered include depression\, anxiety\, loneliness\, irrational thoughts\, living with bipolar disorder\, medication\, and queerphobia encountered whilst obtaining treatment. The films incorporate a diversity of identities and styles\, including animation\, experimental\, documentary\, and sci-fi. \nFollowed by a discussion on themes raised in the films with See Me Proud. With refreshments sponsored by Clever Kombucha. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611628/events/129089662′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilms have English and Chinese audio with English language subtitles/captions. The discussion will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are moderately accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with mostly English language\, some explanatory dialogue and voiceover\, and/or 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. \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. \n  \nDon’t Blame Jack (29m)\nDir. Dale John Allen\, Country: UK\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nDon’t Blame Jack follows newly diagnosed manic-depressive\, Jack\, as he battles with the thought of life without his beloved ‘mania’. Now on a daily cocktail of anti-psychotics and anti-depressants\, Jack searches for the adrenaline-fuelled\, extraordinary manic highs in the most ordinary of places. He escapes his drab\, routine-filled existence by jumping into the arms of strangers\, searching for moments of magic. \nContent note: Depiction of sex including light BDSM\, nudity\, self-harming scars\, and blood; discussion of mental health issues including self-harming and violence; brief reference to suicide. \nHanging by a Thread (3m)\nDir: Russell Atkinson\, Country: UK\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nHanging by a Thread is director Russell Atkinson’s final BA Animation film\, highlighting the struggle of loneliness and irrational thought. \nContent note: Depiction of mental health issues; animated\, abstract depiction of violence. \nMy Crazy Boxers (9m)\nDir. Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nSuicidal\, or a working class butch caught in the wrong underpants? A re-enactment of an actual interview at a mental health facility. \nContent note: Discussion of mental health issues including brief reference to suicide; depiction of queerphobia. \nMy Room 37 (14m)\nDir. Beatrice Wong\, Country: Hong Kong\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: Chinese\, English\nWill I stay or will I leave this room that has felt the best? A brief first-hand account of my darker days in depression\, journeying through my tangled thoughts to the exit. \nContent note: Depiction of mental health issues\, mild violence\, and nudity. \nTurning (2m)\nDir. Linnéa Haviland\, Country: UK\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nVoices in a crowd stir violent emotions and microaggressions bring up past traumas. Then a turning shifts the emotional landscape… \nContent note: Depiction of mental health issues.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/see-me-proud-presents-mental-health-shorts/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Disability,Discussion,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Shorts,Trans,Working class
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191004T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191004T131500
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T110248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T120936Z
UID:9177-1570190400-1570194900@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Kattumaram
DESCRIPTION:Kattumaram depicts the Tsunami-affected lives of middle-aged Singaram and his orphaned niece Anandhi and nephew Mani. Singaram works hard as a fisherman to provide for his family and tries to arrange a groom for his niece\, who rejects all proposed alliances. Anandhi instead falls for Kavita\, a visiting photographer teaching alongside her at the local school. As patriarchal Singaram comes to terms with his niece’s sexuality\, he is ostracised by his community because of her transgression. Dealing with his deflated ego\, he bonds with the village barber and trans woman\, Alankaram. Kattumaram shows the predicament of people in a conservative society which offers warmth so long as its traditions are adhered to but turns cold and violent when they are broken. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611629/events/129089663′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilm has Tamil audio with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is not accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with visual storytelling\, minimal dialogue\, and all Tamil 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/kattumaram/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Working class
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T223000
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190802T105756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T121032Z
UID:9080-1570136400-1570141800@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:But I’m a Cheerleader
DESCRIPTION:As part of our strand on queerness and religion\, You Gotta Have Faith\, we bring you classic queer rom-com But I’m a Cheerleader on the 20th anniversary of its release. Natasha Lyonne – of Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll fame – stars as Megan Bloomsfield\, a high school cheerleader whose strait-laced friends and family suspect is a lesbian. To ‘cure’ her of her lesbianism\, Megan is sent to a Christian conversion therapy camp\, where she defies the rules\, meets a series of kooky queer characters\, embraces her sexual orientation\, and falls in love. Other notable cast members include Clea DuVall\, Michelle Williams\, and RuPaul. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873610488/events/129085542′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age rating of 15. \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is moderately accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with some explanatory dialogue (all in English)\, some visual ideas\, 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. \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/but-im-a-cheerleader/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:English language,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Woman director,You Gotta Have Faith
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T170500
DTSTAMP:20260429T034938
CREATED:20190828T110524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T121317Z
UID:9161-1570116600-1570122300@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Birds of the Borderlands
DESCRIPTION:Four queer Arab stories are powerfully illuminated through genderqueer Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon’s compelling piece of guerrilla filmmaking. Jordanian teenager Hiba is transitioning in secret\, fearful of being killed by her Bedouin tribe; gay Iraqi refugee Youssef has fled Baghdad and is living in limbo in Bryon’s safe house in Amman; lesbian feminist Rasha hides her sexuality and her relationship with Bryon from her family while striving for LGBTIQ visibility; and Khalaf\, a gay Imam turned activist\, lives a solitary life in Beirut. There is tension alongside touching\, reflective moments as Bryon becomes more entangled in their struggles\, blurring the lines between lover\, friend\, filmmaker\, and activist. \nScreening with No Man (4m). Kenneth Macharia is under the threat of being deported from the UK back to his home country of Kenya\, where as an openly gay man he faces the risk of persecution\, mob violence\, and even death. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611634/events/129089670′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilms have a mixture of English and Arabic audio with English captions/subtitles. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are marginally accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with the feature film half in English\, half Arabic and 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. \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/birds-of-the-borderlands/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Feature,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Trans
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SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Come Out Fighting
DESCRIPTION:Pushed into corners through marginalisation and oppression\, the characters in these short films come out fighting for their bodily autonomy\, rights\, and liberation. YaliniDream performs a poem of refugee/migrant love for self and the world. Artist Liberty Antonia Sadler uses poetry to celebrate larger bodies in a fatphobic society. In Ponyboi\, an intersex runaway and sex worker finds self-redemption and love. The Wind on your Skin sees a young Namibian woman fighting back after her girlfriend is murdered for being lesbian. Eyes explores moving through the world as a gender non-conforming person choosing between being visible versus being safe. And BLACKN3SS dives into the journey of black queer youth in São Paulo. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. 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/873611635/events/129089766′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilms have a mixture of English and Portuguese audio with English captions/subtitles. Hearing loop available. \nMost of the films are relatively accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with poetic voiceover or explanatory dialogue and majority English language and/or quite 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. \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. \n  \nI Am / YaliniDream (2m)\nDir: YaliniDream\, Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nYaliniDream — Lankan Tamil Blood\, Manchester-Born\, Texas-Bred and Brooklyn-Brewed\, performs a poem of refugee/migrant love for self and the world\, through dance and a hiphop beat. \nContent note: None. \ntenderfluid (3m)\nDir: Liberty Antonia Sadler\, Country: UK\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nCelebrating the hypnotic plasticity of a larger body\, tenderfluid is visible softness as protest; a counterpoint to the rigidity of diet culture\, cis-heteronormativity and toxic dogmas of weight gain & queerness as failure. \nContent note: Discussion of fatphobia. \nPonyboi (19m)\nDir: River Gallo\, Sade Clacken Joseph\, Country: USA\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nPonyboi is an intersex runaway. He works at a laundromat and hustles as a sex worker. But after a mysterious encounter with a man from his dreams\, he learns that perhaps he is worthy of leaving his seedy life in New Jersey behind. Ponyboi is a queer film about discovering self-redemption and love. \nContent note: Non-graphic sex scenes; depiction of violence including suggestion of sexual violence. \nThe Wind on your Skin (18m)\nDir: Naomi Beukes\, Country: Namibia\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: English\nA community is shaken when a young woman is murdered because of whom she loved. This is the 4th short story in the award winning series The Centre-Stories about the lives and loves of African Women in Berlin created by Namibian Filmmaker\, Naomi Beukes. \nContent note: Depiction and discussion of violence and death; discussion of sexual assault. \nEyes (5m)\nDir: Lily Ash Sakula\, Country: UK\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nEyes is about moving through the world as a gender non-conforming person and the tension between our fierce desire to be seen and an equally strong need for safety. Both are crucial to our survival as trans people\, and yet they are often at odds: forcing us to choose. \nContent note: Depiction of mental health issues. \nBLACKN3SS (22m)\nDir: Diego Paulino\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: Portuguese\nBetween melanin and far away planets\, BLACKN3SS proposes a dive into the journey of the black youth of São Paulo city. A documentary on blackness\, queerness\, and spacial aspirations of the diaspora’s children. \nContent note: Discussion and depiction of anti-black racism; brief visual and spoken references to sexual violence. \nMy Spine is a Beautiful Sea Monster (2m)\nDir: Theresa Heath-Ellul\, Country: UK\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: English\nThe idea for this film developed at a 2017 SQIFF filmmaking workshop which encouraged attendees to embrace a part of their bodies or selves they found challenging or difficult\, and to turn it into something beautiful. I have always found my scoliosis very unattractive and never wear clothing which reveals my back. However\, I do love the sea\, glitter and sequins. I therefore decided to create a beautiful\, be-sequinned sea monster out of my spine which would then dance according to my curvature. \nContent note: None.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-come-out-fighting/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Hearing loop,Intersex,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts,Trans
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