An Unashamed Claim to Visibility
2018-04-26 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
As queer communities strive to embrace intersectional politics, those with a disability or functional diversity are often left behind. This programme presents an exciting selection of work by and about functionally diverse filmmakers exploring the intersections of queerness and disability. Followed by a discussion with guest speakers to be announced.
Ages 18+ only.
Content note: discussion of violence, including sexual violence.
Ticket prices are on a sliding scale. Choose between free, £2, £4, £6, or £8 depending on what you can afford. No proof of your situation will be asked for. To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

EVENT SCHEDULE
6.45pm – doors to Theatre open
7pm – event starts, short introduction from host followed by short films (81 minutes running time)
8.30pm – access break
8.45pm – discussion
9.15pm – event ends
ACCESS
– venue has level access at Sauchiehall Street entrance with Theatre on 1st floor accessible via a lift
– accessible and gender neutral bathrooms on ground, 1st, and 2nd floors
(Please note there is currently redevelopment on Sauchiehall Street meaning some disruption to accessing the main doors – contact the venue on 0141 352 4900 or dutymanagers@cca-glasgow.com if you have any questions about this)
– closest blue badge spaces to CCA are currently on Blythswood Square when approaching from Douglas Street or West George Street
– detailed venue access information can be found here: http://cca-glasgow.com/about-cca/access-statement
– we have a limited fund to assist with travel for those who require this for any reason to be able to attend
– large print versions of handouts available
– films mostly in English language with one film in German language
– audio description for films available – please ask for a headset at CCA box office when you arrive
– films have English language captions or subtitles
– hearing loop at box office and in the Theatre
– BSL interpreter for introduction and discussion
– limited comfy seating (beanbags at front of Theatre) available
– Theatre will be no more than two thirds full of people
– relaxed event with people welcome to make noise and move around
To request travel costs, book a beanbag or a seat in the front row or if you have any questions about access, please contact Helen on helen@sqiff.org or by calling or texting 07735 273 245 (if calling, please do so Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm). SQIFF volunteers will be available during the event if you have any questions or anything we can help you with.
Part of a Queer Film Network (QFN) tour. QFN is a strategic Film Hub Wales project and receives support from the BFI Film Audience Network.

The Owls at GFAF
2018-11-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Two OWL (older, wiser lesbian) couples accidentally kill a younger woman and hide the body but their dark secret comes back to haunt them in Cheryl Dunye’s experimental, collaborative movie, The Owls. Featuring Dunye’s trademark, self-reflexive style where both characters and actors create video diaries adjacent to the main narrative, The Owls also attempted collective filmmaking with cast and crew encouraged to pitch in ideas.

Those involved form a roll call of lesbian film excellence with Guinevere Turner, Lisa Gornick, V.S. Brodie, and Dunye playing the ageing, bitter queers, and Sarah Schulman, Alex Juhasz, and Campbell X amongst others working behind the scenes. Dunye’s fourth feature film as director is an under-appreciated examination of lesbian culture and aesthetics with a good dose of crime movie genre fun thrown in.

The film will be introduced by SQIFF’s Helen Wright. Screening as part of Glasgow Feminist Arts Festival, taking place 15 to 18 November.

Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film in the English language with English language subtitles/captions for access. Hearing loop available.
Film relies to some extent on visual material to convey ideas but contains a lot of explanatory dialogue. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.

Rafiki with EUSA Liberation Campaigns
2018-11-20 19:00 - 21:30 | Adam House Basement Theatre, 3 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HR, United Kingdom
“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Rafiki made international news after being banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board for its homosexual theme and promotion of lesbianism. Director Wanuri Kahiu subsequently sued the Kenyan government. The ban was lifted and the film was screened to sell-out crowds in Nairobi.
Followed by a discussion on queer African representation in association with Edinburgh University’s Liberation Campaigns group.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film is in a Swahili and English languages with English language subtitles and captions. If you require BSL interpretation for the post-screening discussion, please email access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks before the event. Hearing loop available.
Large print versions of handouts available.
Adam House Basement Theatre has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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 cancel your order or let us know so it can be used by someone else. For more info on what you should pay, click here.

Stirling Uni LGBTQ+ Society presents: SQIFF 2018 Shorts
2018-11-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Cottrell 2V1, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
LGBTQ+ and AirTV are bringing SQIFF to Stirling. We will be screening a selection of shorts from the upcoming SQIFF 2018 programme followed by a Q&A with Michael Richardson, writer of My Loneliness is Killing Me, and SQIFF’s Coordinator, Helen Wright.
All are invited to come along, take in the incredible films and have an opportunity to ask a few of your own questions (so start writing them down now)
This is a free, unticketed event taking place in Cottrell 2V1 at Stirling University.

ACCESS
Films are in a variety of languages with English language subtitles and captions.
Large print versions of handouts available.
Cottrell 2V1 has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for a disabled access map of Stirling University Campus.
We 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.

Rafiki at DCA
2018-11-26 20:00 - 21:30 | DCA, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, United Kingdom
“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Rafiki made international news after being banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board for its homosexual theme and promotion of lesbianism. Director Wanuri Kahiu subsequently sued the Kenyan government. The ban was lifted and the film was screened to sell-out crowds in Nairobi.
Tickets are priced from £5. To book, please use the button below or call DCA box office on +44 (0)1382 432 444.

ACCESS
Film is in a Swahili and English languages with English language subtitles and captions. Hearing loop available.
Large print versions of handouts available.
DCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.

SQIFF Schools: Out (CCA)
2018-12-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
So much of young people’s experience of sexual and gender identity in the present day comes via the internet. However, the old pain and awkwardness of ‘coming out’ to friends and family remains the same. This new documentary from French director Denis Parrot combines the phenomenon of online queer culture with the intimacy of young people’s revelations about themselves. Out presents a collection of compelling videos posted online by young LGBTQ+ people, showing us their experience of telling loved ones about their identity.
Followed by a discussion hosted by LGBT Youth Scotland about the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people communicating their identity to family and friends and finding acceptance. The event is kindly sponsored by LGBT Youth Scotland.
This event is free and only open to schools. The film and discussion are suitable for S1-6. Please email helen@sqiff.org to book spaces.

ACCESS
Film mostly in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film relies on visual material to convey ideas but has a lot of voiceover and commentary, so is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.

SQIFF Shorts: Overcome
2018-12-06 15:30 - 16:50 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Strong narratives of queer characters who are occasionally overcome but mostly do the overcoming are contained in this programme of gutsy shorts. A trans man is bullied when his gender is outed at a new workplace, a queer woman faces homophobic banter at her hair salon, a trans woman visits the family home after her mother’s death and struggles with revealing her true self, as another trans woman searches for love and community after moving to Berlin from San Francisco. Each protagonist uses courage and determination to express themselves and survive.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in English, German, and Chinese languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas and two out of four films are non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

MATHIAS (30m)
Dir: Clara Stern, Year: 2017
Mathias is transgender. Although he is more than sure about his decision to live as a man, he still has to find his way in his new identity and especially in his new job. And also his relationship with his girlfriend seems to have changed due to the transition.
Ladies Day (9m)
Dir. Abena Taylor-Smith, Year: 2018
Amma arrives at her hair salon, having fallen out with her girlfriend, Jade. Inside, she is greeted like an old friend. But when the conversation suddenly turns homophobic, Amma has a difficult decision to make: stay silent, or stick up for herself…
Sunken Plum (20m)
Dir. Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi, Year: 2017
Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin, informing her that the mother has died. As the only “son”, she feels obligated to return to her birthplace for the sake of her family, even though she’ll have to hide her true self from those that once shared her past.
Alyha Love (19m)
Dir. Savio Debernardis, Year: 2017
Alyha Love is a walking contradiction, a typical child of the generation Y. Her life oscillates between her passions and others’ expectations, between the search for love and the struggle to feel completely herself. In her journey, she overcomes geographical and gender barriers to land in Berlin, where, surrounded by like-minded people, she tries to find herself without getting lost.

Outitude
2018-12-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Featuring interviews and discussions with members of the Irish LGBTQI+ community of all ages and walks of life, Outitude delves into the lives of rural and urban lesbians, poets, writers, activists, self-professed bar dykes, and queer and curious women. Telling tales of coming out, experiences of homophobia and the varied types of activism that demonstrate the richness of the Irish lesbian community, this film is an important document for posterity, and celebrates the diversity of voices of this community for both current and future generations.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Film in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film uses visual material to convey ideas but has a lot of voiceover and commentary, so is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

SQIFF Shorts: Bodies and Borders
2018-12-07 12:00 - 13:20 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
The most urgent issues surrounding identity and oppression revolve around bodies and borders. In Being Okey, a gay Nigerian man is denied asylum in Switzerland and consequently caught between the constant fear of being sent home and hope of a life in safety. ABEO is an animation by Latinx artist Brenda M. Lopez Zepeda depicting the journey of two immigrants risking their lives to cross the Arizona desert. My Shoreline is an experimental film-poem about a disabled queer body in water, and My Own Wings documents intersex people from around the world. Working class queer bodies and class borders are forefronted in Krissy Mahan’s All in a Day’s Work and the implication of supposed sexual boundaries is explored in Patricia Silva’s bisexual ode, A Feeling More Than a Picture. Finally, legendary lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer’s new short, Evidentiary Bodies, is a plea for empathy and compassion generated through the viewing of other beings.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in English and Spanish languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films are mixed with some relying on visual material to convey ideas and some using more dialogue. The majority are English language. So, the event is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Being Okey (34m)
Dir: Nadia Lanfranchi, Nina Oppliger, Corinne Pfister, Year: 2017
Nigerian Okey describes seeking asylum in Switzerland after narrowly escaping death when a mob tried to kill him because he is gay.
My Shoreline (4m)
Dir. Aimee Louw, Year: 2016
Attempting to reach the Saint Laurence River boardwalk in Montreal proves to be an impossible task for Aimee in this film-poem on the everyday trials of a Disabled queer.
ABEO (7m)
Dir. Brenda M. Lopez Zepeda, Year: 2018
A hard-hitting mixed media animated short that depicts the journey of Nadia and Lupe, two immigrants who risked their lives to cross the Arizona desert in search of a better life.
My Own Wings (8m)
Dir. Katia Repina, Year: 2018
My Own Wings is a transmedia project that aims to explore intersex identity.
All in a Day’s Work (10m)
Dir. Krissy Mahan & Patricia Silva, Year: 2018
All in a Day’s Work is a series of vignettes about two working class queers who each present as women.
Evidentiary Bodies (9m)
Dir. Barbara Hammer, Year: 2018
A one screen version of an originally three screen immersion exploring illness, time, and the isolation of the material body.
A Feeling More Than a Picture (5m)
Dir. Patricia Silva, Year: 2017
A queer reordering of cinematic gestures, A Feeling More Than a Picture is a formal experiment with the bisexual vocabularies inherently present in the canon of cinema.

A Girl At My Door
2018-12-07 12:30 - 14:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Promising police cadet Young-nam is sent to work in a small seaside village after her lesbian relationship is outed to her bosses in Seoul. Here, she meets a bullied teenager, Sun Dohee, and quickly becomes her trusted friend and defender. But as Young-nam looks further into Dohee’s family life, she discovers a history of abuse by her stepfather, Yong-ha, whose own murky past masks the history of exploitative labour practices that have led to his becoming a powerful figure in the town.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Film in the Korean language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film relies on visual material to convey ideas and contains no English language, so is less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

SQIFF Shorts: Weird and Wild
2018-12-07 15:00 - 16:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
An encounter with a strange funeral procession in Bethnal Green, a family losing the plot after meeting their son’s trans girlfriend, a middle-aged gay man seemingly eerily affected by a forest camping trip, and queer feminist gangs doing battle in a violent, dystopian present. Weird and Wild consists of work by filmmakers expert in creating tense atmospheres and queer moods whilst recounting their gripping tall tales.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in English, French, and Norwegian languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas and two out of four films are non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

The Brother (4m)
Dir: Kai Fi’ain, Year: 2018
On a bleary eyed morning in Bethnal Green, you never know who you might bump into.
Calamity (22m)
Dir. Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers, Year: 2017
France meets her son’s girlfriend for the first time. She loses control…
Skogen (The Forest) (20m)
Dir. Magnus Mork, Year: 2018
A middle aged couple is tenting in a forest. Bjørn seems more used to the setting than Lars, but they are both influenced by the nature. Surrounded by the trees they talk about big and small questions in life. A lovestory.
Swarm of Selenium (23m)
Dir. Maude Matton & SJ Rahatoka, Year: 2018
In the surreal dystopian present, two queer feminist crews cohabit the shells of an abandoned malt factory. As a troubling pattern begins to emerge from their mouths in the form of shattered glass, all are shaken, but some are hit harder than others. Through dance, visual work, and anti-work, they merge forces to try to care for one another and combat the insidious violent process which seems to increasingly come from within.

SQIFF Shorts: Queer Arab Lives
2018-12-07 15:30 - 16:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A series of shorts that reveal the social intricacies of queer Arab life. Nazem, a genderqueer Egyptian-Iraqi drag-queen, prepares for a performance informed by childhood memories of her mother. A lesbian woman from Lebanon takes a fairground ride with her friends where their conversation turns to sex, relationships, and desire. And a Syrian trans woman navigates everyday life in 90s Beirut.
Curated by Samar Ziadat in partnership with Dardishi, a zine and Festival of Arab womxn’s art.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in Arabic, English, and French languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas and are majority non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Three Centimetres (9m)
Dir: Lara Zeidan, Year: 2018
In the oldest fun park of Beirut, four young female friends go on a Ferris Wheel ride. During this claustrophobic open-air journey, they touch on intimate subjects, from making best use of three centimetres to Joanna’s recent breakup. However, Suzie’s breakup advice leads to an unexpected confession.
RUN(A)WAY ARAB (12m)
Dir. Amrou Al-Khadi, Year: 2017
Nazeem is a 26 year old Middle Eastern drag queen who names herself QUEEN ZA DREAM – she is preparing for a show with the utmost gravity, with an outfit evocative of an Egyptian deity.  Interwoven with this is the story of Nazeem as a genderqueer 8 year-old boy, and the close bond he has with his Iraqi-Egyptian mother, Halima. Whilst flamboyant and in many ways a drag queen herself on the surface, Halima is governed by the strict expectations of gender in Arab society.
Cinema Fouad (41m)
Dir. Mohamed Soueid, Year: 1994
Khaled, a Syrian transgender migrant dreams of undergoing gender transition surgery. While trying to make a living from various menial jobs, she falls in love with a Palestinian freedom fighter and joins his resistance. Gently, compassionately, Cinema Fouad draws a portrait of Khaled and introduces the viewer to one of Beirut’s rarely seen netherworlds.

Dykes, Camera, Action! + BOOM BUST: Feminist Filmmakers Blowing Up the Canon
2018-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Lesbians didn’t always get to see themselves on screen. But between Stonewall, the feminist movement, and the experimental cinema of the 1970s, they built visibility, and transformed the social imagination about queerness. Filmmakers Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Desiree Akhavan, Vicky Du, Jenni Olson, film critic B. Ruby Rich, and others share moving and often hilarious stories from their lives and discuss how they’ve expressed queer identity through film.
With a special presentation from curator Jenny Clarke (Club des Femmes), who brings their feminist film toolkit to SQIFF. With wise words and talking points from feminist filmmakers and critics from around the globe, So will set out why things need to change, and what we – as viewers, critics, programmers, and activists – can learn and do to take down mainstream cinema, while having ‘dykes, camera, action’-inspired fun on the way.
Presented in partnership with Glasgow Feminist Arts Festival.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Film in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. So Mayer’s presentation will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available.
Film relies on visual material to convey ideas but has a lot of voiceover and commentary, so is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

The Wild Search
2018-12-07 21:30 - 22:55 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A documentary film crew follows another documentary film crew as they attempt to understand the mating habits of San Francisco lesbians. A tour-de-force of queer women and genderqueer sex, The Wild Search is the ultimate pomo-homo-porno. An early work from powerhouse Shine Louise Houston and her company, Pink & White Productions, known for its championing of indie porn filmmaking and honest depiction of queer desire.
Screening with short Shiny Jewels (14 mins), in which Shine Louise Houston speaks with Shine Louise Houston and her co-director Shine Louise Houston about a day in the life of an adult filmmaker.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely a lot on visual material to convey ideas, so are less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

LEAP Sports Scotland presents: Light in the Water
2018-12-08 12:00 - 13:45 | Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, G1 1TF, United Kingdom
In 1982, soon after the first Gay Games was held in the US, ‘West Hollywood Swim Club,’ as it was known then, registered as the first openly gay masters swim and water polo club. This documentary follows the club’s battle for acceptance, from humble beginnings to its members becoming a renowned force fighting injustice in the world of competitive sports. A fascinating historical record of sport, prejudice, and community love and survival.
Join LEAP Sports Scotland after the film to discuss the role of LGBTI sports clubs with David Barbour (Saltire Thistle FC), Lenna Cumberbatch (Paris Gay Games 2018), Pantelis (Leon) Xydias (Glasgow Alphas RFC), and Ian McBain (Glasgow FrontRunners).
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film is in the English language with English language subtitles/captions.
Film contains some visual ideas but has a lot of dialogue, so is relatively suitable for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
Scottish Youth Theatre has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

East Asia Focus: Until Rainbow Dawn
2018-12-08 12:30 - 13:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
After meeting at their Deaf school in Central Japan, Hana and Ayumi become close friends, and quickly fall in love. But when Hana comes out to her parents, they throw her out of the house. Ayumi takes Hana along to a queer Deaf meetup in Tokyo, where they meet and befriend a supportive group of trans, gay and lesbian Deaf people who tell them their own personal stories. Made by a majority Deaf cast and crew, Until Rainbow Dawn is a remarkable, authentic story of queer Deaf Japanese culture.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in Japanese and Japanese sign languages with simultaneous Japanese and English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film relies a lot on visual material to convey ideas and uses almost all Japanese sign language, so is less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Wild Nights with Emily
2018-12-08 15:00 - 16:30 | Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, G1 1TF, United Kingdom
Writer/director Madeleine Olnek (The Foxy Merkins, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same) challenges the idea of 19th Century poet Emily Dickinson as a prudish recluse in this surreal comedy. Featuring Molly Shannon as the supposedly reserved literary icon engaging in lesbian romping and sticking it to the patriarchy of the male-dominated literary establishment. A unique take on the period drama, Wild Nights with Emily also features voiceovers and onscreen text showcasing Dickinson’s poetry and passion.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film is in the English language with English language subtitles/captions.
Film contains lots of visual ideas and minimal, often surreal dialogue, so is less suitable for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
Scottish Youth Theatre has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland
2018-12-08 15:30 - 17:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Our 2018 Scottish shorts programme contains another exciting range of work by and about LGBTQ+ people and communities within our (un)fair land. Among the imagery and themes included are the search for community and intimacy, trans embodiment, anti-queer conditioning, erotic fantasies in rural landscapes, lost love, spinsterhood, tarot cards, crayfish, and witches! Featuring a spectrum of narrative and experimental styles encompassing melodrama, film-poetry, animation, collective filmmaking, documentary, and diaristic footage.
We hope to be joined by a number of the filmmakers for a Q&A.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in English, Scottish Gaelic, and British sign languages with English language subtitles/captions. The Q&A will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available.
A mixture of film styles with around half relying on visual material to convey ideas and half conveying ideas via dialogue or voiceover. The large majority of films are English language. So, the screening is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

My Loneliness is Killing Me (16m)
Dir: Tim Courtney, Year: 2018
A young genderqueer individual searches for community and intimacy, uncovering an unexpected sexual and emotional connection within the darker edges of the nocturnal metropolis.
These Are My Hands (8m)
Dir. Evi Tsiligaridou, Year: 2018
These Are My Hands is a short documentary film-poem written and performed by radical British playwright, Jo Clifford. It is a deeply moving, personal account of transgender embodiment in a lifetime, speaking of wounds, challenges, victories, and the journey towards self-empowerment. The poet’s voice is embraced by a lyrical, mesmerising soundtrack and together with the graceful and intimate visuals composes a profoundly tender piece.
Enid & Valerie (2m)
Dir. Matthew Kennedy, Year: 2018
Enid & Valerie is a short film about a lone spinster named Valerie. Here we venture in to her dreams, where she meets Enid (a witch). Could this be the start of an unlikely friendship?
Long Lost Lover (5m)
Dir. Sandra Alland & Ania Urbanowska, Year: 2017
Bisexual deaf poet, Bea Webster, performs a poem in British Sign Language about her return to Thailand. Poem in English and BSL by Bea Webster; reading of poem by K. Yvonne Strain. Part of Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back (Nine Arches Press, 2017), edited by Sandra Alland, Khairani Barokka and Daniel Sluman.
HEARTS (8m)
Dir. Nas Saraei, Year: 2018
Sarah, a lost and stuck in a rut 20-something, ponders and reflects on love in Edinburgh, after losing the ‘one’ she thought was the ‘one’.
Pouring On House (10m)
Dir. Conor Baird, Year: 2018
Pouring On House engages with the gradual event of leaving a longtime family home. This strange grief is caught between the familiarity and fascination of interiors and the surrounding suburban sites. Throughout, a body surveys potential presences of contamination whilst coming to realise a disorientating hopelessness felt from ongoing anti-queer conditioning.
Submerged Village (21m)
Dir. Andrew Black, Year: 2017
Expanding on elements of Pamela Colman Smith’s drawing for The Moon tarot card – two dogs, a freshwater crayfish, a pool of water, a mountainous landscape – Submerged Village takes discrete moments at rural locations in Yorkshire and the West coast of Scotland and claims them as queer experiences.

Pink Excavation
2018-12-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Pink Excavation is Natasha Lall’s first feature length film. With Lall as the narrator and cameos from local queers Mina Baird and Junie Latte, this DIY film explores the preservation of queer histories in Glasgow, 2518. Pink Excavation sees Lall excavate 90s-00s technological relics that are outdated in the 2500s and become frustrated at their lack of understanding on how to access information from these ancient technologies. Upon interactions with an archaeologist and a ghost Lall discusses whether or not the poor archiving of LGBT culture has a positive impact on the queer community. The film is a lo-fi, sci-fi contemplation on the pros and cons of queer visibility.
Screening with short Reality Fragment (14 mins) by Qigemu, which examines how multiple lived worlds, each their own mix of memories, sensations, and thoughts, coexist with de facto presentations of distance, history, and totality.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely to a large extent on visual material to convey ideas, so are less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Nitrate Kisses
2018-12-08 21:00 - 22:30 | Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, G1 1TF, United Kingdom
Pioneer of lesbian cinema Barbara Hammer weaves striking images of four gay and lesbian couples with footage of an unearthed, forbidden, and invisible history, searching eroded emulsions and images for lost vestiges of queer culture. Questions of historic representation are examined through addressing the margins, between-the-line readings, and images outside of prescribed textual boundaries. Archival footage from Lot In Sodom (1933), often regarded as the first queer film made in the United States, as well as footage from German narrative and documentary films of the thirties, are interwoven with contemporary footage in this multi-faceted, haunting documentary.
Screening with Generations (15 mins), a film about mentoring and passing on the tradition of personal experimental filmmaking.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Films are in the English language with English language subtitles/captions.
Films contains a lot of visual ideas with minimal dialogue, so are less suitable for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
Scottish Youth Theatre has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

SQIFF Shorts: Gay as in Hysterically Funny
2018-12-09 15:00 - 17:00
What does it mean to make fun of yourself and your community as an LGBTQ+ person? This programme examines queerness and onscreen comedy, including short films by Raymond Yeung, Jordan Firstman, and Alli Logout, and episodes from Ingrid Jungermann’s classic webseries, F to 7th. Featuring self-loathing and loathable gay men, butch lesbians in denial, and queer femmes in their own carefree universe.
Followed by a panel discussion on queerness and comedy featuring comedian Rosie Jones and more guests tbc.
Screening as part of QFN’s Gay as in Hysterically Funny tour for BFI Comedy Genius.
Comedy Genius is a celebration of comedy on screen, led by BFI, the Independent Cinema Office and BFI Film Audience network, supported by funds from the National Lottery. QFN is a strategic Film Hub Wales project and receives support from the BFI Film Audience Network.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Films are in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for panel discussion.
Films contains some visual ideas but have a lot of dialogue, so are relatively suitable for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
Scottish Youth Theatre has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Yellow Fever (27m)
Dir: Raymond Yeung, Year: 1998
A fun and astute look at the self-imposed prejudices of a gay Chinese-British man. Anglophile Monty is looking for his perfect man, but only white British men need apply. That is until the attractive Jai Ming moves in next door and the two men seem to connect. Can Monty overcome his prejudices? Writer-director Raymond Yeung’s debut short is a light-hearted comedy of manners.
F to 7th: Season 1, Episode 2 “Tweener” (5m)
Dir. Ingrid Jungermann, Year: 2013
An internally homophobic gay struggles to find herself in a world where sexuality and gender have left her old-fashioned lesbianism behind. In “Tweener,” Ingrid tries to deny her butchness when barred from a lesbian bachelorette party, whilst cheering on her softball team, the Wet Lips, alongside her misogynistic dyke friend.
Call Your Father (20m)
Dir. Jordan Firstman, Year: 2016
On Josh and Greg’s first date, they quickly realize that the generational divide between them is the least of their worries. The infuriatingly mixed messages from a cute but potentially sociopathic millennial force an older man to choose between hopping into bed with him and bailing, in this darkly comical satire on entitled twenty-somethings.
F to 7th: Season 1, Episode 3 “Interchangeable” (12m)
Dir. Ingrid Jungermann, Year: 2013
Geeky and sensible Ingrid meets a woman online, who invites herself over for a hot night of passion, but what happens when both of them want to ‘be the man’?
Lucid Noon, Sunset Blush (32m)
Dir. Alli Logout, Year: 2015
17-year-old bb gay Micha has just moved into The Palace – a basement full of queer femme Dominatrix, lovers and misfits. They are beautiful, carefree and as young as the night. An alternative, comedy narrative of queer sex workers of colour.

Shakedown
2018-12-09 15:30 - 17:15 | Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB, United Kingdom
Owned by women, underground and illegal in nature, the club Shakedown was an independent, all black lesbian strip club operating in LA from the late 90s. Director Leilah Weinraub’s film chronicles the explicit performances and personal relationships of the party’s dancers and organisers, including Ronnie-Ron, Shakedown Productions’ creator and emcee; Mahogany, the legendary “mother” of the community; Egypt, their star performer; and Jazmine, the “Queen” of Shakedown.
Presented in partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute.
All ticket holders can join us at Saramago at CCA after the screening for free drinks supported by Sheffield Doc/Fest.
www.sheffdocfest.com
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below or call GFT box office on +44 (0)141 332 6535.

ACCESS
Film is in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available (GFT’s Cinema 3 and box office).
Film is very visual-based, so less suitable for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
Glasgow Film Theatre has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Rafiki
2018-12-09 16:30 - 18:00
“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Rafiki made international news after being banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board for its homosexual theme and promotion of lesbianism. Director Wanuri Kahiu subsequently sued the Kenyan government. The ban was lifted and the film was screened to sell-out crowds in Nairobi.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film is in a Swahili and English languages with English language subtitles and captions.
Large print versions of handouts available.
The Space has good access for wheelchair users. Please email access@sqiff.org for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

SQIFF 2018 Closing Night: White Rabbit
2018-12-09 19:00 - 20:40 | Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, G1 1TF, United Kingdom
Recently single, Korean-born LA artist Sophia Lee – played by performance artist Vivian Bang (who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Daryl Wein) – devotes herself to her public performance art, whether it’s a provocative Korean perspective in the park on the LA Riots or quirky digital art on social media. To pay the bills, she does odd jobs for TaskRabbit. When a stranger makes Sophia late for a TaskRabbit gig, she loses her temper with her, only to run into her repeatedly and discover a strong connection. Sophia develops feelings for her, but it’s unclear if her love is reciprocated.
Preceded by closing night speeches. Sponsored by Merchant City Brewing Co.
Screening as part of QFN’s Gay as in Hysterically Funny tour for BFI Comedy Genius.
Comedy Genius is a celebration of comedy on screen, led by BFI, the Independent Cinema Office and BFI Film Audience network, supported by funds from the National Lottery. QFN is a strategic Film Hub Wales project and receives support from the BFI Film Audience Network.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film is in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for closing night speeches.
Large print versions of handouts available.
Scottish Youth Theatre has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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 cancel your order or let us know so it can be used by someone else. For more info on what you should pay, click here.

SQIFF Shorts: Tender Anguish
2018-12-09 20:15 - 21:25 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Harika Özer is an impoverished trans sex worker whose family sought refuge from Siirt to Manisa in Turkey in the 80s. Raf, a young queer man in the UK, struggles to find his place amongst the crowd in a dive gay bar. Icarus arrives in a new city in Brazil and begins an affair with a man that soon goes agonisingly wrong. Real historical figure Mary MacLane cuts a forlorn queer figure in her lonely Montana hometown at the turn of the 20th Century. And Fetish is a Black man in the streets reclaiming his body through magic, fire, and defiance. Each character experiences pain and vulnerability and must negotiate how to cope in these stories of tenderness and anguish.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films are in English, Portuguese, and Turkish languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely a lot on visual material to convey ideas and/or are non-English language, so are less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

The Wonderful Affair (5m)
Dir: Tahir Ün, Year: 2016
Harika Özer is a child whose Kurdish family sought refuge from Siirt to Manisa at the end of 1980s. In his own words, he is a transsexual feeling female spirit in his own body since early childhood. He has lived in Izmir since 2000 and makes a living through prostitution. This work is a documentary project realised by Harika (literally translated as ‘wonderful’), posing for the camera with all his self-confidence and courage. It gives the audience a non-judgemental stance against homophobia.
Four Quartets (10m)
Dir. Marco Alessi, Year: 2018
Over the course of a night out in a gay dive bar, Raf struggles to find his place amongst the crowd. Four Quartets is a short film about queer community, and how the anxieties and conditioning we face sometimes stop us from letting ourselves belong.
Adeus Estrada de Tijolos Amarelos (19m)
Dir. Hiran Matheus, Year: 2018
Icarus arrives in another city to try life as a telemarketer, but when he goes out at night he is caught by a boy. Screenplay based on a Elton John song and filmed with a cell phone.
Between my flesh and the world’s fingers (31m)
Dir. Talena Sanders, Year: 2018
Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman of Butte, Montana, published her diaries in 1902 and 1917. As an out queer and proto-feminist at the turn of the century, MacLane became notorious upon the publication of her 1902 diary, I Await the Devil’s Coming. She was whisked away from the industrial hellscape of her copper mining Montana hometown to a life in the public eye as an author, journalist, female film pioneer and always a provocateur – sending up social norms throughout her career, with a special focus on staid notions about women and sexuality.
Between my flesh and the world’s fingers is an experimental essay and diary film primarily based on her published diaries and her film work.
FETISH (16m)
Dir. Topher Campbell, Year: 2018
The character of Fetish is a representation of so many things. He is at once a clear form – a body – and formless, like the bodies of Basquiat. As a Black man in the streets, he is both positioned by othering and places himself in a world of looking, power, strength, harassment, fashion, sexual objectification, invisibility, visibility, admiration, CCTV, selfies, vulnerability, humour, performance, protest, danger, violence and humour. If you have ever been stopped by police for being Black, embarrassment, futility and vulnerability are at the apex of the experience. Or, as is the case with Tamir, Philando, Freddy, Sandra and so on, being dead and treated like shit is what happens. Fetish in this film experiences and represents this painful embarrassment and vulnerability. It’s hard to watch and painful to experience.
By the end of the film through magic, through fire, through defiance, through being a multi-dimensional being in touch with the elements, Fetish reclaims his body and stands like a colossus in The City.

SQIFF Shorts on Tour
2019-02-09 13:00 - 2019-03-06 23:00
We present on tour an inclusive selection of LGBTQ+ short films from our 2018 Festival Opening Night. Headlining the programme is VISIBLE, created by Campbell X and Kayza Rose, who explore QTIPOC (queer, trans, and intersex people of colour) histories, challenging mainstream perceptions and sanitisation of legacies, and celebrating complexity, multiplicity, myths, gossip, and legends. Also featuring a lesbian sports star coming out, being gay in the Maldives, queer working class vulnerability, and more.
Screenings are taking place across Scotland for LGBT History Month. We are pleased director of VISIBLE, Campbell X, will join us for Q&As in Dundee, Hawick, Ayr, Edinburgh, and Stirling.
Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network.
To book, see list of screenings and booking links below.
CCA, Glasgow in partnership with STUC LGBT+ Committee, Saturday 9th February, 1pm. Tickets offered 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.

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Wednesday 13th February, 6.15pm. Tickets £5-7.50. To book, please use the button below or call DCA box office on +44 (0)1382 432 444.

The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews part of Queerfest with Saints LGBT+, Friday 15th February, 6pm. Tickets offered on a sliding scale of free to £8. To book, please use the button below.

Cornucopia, Hawick in partnership with Scottish Borders LGBT Equality, Saturday 23rd February, 4pm. Free, unticketed – just come along.

Ayr Town Hall in partnership with Ayr Film Society and Ayrshire LGBTQ, Sunday 24th February, 6.30pm. Free, unticketed – just come along.

50 George Square, University of Edinburgh with MSc Film, Exhibition and Curation, Tuesday 26th February, 7pm. Tickets offered on a sliding scale of free to £8. To book, please use the button below.

Macrobert, Stirling in partnership with Stirling University LGBTQ+ Society, Friday 1st March, 7.30pm. Tickets £6. To book, please use the button below or call Macrobert box office on +44 (0)1786 466 666.

Eden Court, Inverness, Monday 4th March, 6.15pm. Tickets £3.50-5.50. To book, please use the button below or call Eden Court box office on +44 (0)1463 234 234.

Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen in partnership with Grampian Pride, Wednesday 6th March, 7.30pm. Tickets £5. To book, please use the button below or call Belmont Filmhouse box office on +44 (0)1224 343 500.

Round One (4m)
Dir: Ella Sowinska, Year: 2017
Round One creates a portrait of Nicola Stevens, who played in the first professional Australian Football League women’s game in 2017.
There You Are (15m)
Dir. Lisa Donato, Year: 2018
A trans woman must dress like a boy to say goodbye to her dying grandmother.
Blooming Night (9m)
Dir. Bell Zhong, Year: 2017
Mesmerised by a pair of red heels, a lonely street guy in Shanghai follows their owner into a club, where he discovers a forbidden community that he has never experienced before.
Medulla Oblongata (8m)
Dir. Roberto Nascimento, Year: 2017
“Life can be horrible. But it also can be beautiful. Really f***ing beautiful.” Abraham Naim aka drag queen Medulla Oblongata relates their story of escaping persecution for being gay in the Maldives and finding acceptance and community.
Crashing Waves (4m)
Dir. Emma Gilbertson, Year: 2018
Two young working-class men explore the intimacy and vulnerability of relationships in a combative dance against the backdrop of an inner city estate, risking all under the scrutiny of a tight-knit community.
Top 10 Places to Visit in São Paulo (14m)
Dir. Akira Kamiki, Year: 2018
On a dreamy Sunday, two photographers walk around São Paulo trying to connect with the city, and slowly fall in love with each other.
VISIBLE (20m)
Dir. Campbell X, Year: 2018
VISIBLE digs in and shreds misconceptions that LGBTQ+ people of colour have no history – and no story to tell. Weaving together the tales of inspirational ancestors, contemporary artists, political activists, and community leaders – VISIBLE challenges mainstream perception and the sanitisation of LGBTQ+ legacies by celebrating complexity, multiplicity, and the myths, gossips, legends, and truths of QTIPOC histories.

Portraits of Artists as Young Men (& Women & Other)
2019-06-01 19:00 - 21:00 | The Art School, 20 Scott Street, Glasgow, G3 6PE, United Kingdom
SQIFF curates a screening as part of Glasgow School of Art’s Degree Show programme, Dress Rehearsal. Portraits of Artists as Young Men (& Women & Other) takes a look at the earlier, formative days of queer artists who have gone on to make significant bodies of work. Featuring documentation and experimental meanderings by and/or about photographer Ajamu X, circus performer Jennifer Miller, and filmmakers Thomas Allen Harris and Barbara Hammer, amongst others. Common themes emerge of hitting back against oppression and searching for identity through the creative process.
This event is free and unticketed. Just come along on the night.
Click here for GSA’s full Dress Rehearsal Degree Show programme.
ACCESS
Films are in the English language with English language captions.
Films are experimental so some are quite visual-based but there is a relatively good amount of explanatory dialogue for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
The Art School has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.

SQIFF at Jupiter Rising
2019-08-23 - 2019-08-26 | Jupiter Artland, Bonnington House Steadings, Near Wilkieston, Edinburgh, EH27 8BY, United Kingdom
We are really pleased to be taking part in Jupiter Rising music festival with 2 programmes of short films during the 3-day festival. Jupiter Rising takes place at Jupiter Artland near Edinburgh 23 to 25 August with a line-up including music, performance, film and moving image, artist-led workshops, wild swimming, and more!
To find out more about Jupiter Rising and how to book tickets, click here.
For information about Jupiter Artland, how to get there, and access information, click here.

ACCESS
Jupiter Rising is an outdoor festival, two stages are undercover in large marquees, one stage is located in the woods.
Each stage will include a reserved viewing area for wheelchair users and their carers. Other areas include a bar, cinema, workshops and activities tent, all of which are wheelchair accessible and undercover.
The ground at Jupiter Artland is grass, paths, natural woodland and meadow, which can sometimes be uneven underfoot or for wheelchair users.
Accessible camping is located in a meadow, a short distance away from the main stages. An accessible toilet is provided.
A quiet space will be provided throughout the event and will be highlighted on the site map.
There will be gender-neutral toilets and two accessible toilets located in various locations, highlighted on the site map.
Assistance dogs are welcome provided they are on a lead (Jupiter Artland has livestock on site).
Please get in touch to let us know if you require a large print version of the printed programme, which will be available to pick up from the Box Office.
Ear plugs will be available from the Box Office.
Strobe lighting may feature in some performances and film screenings.
SQIFF film screenings are in a variety of languages with English language captions for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences. Many of the films are based largely on visual ideas with little spoken language.
Jupiter Rising is committed to improving accessibility. If there is anything we can do to make it easier for you to attend, or if you have any questions, thoughts or feedback about access for this event, please email enquiries@jupiterartland.org or call 01506 889900.

Freak Orlando at Weird Weekend
2019-08-31 18:45 - 21:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
In the form of a “small theater of the world”, a history of the world from its beginnings to our day, including the errors, the incompetence, the thirst for power, the fear, the madness, the cruelty and the commonplace, in a story of five episodes by Ulrike Ottinger.
A rare chance to see Ottinger’s wonderful, bizarre reworking of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and Tod Browning’s Freaks, starring Delphine Seyrig, Eddie Constantine, and Jackie Raynal. According to Shock Cinema Magazine, “A lost movie that lives up to its hype… A fever dream reimagining of Greek mythology, The Spanish Inquisition, and our modern life.”
Presented with Matchbox Cineclub for Weird Weekend, a whole weekend of strange and unseen cinema from around the world. WEIRD WEEKEND brings orphans, outcasts and outliers from across time and space, with a host of special guests, Q&As and events, to the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow.
A ticket for this event is included in the Weird Weekend Weekend Pass (£40) and Saturday Pass (£20). Individual tickets are priced on a sliding scale, £0-£8, depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film in German with English language captions.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.

SQIFF Shorts: Intimacies
2019-10-02 12:30 - 13:50 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Touch, connection, sensuality, bonding. Sharing of solidarity, friendship, grief, and (com)passion. This selection of short films from the UK, US, Brazil, and the Amazon trace intimacies between friends, family, communities, and lovers. The revolutionary potential of femme for femme relationships. Upholding trans and immigrant identities and memory across generations. Busting childhood isolation and fear of being queer. Leaving your life behind due to youthful yearning. A slow-paced and tactile assortment of stories embracing many different faces and places.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
This screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+.
Films have a mixture of English, Persian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese audio and ASL with English captions/subtitles. Hearing loop available.
Most of the films are not very accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with largely visual storytelling, minimal dialogue, and majority non-English language. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users, gender neutral toilets, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide.
A Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival.
Comfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

#Familiar #Touch #Lost #Figures (13m)
Dir: Katy Jalili, Country: UK, Year: 2017, Language/s: English, Persian
#Familiar #Touch #Lost #Figures is an exploration of queer ancestry and diaspora, the hybrids between cultural traditions and contemporary queer identity. It explores brown bodies and femme for femme intimacies, and the feeling of being between a search for home and finding home in a familiar stranger.
Content note: Depiction of nudity.
Silvia in the waves (13m)
Dir: Gio Olmos, Country: Canada, Year: 2018, Language/s: French
Noa struggles to honor the identity of his recently deceased parent while his mother tries to uphold the appearance of a conventional family. Grief and fantasy entwine to reveal the complex relationship between history and erasure, identity and memory.
Content note: Depiction of queerphobia.
Welcome to the Ball (5m)
Dir: Adam Vincent Wright, Country: USA, Year: 2019, Language/s: English, ASL
A child learns sign language in hopes of making a new friend.
Content note: None.
My Grandson, Charlotte (13m)
Dir: Tyler Pierreson, Country: UK, Year: 2019, Language/s: English
A transgender teen and his immigrant granddad, a Sapeur from the Congo, bond over their shared understanding of the importance of identity and of always being true to one’s self.
Content note: Depiction of death.
Carlito se va Para Siempre (13m)
Dir: Quentin Lazzarotto, Country: UK, Year: 2018, Language/s: Spanish
In the Amazonian jungle, the village of Palma Real resists the modern world. Carlito, a silent young man, decides to leave. On the muddy bed of the immense river, an encounter reveals the secret that Carlito has hidden from his community.
Content note: None.
Infinite While It Lasts (19m)
Dir: Akira Kamiki, Country: Brazil, Year: 2019, Language/s: Portuguese
After falling in love at a party, Danny and Seiji just want to be together. However, their differences might prove stronger than their feelings. A fiction film about asexuality.
Content note: Reference to sex.
