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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241010T183000
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SUMMARY:Scottish Shorts 2 - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\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!** \nScottish Shorts 2 is a short film programme that celebrates the rich tapestry of queer Scottish filmmakers and stories. This collection of films showcases the diversity\, resilience\, and creativity of the LGBTQ+ community in Scotland\, offering poignant and powerful narratives that span love\, identity\, self-discovery\, and the complexities of modern life. The programme offers a diverse and compelling look at queer life in Scotland\, highlighting the unique voices and stories of the LGBTQ+ community. Through these films\, audiences will experience a range of emotions and insights\, celebrating the richness and complexity of queer Scottish experiences. We hope to welcome several of the filmmakers for a Q&A after the screening. \nAll filmmakers in this screening and ‘SQIFF 2024 Opening Night Scottish Shorts’ are automatically entered into a competition to win the title of Best Scottish Short. The winner will be announced at the closing screening of SQIFF 2024. \n  \nCurated by Nat Lall and Huss. \n  \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\nBritish Sign Language and English audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nAudio Description\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A\nLive Captioning for the introduction and Q&A\n\nThis screening is 90 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  \nLove [Gaol]\, Dirs. Giulia Lina Giannetti\, Paul Morgan\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nA film about all kinds of love within the LGBTQ+ community from folks of North Ayrshire. \nGaol [Scottish Gaelic] [Goohl] \n\n Affection\, love\n\nI love my partner. \n\n (object of) love\n\nThe queer community is full of love. \n\n (pl.) kindred\n\nChosen family is based on love and support. \nContent notes: Discussion of queerphobia. \n  \nFemme Disturbance\, Dir. Conor Baird\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 25 min \nFemme Disturbance investigates a closeted adolescence\, its surrounding family dynamic and the empowering figure of the Action Heroine. To tell these stories the Sisters are interviewed and the Adolescent speaks alongside the Critic. Home movie footage and action heroine performances across Hollywood film and video games are reembodied\, cut and collaged. \nContent notes: Discussions of disordered eating\, homophobia\, family discord\, mental health. Depictions of fictional violence\, implied nudity. \n  \nGrowin’ Pains\, Dir. Sammson Orr\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 6 min \nDuring a family argument\, a teenager flees to the garden for relief\, only to find the conflict follows them. Feeling hopeless\, they grow into the grass and are swallowed by the ground. They awaken in a subterranean world as a cryptid creature\, escaping humanity. What starts as magical escapism becomes a burden as the house and conflict still haunt them. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity. \n  \nMiss Temperance\, Dir. Jeremy McClain\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nA year after a drug- and booze-fueled night that sparked their sobriety\, a drag artist prepares to return to the spotlight. As the evening unfolds\, Jackson faces nerves\, excitement\, and past shadows. With their mentor’s support\, they confront their fears and find creative freedom in their sober identity. The film explores self-discovery\, resilience\, and reinvention while celebrating Glasgow’s queer scene. \nContent notes: Depiction of alcohol use\, drug use\, pregnancy. \nAccess notes: Flashing lights. \n  \nob-SOUL-1337\, Dir. Harry Roberts\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 17 min \nAn animated short film that uses death and the afterlife to explore our relationship with technology\, the duality of our identities online and off and the monetization of our personal memories of thoughts by Big Tech. \nContent notes: Depiction of strong language\, gore\, cartoon violence\, nudity\, sexual innuendo\, death\, sex. \nAccess notes: Flashing imagery\, distorted sounds. \n  \nI’ve Got Something To Tell You\, Dirs. Ben Clery-Hall\, Mandy Mcmillan\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 4 min \nAn exploration of queer temporality through the mind of someone realising they are trans. \n  \nStrangers\, Dir. Klarissa Webster\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 4 min \n2 peoples worlds collide in a graveyard. One dealing with a near loss\, another still harbouring the pain after many years. \n  \nCOWBOY\, Dir. Luca Kerr\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 10 min \nYoung Transgender man ‘Cowboy’ is run out of his small home town and turns to Glasgow in search of a new beginning. But he is unable to shake the shadows of his past. \nContent notes: Depiction of homophobic slurs\, cigarette use\, alcohol use\, physical violence\, blood. \nAccess notes: Flashing lights. \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: ob-SOUL-1337\, Dir. Harry Roberts\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/scottish-shorts-2/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Deaf,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241010T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241010T200000
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SUMMARY:Queer East Presents: Bye Bye Love (50th Anniversary) - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\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!** \nUntil the 2018 discovery of a film negative in a warehouse\, Bye Bye Love was long considered lost: a new print gives audiences a rare chance to revisit this radical work from 1974. Following two young people\, Utamaro and Giko\, on a doomed summer road trip through Japan\, Isao Fujisawa’s poetic\, surreal work reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love. The film is stylistically influenced by the French New Wave and American New Cinema\, notably Jean-Luc Godard and Arthur Penn. Yet the main character’s name – Utamaro – also suggests a rethinking of Japanese artistic traditions\, especially male perspectives on feminine beauty. Here\, romantic love transcends gender\, sexuality\, and even the body; a queer challenge to conventional understandings of relationships that adds to the political charge of this rediscovered classic.  \nWith a recorded message from director Isao Fujisawa and special introduction by Xuanlin Tham. \nContent notes: Depiction of physical violence\, police\, sex\, gun violence\, death\, nudity\, cigarette use\, small amounts of blood\, cut. \nCurated by Yi Wang. \n  \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\, Japanese audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction\nLive Captioning for the introduction\n\nThis screening is 85 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  \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: Bye Bye Love\, Dir. Isao Fujisawa\, 1974
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/queer-east-presents-bye-bye-love-50th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Feature,Films,Live Captioning
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241009T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241009T230000
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SUMMARY:Queer Asia - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\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!** \nQueer Asia is a vibrant and evocative short film screening programme that shines a spotlight on queer Asian stories and filmmakers. This collection of films delves into diverse experiences of identity\, love\, struggle\, and resilience within the LGBTQ+ community across Asia and the diaspora. This screening offers a compelling and multifaceted look at the queer Asian experience\, celebrating the resilience and creativity of its storytellers. Through these films\, audiences are invited to explore the rich tapestry of identities and narratives that define the LGBTQ+ community across Asia and beyond. \nThis programme starts with a special introduction by filmmaker and visual artist Wei Zhang. \nCurated by Nat Lall and Huss. \n  \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\nBengali\, Burmese\, Chinese\, English\, Mandarin Chinese\, Nepali\, Tagalog\, Tamil audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction.\nLive Captioning for the introduction\n\nThis screening is 122 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  \n  \nFilms in this programme include: \n  \nIn the place where we left and arrived\, Dir. Samuel Zhang\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 20 min \nThis film explores shared experiences of queer Chinese people living in the UK\, offering a look at the wider context of these important issues as the director tries to understand the possible definitions of home and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese lives through voice over\, intimate letter changes\, archives\, interviews\, and digital mappings.  \nContent notes: Discussion of COVID-19 pandemic\, queerphobia\, racism\, xenophobia\, beauty standards\, fetishisation\, microaggression. Depiction of physical violence. \n  \nNarratives and Counternarratives\, Dir. Chaoying Rao\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 9 min \nThis work examines representations of the self\, dissecting the persistent fetishisation of Asian women through collaging and reviewing memorable moments in Western culture. Questioning the ideas of the ‘Asian mystique’ and how it manifests in popular culture\, this film examines how the legacy of orientalism continues to manifest in spaces both physical and digital. \nContent notes: Depiction of nudity\, physical violence\, body modification\, fetishisation\, racism\, sex\, sensual dancing\, death\, gun violence\, knife violence\, sword violence\, decapitated head\, blood. Discussion of harassment\, violence. \n  \nArkesta\, Dir. Safal Pandey\, 2023\, Nepal\, 19 min \nGokul is a single father\, who feels a sense of embarrassment as he watches his son’s public dance performance. Determined to bring about a change in his son’s lifestyle\, Gokul wholeheartedly commits himself to putting in considerable effort and taking the required actions. Over time\, Gokul gradually becomes aware of his son’s inherent feminine side. \nContent notes: Depiction of homophobia\, cigarette use. \n  \nForbidden Reverie 宿祭\, Dir. Yisong Huang\, 2023\, China\, 4 min \nA groundbreaking 3D CG film that navigates the dynamic virtual realm of Generation Z. This film sheds light on the struggles\, victories\, and identity journeys within the LGBTQ+ community; providing a powerful platform for increased visibility and acceptance. “Forbidden Reverie” contributes to a vital conversation on LGBTQ+ representation and acceptance in contemporary contexts. \n  \nReligiosa\, Dir. Han Oo Htet\, 2024\, Myanmar\, 8 min \nBefore transitioning\, Eingyinn May Tun was a famous actress. Now\, he is trying to get back into the film industry as a producer and an actor. A Buddhist devotee\, Eingyinn May Tun dreams of the day he will be reborn in a male body. \n  \nScrapped Fabric\, Dir. Jake Muñoz Consing\, 2024\, Philippines\, 11 min \nFearing her mother’s disapproval\, a teenage trans girl secretly sews a prom dress from her mother’s scrap fabric (“retaso”). \nContent notes: Discussion of transphobia. \n  \nIf\, Dir. Tathagata Ghosh\, 2023\, India\, 26 min \nAn arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart\, but with a mother’s love\, perhaps another future is possible. \nContent notes: Discussion of death. Depiction of cigarette use. \n  \nFarewell\, Dir. Soham Kundu\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 15 min \nTwo friends: one with a broken heart\, the other on the brink of marriage. Together they set out on a day’s journey that leads them to confront their past amidst shared grief and hopes for a brighter future. Centred around intimate friendships between men of colour\, Farewell presents evolving expressions of modern masculinity. \nContent notes: Depiction of cigarette use. \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: Narratives and Counternarratives\, Dir. Chaoying Rao\, 2022
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/queer-asia-2/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Films,Live Captioning,People of colour,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241009T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241009T203000
DTSTAMP:20240921T131517Z
CREATED:20240823T091520Z
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SUMMARY:★\,。·::·ﾟ☆ "The Real Internet Is Inside You" ·ﾟ✧*:·ﾟ✧ - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\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!** \nDive into ★\,｡･::･ﾟ☆ “The Real Internet Is Inside You” ･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧\, a collection of six short films exploring nearly 20 years of our evolving relationship with the internet. Blurring the lines between reality and fiction\, this event delves into the complex interplay of digital identity and self-expression\, responding to the overwhelming\, contradictory messages that fuel confusion\, anxiety\, and disconnection in the digital age. With a focus on sensory overload and emotional vulnerability\, the program offers a fresh perspective on contemporary life.  \nJoin us for an interactive workshop led by internet studies expert Kirsty Dunlop and Reema Vadoliya\, founder of People of Data. \nCurated by Zeo Fawcett. \n  \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\, Chinese\, Russian\, Japanese audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and workshop\nLive Captioning for the introduction and workshop\n\nThis screening is 61 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  \nIn the end I saw something on my phone\, Dir. Nicholas Sanchez\, 2023\, United States\, 2 min \nThis Instagram post is now a short film—a meme turned theatre. What happens when a meme becomes a film?  \nnew phone who dis?  \nThe post’s essence stretches beyond your grasp. Can memes exist outside the phone?  \nI bleed the meme for you.  \nI bleed real for you.  \nAlways shifting\, always ending.  \nremember when your body ended? That’s when you saw it on your phone. \nContent notes: Discussion of body image\, mental health\, blood\, death\, sex\, masturbation. Depiction of partial nudity\, and overall contains strange and unusual imagery that is difficult to interpret. \nAccess notes: Flashing and strobe lights\, frequent and sudden bright images\, layered and complex glitchy visual imagery\, rapid cuts and fast-paced editing sequences throughout. \nAudio at a range of levels\, jumping randomly from quiet to loud. Sounds are layered in overwhelming ways. On screen text moving quickly. \n  \n(Tommy Chat Just E-mailed Me.)\, Dir. Ryan Trecartin\, 2007\, United States of America\, 7 min \nTrecartin’s (Tommy Chat Just E-mailed Me) is a short set inside and outside an email. Featuring Trecartin’s stylised characters—Pam\, a librarian with a baby; Tammy and Beth\, surrounded by installation art; and Tommy\, in a lake house—the film explores electronic communication. Trecartin\, playing several roles\, blends manic interactions with bright animations. The story shifts like a web browser\, revealing growing isolation. \nContent notes: Child distress depicted\, menstruation and child abuse discussed\, and use of ableist slurs. \nAccess notes: Rapid cuts and fast-paced editing sequences and harsh\, distorted dialogue throughout. \n  \nDEEP DOWN TIDAL\, Dir. Tabita Rezaire\, 2017\, French Guina\, South Africa\, 19 min \nDeep Down Tidal examines water’s role in communication\, political\, and technological systems. It explores submarine cables over colonial routes and the ocean as a repository of Black knowledge and global connectivity. Could Internet violence against Africa and more generally Black people stem from its infrastructure? The film links water’s preservation of histories and traumas to colonial legacies. \nContent notes: Discussion of genocide\, colonialism\, racism\, partial nudity. \nAccess notes: Glitchy visuals. \n  \nMonad 3\, Dir. Dana Dawud\, 2024\, Dubai\, United States of America\, Spain and France\, 26 min \nMonad\, situates webcam footage\, projection mapping and texting both within the time space of the film and in the real time space outside\, reformulating itself with each screening until Monad becomes fully saturated or until submarine internet cables stop working\, whichever comes first. \nContent notes: Discussion of revolutionary ideologies\, assassination\, death\, and sexual language. Depiction of vaping. \nAccess notes: Glitchy\, blurred and flashing imagery\, sudden bright images\, prolonged dark scenes and visually intense\, gritty imagery. Frequent use of silence with occasional sounds. \n  \nValentine for Perfect Strangers\, Dir. Ben Coonley\, 2007\, United States of America\, 4 min \nA love letter to the Internet from a feral cat in Brooklyn. \nAnonymously published to the web in 2006\, Valentine for Perfect Strangers was an early example of an art video that “went viral\,” amassing over a half-million views and landing on the front page of YouTube. \nContent notes: Discussion of mental health issues \nAccess notes: Bright colours and glitchy editing\, with distorted music\, VHS effects\, and high-pitched ringing. A robotic\, distorted English voice-over and subtitles run throughout. \n  \nDiffused in Marginalised Orders\, Dir. Florence To\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \nWords have a powerful role in shaping identity and transforming our lived experiences. The Scottish-born Hong Kong artist uses texts that ignite deep connections and solidarity. Their work confronts the dispossessions wrought by imperialism and challenges complicity in public amnesia about ongoing injustices\, redefining our relationship within social barriers and power struggles in public spaces. \nAccess notes: Flashing light and rapid visual effects. \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: Valentine for Perfect Strangers\, Dir. Ben Coonley\, 2007
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/%e2%98%85%e3%80%82%c2%b7%c2%b7%ef%be%9f%e2%98%86-the-real-internet-is-inside-you-%c2%b7%ef%be%9f%e2%9c%a7%c2%b7%ef%be%9f%e2%9c%a7/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Films,Live Captioning,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241009T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241009T200000
DTSTAMP:20241009T130348Z
CREATED:20240823T091455Z
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SUMMARY:Sci-Fi Meets Reality - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\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!** \nSci-Fi Meets Reality explores the border between science fiction and reality. We live in an age of extraordinary rapid technological advancements and fantasy feels eerily real. How we document\, analyse and develop ourselves feels more futuristic than ever. But that ‘future’ is now. ‘Sci-Fi meets Reality’ highlights uncanny filmmaking as a tool for gender exploration and historical critique. \nThis screening starts with an incredible performance by Kyalo Searle-Mbullu\, a Glasgow-based musician and audio-visual artist.  \nPerformance Access Notes: Flashing imagery throughout. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \n  \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 and Scottish Gaelic audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for introduction and performance\nLive Captioning for introduction and performance\n\nThis screening is 78 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: \na border of flat stones\, Dirs. Cáit McClay\, Éiméar McClay\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 10 min \nThis film by Cáit and Éiméar McClay reflects on the Irish Potato Famine\, showing how British laissez-faire policies facilitated food exports and limited aid\, portraying the famine as a natural event to consolidate estates. The McClays critique this portrayal and link famines to settler colonialism\, analysing the contemporary political\, cultural\, and economic impacts of British imperialism on Irish land reclamation and state formation. \nContent notes: Discussion of capitalism\, religion\, famine\, death\, displacement. Depiction of mould. \nAccess notes: Throughout the film\, a narrative text with no audio appears on screen with a small font. \n  \nPriob\, Dir. Choirstaidh NicArtair\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 5 min \nWe meet a young woman on her windowsill in the early hours of the morning\, while she is in conversation with her late grandfather\, The Coal Man\, who lives in the clouds above and communicates through radio waves. Priob is a film about our inner children and the people who raised them\, wherever they are. \nContent notes: Discussion of death. \nAccess notes: Glitchy imagery with some fast pace editing. \n  \nQueer Bodies\, Dirs. Elin Laut\, Mattia Friso\, 2022\, Germany\, 5 min \n“Queer Bodies” is a three chapters video piece that explores the process of embracing queer identity: From the death of the former self\, to the searching for agency\, to the creation of a community. The viewer is drawn into a reality where subjects tell about themselves and bodies manifest themselves in an unconventional way. \nContent notes: Discussion of funeral\, body image. \n  \nDr. XYZ: A Medical Drag Transthology\, Dir. El Jones\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 14 min \nDr. XYZ is a community-made trans+ healthcare training film and ethnofiction. It is an exercise in queering the public information film genre\, shot in 16mm. The film weaves ethnographic healthcare accounts from Birmingham’s trans+ community with moments of drag-satire re-enactment to depict a collective vision of the UK’s healthcare system. \nContent notes: Discussion of suicidal ideation\, suicide attempt\, mental health issues\, medical neglect within NHS\, transphobia\, ableism\, racism\, passing culture\, self-medicating\, gender dysphoria\, medical waiting lists\, explicit language. Depiction of animated genitalia. \n  \nTrans-form\, Dir. Luca Asta\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nFrom flesh to 3D printing\, ‘TRANS-FORM’ follows the journey of five trans+ individuals. \nContent notes: Discussion of body image\, surgery\, medical transition\, gender dysphoria\, transphobia. Depiction of animated genitalia\, packers. \n  \nThe Space Dykes and Other Adventures\, Dir. Julian Konuk\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 11 min \nThis film explores dykiness and bodily abjection\, examining home and unhome-liness beyond traditional kinship. Presented as a chaotic video and sonic collage\, it focuses on transition by blending clips in harsh and fluid ways. The work alternates between fast and slow movements\, reflecting on queer intimacy and the notion of home in relation to the queer body. \nContent notes: Depiction of cigarette use\, eyeball being licked\, meat. Discussion of body image\, medical neglect. \nAccess notes: Distorted imagery\, distorted voice for voice-over\, flashing imagery. \n  \nMaskuline\, Dir. Rev Sullivan\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 6 min \nA psychoanalytical pry through the structures that form the creation of a gendered identity. \nContent notes: Depiction of body distortion\, topless person. \nAccess notes: Distorted imagery\, distorted sound and voice. \n  \nat first and then\, Dir. Joanne Matthews\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 15 min \nA speculative fiction piece set in a saline world\, this work combines photographs\, moving images\, and sound. It explores a future or alternate dimension through a salted lens\, set in an over-salinated beach town. With a queer approach and a nod to 1960s French New Wave\, it layers a 35-voice choir with digital sounds\, evoking past sci-fi visions of the future. \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: Priob\, Dir. Choirstaidh NicArtair\, 2022
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sci-fi-meets-reality/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Films,Live Captioning,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241009T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241009T173000
DTSTAMP:20241007T212219Z
CREATED:20240823T091417Z
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SUMMARY:Blossoming Wilt - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\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!** \nBlossoming Wilt is a visually striking short film screening programme that delves into the delicate and often heartbreaking nature of queer love. Each film captures the fragility of relationships and the poignant moments of connection and separation\, offering an evocative exploration of love’s complexities. This programme presents a collection of films that depict the tender and vulnerable aspects of queer love\, highlighting the beauty and pain that often accompany it. Through exquisite cinematography and heartfelt storytelling\, these films offer a profound reflection on the transience and resilience of Queer love. \nThe screening starts with a poetry performance by Esraa Husain\, a freelance creative writer\, community curator\, researcher and facilitator based in Glasgow.  \nCurated by Nat Lall. \n  \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\nArabic\, Chinese\, English\, Greek\, Hindi audio with English language descriptive subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for introduction and performance\nLive Captioning for introduction and performance\n\nThis screening is 109 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  \nBubbling\, Dir. Che-ming Chang\, 2023\, Taiwan\, 24 min \nGuang has difficulty focusing during school choir. He’s distracted by something more enticing than singing. When a charismatic new student arrives\, Guang’s curiosity and sexual desire is taken to a new level. \n  \nPigeons are dying when the city is on fire\, Dir. Stavros Markoulakis\, 2023\, Greece\, 21 min \nOn the warmest day of the year\, two boys meet. A few hours later a pigeon gets trapped with them. During this heatwave\, all creatures dream of escaping from the city that’s burning. \nContent Notes: Depiction of cigarette use\, sex\, nudity. \n  \nPlaces I’ve Called My Own\, Dir. Sushma Khadepaun\, 2023\, India\, 29 min \nAfter several years in the US\, Tara\, in the midst of her IVF process\, returns to India for the funeral of her father. There\, she finds a mother in denial about her sexual orientation\, an ex-girlfriend who has rebuilt her life with a man\, and the shadow of the paterfamilias that continues to hang over the home. \nContent Notes: Depiction of injection. Discussion of COVID-19\, pregnancy\, death\, family discord\, homophobia. \n  \nLike Wave Like Cloud\, Dir. Yulin Yang\, 2023\, China\, 16 min \nOn a surfing trip\, a female couple with an age difference attempts to navigate their uncertain relationship. Yet after an unexpected change in circumstance\, they each begin to see themselves and their relationship in a new light. \nContent Notes: Depiction of sex\, alcohol use. Discussion of death. \n  \nMondial 2010\, Dir. Roy Dib\, 2013\, Lebanon\, 19 min \nMondial 2010 is a film on love and place. A Lebanese gay couple decides to take a road trip to Ramallah. The film is recorded with their camera as they chronicle their journey. The viewers are invited through the couple’s conversations into the universe of a fading city. \nContent notes: Depiction of alcohol use\, tear gas\, illegal israeli settlements. \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: Pigeons are dying when the city is on fire\, Dir. Stavros Markoulakis\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/blossoming-wilt/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Films,Live Captioning,Shorts
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UID:12138-1728418800-1728426000@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF 2024 Opening Night Scottish Shorts - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening.** \nWe warmly welcome you back to another year of SQIFF with our ‘Scottish Shorts’. This screening exclusively contains short films by artists based in Scotland and highlights outstanding local talent. We are also delighted to showcase three new films made by SQIFF’s very own Queer Filmmakers Group. Expect a screening that celebrates community\, resistance and various filmmaking media. We hope to welcome several of the filmmakers for a Q&A after the screening. \nAll filmmakers in this screening and ‘Scottish Shorts 2’ are automatically entered into a competition to win the title of Best Scottish Short. The winner will be announced at the closing screening of SQIFF 2024. \nCurated by Nat Lall and Huss. \n  \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 GFT Box Office on 0141 332 6535. \n  \nAccessibility  \nThis programme has: \n\nEnglish audio with English language descriptive captions\nEnglish to BSL interpretation for introduction and panel discussion\nLive Captioning for introduction and panel discussion\nAudio Description\n\nThis screening is 75 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \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  \nFilms not Bombs: Soup\, Stickers and Solidarity\, Dirs. Rosie Bowyer\, Léo Paiva Capocci\, Morgan Gabriel Hares\, Kat Robertson\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 11 min \nFilms Not Bombs is a community film about Glasgow’s Food Not Bombs chapter in Govanhill. It highlights how the group offers free food weekly to challenge war and capitalism\, demonstrating the transformative power of community action. Created through a University of Glasgow and GMAC course\, the film features Glasgow’s queer community and is the debut film for three of its creators. \nContent Notes: Depiction of police. Discussion of food scarcity\, capitalism. \n  \nA Float\, Dir. Isabel Barfod\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \nA Float explores subtle modes of refusal through the lens of a Black Queer swimmer in a hostile environment. Set in a Victorian era public swimming pool\, A Float follows our protagonist as they access alternate realities\, speculated futures and enact small acts of revenge. \nContent Notes: Depiction of racism. \nAccess Notes: Contains flashing imagery. \n  \nIn Our Millions\, Dirs. Meli Vasiloudes Bayada\, Ally Lloyd\, Esme Haddrill Selman\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 3 min \n‘In Our Millions’ is a short film about Scottish solidarity with Palestine filmed during the November 11th protests. It is a Super8 film collaboratively shot and ecologically hand-processed over the course of a day as part of a workshop run by Lydia Beilby and Take One Action. \nContent Notes: Depiction of a protest. \n  \nJust Jackie\, Dir. Michael Lee Richardson\, 2023\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nJACKIE (9) loves sweets\, trying on their mum’s clothes and make up\, and admiring girl-next-door TEGAN (11) on her trampoline from the bedroom window. \nJackie adores her\, and they’ll do anything to get close to her. Even\, to health-conscious mum CAROL’s surprise\, ask for a trampoline. \nContent Notes: Depiction of deadnaming. Discussion of dieting. \n  \nPlanet Abundance\, Dirs. Emma Bowen\, Ailie Rutherford\, 2022\, United Kingdom\, 4 min \nThis short film documents The Planet Abundance project\, a series of artist-led workshops at Category Is Books. Participants imagined a feminist world of abundance and post-work society\, exploring alternatives to capitalism through speculative science fiction based on Teresa Feldmann’s draft. Commissioned by Feminist Exchange Network (Glasgow) and curated by Ailie Rutherford\, the project fosters radical political imagination. \n  \nA Different Home\, Dir. Jules Lacave-Fontourcy\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 15 min \nWhere is “home” for queer people who live in a city but grew up rural? This documentary explores the tensions between craving rural life and thriving in urban queer communities while feeling alienated from both. Visually rooted to the land\, this film reflects on what it means to grieve a home which remains but does not welcome us as who we are. \nContent Notes: Discussion of queerphobia\, ableism\, transphobia\, misgendering\, deadnaming\, and trauma. \n  \nA Tight Five Hours\, Dir. Ewan McPherson\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 15 min \nAs the queer comic Ewan McPherson battles his stammer while performing live\, a worker inside his brain tries frantically to prevent the damage caused by negative thoughts by recalling memories of interviews with fellow queer performers and promoters”. \nContent Notes: Discussion of homophobia. \nAccess Notes: Short length distorted imagery. \n  \nHot Young Geek Seeks Bloodsucking Freak\, Dir. Heath Virgoe\, 2024\, United Kingdom\, 12 min \nWhen best friends Max and Ricky find themselves the prey of an angry vampire\, they must ditch their Halloween plans to hide out at home. But when a forgotten pizza delivery shows up\, can they risk letting the driver in? Can they stop arguing with each other? And can Max find the courage to face the one thing worse than death – coming out? \nContent Notes: Discussion of sex\, role-play. Depiction of death. \nAccess Notes: Contains flashing imagery. \n  \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: Just Jackie\, Dir. Michael Lee Richardson\, 2023
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-2024-opening-night-scottish-shorts/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,English language,Films,Live Captioning,Scottish premiere,Shorts
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SUMMARY:From Production to Festival: Crafting Accessible Films with We Crip Film
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\n  \nJoin the British Film Institute’s (BFI) ‘We Crip Film’ in celebrating disabled rage\, intersectionality\, & queer joy in the film industry. Together\, we will go on a journey of giving birth to a film. From production all the way through to film festival aftercare answering the many conundrums “how do I balance access and creativity?”\, “how can I advocate for myself and my access needs?” and of course\, the classic “how the f*** can I make this film accessible when I have zero money?”. Do not fret\, We Crip Film is on the case! \nWe will delve deep into a case study of access-dedicated film festivals\, defining what is and is NOT best practice and discussing the results and impact of FWD-DOC’s film festival accessibility scorecard. \nYou will leave this panel feeling ready to kick some inaccessible ass and be in possession of some incredible practical filmmaking and exhibition resources which will be shared with everyone in attendance. \nJoining on the panel will be: \n\nClare Baines (BFI\, Inclusion Partner) moderator\nCharlie Little (Matchbox Cine\, film exhibition access consultant)\n Lindsey Dryden (filmmaker & fwddoc)\nTara Brown (the queer fat crip film programmer)\n\nWe Crip Film\, is the BFI’s Disability Screen Advisory Group. First formed in 2018 and now in Its sixth year chaired by Kyla Harris (BBC’s We Might Regret This) & co-chaired by Justin Edgar (104films). We support and advocate for authentic disability representation & disabled talent behind the camera\, on-screen\, within our cinemas and UK-wide. We believe in cross-disability solidarity.  We work in coalition with other groups who have experienced marginalisation in accomplishing our goals.  \nThis panel will be followed by some accessible networking. We all know that standing round with some drinks isn’t for everyone\, and often incredibly inaccessible\, so join us in some crip-friendly “networking”. Think wholesome fun\, where you can yap with people on projects and build long-lasting connections & hopefully friendships.  \nCurated by BFI We Crip Film. \n  \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-BSL interpretation for the whole event\nLive Captioning for the whole event\n\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  \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: BFI We Crip Film
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/from-production-to-festival-crafting-accessible-films-with-we-crip-film/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Disability,Discussion,Live Captioning
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