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SUMMARY:Closing Film: Dreams in Nightmares - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:🔊 Listen to this Event Page\n        \n    \n  \n**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening. We are operating a waiting list for sold out events on the platform Ticket Tailor\, where we sell our tickets for SQIFF 2025 – please add your name to the waitlist and you’ll be notified by Ticket Tailor if any tickets become available!** \n  \nThree queer black femmes embark on a road trip across the Midwest United States in search of their missing friend. The trio face challenges as they encounter different communities along their journey and this prompts  reflection on the group as friends\, as well as individuals. \nExpect tender friends and lovers\, open country roads and a chance to dream in a world of nightmares. \nThe winner of Best Scottish Shorts will be announced at the end of this event. \nCurated by Nat Lall. \n  \nClick here to book your ticket for this event \nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\, £4\, £8\, £12\, £16\, or £20\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income. 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! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here. \n  \nAccessibility: \nThis programme has: \n\nContent notes: Depiction of alcohol use\, distressing argument scenes\, nudity\, sex. Discussion of racism and transphobia.\nEnglish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for introduction. The interpreter for this event is Sula Brookes.\nLive Captioning for introduction\n\nThis screening is 128 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\, bean bag seating\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\, ticket information and access request. If you are attending with companions and they need seating with you please also let us know. We will provide one free PA ticket for people who require any type of assistance (all tickets are pay what you can). We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of each venue. Thank you for working with us on this.  \nYou can find out more information about accessibility at SQIFF 2025 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2025\, 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  \nSupported by Screen Scotland\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\, all awarding National Lottery funding. \n  \nImage Credit: Dreams in Nightmares\, Dir. Shatara Michelle Ford\, 2024
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/closing-film-dreams-in-nightmares/
LOCATION:The Social Hub\, The Social Hub\, Candleriggs Square\, Glasgow\, G1 1TQ
CATEGORIES:BSL,Descriptive Subtitles,Films,Hearing loop,Live Captioning,People of colour,Polyamory,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200612T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200712T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052400
CREATED:20200613T091255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200613T091255Z
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix & Chill
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nOur shorts programme Sqifflix & Chill\, as the title suggests\, includes a varied bunch of films about romantic love\, its joys\, pain\, and complexities. Sweet stories of intense connection are found in Selina Robertson’s Couple Time and Dickie Heart’s Passengers. Some of the painful and problematic aspects of love and dating are considered in Sam Berliner’s Dating Sucks about seeking love whilst trans\, and Rob Eagle’s Harding & his camera\, which investigates traces of illicit love in archives and the white gaze. Violent and oppressive structures that try to curtail who gets to be with who are the core of Adrian Garcia Gomez’s Mikveh about governments refusing to recognise certain relationships\, and Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi’s Poly Amour\, which decontructs conventional romantic structures. For a dark comedy approach to the madness that sometimes interferes with people’s love life\, Netflix & Chips is about a woman with a hot date who can’t get her chip shop job off her mind. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nCouple Time (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Selina Robertson\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA suitcase full of Super 8 memories from Berlin. \nLanguage/s: English (not spoken) and German\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken English; mostly visual ideas and onscreen text; mix of bright and dark images.\n \nSound design access notes: None\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nDating Sucks: A Genderqueer Misadventure (13m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Sam Berliner\, Country: USA\, Year: 2013\nDating Sucks: A Genderqueer Misadventure is Episode 1 of an animated documentary webseries about the successes\, failures\, and incredible confusion of trying to date as a genderqueer/trans person. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover; bright images. \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex and queerphobia.\n \nMikveh (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Adrian Garcia Gomez\, Country: USA\, Year: 2016\nIn this reinterpretation of the mikveh – a purifying ritual bath performed by Jewish brides about to marry – the filmmaker and his husband’s immersions are disrupted by a government which refuses to recognise their marriage. \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue – just sound effects; quite bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive and repetitive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nHarding & his camera (12m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Rob Eagle\, Country: Palestine\, Israel\, Year: 2017\nAn ambiguous ‘love story’ documentary told through the 1930s archive of a British archaeologist who took a camera on his digs in the British Mandate for Palestine and fell in love with his Bedouin assistant. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of racism.\n \nPoly Amour (7m) (version with audio description integrated) [click here to watch]\nDir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nHow capable are we to love boundlessly? This film explores polyamory\, deconstructing conventional stereotypes of the romantic relationship structure. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and quite bright images. Version with integrated audio description.\n \nSound design access notes: Loud\, abrasive sound effects at start of film. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of anti-polyamory sentiments. \nPassengers (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Dickie Hearts\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA cab driver puts up with a series of irksome hearing passengers before picking up a cute guy more on his wavelength. \nLanguage/s: American Sign Language and English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue\, mostly in ASL with subtitles; mostly bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of ableism. \nNetflix & Chips (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Lock Up Your Daughters\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA woman who works in a chip shop has a hot date but can’t get her job off her mind. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue with lots of visual storytelling; mostly bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of mental health issues.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-chill/
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Deaf,Films,Free event,Gay men,Lesbian,Polyamory,Shorts,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191005T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191005T162000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052400
CREATED:20190828T105901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190905T160758Z
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SUMMARY:Transfinite
DESCRIPTION:Transfinite is a sci-fi omnibus feature film by Neelu Bhuman composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect\, love\, teach\, fight\, and thrive. Most of us have been in situations where we feel completely powerless and deeply frustrated with the unfairness of it all. Sometimes we have lost control of life and sometimes we find a way to use our rage\, resentment\, and frustrations to grow a beautiful garden. In Transfinite\, the protagonists\, like smooth warriors\, choose to find that inner power and use it to transform undesirable situations into desirable ones in a snap. \nScreening with Tomgirl (10m)\, in which a young Filipino boy in Australia gets an enchanting crash-course in his homeland culture. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611622/events/129089656′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilms have English\, Navajo\, Swahili\, Spanish\, Asura (in Japanese)\, and Tagalog audio with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are not very accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with visual storytelling\, minimal dialogue\, and mostly non-English language. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nTickets \nIn order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income\, we use a sliding scale ticket price of £0-£8 for our events. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof / ID\, we just ask that you are honest! Our ticket sales go towards supporting the vital work of LGBTQ+ filmmakers\, artists and organisers. If you have a free ticket and can no longer use it\, please contact the relevant venue box office to let them know so it can be used by someone else. For more info on what you should pay\, click here.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/transfinite/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Feature,Films,Hearing loop,People of colour,Polyamory,Trans,UK premiere
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181207T213000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181207T225500
DTSTAMP:20260426T052400
CREATED:20181025T092715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T154351Z
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SUMMARY:The Wild Search
DESCRIPTION: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. \nScreening 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. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873598310′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nFilms in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilms 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. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access. \nComfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe have a limited travel fund to assist people to come to the Festival for those who could not otherwise afford to attend. If you would like to apply for this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nTickets \nIn order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income\, we use a sliding scale ticket price of £0-£8 for our events. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof / ID\, we just ask that you are honest! Our ticket sales go towards supporting the vital work of LGBTQ+ filmmakers\, artists and organisers. If you have a free ticket and can no longer use it\, please contact the relevant venue box office to let them know so it can be used by someone else. For more info on what you should pay\, click here.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/the-wild-search/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:English language,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Polyamory,Woman director
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171109T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171109T151500
DTSTAMP:20260426T052400
CREATED:20171021T160209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171021T160209Z
UID:8053-1510236000-1510240500@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Presents: Scottish Shorts @ Inverness Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:SQIFF presents a selection of the compelling array of LGBTQ+ filmmaking happening in Scotland. \nA gay man drags his friend into lying to his mother with hilarious results\, a Polish woman gives insights into why she chose to leave her country to move to Edinburgh\, a mother-daughter relationship in the year 2020 proves surprising and a bisexual woman from China explores her identity. \nSeat Price £3. \nTo book tickets visit the Eden Court website\, or call the Box Office on 01463 234 234. \nACCESS: Level access at entrance of Eden Court with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Wheelchair spaces for screening must be booked in advance. English and Polish languages with English captions/subtitles. Audio description available (small amount of non-English dialogue read within AD).
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-presents-scottish-shorts-inverness-film-festival/
LOCATION:Eden Court\, Bishops Road\, Inverness\, IV3 5SA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,Bisexual,Documentary,English language,Films,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Polyamory,Shorts,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171001T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171001T183000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052400
CREATED:20170817T180015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170830T004717Z
UID:7485-1506879000-1506882600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:195 LEWIS Season 1
DESCRIPTION:195 LEWIS is a dramedy series about a group of women navigating the realities of being Black\, queer\, and polyamorous in New York City. Based in Brooklyn\, the series follows Yuri and Camille as they test the boundaries of their open relationship. Yuri’s growing infatuation with a new lover leaves Camille distressed\, which is only amplified by the unexpected arrival of Yuri’s old college friend Kris\, who shows up with nowhere else to stay. Another exciting example of a contemporary web series paving the way for more progressive queer representation. \nACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop. \nTicket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details. \nTo book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873580503/events’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’]
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-195-lewis-season-1/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,English language,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Polyamory,Web series
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171001T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171001T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052400
CREATED:20170817T180038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170926T153436Z
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SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland III
DESCRIPTION:Presenting a selection of the compelling array of queer filmmaking happening in Scotland. A gay man drags his friend into lying to his mother with hilarious results\, a Polish woman gives insights into why she chose to leave her country to move to Edinburgh\, a mother-daughter relationship in the year 2020 proves surprising\, and a bisexual woman from China explores her identity amongst the varied approaches in this showcase. \nWe will to be joined by at least one filmmaker from each featured short film for a Q&A after the screening. \nACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English and Polish languages with English captions/subtitles. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop. Audio description available (small amount of non-English dialogue read within AD). \nTicket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details. \nTo book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873580502/events’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nWhen a Man Loves a Woman (10m)\nDir: Charlie Francis\, Year: 2016\nA comedy about identity\, the lies we tell our mothers\, and the lies we ask our friends to tell our mothers. \nFuego (10m)\nDir: Alice Jane McKinney\, Year: 2017\nFuego is a short documentary following Marta as she returns to her small rural village in Poland\, after leaving in search of a better life. \nAmber Blue (10m)\nDir: Hong Anh Nguyen\, Year: 2017\nWhile cooking a warm stew together\, the relationship between a mother and daughter boils over only to reveal the truth about their peculiar relationship. \nPoly Amour (7m)\nDir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi\, Year: 2016\nHow capable are we to love boundlessly? This film explores polyamory\, deconstructing conventional stereotypes of the romantic relationship structure. \nPull (5m)\nDir: Eleanor Capaldi\, Year: 2016\nPull explores what happens when two people are inexorably drawn to one another. \nA Long Line of Glitter (15m)\nDir: Asten Holmes-Elliott\, Year: 2017\nA short film created by LGBT Age community members and a rare chance to witness the unique perspective of people who have lived through changes we now take for granted. \nFluid (14m)\nDir: Whei Zhou\, Year: 2016\nAn experimental film in which a bisexual woman from China explores her identity. \nJoey (9m)\nDir: Helen Wright\, Year: 2017\nA lesbian sci-fi short about a young woman with telekinetic powers going out on the queer scene for the first time.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-queer-scotland-iii/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,Bisexual,BSL,English language,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,People of colour,Polyamory,Shorts,Trans
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