Special Pride hangover Dive In movie! SQIFF is teaming up with DIVE Queer Party in Edinburgh to present a special screening of Dancing in Dulais, a short documentary from 1985 on the watershed alliance between queers and striking Welsh miners. The story depicted was the inspiration for the movie Pride. A mystery feature length film […]
Who killed Marsha P. Johnson? When the beloved, self-described "street queen" of New York’s Christopher Street died in 1992, the NYPD called her death a suicide. Protests erupted but the police remained impassive and refused to investigate. Now, twenty-five years on, documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson examines Marsha’s death and her […]
Evangelical Christians and drag queens collide in the southern, Arkansas town of Eureka Springs, home to both a massive amphitheatre performing the Passion Play every year and a local gay bar with a tradition of gospel-inspired drag. Despite chasms in political and religious viewpoints, the townspeople are universally charming and warm, even whilst battling over […]
This year SQIFF and Porty Pride are partnering to bring an exciting selection of short films from Scotland and beyond to Portobello Town Hall! This screening presents a mix of animation, documentary and fiction film exploring various queer identities. The Singer, Coming Out Autistic and Living with It are Scottish films made by queer […]
