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SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: I\, You\, Her
DESCRIPTION:What would a programme of specifically feminist queer short films look like? We put one together and found the result focusing on relationships – between mothers and daughters\, lesbian and queer romantic and sexual partners\, trans women and cisgender society\, black women and white society\, women and their BDSM desires\, women and masculinity\, and between queers facing each other down over an arm wrestling match! \nEach film in this programme will be entered into an award kindly sponsored by the Centre for Gender and Feminist Studies at Stirling University and voted for by the audience at the end of the screening. \nContent note: discussion of misogyny\, homophobia\, transphobia\, racism\, and sexual violence. \nScreening with English subtitles. \n£5/£4 Conc/Free unemployed and asylum seekers. To book tickets please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’http://cca-glasgow.com/programme/55d34ec19f8e771b14000002′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nFull Programme \nI\, You\, Her (18m) \nDir. Zeynep Oral\, Country: Turkey\, Year: 2012 \nTwo women from Turkey\, Demet and Selma\, explore how to survive in a misogynist and conservative society whilst trans. They refuse to play by patriarchal rules and reflect on the power of religion\, government\, and dominant ideologies\, which impact trans women in their country. \nFU377 (5m) \nDir. Neelu Bhuman\, Country: UK\, Year: 2014 \nThe dignity of queer people in India is under attack through Section 377\, which the Supreme Court recently re-introduced\, re-criminalising ‘gay sex.’ Meanwhile\, an adorable Indian mother is totally down with gay sex and wheels out some choice lines for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. \nWatch trailer for FU377 \n#BlackWomensLivesMatter (4m) \nDir. Xhercis Méndez\, Country: USA\, Year: 2014 \nThe poetic affirmation of #BlackWomensLivesMatter shows us how to transform systemic devaluation. \nCouple Time (6m) \nDir. Selina Robertson\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015 \nA suitcase full of Super 8 memories from Berlin. \nPush Me (25m) \nDir. Tove Pills\, Country: Sweden\, Year: 2014 \nSiri feels frustrated about not daring to do what she wants and dreams about. Her fantasy is to dominate someone else sexually and her best friend Lee is trying to help her get rid of her fears and explore her desires. \nWatch trailer for Push Me \nFemale Masculinity Appreciation Society (12m) \nDir. Angie West and Jackie Nunns\, Country: UK\, Year: 2014 \nThe Female Masculinity Appreciation Society is a gentlemen’s club of sorts. Follow Cookie and Foxy Ven in their quest to reach the arm-wrestling finals\, discover the reason behind Rubyyy’s ginger moustache\, and judge for yourself the winner of best Dapper wear. Filmed at Wotever World in London’s iconic queer pub\, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-i-you-her/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Shorts
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SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland
DESCRIPTION:We present a spectrum of styles and stories\, from melodrama to animated collage\, body hair to wrestling\, and high camp to sobering allegory\, with a selection of short films representing a breadth of filmmaking and LGBTI and queer contexts in Scotland. \nWe hope to be joined by a number of the filmmakers after the screening for a Q&A. Each film in this programme will be entered into an award for Best Scottish Short kindly sponsored by GMAC Film and voted for by the audience at the end of the screening. \nContent note: depiction and discussion of homophobia and transphobia; discussion of suicide. \nScreening with English subtitles. Post-film Q&A will be BSL interpreted. \n£5/£4 Conc/Free unemployed and asylum seekers. To book tickets please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’http://cca-glasgow.com/programme/55d3512817c8e94125000003′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nFull Programme \nMiddle Man (5m) \nDir. Charlie Francis\, Year: 2014 \nIt’s Davie’s first week in the Type2Talk call centre and management has turned up for a surprise inspection. His attempts to impress put him on the spot when he is caught up in a lovers’ spat. \nCatfood (3m) \nDir. Eveliina Honkanen and Radu Tanase\, Year: 2013 \nWhat if we followed our instincts and enjoyed without thinking of social rules? An experimental film dealing with lust. \nHigh Heels Aren’t Compulsory \nDir. Annabel Cooper\, Year: 2015 \nIt’s the first day of a new term for university lecturer Carolyn Mortimer and the first day of her new life as a trans* woman. Dressed to impress in her best make-up and high heels\, Carolyn bravely faces the gauntlet of unsympathetic colleagues and students but when her boss puts her unexpectedly in the firing line of a particularly hostile first year class\, her trademark balance begins to totter. \nVersions (2m) \nDir. Matthew Kennedy\, Year: 2015 \nA film about individual identities and family ties\, Versions takes you through the biological and the unknown using collage and silhouettes. \nErskine (11m) \nDir. Nicole O’Reilly\, Year: 2015 \nAn art film created in Glasgow by local queer artists\, Nicole O’Reilly and Shelby Lafferty. Erskine makes use of visual metaphor to portray the struggle of depression and suicidality that marginalised queer youth often suffer from. Inspired by Nicole’s own experiences as a transgender woman\, along with the experiences of other transgender people within her community. \nHoliday (4m) \nDir. Hayley Jane Dawson\, Year: 2015 \nBefore going on a family holiday\, a woman faces the dilemma of whether or not to shave her legs to please others. Holiday explores the implications of traditional gender expectations of the body. \nThe Space Between (12m) \nDir. Radu Tanase\, Year: 2014 \nAn anxious man waits in his flat for someone he met online for a supposedly no strings sexual encounter. \nCourtship Disorder (5m) \nDir. John Walter\, Year: 2015 \nCourtship Disorder addresses cruising and sexual risk\, in particular around the ‘cottage\,’ a public toilet that is repurposed as a space of sex. Cruising for sex in real space has not disappeared despite the development of online cruising apps. ‘Courtship Disorder’ refers to a controversial term used by sexologists such as John Money to describe a spectrum of human behaviours\, especially in men\, including exhibitionism\, voyeurism\, toucherism\, rubbing\, and sexual assault. \nOn Your Feet\, Woman! (8m) \nDir. Evi Tsiligaridou\, Year: 2014 \nIn a minimal enclosed setting\, two women are wrestling\, or play-fighting. An experimental\, personal approach to the process of relating to one another within space and time through some twisting\, bending\, sliding\, breathing\, expanding\, contracting… A call for openness and celebration of female physical expression. \nLGBTI Community Groups (2m) \nDir. Paul Cameron\, Lucinda Broadbent and Scott Cuthbertson\, Year: 2015 \nA film about the variety and diversity of LGBTI community groups across Scotland. \nDusty Does Dallas (6m) \nDir. Lock Up Your Daughters\, Year: 2014 \nAn ex-porn star is jealous after hearing banging noises coming from her neighbour’s flat. When a postwoman\, pizza delivery boy\, and workman come to her door\, she gets a little bit carried away…
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-queer-scotland/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Shorts
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