Is it possible to make ‘feminist porn’? By creating and watching pornography that challenges the ingrained sexual stereotypes of the mainstream adult film industry, can we use this sexually radical filmmaking as a kind of weapon? Reversing gender clichés, pushing boundaries, and empowering. And can we get off on that?! Join us for an evening […]
A selection of short films by and about people who are trans, non-binary, and/or intersex. Trans and intersex bodies float under water, clash with western history, and get inked; a trans woman in Turkey builds her own identity whilst reacting to and rejecting that of mainstream media; and a trans guy in Australia buys a […]
Featuring work from the likes of Abigail Child and Kenneth Anger, this provocative programme of experimental shorts explores queerness by way of slippery, internal rhythms, wild embodiment, black leather, and deep dreaming. Join us as we leap into a world of new spaces, future possibilities, and queer critiques of liberal capitalism. Screening with English subtitles. […]
Negotiating dating when you’re genderqueer; the repercussions of modern technology on your sex and love lives; being scared to hold hands in public; trying not to squish the tomatoes you’re balancing whilst doing a waltz; working out if the person you’re snorting drugs with in a club toilet is also gay; and seeing Jesus on […]
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 […]
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. We hope to be joined by a number of the filmmakers after the screening […]
Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) in collaboration with Wotever DIY Film Festival and Bar Wotever presents a selection of shorts from SQIFF's Queer Women in Love season, featuring films by and about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. The line-up includes a range of styles and ideas relating to the theme of love from Barbara […]
A selection of shorts looking at the relationship of LGBTQ+ people to cities. In depicting anonymous cruising, lamenting gentrification, showing cities as a backdrop to loneliness and personal pain, and creating comedy subversion of urban imagery, these films recognise the unique place of queers in the city space. Featuring work by both international and local […]
A young man develops a crush whilst taking part in nighttime escapades involving photographic fantasies. German artist Markus shares thoughts about his online persona, a guy who pees in public, versus his real-life shyness. A British-Indian boy toys with his identity and daydreams about his best friend. Two Arab-American women express themselves through the power […]
This event is now sold out. The return of our feminist shorts featuring women’s voices and perspectives on a range of LGBTQ+ themes. From ‘faux drag’ to lesbian utopias, the role of trans women of colour in gay rights history to the relationship of a queer mum with her own estranged father, experimental musings on […]
