SQIFF

SQIFF Opener: The Misandrists
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Queer film legend Bruce LaBruce’s newest feature dives headlong into the world of the Female Liberation Army hiding out in the heart of Gerwomany. Led by Big Mother, the FLA indoctrinates its young recruits to take up the struggle of freeing all female people through a mix of revolutionary porn-making, songs about taking down the patriarchy, and even a sneaky dancing nun. But does the FLA’s brand of radical feminism hide some darker and more exclusionary beliefs?
We are excited to be joined by director Bruce LaBruce and actor Caprice Crawford for a Q&A after the screening followed by a drinks reception.
Presented in partnership with Goethe Institut Glasgow.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence and real surgical operations, discussion of sexual assault.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Sketches
2017-09-28 13:45 - 14:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A young man gets a job in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse, a cartoonist from Rio de Janeiro draws members of the trans community to help deal with his own issues, the gender and disability politics of toilets are explored, a purifying ritual bath performed by Jewish brides is reinterpreted by two men, a gay guy dissects his family members over an awkward Sunday lunch, and a queer oddball seeks approval from their black peers despite a serious lack of hip-hop credentials. Presenting a spectrum of cute, inventive animated queer shorts from around the world.
We will be joined by filmmaker Carrie Hawks, director of black enuf*, for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: animated depiction of self-harming, mention of suicide, brief, covert reference to bloodplay.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Tailor (10m)
Dir: Cala dos Anjas, Country: Brazil, Year: 2017
Tailor is a young cartoonist from Rio de Janeiro who started drawing cartoons to express issues around being trans he was facing and tell the stories of other transgender people.
Mikveh (6m)
Dir: Adrian Garcia Gomez, Country: USA, Year: 2016
In 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.
Sunday Lunch (13m)
Dir: Celine Devaux, Country: France, Year: 2015
Jean is at a Sunday brunch observing his infuriating extended family whom he tries to love despite their endlessly frustrating behaviour.
The Night Cleaner (5m)
Dir: Blair Fukumura, Country: Canada, Year: 2016
As the night cleaner in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse, Travis has his work cut out for him. With good humour he shyly takes us on an amusing and sometimes harrowing tour through his nightly duties.
The Toilet (3m)
Dir: David Moore, Country: UK, Year: 2017
An animated short resulting from a cross-disciplinary, arts-based research project at Sheffield Hallam University exploring the toilet as a place of exclusion and belonging.
black enuf* (22m)
Dir: Carrie Hawks, Country: USA, Year: 2016
A queer oddball seeks approval from their black peers despite a serious lack of hip-hop credentials and a family that ‘talks white.’ This animated documentary takes you on a quest for belonging.

ATOPOS, generi teatranti
2017-09-28 18:00 - 19:20 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Atopos Compagnia Teatrale is an Italian theatre company bringing together professional and non-professional actors, both trans- and cisgender. This documentary is about their experiences in the creation of Atopos’ flagship production, Human Variables. The film describes reality through chronicling the making of a play, a conventionally fictitious endeavour. Human Variables is a show that builds on the real life experiences of the actors appearing on stage, ready to lay themselves bare at the same time as putting on a costume. A story of the eternal dialectic between actor and character, truth and fiction, life and theatre.
Director Alberto Amoretti and cinematographer Giovanni Hänninen of ATOPOS will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Italian language with English subtitles. Hearing loop.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Queer Revolution: Folkbildningsterror
2017-09-28 20:30 - 22:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Imagine a queer anarchist punk musical in which a gang full of genderqueer and non-binary people set out to kidnap Michael Gove and the manager from your local Jobcentre, before setting all the animals free from Edinburgh Zoo. Well this is that, except set in Sweden. Folkbildningsterror is about taking on the neoliberal state with a bunch of catchy tunes about zombie sisterhood and non-payment of bus fares. Featuring Ronald McDonald being beaten the crap out of by a leftist rabbit. Come and hear the angels of trans liberation!
Director Lasse Långström will be present for a Q&A after the screening.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Swedish and Danish languages with English subtitles. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Content note: depiction of comedy violence.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

A Womb of Their Own
2017-09-28 20:45 - 22:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
How do people who don’t experience themselves as simply female or male handle a culture that offers only these two identities? A Womb of Their Own introduces a charismatic, funny, thoughtful group of masculine-of-centre-identified people who go through pregnancy. Each individual and couple navigates gender expectations – coming even from within the LGBT community – that don’t fit them. Follow their stories as they establish their own gender, develop their definition of family, grow a baby in their bodies, and birth, chestfeed, and parent their children as non-binary masculine people.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: The Gayz
2017-09-29 13:45 - 14:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
‘The gaze’ is a term used in visual media to mean the way viewers look at images and onscreen characters look at each other, traditionally in critique of male-centred and patriarchal movie-making. So what happens when the act of looking in films is queered? Featuring Campbell X’s new experimental short, DES!RE, foregrounding lust for masc AFAB people, The Naked Body, in which a director documents how people relate to nudity and their own body, Leg, Arm, Head, depicting a highly controlled dancer exploring her identity, and Harding & his camera, an ambiguous ‘love story’ told through the 1930s archive of a British archaeologist in Palestine.
Rob Eagle, director of Harding & his camera will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

DES!RE (9m)
Dir: Campbell X, Country: UK, Year: 2017
An experimental film exploring desire for transmasculine, butch, stud, and masculine of centre (MOC) people assigned female at birth.
The Naked Body (23m)
Dir: Diego Carvalho Sá, Country: Brazil, Year: 2016
In this hybrid of documentary and fiction a director documents how people relate to nudity and their own body. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the director gets involved with one of his subjects.
Leg, Arm, Head (11m)
Dir: Scout Stuart, Country: UK, Year: 2016
A highly controlled dancer moves away from the discipline and uniformity of ballet to explore her own identity.
Harding & his camera (12m)
Dir: Rob Eagle, Country: UK, Palestine, Israel, Year: 2017
An 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.

Feminist Porn Night III
2017-09-29 21:00 - 23:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
After suffering a wrongful death in 1914, former US slave Marie Scott – now a vampire – got a second chance at living to gain vengeance and live forever. This type of life comes with a price, though, and like everyone else, Marie must pay. Can she resist the most prime orgasmic blood in her quest toward becoming the next lair mistress? Enactone is a provocative glimpse into queer, erotic vampiric rituals by filmmaker Sky Deep. Screening alongside The 36-year-old Virgin, a coming-of-middle-age sex documentary in which trans masculine Skyler explores his long-standing fantasy of penetrative sex with a cis man.
We will be joined after the screening for a Q&A with director and star of Enactone, Sky Deep.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop. BSL interpretation for Q&A.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Switching Teams
2017-09-30 13:15 - 14:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A trans woman is pursued by a charming cis man who is not the kind individual he first seems. A trans skater from Sheffield switches roller derby teams in order to live more authentically. A teenager and their traditionally-minded father struggle to find common ground after the former starts questioning their gender identity in rural Ireland. And a young man in Hong Kong documents his personal journey through conversations with family, friends, and God as he connects with his inner self. A variety of stories surveying the trans experience.
Taylor Le Fín and Becki McKechnie, filmmakers of Switching Teams, will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence and sexual assault, discussion of suicidal feelings.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Almost Saw The Sunshine (30m)
Dir: Leon Lopez, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Rachel is a young transgender woman. After a series of coincidental encounters with a handsome man, she impulsively takes a chance on a one night stand that ends in tragedy.
Switching Teams (15m)
Dir: Taylor Le Fín, Country: UK, Year: 2016
We follow the experience of a Trans skater from Sheffield, and see that switching teams is just the shift needed towards a future of living authentically. The film explores gender inclusivity in sports and highlights the Roller Derby community as an actively progressive model for the future of Trans inclusion.
Between Us (10m)
Dir: Daithí Ó Cinnéide, Country: Ireland, Year: 2016
A teenager and their traditionally-minded father struggle to find common ground after the former starts questioning their gender identity in rural Ireland.
Kaspar X: If I Had a Soul (24m)
Dir: Kaspar Wan, Country: Hong Kong, Year: 2015
Kaspar has aspired to become a man since childhood. He struggles with his mental health and relationship with God but his friends and family respond to his transition with love and support.

Sad Girl Cinema
2017-09-30 16:30 - 18:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Sad Girl Cinema is an ongoing documentary film project exploring mental health narratives in screen culture created by queer writers Claire Biddles and Bethany Rose Lamont and designed by Maggie Webster. Sorted into three themes: therapy, the mental health ward, and tortured geniuses and tragic muses, SGC navigates a whole bunch of pop cultural clichés in film, television, and music videos. For SQIFF, SGC presents a selection of clips exploring these themes through a queer lens, plus a first look at the documentary and a panel discussion on the intersection of mental health and LGBTQ+ identity on screen.
In partnership with LGBT Health and Wellbeing.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion and depiction of mental health issues and therapy.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Document Presents: FREE CeCe!
2017-10-01 13:00 - 14:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
On her way to the store with a group of friends, trans woman Chrishaun Reed “CeCe” McDonald was brutally attacked and in defending her life, a man was killed. After a coercive interrogation, CeCe was incarcerated in a men’s prison in Minnesota. An international campaign to free CeCe garnered significant support from media and activists, including actress Laverne Cox. Cox signed on as executive producer of FREE CeCe!, committed to exploring the role race, class, and gender played in the case. In the end, CeCe emerged not only as a survivor but also as a leader.
Followed by a discussion with Chryssy Hunter from Bent Bars Project, a letter writing scheme for LGBTQ+ people in prison in the UK. Presented in partnership with Document, Glasgow’s International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion of violence.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland III
2017-10-01 15:30 - 17:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
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.
We will to be joined by at least one filmmaker from each featured short film for a Q&A after the screening.
ACCESS: 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).
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

When a Man Loves a Woman (10m)
Dir: Charlie Francis, Year: 2016
A comedy about identity, the lies we tell our mothers, and the lies we ask our friends to tell our mothers.
Fuego (10m)
Dir: Alice Jane McKinney, Year: 2017
Fuego is a short documentary following Marta as she returns to her small rural village in Poland, after leaving in search of a better life.
Amber Blue (10m)
Dir: Hong Anh Nguyen, Year: 2017
While cooking a warm stew together, the relationship between a mother and daughter boils over only to reveal the truth about their peculiar relationship.
Poly Amour (7m)
Dir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi, Year: 2016
How capable are we to love boundlessly? This film explores polyamory, deconstructing conventional stereotypes of the romantic relationship structure.
Pull (5m)
Dir: Eleanor Capaldi, Year: 2016
Pull explores what happens when two people are inexorably drawn to one another.
A Long Line of Glitter (15m)
Dir: Asten Holmes-Elliott, Year: 2017
A 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.
Fluid (14m)
Dir: Whei Zhou, Year: 2016
An experimental film in which a bisexual woman from China explores her identity.
Joey (9m)
Dir: Helen Wright, Year: 2017
A lesbian sci-fi short about a young woman with telekinetic powers going out on the queer scene for the first time.

SQIFF Shorts: Look at Me
2017-10-01 18:45 - 20:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Technological LGBTQ+ themes are probed in this cyber-collection of shorts. Featuring a DIY documentary about queer and trans bodies and online self-representation, trans people talking about how they have actively used videogames to explore their gender, a gay man programming his very own virtual world – a campy safe haven – in a dystopian future of surveillance and work, and a man discovering he has HIV and deciding to share the news via digital forums.
Marco Alessi, co-director of Look at Me, will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket 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.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Skeleton in a Beret (7m)
Dir: Mabz Beet, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Two trans people talk about how they have actively used videogames as part of how they explore not just their gender, but their skills, self-confidence, and self-expression.
In deiner Haut (28m)
Dir: Daniel Kulle, Country: Germany, Year: 2016
In a dystopian future world of surveillance and work, Max compensates for his isolation by programming his very own virtual world, a campy safe haven.
Look at Me (20m)
Dir: Marco Alessi and Patrick G. Lee, Country: UK, USA, Year: 2017
Look at Me is a mixed-format short documentary about queer and trans bodies and online self-representation. It is DIY labour of love made by a host of queer filmmakers and collaborators in London.
Event Horizon (15m)
Dir: Gil Baroni, Country: Brazil, Year: 2016
Gabriel discovers he has HIV and decides to share the news via digital forums.

Trans Filmmaking Course SOLD OUT
2017-10-21 10:00 - 2017-10-29 17:00 | Various Glasgow.
**THIS YEAR’S FILMMAKING COURSE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED**
Various venues in Glasgow, 21st/22nd/28th/29th October, FREE.
A course taking place over 2 weekends designed for trans, non-binary, and intersex people to come together and create a short film. Learn about the process of filmmaking including coming up with an idea, writing a script, shooting, and editing. Led by experienced tutors Kate Burton and Asten Holmes-Elliott and suitable for beginners and those with a small amount of filmmaking experience.
In partnership with Scottish Trans Alliance, an organisation working to improve gender identity and gender reassignment equality, rights, and inclusion.
Travel and accommodation costs available. Open to anyone who identifies as trans, non-binary, or intersex who is living in Scotland. Ages 18+ only.
ACCESS: Please let us know when applying if you have any access needs and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
To apply to take part, click the button below.

SQIFF Presents: Scottish Shorts @ Inverness Film Festival
2017-11-09 14:00 - 15:15 | Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA, United Kingdom
SQIFF presents a selection of the compelling array of LGBTQ+ 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.
Seat Price £3.
To book tickets visit the Eden Court website, or call the Box Office on 01463 234 234.
ACCESS: 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).

Rainbow Families on Film
2018-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Outside the Box, Rainbow Families, and SQIFF team up to present an evening of short films plus discussion on the theme of LGBTQ+ families. We’ll be thinking about being an LGBTQ+ parent or guardian as well as how LGBTQ+ children relate to their families. Films include Vicky Du’s Gaysians, in which queer and trans Asian-Americans explore their family relationships, Where We Are Now about a bisexual woman and her trans parent, Take Your Partners, featuring gender non-conforming kid Ollie, plus more! Refreshments will also be available.
**ACCESS**
CCA has level access at its entrance at the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Scott Street with the event taking place in the ground floor Cinema. Accessible and gender neutral toilets available. All films are in the English language and also screen with English language subtitles or captions. If you would like to attend the event and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please let us know and we’ll book this for you. For more venue access details, see CCA’s access statement.
FREE event open to all ages. To book, please use the button below.

LGBT History Month 2018 at An Lanntair
2018-02-02 20:30 - 2018-02-19 20:00 | An Lanntair, 55 Kenneth St, Stornoway, HS1 2DS
We are very happy to again be supporting screenings as part of LGBT History Month 2018 at An Lanntair on Lewis!
Call Me By Your Name (15) – Friday 2nd Feb, 8.30pm and Saturday 3rd Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7)
The Children’s Hour (12A) – Thursday 8th Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7/4.50)
God’s Own Country (15) – Tuesday 13th Feb, 7pm in the Auditorium (£7)
Tomboy (U) – Monday 19th Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7/4.50)
ACCESS: An Lanntair has level access to all public areas (box office, certain area of the auditorium, shop, gallery, bar and restaurant), ramps where required, lifts, disabled toilets, induction loops and disabled seating in the auditorium. For more information, please read our Access Statement.
For bookings visit www.lanntair.com or call on 01851 708480.
To reserve and purchase the allocated disabled seating in our auditorium please call 01851 708480.

SQIFF Presents: By Hook or By Crook + Unhung Heroes
2018-04-15 19:00 - 21:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
By Hook or By Crook (2001) chronicles 3 weeks in the life of a handsome, small-town trans man with a nagging messiah-complex. Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a life of crime and meets Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for his birthmother. The 2 freaky grifters join forces and get up to misadventures in this anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
Screening alongside Unhung Heroes (2002), a short comedy about five trans guys who scheme to raise over a million dollars for a penis transplant. Lazlo Pearlman, film and performance maker, academic, and director of Unhung Heroes, will join us to chat DIY queer and trans filmmaking.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Both films are in the English language with English language subtitles or captions. The post-film chat will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available.
Ticket 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 Glasgow Zine Fest’s ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

An Unashamed Claim to Visibility
2018-04-26 19:00 - 21:15 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
As queer communities strive to embrace intersectional politics, those with a disability or functional diversity are often left behind. This programme presents an exciting selection of work by and about functionally diverse filmmakers exploring the intersections of queerness and disability. Followed by a discussion with guest speakers to be announced.
Ages 18+ only.
Content note: discussion of violence, including sexual violence.
Ticket prices are on a sliding scale. Choose between free, £2, £4, £6, or £8 depending on what you can afford. No proof of your situation will be asked for. To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

EVENT SCHEDULE
6.45pm – doors to Theatre open
7pm – event starts, short introduction from host followed by short films (81 minutes running time)
8.30pm – access break
8.45pm – discussion
9.15pm – event ends
ACCESS
– venue has level access at Sauchiehall Street entrance with Theatre on 1st floor accessible via a lift
– accessible and gender neutral bathrooms on ground, 1st, and 2nd floors
(Please note there is currently redevelopment on Sauchiehall Street meaning some disruption to accessing the main doors – contact the venue on 0141 352 4900 or dutymanagers@cca-glasgow.com if you have any questions about this)
– closest blue badge spaces to CCA are currently on Blythswood Square when approaching from Douglas Street or West George Street
– detailed venue access information can be found here: http://cca-glasgow.com/about-cca/access-statement
– we have a limited fund to assist with travel for those who require this for any reason to be able to attend
– large print versions of handouts available
– films mostly in English language with one film in German language
– audio description for films available – please ask for a headset at CCA box office when you arrive
– films have English language captions or subtitles
– hearing loop at box office and in the Theatre
– BSL interpreter for introduction and discussion
– limited comfy seating (beanbags at front of Theatre) available
– Theatre will be no more than two thirds full of people
– relaxed event with people welcome to make noise and move around
To request travel costs, book a beanbag or a seat in the front row or if you have any questions about access, please contact Helen on helen@sqiff.org or by calling or texting 07735 273 245 (if calling, please do so Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm). SQIFF volunteers will be available during the event if you have any questions or anything we can help you with.
Part of a Queer Film Network (QFN) tour. QFN is a strategic Film Hub Wales project and receives support from the BFI Film Audience Network.

Stirling Uni LGBTQ+ Society presents: SQIFF 2018 Shorts
2018-11-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Cottrell 2V1, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
LGBTQ+ and AirTV are bringing SQIFF to Stirling. We will be screening a selection of shorts from the upcoming SQIFF 2018 programme followed by a Q&A with Michael Richardson, writer of My Loneliness is Killing Me, and SQIFF’s Coordinator, Helen Wright.
All are invited to come along, take in the incredible films and have an opportunity to ask a few of your own questions (so start writing them down now)
This is a free, unticketed event taking place in Cottrell 2V1 at Stirling University.

ACCESS
Films are in a variety of languages with English language subtitles and captions.
Large print versions of handouts available.
Cottrell 2V1 has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for a disabled access map of Stirling University Campus.
We 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.

A Fantastic Woman at An Lanntair
2018-11-23 20:00 - 22:00 | An Lanntair, 55 Kenneth St, Stornoway, HS1 2DS
Marina (Daniela Vega) is planning a future with her boyfriend Orlando (Francisco Reyes) when he suddenly becomes ill and passes away. She is devastated and immediately feels the sting of discrimination as a transgender woman when hospital staff and Orlando’s ex-wife and son challenge her right to grieve and the viability of her lost relationship. Marina is defiant in the face of oppression, though, as the film follows her around with stunning fantasy set pieces revealing her inner life. Lead actor Daniela Vega collaborated with director Sebastián Lelio on the script to bring an authentic trans experience to the story. As a result, A Fantastic Woman represents a positive leap in representation of trans women in cinema.
Introduced by SQIFF Festival Coordinator, Helen Wright.
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book, please use the button below.

ACCESS
Film is in the Spanish language with English language subtitles/captions.
Large print versions of handouts available.
An Lanntair has good access for wheelchair users. lease email access@sqiff.org for more details on venue access.
We 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.

SQIFF Schools: Out (CCA)
2018-12-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
So much of young people’s experience of sexual and gender identity in the present day comes via the internet. However, the old pain and awkwardness of ‘coming out’ to friends and family remains the same. This new documentary from French director Denis Parrot combines the phenomenon of online queer culture with the intimacy of young people’s revelations about themselves. Out presents a collection of compelling videos posted online by young LGBTQ+ people, showing us their experience of telling loved ones about their identity.
Followed by a discussion hosted by LGBT Youth Scotland about the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people communicating their identity to family and friends and finding acceptance. The event is kindly sponsored by LGBT Youth Scotland.
This event is free and only open to schools. The film and discussion are suitable for S1-6. Please email helen@sqiff.org to book spaces.

ACCESS
Film mostly in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film relies on visual material to convey ideas but has a lot of voiceover and commentary, so is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.

Sidney & Friends
2018-12-06 12:30 - 14:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A heartfelt exploration of the hopes, dreams, and everyday reality of a group of intersex and transgender friends fighting to survive on the edge of Kenyan society. Join Sidney and his new friends as they share what it is like to grow up and live as a gender minority in a region known for prejudice and discrimination against its LGBTI population. Filmed over three years, the protagonists reveal the secrets of their struggles with poignancy and sometimes also humour. The premise is simple; it’s about gender, friendship…and love.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Film in English and Swahili languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film relies on visual material to convey ideas and non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Bixa Travesty (Tranny Fag)
2018-12-06 15:00 - 16:15 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
The rock documentary and political manifesto Bixa Travesty depicts the life of Brazilian musician and spoken word artist Linn da Quebrada, a self-proclaimed ‘tranny fag,’ who uses her body and music as weapons to fight machismo, transphobia, racism, and conformity. Quebrada and performance partner Jup do Bairro speak candidly from their lived experience as queers of colour growing up in the favelas of São Paulo, and the challenges of breaking into the country’s heteronormative funk scene.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Film in Portuguese language with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film relies on visual material to convey ideas and non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

SQIFF Shorts: Overcome
2018-12-06 15:30 - 16:50 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Strong narratives of queer characters who are occasionally overcome but mostly do the overcoming are contained in this programme of gutsy shorts. A trans man is bullied when his gender is outed at a new workplace, a queer woman faces homophobic banter at her hair salon, a trans woman visits the family home after her mother’s death and struggles with revealing her true self, as another trans woman searches for love and community after moving to Berlin from San Francisco. Each protagonist uses courage and determination to express themselves and survive.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in English, German, and Chinese languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas and two out of four films are non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

MATHIAS (30m)
Dir: Clara Stern, Year: 2017
Mathias is transgender. Although he is more than sure about his decision to live as a man, he still has to find his way in his new identity and especially in his new job. And also his relationship with his girlfriend seems to have changed due to the transition.
Ladies Day (9m)
Dir. Abena Taylor-Smith, Year: 2018
Amma arrives at her hair salon, having fallen out with her girlfriend, Jade. Inside, she is greeted like an old friend. But when the conversation suddenly turns homophobic, Amma has a difficult decision to make: stay silent, or stick up for herself…
Sunken Plum (20m)
Dir. Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi, Year: 2017
Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin, informing her that the mother has died. As the only “son”, she feels obligated to return to her birthplace for the sake of her family, even though she’ll have to hide her true self from those that once shared her past.
Alyha Love (19m)
Dir. Savio Debernardis, Year: 2017
Alyha Love is a walking contradiction, a typical child of the generation Y. Her life oscillates between her passions and others’ expectations, between the search for love and the struggle to feel completely herself. In her journey, she overcomes geographical and gender barriers to land in Berlin, where, surrounded by like-minded people, she tries to find herself without getting lost.

SQIFF Shorts: Floofy Friends
2018-12-06 20:45 - 22:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Indulging our obsession with cutesy animals, we present a gay goldfish, genderqueer spotted hyena, an affair between a dorky fox and a hunky wolf, and a somewhat unfortunate cat. This selection of shorts reflects on the non-human as allegories for our own queer lives, mediators of family discord, and source of philosophical contemplation of race, gender, and the human condition. Please note that although we have used the word ‘floofy’ in the title, the programme contains violence enacted both by and on the animal protagonists. Vegetarians and vegans in particular should view with caution.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in Greek, English, and Swedish languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas and the majority are non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Goldfish (14m)
Dir: Yorgos Angelopoulos, Year: 2017
A young boy thinks his new goldfish is gay, much to the horror of his conservative father.
did you know? (7m)
Dir. Lynn Kim, Year: 2018
An exploration in shared sites of queerness and sexuality between the spotted hyena and myself.
Manivald (13m)
Dir. Chintis Lundgren, Year: 2017
Manivald, a fox, is turning 33. Overeducated, unemployed, and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother. It is an easy life, but not a good one. This unhealthy co-dependence changes when the washing machine breaks down and Toomas, a sexy wolf repairman, arrives to fix it, and them.
Swedish Candy, Some Violence and a Bit of Cat (45m)
Dir. Ester Martin Bergsmark, Year: 2018
An existential sugar shock which takes us on a fun, candy-filled roller-coaster ride between cruel violence and extreme cuteness – which prove to be disturbingly close together.

SQIFF Shorts: Weird and Wild
2018-12-07 15:00 - 16:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
An encounter with a strange funeral procession in Bethnal Green, a family losing the plot after meeting their son’s trans girlfriend, a middle-aged gay man seemingly eerily affected by a forest camping trip, and queer feminist gangs doing battle in a violent, dystopian present. Weird and Wild consists of work by filmmakers expert in creating tense atmospheres and queer moods whilst recounting their gripping tall tales.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in English, French, and Norwegian languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas and two out of four films are non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

The Brother (4m)
Dir: Kai Fi’ain, Year: 2018
On a bleary eyed morning in Bethnal Green, you never know who you might bump into.
Calamity (22m)
Dir. Séverine De Streyker & Maxime Feyers, Year: 2017
France meets her son’s girlfriend for the first time. She loses control…
Skogen (The Forest) (20m)
Dir. Magnus Mork, Year: 2018
A middle aged couple is tenting in a forest. Bjørn seems more used to the setting than Lars, but they are both influenced by the nature. Surrounded by the trees they talk about big and small questions in life. A lovestory.
Swarm of Selenium (23m)
Dir. Maude Matton & SJ Rahatoka, Year: 2018
In the surreal dystopian present, two queer feminist crews cohabit the shells of an abandoned malt factory. As a troubling pattern begins to emerge from their mouths in the form of shattered glass, all are shaken, but some are hit harder than others. Through dance, visual work, and anti-work, they merge forces to try to care for one another and combat the insidious violent process which seems to increasingly come from within.

SQIFF Shorts: Queer Arab Lives
2018-12-07 15:30 - 16:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A series of shorts that reveal the social intricacies of queer Arab life. Nazem, a genderqueer Egyptian-Iraqi drag-queen, prepares for a performance informed by childhood memories of her mother. A lesbian woman from Lebanon takes a fairground ride with her friends where their conversation turns to sex, relationships, and desire. And a Syrian trans woman navigates everyday life in 90s Beirut.
Curated by Samar Ziadat in partnership with Dardishi, a zine and Festival of Arab womxn’s art.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in Arabic, English, and French languages with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas and are majority non-English language, so less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Three Centimetres (9m)
Dir: Lara Zeidan, Year: 2018
In the oldest fun park of Beirut, four young female friends go on a Ferris Wheel ride. During this claustrophobic open-air journey, they touch on intimate subjects, from making best use of three centimetres to Joanna’s recent breakup. However, Suzie’s breakup advice leads to an unexpected confession.
RUN(A)WAY ARAB (12m)
Dir. Amrou Al-Khadi, Year: 2017
Nazeem is a 26 year old Middle Eastern drag queen who names herself QUEEN ZA DREAM – she is preparing for a show with the utmost gravity, with an outfit evocative of an Egyptian deity.  Interwoven with this is the story of Nazeem as a genderqueer 8 year-old boy, and the close bond he has with his Iraqi-Egyptian mother, Halima. Whilst flamboyant and in many ways a drag queen herself on the surface, Halima is governed by the strict expectations of gender in Arab society.
Cinema Fouad (41m)
Dir. Mohamed Soueid, Year: 1994
Khaled, a Syrian transgender migrant dreams of undergoing gender transition surgery. While trying to make a living from various menial jobs, she falls in love with a Palestinian freedom fighter and joins his resistance. Gently, compassionately, Cinema Fouad draws a portrait of Khaled and introduces the viewer to one of Beirut’s rarely seen netherworlds.

East Asia Focus: Until Rainbow Dawn
2018-12-08 12:30 - 13:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
After meeting at their Deaf school in Central Japan, Hana and Ayumi become close friends, and quickly fall in love. But when Hana comes out to her parents, they throw her out of the house. Ayumi takes Hana along to a queer Deaf meetup in Tokyo, where they meet and befriend a supportive group of trans, gay and lesbian Deaf people who tell them their own personal stories. Made by a majority Deaf cast and crew, Until Rainbow Dawn is a remarkable, authentic story of queer Deaf Japanese culture.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in Japanese and Japanese sign languages with simultaneous Japanese and English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available.
Film relies a lot on visual material to convey ideas and uses almost all Japanese sign language, so is less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

DESIRES AND RESISTANCE | UNEARTHING TRANS LEGACIES
2018-12-08 15:00 - 16:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Anonymous sexual encounters and flirtations with the camera, dress-up with Flawless Sabrina, and a night at the Stonewall Inn with Marsha P. Johnson: this programme proposes alternative modes of retrieving and disseminating a trans* past through an erotic gaze. Addressing an erasure of trans* legacies, these works place trans* sexual expression and resistances in conversation with a non-linear idea of history that is both real and fabricated, defiantly looking toward a future of pleasure, play, and beauty.
Curated and presented by Finn Paul in partnership with Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival in LA.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in the English language with English language subtitles/captions. The introduction will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available.
Films rely on visual material to convey ideas, so are less accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

Outlaw – Excerpt – first 16 min (16m)
Dir: Alisa Lebow, Year: 1994
Leslie Feinberg, a self-identified “gender outlaw” who has spent much of zir life passing as a man, speaks with passion and intelligence about zir exp…
St Pel (16m)
Dir. Jason Barker, Year: 1998
Interviews with 5 friends and the queer retelling of a story of a medieval saint.

FlyHole (6m)
Dir. Malic Amalya, Year: 2017
FlyHole tells the story of a housefly who transitions into a man in order to cruise gay bars. Text and images are appropriated from the March 1985 issue of the adult, gay digest magazine, Manscape, including illustrations by Mike Kuchar.
She Whose Blood is Clotting My Underwear (3m)
Dir. Vika Kirchenbauer, Year: 2016
Made for the performance project Cool For You, this video follows an artist’s research on thermal vision and the enhanced gazes of modern warfare. She uses these technical means to discuss intimacy and the body.
At Least You Know You Exist (16m)
Dir: Zackary Drucker, Year: 2011
Made in collaboration with New York performer and drag queen Flawless Sabrina, the film At Least You Know You Exist explores the interaction between two artists of different ages.
First Love (5m)
Dir. Alec Butler, Year: 2002
Our trans/2spirit/intersex hero Alick takes a walk in the birch grove with Kay, the high school siren, the girl of their dreams, things get hot and wet, melting hearts and the cold snow of the Canadian landscape.
beside the water, 1999-2003 (12m)
Dir. Finn Paul, Year: 2018
In this provocative video essay, queer artist Finn Paul mixes up sexual discovery, community formation and the isolation of desert landscapes in a collection of erotic snapshots.
Mighty Real (3m)
Dir. Vicente Ugartechea, Year: 2018
A young trans person embodies confidence and power in this cross-generational sexual encounter.
Happy Birthday, Marsha! (14m)
Dir. Reina Gossett and Sasha Wortzel, Year: 2016
Happy Birthday, Marsha! is a fictional short film that imagines transgender rights pioneers Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in the hours leading to the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. The film stars Mya Taylor as Marsha P. Johnson.

SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland
2018-12-08 15:30 - 17:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Our 2018 Scottish shorts programme contains another exciting range of work by and about LGBTQ+ people and communities within our (un)fair land. Among the imagery and themes included are the search for community and intimacy, trans embodiment, anti-queer conditioning, erotic fantasies in rural landscapes, lost love, spinsterhood, tarot cards, crayfish, and witches! Featuring a spectrum of narrative and experimental styles encompassing melodrama, film-poetry, animation, collective filmmaking, documentary, and diaristic footage.
We hope to be joined by a number of the filmmakers for a Q&A.
Tickets 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.

ACCESS
Films in English, Scottish Gaelic, and British sign languages with English language subtitles/captions. The Q&A will be BSL interpreted. Hearing loop available.
A mixture of film styles with around half relying on visual material to convey ideas and half conveying ideas via dialogue or voiceover. The large majority of films are English language. So, the screening is relatively accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences. Large print versions of handouts available.
CCA has good access for wheelchair users. Click here for more details on venue access.
Comfy seating (bean bags) available. If you would like to reserve this, please contact access@sqiff.org.
We 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.
Tickets
In 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.

My Loneliness is Killing Me (16m)
Dir: Tim Courtney, Year: 2018
A young genderqueer individual searches for community and intimacy, uncovering an unexpected sexual and emotional connection within the darker edges of the nocturnal metropolis.
These Are My Hands (8m)
Dir. Evi Tsiligaridou, Year: 2018
These Are My Hands is a short documentary film-poem written and performed by radical British playwright, Jo Clifford. It is a deeply moving, personal account of transgender embodiment in a lifetime, speaking of wounds, challenges, victories, and the journey towards self-empowerment. The poet’s voice is embraced by a lyrical, mesmerising soundtrack and together with the graceful and intimate visuals composes a profoundly tender piece.
Enid & Valerie (2m)
Dir. Matthew Kennedy, Year: 2018
Enid & Valerie is a short film about a lone spinster named Valerie. Here we venture in to her dreams, where she meets Enid (a witch). Could this be the start of an unlikely friendship?
Long Lost Lover (5m)
Dir. Sandra Alland & Ania Urbanowska, Year: 2017
Bisexual deaf poet, Bea Webster, performs a poem in British Sign Language about her return to Thailand. Poem in English and BSL by Bea Webster; reading of poem by K. Yvonne Strain. Part of Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back (Nine Arches Press, 2017), edited by Sandra Alland, Khairani Barokka and Daniel Sluman.
HEARTS (8m)
Dir. Nas Saraei, Year: 2018
Sarah, a lost and stuck in a rut 20-something, ponders and reflects on love in Edinburgh, after losing the ‘one’ she thought was the ‘one’.
Pouring On House (10m)
Dir. Conor Baird, Year: 2018
Pouring On House engages with the gradual event of leaving a longtime family home. This strange grief is caught between the familiarity and fascination of interiors and the surrounding suburban sites. Throughout, a body surveys potential presences of contamination whilst coming to realise a disorientating hopelessness felt from ongoing anti-queer conditioning.
Submerged Village (21m)
Dir. Andrew Black, Year: 2017
Expanding on elements of Pamela Colman Smith’s drawing for The Moon tarot card – two dogs, a freshwater crayfish, a pool of water, a mountainous landscape – Submerged Village takes discrete moments at rural locations in Yorkshire and the West coast of Scotland and claims them as queer experiences.
