Are you a filmmaker or thinking of becoming one and don’t know where to start in looking for training and funding? Representatives from some of Scotland’s top filmmaking organisations will be present at this workshop to tell you about what they offer and which opportunities are open to you. Also featuring input and tips from […]
A masterclass with the directors of Spanish documentary, Yes, we fuck!, an unflinching and nuanced exploration of disability and sexual desire. Raúl de la Morena is a filmmaker who produces documentaries with Foro de vida independiente y divertad (Forum for Independent Living and Diversity). Antonio Centeno is a disability rights activist who embarked on Yes, […]
This event is now SOLD OUT. A session led by Vex Ashley, an independent porn producer and performer making work with creative pornography project, Four Chambers. Vex worked as an alt porn model and webcam performer before beginning to make video work in 2013. Self-taught in editing and videography with an emphasis on collaborative DIY practices, […]
This event is now SOLD OUT. Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor is an award-winning filmmaker and director and producer of recent UK web series, Boxx, following two black diasporan, London-based trans artists as they create a documentary about their lives. Participants are invited to submit their ideas for - or work-in-progress - web series before the session. Several […]
In this interactive ‘what-if ’ scenario-based workshop we imagine filmmaking on a planet with extremely limited resources. Through the formulation of ‘solutions’ to this scenario, participants will create the 10 Commandments of ‘SAFE’: Sustainable Arts and Filmmaking Ethics. These will be published and distributed nationwide across filmmaking groups and collectives and will provide the blueprint […]
Beginning with clips from TV and film, we examine how LGBTQ working-class identities have been demonised, patronised, and romanticised onscreen, before considering representation we would like to see in future. We will also think about how cultural venues can be made more welcoming to working-class people. This workshop is for working-class people (background and/or current […]
Award-winning filmmaker Asten Holmes-Elliott, writer and director of shorts James Dean and Citizen M and co-founder of Glasgow-based collective Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking, will examine questions and situations that arise when writing a script with a queer storyline/LGBTQI characters. Suitable for those who would like either feedback on a script already in development or […]
Lasse Långström's films - including Folkbildningsterror and Who Will Fuck Daddy?, both screening in the Festival - are always personal, political, and unlike anything else you're likely to see. Collaborating with groups of friends, his work is always inventive and anarchic - and often really funny as well. In this workshop, Lasse will discuss his […]
Filmmaker, performer, and musician Sky Deep, whose directorial debut Enactone won Best Feature at the 2016 Berlin Porn Film Festival, will lead a workshop investigating body positivity, self-love, and using porn-making as a means of therapy. Demonstrating how she began using her own likeness in music videos before moving on to create Enactone, which she […]
This event is now FULLY BOOKED - sorry for any disappointment. Please see our list of other fabulous free filmmaking workshops taking place during SQIFF 2017. There are also still tickets left for our screening of Catherine's new film, Chavela. Founder and Director of Aubin Pictures, Catherine Gund is an Emmy-nominated producer, director, writer, and […]
