As part of LGBT History Month Scotland, we present a lovingly-curated selection of indie, punk, and DIY lesbian shorts from across half a century of filmmaking, featuring known names and unsung (s)heroes alike. Ranging from the hilarious to the experimental, the programme features a rare screening of Caroline Sheldon's witty and subversive 17 Rooms (Or […]
SQIFF and Hidden Door collaborate to bring you a lovingly curated programme of shorts exploring queer notions of rebirth to consider how we (re)construct, navigate and negotiate our queer identities. From captivating, tender animations to the provocative, exciting, experimental, this selection of short films showcases some SQIFF favourites made by queer people about queer people! […]
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 […]
Be the first to get your hands on the SQIFF 2017 programme and find out what we have in store for this year's Festival! Alongside launching our programme, we are hosting a big queer pub quiz. Know your Tangerine from your Tomboy? Your Bound from your Brokeback Mountain? Join SQIFF's own Mädchen in Uniform Alice […]
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 […]
Hedi is the new neighbour of Iva, who is raising her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love. However, when Iva's estranged father appears, Hedi is strongly attracted to him. Director and star Uisenma Borchu crafts an enigmatic tale about the pitfalls of monogamous expectations, breaking […]
Hedi is the new neighbour of Iva, who is raising her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love. However, when Iva's estranged father appears, Hedi is strongly attracted to him. Director and star Uisenma Borchu crafts an enigmatic tale about the pitfalls of monogamous expectations, breaking […]
Hedi is the new neighbour of Iva, who is raising her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love. However, when Iva's estranged father appears, Hedi is strongly attracted to him. Director and star Uisenma Borchu crafts an enigmatic tale about the pitfalls of monogamous expectations, breaking […]
In 1970s West Germany, a young working-class gay man wins the lottery and is taken advantage of by his overbearing bourgeois lover. New German Cinema superstar and queer filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder created his most explicit survey of gay culture in Fox and His Friends and stamped his trademark, very cynical impression of human relationships […]
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates a beloved storyteller, following his evolution from conservative son of the Old South to gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired others to reclaim their lives. Director Jennifer M. Kroot weaves a fascinating life story exploring a creative artist who served in Vietnam and was invited to the White […]
