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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T140000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Sound for Screen with Seamus Stewart-Skinner
DESCRIPTION:Join Seamus Stewart-Skinner as he delivers a Sound Department 101 for beginners\, combining a brief history of sound in cinema with hands on teaching of how sound is captured on set. Explore and be inspired by the ingenuity of early sound designers who created the language of sound in modern cinema. Then get to grips with the basics of location sound recording and boom operating\, testing your skills in a practical environment. Use industry standard equipment and learn how to run your own sound department for independent film. Give yourself a running start to gaining entry to the sound department on commercial TV and film sets. You will leave with a new or renewed passion for cinema sound and the skills to get yourself started. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611614/events/129089646′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis event has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nAny film clips shown in the workshop screening with English captions/subtitles. If you would like to attend this workshop and require a BSL interpreter\, please contact access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. Hearing loop available. \nLarge print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/workshop-sound-for-screen-with-seamus-stewart-skinner/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Hearing loop,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T144500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T105034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190923T100432Z
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SUMMARY:Lemebel
DESCRIPTION:Pedro Lemebel’s sharp\, poetic texts and provocative performances make him one of South America’s most significant artists. Under Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile\, Lemebel expressed things most wouldn’t dare. For the country’s left-wing opposition\, his queerness made him an awkward figure as he exposed their machismo and homophobia. Lemebel embodied an uncomfortable gay identity and fiercely criticised the wish of some queer people to assimilate. Lemebel uses slides and video clips to shape an essay-like memento\, enhanced with intimate interviews\, to portray a tireless fighter who continued to speak out until the end of his life. \nJoanna Reposi Garibaldi will join us for a Q&A after the screening. Kindly sponsored by Scottish Documentary Institute. Part of strand Latinx Legends. Joanna will also be giving a workhop on documentary filmmaking as part of the Festival. Click here for more information. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book\, please use the button below or call GFT box office on +44 (0)141 332 6535. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://glasgowfilm.org/whats-on/all/booking?eventid=42405′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilm has Spanish audio with English language subtitles/captions. If you would like to attend this event and require a BSL interpreter for the Q&A\, please contact access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is not accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with minimal dialogue mostly in Spanish. Large print versions of handouts available. \nGFT has good access for wheelchair users and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for GFT’s Accessibility Guide. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nIf you would like to reserve specific seating\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/lemebel/
LOCATION:Glasgow Film Theatre\, 12 Rose Street\, Glasgow\, G3 6RB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Documentary,Feature,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Latinx Legends,Working class
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T105007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115938Z
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SUMMARY:Kat Lindner Tribute: Tomboy
DESCRIPTION:French queer filmmaker Celine Sciamma’s naturalistic drama about childhood gender identity is touching\, painful\, and humorous all at once. Ten-year-old Laure has moved with her family to a new neighbourhood. The local kids take her for a boy and instead of correcting them\, Laure introduces herself as Mikael and starts living a double life\, with her parents unaware of her secret and her young sister persuaded to play along. \nScreening in celebration of Festival co-founder Kat Lindner\, who passed away earlier this year. We screened Tomboy at the first ever SQIFF event alongside an intro from Kat\, who also wrote about the film in her academic work. We’ll read out Kat’s original intro and share our memories of her. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611612/events/129089644′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age certification of U. \nFilm has French audio with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for the introduction. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is not accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with all French language and visual storytelling and minimal dialogue. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/kat-lindner-tribute-tomboy/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BSL,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T151500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115916Z
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SUMMARY:No Box for Me. An Intersex Story
DESCRIPTION:A heartfelt\, poetic documentary focusing on four young adults who – like an estimated 0.5 to 1.7 percent of people – were born with variations in their sex characteristics making it difficult for Western medicine to impose classifications on them. The intersex people in No Box for Me seek to reclaim their bodies and explore their identities. They reveal the error in a binary understanding of gender and highlight the physical and psychological harm unnecessary medical treatments impose on children. \nScreening with A Normal Girl (14m) about intersex activist and educator\, Pidgeon Pagonis. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611611/events/129089641′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilms have French and English audio with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is not accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences – there is a reasonable amount of explanatory dialogue but mostly French language. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/no-box-for-me-an-intersex-story/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Documentary,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,Intersex
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115856Z
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SUMMARY:DOCMA screening
DESCRIPTION:Following our DOCMA workshop (click here for the workshop listing) – where participants will take part in creating their own 1-minute documentary as part of a 5-minute documentary film made by 5 filmmakers in 5 different documentary styles – we invite audiences to come and view the resulting films. Come and support the filmmakers\, who will have created their masterpieces within 48 hours. Also a chance to learn more about DOCMA and its mission to encourage and support people to have a go and get creative in producing documentary work. \nScreening followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611610/events/129089643′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilms have English audio with English language subtitles/caption. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop available. \nWe don’t know how accessible the films will be for blind and partially sighted audiences as yet but please ask a member of staff on the day if you need information about this. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/docma-screening/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Documentary,English language,Films,Hearing loop,Shorts,World premiere
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115833Z
UID:9316-1570381200-1570386600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:QWPS presents: We Were Always Crazy\, Freely Singing Queers
DESCRIPTION:To mark the 30th anniversary of the first collection of Scottish lesbian and gay literature\, And Thus Will I Freely Sing\, we are bringing together queer writers from the original collection and across later generations for readings and chat. Featuring contributors to And Thus and its 1992 follow-up\, The Crazy Jig\, as well as recently published queer anthology\, We Were Always Here. We will be joined by author\, activist\, and co-founder of Scotland’s original LGBT bookshop\, Lavender Menace\, Sigrid Nielsen\, writer and activist\, Jane Carnall\, and writer and poet\, April Hill. The discussion will be chaired by writer and co-editor of We Were Always Here\, Ryan Vance. \nIn partnership with Queer Words Project Scotland and Category Is Books. \nTickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 depending on what you can afford. To book\, please use the button below. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/qwps-presents-we-were-always-crazy-freely-singing-queers-tickets-70501252143′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis event has an age recommendation of ages 15+. \nIf you would like to attend this event and require a BSL interpreter\, please contact access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. \nLarge print versions of handouts available. \nCategory Is Books has good access for wheelchair users and welcomes assistance animals. Please note there is no toilet at the venue. Nearest toilets\, including an accessible toilet\, are located at The Rum Shack\, 300 feet from the venue. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/qwps-presents-we-were-always-crazy-freely-singing-queers/
LOCATION:Category Is Books\, 34 Allison Street\, Glasgow\, G42 8NN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T171500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T181500
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115807Z
UID:9231-1570382100-1570385700@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:LGBT Health & Wellbeing Community Filmmaking
DESCRIPTION:LGBT Health & Wellbeing is a charity promoting the health\, wellbeing\, and equality of lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender people in Scotland and providing support\, services\, and information. Two of the organisation’s groups have recently created collectively-made short films\, which we will showcase at this event. Return to the Closet? was created as part of a collaboration between Luminate\, LGBT Health and Wellbeing\, artist Glenda Rome\, and participating community filmmakers. Luminate commissioned the film with support from LGBT Health and Wellbeing. This is a documentary exploring issues around care for older LGBT people. Everything Just Collapsed is an experimental short reflecting on stigma and survival by Tim Knights in collaboration with participants of The LGBT Mental Wellbeing Collective. Come and watch both movies and join in an open discussion on the process and value of community filmmaking. \nClick here to find out more about Luminate. Click here for more information about LGBT Health & Wellbeing. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611609/events/129089639′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilms have English audio with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are relatively accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with some visual storytelling but a reasonable amount of explanatory dialogue and voiceover and bright images. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/lgbt-health-wellbeing-community-filmmaking/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,BSL,Disability,Discussion,Documentary,English language,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,Lesbian,Shorts,Trans
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190930T190925Z
UID:9234-1570383000-1570388400@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Vision Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Vision Portraits is a vivid and hypnotic exploration by filmmaker Rodney Evans illuminating the compelling stories of four visually impaired artists – photographer John Dugdale\, dancer Kayla Hamilton\, writer Ryan Knighton\, and the filmmaker himself. Evans contrasts their journeys with his own personal and professional one as a filmmaker gradually losing his vision and as a gay man. Evans’ self-reflexive approach emphasises how each artist adapted creatively and thrived as their process evolved with their unique perspectives. An important film for anyone interested in disability aesthetics\, demonstrating how blindness and visual impairment bring about distinct artistic viewpoints. \nScreening with Fashion in the Dark I and II (8m) by Emily Ford-Halliday exploring fashion and identity with people who are visually impaired or blind. Presented in association with Royal National Institute of Blind People Scotland. With an introduction by filmmaker and poet\, Ross Wilcock\, and filmmaker and academic\, Emily Ford-Halliday. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611608/events/129089638′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilms have English audio with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for introduction. Hearing loop available. \nAudio description available. Films are relatively accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with some visual storytelling but a reasonable amount of explanatory dialogue and voiceover and bright images. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/vision-portraits/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio description,BSL,Disability,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,People of colour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T082328Z
UID:9237-1570391100-1570395600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:We Are Parable presents: Dirty Computer: An Emotion Picture by Janelle Monae
DESCRIPTION:As part of their season “The Art of the Black Visual Album” We Are Parable partner with SQIFF to present a special screening of Janelle Monae’s Dirty Computer visual album or\, as she calls it\, “emotion picture.” Set in a dystopian nightmare\, Jane 57821 (played by Monae) is being subjected to having her memories removed or “cleaned\,” ones that mainly involve her relationship with Zen (Tessa Thompson). As the removal of her thoughts and feelings takes place\, we’re taken on a journey to find out who Jane really is\, with her emotions displayed as songs from Dirty Computer. \nPreceded by our Closing Night speeches and awards. After the screening\, we invite you to a listening party where CC TIME and SQU!SHY will perform a homage to Janelle Monae\, playing Dirty Computer in its entirety alongside other tunes. Includes tasty beers sponsored by Drygate Brewing Co. \nThis screening is part of the BFI Musicals nationwide season. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611607/events/129089636′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for introduction. Hearing loop available. \nFilm is relatively accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences – there is a lot of visual storytelling but a reasonable amount of explanatory dialogue and lots of song lyrics. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/we-are-parable-presents-dirty-computer-an-emotion-picture-by-janelle-monae/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Bisexual,BSL,English language,Feature,Films,Hearing loop,People of colour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191006T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190901T115701Z
UID:9240-1570392000-1570395600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Gross Out
DESCRIPTION:With supposed tolerance and acceptance of LGBT people in western public life comes enforced sanitisation and respectability. Straight society pats itself on the back for allowing (some of) us to get married and feature in shiny corporate advertising but is still repelled by our bodies and sex lives. To counter the continued suppression of fleshly and carnal appetites and practices\, we went on a hunt for the grossest\, most yucky films we could find. Featuring experimental musing on why we find our bodies disgusting and scary; some gay sex-tinged body horror; literal shit in a variety of forms; and a performance involving an empty stomach and a large jar of honey. Please note this programme requires resilience for what some would consider stomach-churning and gruesome imagery. \nTickets 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. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873611604/events/129089634′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 18+. \nFilms have English and Spanish audio with English language subtitles/captions. Hearing loop available. \nFilms are not very accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with a lot of visual storytelling and ideas and dark images. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nA Quiet Space and programme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org. \nWe 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. \nTickets \nIn 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. \n  \nÄmber (6m)\nDir: Remmi E. Välja\, Country: UK\, Year: 2019\, Language/s: No spoken sound\nÄmber is an experimental film about the basic functions of the human body. The film studies affect; it seeks to raise the question of why we sometimes find our own bodies and their natural existence to be unpleasant\, disgusting\, and scary. The aim of the film is to make the audience uncomfortable in a humorous way. \nContent note: Depiction of bleeding. \nEstigma (14m)\nDir: David Velduque\, Country: Spain\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: Spanish\nIt’s Friday night\, the bell rings and Alex opens the door to the worst of his fears. “Estigma speaks to us about that inner prison we build because of fear of rejection and not being loved for who we are. This is the starting point of a story that I’ve intended to face as a personal matter\, dealing with my complex relationship with illness and rejection.” David Velduque \nContent note: Depiction of injury with body horror elements. \nNext Level Shit (11m)\nDir: Gary Jaffe\, Country: USA\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: English\nTaylor wants to be squeaky clean downstairs before his big third date with dreamboat Chris\, but his efforts backfire\, sending the relationship spiralling to a whole new level of intimacy. \nContent note: None. \nBear (13m)\nDir: Fred Guerrier\, Country: USA\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: English\nA bear-suit wearing dancer ignores the news of his estranged father’s death but begins to see his ghost. Meanwhile\, an ex-lover’s infatuation quickly devolves into something more sinister (and stinky). The line between reality and fiction get blurred during the terrifying showdown between the Bear\, the ghost\, and the lover. \nContent note: Depiction of death. \nForce Feed (15m)\nDir: Alan Vincent\, Country: USA\, Year: 2018\, Language/s: No spoken sound\nPerformance for video. One empty stomach\, one pound of honey. \nContent note: Depiction of overeating.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-gross-out/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Films,Gay men,Hearing loop,People of colour,Performance,Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191015T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191015T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190906T163402Z
UID:9290-1571166000-1571173200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Black History Month: Portrait of Jason
DESCRIPTION:Portrait of Jason shows sex worker and entertainer\, Jason Holliday\, recounting his life story for filmmaker Shirley Clarke. \nJason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his life story to the camera\, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time\, actor Carl Lee\, provoke and berate Jason with increasing hostility as the film progresses. The film alleges to employ avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques to reach the tragedy underlying Jason’s performative persona. However\, Portrait of Jason is one of if not the first documentation of black queer experiences and trauma exploited by white ‘gatekeepers’ for the sake of the artist’s cultural and financial capital gains. \nAlthough Portrait of Jason is a landmark film\, there is a need here to discuss the fuzzy problem of ‘visibility’ within the white/capitalist domination of visual culture. Are the lines between exposure and exploitation blurred in Portrait of Jason? \nCurated and hosted by Sequoia Barnes\, an art/design scholar and doctoral candidate at The School of Design with Edinburgh College of Art. Presented as part of Black History Month in partnership with Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER). \nFree. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873612019/events/129093020′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. If you would like to attend this event and require BSL interpretation for the introduction/discussion\, please email access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. \nFilm is moderately accessible to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences with a lot of visual storytelling but some explanatory dialogue and all English language. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/black-history-month-portrait-of-jason/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Discussion,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Free event,Gay men,People of colour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191022T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191022T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20190828T104704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T184302Z
UID:9294-1571770800-1571776200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Black History Month: Calalai: In Betweenness + shorts
DESCRIPTION:Calalai: In Betweenness by filmmaker Kiki Febriyanti depicts women in South Sulawesi Bugis culture\, which for centuries has accepted gender diversity as implicit\, believing humans consist of 5 genders\, one of them being calalai. The film takes a closer look at the definition of femininity and masculinity in the Bugis culture. What or who is calalai? What are the dynamics of gender\, spirituality\, and performance? How do these dynamics define the everyday life of the Bugis people? \nScreening with accompanying short films and discussion on queerness in Indonesian cultures outside of white\, colonialist impositions. \nCurated and hosted by artist and researcher Claricia Parinussa. Presented as part of Black History Month in partnership with Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER). \nFree. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com/shows/873612018/events/129093019′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nFilm languages tbc with English language subtitles/captions. If you would like to attend this event and require BSL interpretation for the discussion\, please email access@sqiff.org at least 2 weeks in advance. \nAccessibility of films to English-speaking blind and partially sighted audiences tbc. Large print versions of handouts available. \nCCA has good access for wheelchair users\, gender neutral toilets\, and welcomes assistance animals. Click here for CCA’s Accessibility Guide. \nProgramme content notes will be available. Click here for a list of content notes for the 2019 Festival. \nComfy seating (bean bags) are available. If you would like to reserve this\, please contact access@sqiff.org.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/black-history-month-calalai-in-betweenness-shorts/
LOCATION:Centre for Contemporary Arts\, 350 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3JD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Black History Month,Discussion,Documentary,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts,Trans
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191201T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20191025T180336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T170757Z
UID:9634-1575216000-1575223200@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Quiet Heroes with Glasgow Zine Library
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Quiet Heroes at Glasgow Zine Library’s new space in the Southside of Glasgow. \nQuiet Heroes documents one doctor’s fight against stigma\, shame\, and ignorance through the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the heartland of America’s west. This screening is part of Glasgow Zine Library’s ‘Making History’ film programme\, which celebrates film under the theme of social justice. \nSupported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and Lottery funding from the BFI. \nTickets are £5 (£3 concessions). To book\, please use the button below. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://glasgowzinelibrary.com/products/quietheroes?fbclid=IwAR23dnexJkg4r2zG46K556lnC-oLJKxU-huJzGTb4tJiO-rT6FE9ztgYVrg’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nFilm has English audio with English language subtitles/captions. \nIf you would like BSL interpretation for the introduction\, please email glasgowzinelibrary[at]gmail.com in advance of the event. \nGlasgow Zine Library can accommodate wheelchair users but unfortunately does not have a wheelchair accessible bathroom yet. They are currently applying for funding to make their bathroom accessible to everyone\, and will be making the needed adjustments as soon as they have the funds to do so. If you have any questions or requests about access\, please contact glasgowzinelibrary[at]gmail.com.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/quiet-heroes-with-glasgow-zine-library/
LOCATION:Glasgow Zine Library\, 636 Cathcart Road\, Glasgow\, G42 8AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Documentary,English language,Feature,Films
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200208T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20200115T184204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T185550Z
UID:9677-1581184800-1582920000@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: Out of the Archives!
DESCRIPTION:As part of LGBT History Month Scotland 2020\, SQIFF presents a programme of short films looking back into largely unseen and undiscovered aspects of the history of queer Scottish representation in the 20th century. \nFeaturing archival documentaries and short films by queer filmmakers\, screenings will be accompanied by discussions examining whether these films are a fair representation of the past\, and asking what they may be able to contribute to an understanding of the future. Films include Bongo Erotico\, a surreal nightmare of bisexual lust from 1950s’ Wishaw; groundbreaking documentary of Edinburgh queer life in the 80s\, Coming Out; and Pratibha Parmar’s experimental 1990 short\, Bhangra Jig\, which follows a young Asian woman walking the streets of Glasgow with signs of colonialism ever-present. \nAges 12+. All screenings are in the English language with English language captions for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing access. A BSL interpreter will be available at the Glasgow event on 8th February. All venues have wheelchair access. Please get in touch via info[at]sqiff.org if you have any questions about access at any of the events. \nSupported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and Lottery funding from the BFI. \nTo book\, see list of screenings and links below. \nCCA\, Glasgow\, Saturday 8th February\, 6pm. Tickets on a sliding scale of free to £8. To book\, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’http://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nDundee Contemporary Arts\, Tuesday 11th February\, 6pm. Tickets £5-8. To book\, please use the button below or call DCA box office on +44 (0)1382 432 444. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/event/sqiff-shorts-on-tour1′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \n50 George Square\, University of Edinburgh in partnership with MSc Film\, Exhibition and Curation\, Tuesday 18th February\, 6pm. Tickets offered on a sliding scale of free to £8. To book\, please use the button below\, or cash payments will be taken on the night.\n \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives-in-edinburgh-tickets-90926637019′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nAyr Town Hall in partnership with Ayr Film Society and Ayrshire LGBTQ\, Wednesday 19th February\, 7 pm. Free\, unticketed – just come along. \nMacArts\, Galashiels in partnership with Scottish Borders LGBT Equality. Sunday 23rd February\, 2pm. Tickets offered on a sliding scale of free to £8. To book\, please use the button below\, or cash payments will be taken on the day.\n \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives-in-galashiels-tickets-91306838211′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nEden Court\, Inverness in partnership with Highland Winter Pride\, Friday 28th February\, 6.30pm. Tickets £3.50-5.50. To book\, please use the button below or call Eden Court box office on +44 (0)1463 234 234. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://eden-court.co.uk/event/sqiff-shorts-out-of-the-archives’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’] \n  \nOban Phoenix Cinema\, Saturday 29th February\, 6.15pm. Free. To book\, please use the button below or call Oban Phoenix box office on +44 (0)1631 562 905. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.obanphoenix.com/movie/out-of-the-archive-sqiff’ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=‘pink’]
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/out-of-the-archives-tour/
CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Discussion,Documentary,English language,Gay men,Lesbian,LGBT History Month,Shorts,Working class
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200427T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200527T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20200427T163702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200427T163702Z
UID:9729-1588008600-1590600600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Fighting for Justice
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nIn our very first Sqifflix outing we showcase activist short films in which people fight for their right to exist and against oppressive forces. The movies cover identities including Deaf\, Disabled\, and Two Spirit\, battle against patriarchy\, white supremacy\, and ableism\, and feature hip-hop\, a robot\, and superhero finger puppets. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nRegalia: Pride in Two Spirits (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: David Ng\, Jen Sungshine\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nThe story of Duane and his journey as someone who identifies as Two Spirit – a queer Aboriginal person. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover; mostly bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of homophobia.\n \nLike a Riot (2m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2016\n“Like anyone who grew up with the Muppets and Fraggle Rock\, I have always wanted to have a puppet self. And of course I want my puppet self to hang out with Campbell X’s puppet self. Krissy Mahan has made it happen!” So Mayer \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics with lots of onscreen text and visual storytelling; mostly bright images \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nTrans*march (2m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Simon Schultz von Dratzig\, Country: Germany/Canada\, Year: 2013\, Language/s: English\nAs the most politicized of the three marches during Pride week in San Francisco\, trans*march\, which had been running for ten years at the time this film was made\, has a tradition of raising visibility of a marginalised group within queer culture. This documentary records queer voices during the 2013 march and reflects political discussions concerning trans* and LGBT movements. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue; bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of transphobia and racism.\n \nAmar: Deaf is an Identity (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: David Ng\, Jen Sungshine\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nAmar shares his journey as a queer South Asian activist\, and explains how it intersects with his identity and culture as a Deaf person. \nLanguage/s: ASL \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken sound\, all in ASL with subtitles; mostly bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nTax on Me (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi\, Country: UK\, Year: 2017\nLocal authorities in Scotland charge people for their care costs\, obliging people with disabilities to pay more than others to achieve the same basic human rights. Tax on Me is a hip-hop music video by filmmaker Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi and media coop responding to the Care Tax and the effect it has on people who need support. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Quite a lot of voiceover and dialogue; mix of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of ableism.\n \nUntil Justice Rolls (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2013\nFaggotgirl\, a butch dyke superhero action figure\, and her friend Robot want to meet for a drink. But the New York City public transportation system is barely accessible for people with different kinds of bodies and their journey is thwarted by stairs\, gaps\, and poorly maintained curbs. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics with lots of onscreen text and visual storytelling; mix of bright and dark images \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of ableism. \nDisability Justice for Palestine (1m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Sins Invalid and Micah Bazant\, Country: USA\, Year: 2014\nDisability Justice for Palestine is a Public Service Announcement created by Sins Invalid during the extended attacks on Gaza in the Summer of 2014. “We add our words and faces to a movement for global solidarity with the people of Palestine\, articulating the struggle for Palestinian liberation as a disability justice issue.” \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue; mix of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of violence.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-fighting-for-justice/
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Deaf,Disability,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts,Trans
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200428T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200527T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20200428T170145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200428T171448Z
UID:9725-1588095000-1590600600@www.sqiff.org
SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Funny Stuff
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nFunny Stuff features comedy shorts with queer narratives and musings involving love potions\, a mystery trail of takeaway food\, Fisher Price characters brought to life\, cyborgs\, and zombies! \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nFloozy Suzy (25m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Otavio Chamorro\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2015\nA hilarious-love-potion-gone-wrong tale where the aim is to win the love of the hottest guy at school. \nLanguage/s: Portuguese \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All in Portuguese; bright images. \nSound design access notes: Loud music and sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Depiction of misogyny\, homophobia\, ableism\, and mild violence.\n \nThe Usual (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Ruth McNally\, Country: Ireland\, Year: 2014\nIn a small country pub\, three Irish farmers are enjoying an afternoon’s drink when an unusual stranger walks in. His curious behaviour entertains them for a while but they won’t want someone like him hanging around their local for too long. \nLanguage/s: English (Irish dialect)\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue with lots of visual storytelling; mostly bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Reference to homophobia.\n \nBig Queer Failure (7m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Rebecca Tritschler and Ellie Fawcett\, Country: UK\, Year: 2017\nA DIY film celebrating and asserting our right to fail at life as individuals and communities. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover and bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None \nMy Aunt Mame (9m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Krissy Mahan\, Country: USA\, Year: 2015\nA funny/sad dramatization of a woman’s childhood visits to her working-class butch great aunt\, and what happened when she came out to her mom\, told through Fisher-Price people in homemade sets. \nLanguage/s: English with one line in Irish Gaelic \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some loud music \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex\, the AIDS crisis\, and hospitalisation; depiction of hospitalisation.\n \nMymy (14m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Anna Helme\, Country: Australia\, Year: 2014\nIn a mythic cyberfeminist universe\, a frustrated young man yearns for affinity and connection. In an age of digital avatars\, he crafts a version of himself that is far more corporeal – by stitching together parts of himself to become his own cyborg twin. However\, his new clone has been corrupted by a techno-magick virus… \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Little spoken dialogue\, mostly image-based storytelling; mix of light and dark images. \nSound design access notes: Some loud and abrasive sound effects \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of sex and nudity.\n \nThe Deaf vs The Dead – Episode 1: “Outbreak” (7m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Dickie Hearts\, Country: USA\, Year: 2017\nWhen the undead apocalypse breaks out in Los Angeles\, an out Deaf man must find a way to survive and protect his loved ones\, even if it means teaming up with some unlikely people. \nLanguage/s: ASL and English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited spoken dialogue\, lots of visual storytelling; quite bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of ableism and comedy violence.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-funny-stuff/
CATEGORIES:Deaf,Free event,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts,Trans,Working class
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Gender Revealing
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nIn our programme Gender Revealing filmmakers and characters play with and question gender norms and expectations. A genderqueer AFAB person experiments with male-pattern baldness\, Exa Zim narrates their life growing up trans\, ‘faux’ drag queens Sergina and Venus Dimilo strut their stuff\, and trans and genderless bodies float and move in unusual ways. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nJean (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Anna Stypko\, Country: USA\, Year: 2013\nA delightful eccentric has a haircut that transcends age and gender expectations. Set in the run-down Kensington neighbourhood of Philadelphia\, local artist Jean talks about her shoes\, hairstyle choices\, and why she changed her name. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited voiceover/dialogue and mixture of bright and dark images. \nSound design access notes: Some loud and abrasive music.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of misogyny\, homophobia\, ableism\, and mild violence.\n \nPhone Me Don’t Write (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Elly Clarke\, Country: USA/Germany\, Year: 2013-15\nA short film (and song) about love\, sex\, loneliness\, and relationships in the era of instant communications. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics\, otherwise all visual\, mix of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex\n \nAlexa to Exa (17m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Exa Zim\, Christian Marsh\, Country: USA\, Year: 2015\nA very personal documentary film about about transcending assigned identity. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover; mostly bright images. \nSound design access notes: Sudden loud music and abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion of homophobia\, illness\, mental health issues\, and suicide.\n \nI Want to See You from a Different Perspective (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Elly Clarke\, Country: Canada/UK\, Year: 2014\nA song about trying and failing to change a person you are in a relationship with. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics\, otherwise all visual\, mix of bright and dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None \nVenus (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Faye Carr-Wilson\, Magenta Sharp\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nVenus is a short documentary exploring gender roles within the drag community. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Some voiceover/dialogue and some visual ideas and storytelling; mixture of bright and dark images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of ableism\n \nInstantaneous Culture (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Elly Clarke\, Country: Germany\, Year: 2013-14\nA ballad about love in a time of mobile phones\, about wanting\, longing\, desiring but not really getting. Talk versus action\, song versus stillness\, and some great lingerie to go with it. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only song lyrics\, otherwise all visual\, mix of bright and dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None \nLeg\, Arm\, Head (11m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Scout Stuart\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nA highly controlled dancer moves away from the discipline and uniformity of ballet to explore her own identity. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue – just sound effects and music; bright images. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of sex.\n \nFloat (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Sam Berliner\, Country: USA\, Year: 2015\nFloat is a celebratory experiment shot completely underwater and depicting trans and genderqueer folk swimming naked set to music by musician Rae Spoon. \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken language\, only music and sound effects; quite bright images. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of nudity\n \nThe Race (4m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Soyoon Kim\, Country: South Korea\, Year: 2015\nTiny\, genderless figurines dance to J S Bach as their environment gives way and glitches out. \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken language\, only music and sound effects; bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of homophobia\, misogyny\, biphobia\, butchphobia\, and classism.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-gender-revealing/
CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Disability,Documentary,Films,Free event,Lesbian,Shorts,Trans,Woman director,Working class
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CREATED:20200515T181717Z
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Queer Horror Stories
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nIn Queer Horror Stories we showcase provocative\, bizarre\, sometimes gory\, sometimes scary films that delve into the terror of queerness and oppression. In a dystopian 2064\, a federation of African States initiate an annual cull of men; a young gay man in Russia has a surprise in store for the ultranationalists who attack him; the unbearable weight of family expectations and difficulty of being stuck in unhealthy relationships are explored through formal film experiments; the movies of horror director Kang-Chien Chui are given a queer reading; and two queer feminist crews tackle violent forces in a surreal present. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \n2064 (12m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Joseph Adesunloye\, Country: Botswana\, Year: 2019\nDevastating population growth\, famine\, and mass internal displacement pushes Africa to the brink. Many of the continent’s animals are wiped out due to hunting\, ever-warming climate\, and a ballooning population.  A federation of African States is created and institutes an annual cull of four million men. Soon the policy is successful\, and the continent’s wildlife begins to flourish again. In 2064\, a nascent freedom movement led by the ‘Ladies in White’ is fighting for the emancipation of the condemned men and to put an end to the human cull. \nLanguage/s: Tswana\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Only Tswana spoken and mostly visual storytelling; relatively bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion and depiction of death and suicide.\n \nCheat (2m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Ania Urbanowska\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nAt what cost to ourselves are we complicit in our families’ expectations for us? This is a film about breaking that unspoken contract; about the moment when cheating them of the person they want us to be stops feeling like a choice. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Small amount of surreal and poetic voiceover; dark images. \nSound design access notes: Loud and abrasive sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion of suicide.\n \nPYOTR495 (15m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Blake Mawson\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nSet in present-day Moscow\, 16-year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultranationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT propaganda law\, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret his attackers haven’t accounted for. \nLanguage/s: Russian\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All Russian language with some dialogue and some image-based filmmaking; quite dark images. \nSound design access notes: Abrasive horror sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex including BDSM; depiction of homophobia\, xenophobia\, and graphic\, degrading\, and gory violence.\n \nStuck (11m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Ania Urbanowska\, Country: UK\, Year: 2013\nHave you ever been in relationship where you can’t see its problems…? \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue\, only music and sound effects; quite dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of drug-taking.\n \nYi-Ren (the person of whom I think) (14m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Tzuan Wu\, Country: Taiwan\, Year: 2015\nA love letter in collage style\, consisting of found footage and a queer reading of the work of Kang-Chien Chui\, screenwriter of classic East Asian movies such as The Bells of Death and Twin Blades of Doom. \nLanguage/s: Mandarin\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All in Mandarin\, poetic voiceover; dark images. \nSound design access notes: Abrasive sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Suggestion of distress and violence.\n \nSwarm of Selenium (23m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Maude Matton & SJ Rahatoka\, Country: Germany\, Year: 2015\nIn 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. \nSwarm of Selenium is a queer sci fi short film about collective healing\, trauma\, and other world-making. It was shot in Berlin in spring 2016 by a crew of more than 40 women\, nonbinary\, and trans artists. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Sparse and surreal dialogue; relatively dark images.\n \nSound design access notes: Lots of loud and abrasive sound effects and music. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of violence.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-queer-horror-stories/
CATEGORIES:Films,Free event,Gay men,People of colour,Shorts
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200626T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T223417
CREATED:20200526T210922Z
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Sexual Content Warning
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nFor anyone after some slightly xxx-y content to make lockdown more pleasureable\, we bring you Sexual Content Warning. A sweet night cleaner has his work cut out in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse. Disability activist Andrew Gurza reflects on his first sexual encounter and how the event shaped his identity. Scottish filmmaker John Walter addresses cruising and sexual risk\, in particular around the ‘cottage\,’ a public toilet that is repurposed as a space of sex. Gustavo is a photographer who captures the bodies of naked men in public spaces in Sao Paulo. And writer and poet Aurora Levins Morales\, a.k.a. The Gimp Gourmet\, prepares a very special recipe! \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nThe Night Cleaner (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Blair Fukumura\, Country: Canada\, Year: 2016\nAs 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. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex\, bodily fluids\, and brief reference to sexual harrassment; depiction of sex and bodily fluids. \n \nBedding Andrew (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Blair Fukumura\, Country: USA\, Year: 2014\nOn the eve of his 30th birthday\, Andrew\, a man with Cerebral Palsy\, reflects on his first sexual encounter and how the event shaped his identity as a gay man. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images. \nSound design access notes: Loud and abrasive sound effects. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex and ableism.\n \nCourtship Disorder (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: John Walter\, Country: UK\, 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. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Film is mostly visual with surreal monologues; bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex; depiction of sex and nudity.\n \nLightrapping (22m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Marcio Miranda Perez\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2016\nGustavo is a photographer who captures the bodies of naked men in public spaces in Sao Paulo. One night\, young Pedro follows him\, curious and undecided about participating in the project. \nLanguage/s: Portuguese\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: All in Portuguese with sparse dialogue; very dark images.\n \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex; depiction of possible sexual violation.\n \nPussy Vinaigrette (3m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Patty Berne\, Country: USA\, Year: 2011\nThe Gimp Gourmet prepares a very special recipe! Starring\, written by and with fruit carving by Puerto Rican Jewish writer and poet Aurora Levins Morales. Does activist filmmaking have room for this much sexiness…? \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Poetic monologue with some visual ideas. Not very bright images. \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Depiction of sexual imagery and suggestiveness.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-sexual-content-warning/
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Disability,Documentary,Films,Free event,Gay men,People of colour,Shorts,Working class
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200712T170000
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix & Chill
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nOur shorts programme Sqifflix & Chill\, as the title suggests\, includes a varied bunch of films about romantic love\, its joys\, pain\, and complexities. Sweet stories of intense connection are found in Selina Robertson’s Couple Time and Dickie Heart’s Passengers. Some of the painful and problematic aspects of love and dating are considered in Sam Berliner’s Dating Sucks about seeking love whilst trans\, and Rob Eagle’s Harding & his camera\, which investigates traces of illicit love in archives and the white gaze. Violent and oppressive structures that try to curtail who gets to be with who are the core of Adrian Garcia Gomez’s Mikveh about governments refusing to recognise certain relationships\, and Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi’s Poly Amour\, which decontructs conventional romantic structures. For a dark comedy approach to the madness that sometimes interferes with people’s love life\, Netflix & Chips is about a woman with a hot date who can’t get her chip shop job off her mind. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to the filmmakers. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants.\n \nCouple Time (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Selina Robertson\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA suitcase full of Super 8 memories from Berlin. \nLanguage/s: English (not spoken) and German\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No spoken English; mostly visual ideas and onscreen text; mix of bright and dark images.\n \nSound design access notes: None\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nDating Sucks: A Genderqueer Misadventure (13m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Sam Berliner\, Country: USA\, Year: 2013\nDating Sucks: A Genderqueer Misadventure is Episode 1 of an animated documentary webseries about the successes\, failures\, and incredible confusion of trying to date as a genderqueer/trans person. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover; bright images. \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Discussion of sex and queerphobia.\n \nMikveh (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Adrian Garcia Gomez\, Country: USA\, Year: 2016\nIn 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. \nLanguage/s: No spoken language\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue – just sound effects; quite bright images. \nSound design access notes: Some abrasive and repetitive sound effects.\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nHarding & his camera (12m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Rob Eagle\, Country: Palestine\, Israel\, Year: 2017\nAn 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. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 18+ \nContent note: Discussion of racism.\n \nPoly Amour (7m) (version with audio description integrated) [click here to watch]\nDir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nHow capable are we to love boundlessly? This film explores polyamory\, deconstructing conventional stereotypes of the romantic relationship structure. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Lots of voiceover/dialogue and quite bright images. Version with integrated audio description.\n \nSound design access notes: Loud\, abrasive sound effects at start of film. \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of anti-polyamory sentiments. \nPassengers (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Dickie Hearts\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA cab driver puts up with a series of irksome hearing passengers before picking up a cute guy more on his wavelength. \nLanguage/s: American Sign Language and English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue\, mostly in ASL with subtitles; mostly bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of ableism. \nNetflix & Chips (6m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Lock Up Your Daughters\, Country: UK\, Year: 2015\nA woman who works in a chip shop has a hot date but can’t get her job off her mind. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Limited dialogue with lots of visual storytelling; mostly bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: Depiction of mental health issues.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-chill/
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Deaf,Films,Free event,Gay men,Lesbian,Polyamory,Shorts,Trans
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200621T233000
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix: Vision Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Vision Portraits is a vivid and hypnotic exploration by filmmaker Rodney Evans illuminating the compelling stories of four visually impaired artists – photographer John Dugdale\, dancer Kayla Hamilton\, writer Ryan Knighton\, and the filmmaker himself. Evans contrasts their journeys with his own personal and professional one as a filmmaker gradually losing his vision and as a gay man. Evans’ self-reflexive approach emphasises how each artist adapted creatively and thrived as their process evolved with their unique perspectives. An important film for anyone interested in disability aesthetics\, demonstrating how blindness and visual impairment bring about distinct artistic viewpoints. \nWe are pleased to be hosting a live Q&A with director Rodney Evans on Saturday 20 June at 7pm. The Q&A will take place on SQIFF’s Facebook page at facebook.com/sqiff. Hosted by Amelia Cavallo\, theatre practioner\, academic\, and co-founder of Quiplash. \nIn partnership with LGBT Health & Wellbeing. Supported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and Lottery funding from the BFI. \nVision Portraits will be available online 15 to 21 June. Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 on a pay what you can basis. To book\, please use the button below. We will email a link to the film to ticket holders and this will be available to view/experience at any time between 15 to 21 June. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqifflix-vision-portraits-tickets-109203657078′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nAccess \nFilm has English audio with English language captions. \nAudio description available. We will send the version of Vision Portraits that has audio description built into the soundtrack to all ticket holders. \nFilm is otherwise relatively accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with some visual storytelling but a reasonable amount of explanatory dialogue and voiceover and bright images. \nAge recommendation of N/C 12+. \nContent note: Discussion of ableism. \nLive Q&A with BSL interpretation and live captioning.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-vision-portraits/
CATEGORIES:Audio description,Disability,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Gay men,People of colour
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200622T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200722T170000
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix: More Love from Neelu
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access the full programme. \nOur special shorts programme More Love from Neelu showcases films by award-winning artist and filmmaker Neelu Bhuman\, whose feature film TRANSFINITE we are screening online 25 – 28 June. Neelu’s work explores social and political themes as they play out in close relations. Playfully evoking insights into the workings of difference in intimacy\, their films blend viewpoints ranging from race\, gender\, sexuality\, culture\, class\, and romance. \nIn FU377\, the dignity of queer people in India is under attack through Section 377\, which the Supreme Court had recently re-introduced\, re-criminalising ‘gay sex\,’ when the film was made in 2014. 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. \nMore Love. Less Prepackaged Bullshit. (2017) is set to the soul beat of Assata Shakur\, and features a trio resisting dystopia with a bowl of joy\, intimacy\, and love. \nNeelu’s 2016 short ṣadāqa is a kaleidoscopic view of friendship transcending borders. \nAll films have English language subtitles or captions. See notes for below for each film’s language/s\, level of accessibility for blind and partially sighted people\, age recommendation\, content notes\, and if the film contains flashing lights or sound levels that might be disturbing for some. These notes are also found on each film’s page on vimeo. \nThe films are all free to watch with thanks to Neelu Bhuman. Click here to donate to LGBT Unity Scotland to support LGBTQIA+ refugees\, asylum seekers\, and other migrants. Click here to donate to the Wahala Film Fund\, a film completion fund for Queer\, Transgender and Intersex People of Colour filmmakers based in UK\, Europe and the Global South co-founded by Neelu Bhuman.\n \nFU377 (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Neelu Bhuman\, Country: UK\, Year: 2014\nBasic dignity of queer people in India is under attack\, yet again. The scorching IPC Section 377 is re-unleashed to police to criminalise “gay sex” in India. While the law and the Supreme Court dated themselves back a few hundred years\, an adorable Indian mother has her knowledge of “gay sex” in mint condition\, wheeling out a tidbit or two for her heartbroken queer daughter in an effort to cheer her up. The pair are shocked into action by the Supreme Court’s latest rejection. \nLanguage/s: English\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Quite a lot of dialogue with some visual ideas; bright images.\n \nSound design access notes: None\n \nAge recommendation: 15+ \nContent note: Reference to sex.\n \nMore Love. Less Prepackaged Bullshit. (1m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Neelu Bhuman\, Country: USA\, Year: 2017\nSet to the soul beat of Assata Shakur\, a trio resists dystopia with a bowl of joy\, intimacy and love. \nLanguage/s: English \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: No dialogue – only music lyrics and sound effects; quite bright images. \nSound design access notes: None \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None\n \nṣadāqa (5m) [click here to watch]\nDir: Neelu Bhuman\, Country: UK\, Year: 2016\nA kaleidoscopic view of friendship transcending borders. \nLanguage/s: English and Arabic\n \nAccessibility for blind and partially sighted people: Small amount of English dialogue and some Arabic but mostly visual ideas; quite bright images. \nSound design access notes: None\n \nAge recommendation: 12+ \nContent note: None
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-more-love-from-neelu/
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Bisexual,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts,Trans
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SUMMARY:Sqifflix: TRANSFINITE + shorts
DESCRIPTION:TRANSFINITE is a sci-fi omnibus feature film by Neelu Bhuman composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect\, love\, teach\, fight\, and thrive. Most of us have been in situations where we feel completely powerless and deeply frustrated with the unfairness of it all. Sometimes we have lost control of life and sometimes we find a way to use our rage\, resentment\, and frustrations to grow a beautiful garden. In TRANSFINITE\, the protagonists\, like smooth warriors\, choose to find that inner power and use it to transform undesirable situations into desirable ones in a snap. \nScreening with shorts FETISH and Something In The Closet. In Topher Campbell’s FETISH a multi-dimensional being bestrides the streets of New York in defiance and celebration as he embodies the past\, present and future of Blackness. Featuring a mesmerising original score by Mercury Prize Award Winner’s Young fathers. Something In The Closet directed by Nosa Eke is about a queer teenager struggling with her sexuality\, as desires manifest their way from the depths of her eerie closet into reality. \nWe are pleased to be hosting a live discussion with Black queer UK artists’ responses to the films on Saturday 27 June at 7pm. The discussion will take place on SQIFF’s Facebook page at facebook.com/sqiff. Hosted by writer and programmer Harvey Dimond with filmmaker Nosa Eke and other guests tbc.\n \nIn partnership with LGBT Health & Wellbeing. Supported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and Lottery funding from the BFI. \nTRANSFINITE + shorts will be available online 25 to 28 June. Tickets are priced on a sliding scale £0-£8 on a pay what you can basis. Films are viewable within UK and Ireland only. To book\, please use the button below. We will email a link to the film to ticket holders and this will be available to view at any time between 25 to 28 June. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqifflix-transfinite-shorts-tickets-110259615478′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nAccess \nFilms have English\, Navajo\, Swahili\, Spanish\, Asura (in Japanese)\, and Tagalog audio with English language subtitles or captions. \nFilms are less accessible to blind and partially sighted audiences with lots of visual storytelling and large non-English language sections. \nLoud and abrasive sound effects throughout the films. \nAge recommendation of N/C 15+. \nContent note: Discussion of racism including anti-blackness and violence; depiction of homophobia\, transphobia\, racism including anti-blackness\, mild and/or animated violence\, nudity\, sex\, vomit\, and urine. \nLive discussion with BSL interpretation and live captioning.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqifflix-transfinite-shorts/
CATEGORIES:Bisexual,Discussion,Feature,Films,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Trans
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SUMMARY:SQIFF Shorts: A is for Asexual
DESCRIPTION:We are taking part in DIVE IN Cinema\, a two-week online screening series in collaboration with other film festivals and exhibitors in Scotland. \nDIVE IN Cinema will offer a mixture of features and short films across fiction\, documentary and experimental work\, as well as a few filmmaker conversations. Each screening will be programmed by one of the contributing exhibitors and will be available on demand for 48 hours from its start time\, with a new programme released at 10am every day. \nSQIFF’s programme is called A is for Asexual and will be available to view online for 48 hours from 10am on Wednesday 15 July. \nHighlighting new work around perhaps the most under-represented identity in queer cinema\, this programme celebrates films by and about asexual people of colour. Garima Kaul’s documentary Desire? explores the wide range of experiences of asexual individuals and communities in India\, whilst multi-award-winning Brazilian film Infinite While It Lasts follows the budding relationship between asexual Danny and allosexual Seiji. \nClick here to register to access all the films in DIVE IN Cinema for free. All screenings are FREE to view\, however DIVE IN are collecting donations for Scottish charities The Unity Centre and Ubuntu Women Shelter. The Unity Centre provides advice and support to asylum seekers and migrants in Scotland. Ubuntu Women Shelter is a Glasgow-based charity that provides emergency accommodation needs for women with no recourse to public funds. There is a payment link to donate when you enter the hub. \nScreenings are captioned for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences. Content notes per film will be listed on the online platform as appropriate. \nDesire? (30m)\nDir: Garima Kaul\, Country: India\, Year: 2019\nThe everyday realities of some people who identify as asexual\, creating small ruptures in the homogenising culture of hyper and heteronormative sexuality. \nLanguage/s: English\, Hindi\n \nContent note: Depiction of asexual denial and acephobia; discussion of asexual denial\, acephobia\, homophobia\, sexual/emotional abuse\, masturbation\, and caste discrimination.\n \nFixers – Asexuality (3m)\nDir: Fixers\, Country: UK\, Year: 2013\nFixers are young people using their past to fix the future. \nLanguage/s: English \nContent note: Depiction of asexual denial; discussion of asexual denial and suicide.\n \nInfinite While It Lasts (17m) \nDir: Akira Kamiki\, Country: Brazil\, Year: 2019\nAfter falling in love at a party\, Danny and Seiji just want to be together\, but their differences might prove stronger than their feelings. \nLanguage/s: Portuguese\n \nContent note: None
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-shorts-a-is-for-asexual/
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Asexual,Films,Free event,People of colour,Shorts
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SUMMARY:All The Feels!: Ultimate Queer Fanvid Playlist
DESCRIPTION:Fanvids are short films using music\, edited by fans in an expression of all the feels around their favourite fandoms. Even with today’s films and television bursting with more queer characters than ever\, we still fight for true recognition\, representation\, and stories that go beyond the sometimes disappointing and limiting storylines we are given. Every fanvid is a DIY work of art\, combining music and clever edits to celebrate favourite shows\, rework plots\, commiserate in collective sadness\, and whatever feels there are to be had! \nCurated by Tara Brown\, queer crip Black fat femme and Fringe! Queer film & arts fest and freelance film curator. \nClick here for Tara’s YouTube playlist. \nACCESS \nThis playlist has an age recommendation of N/C 12+. \nThe fanvids have English audio. Some have English language captions or a transcript. Transcript of the other vids coming soon. With apologies for the lack of captions on all videos thanks to YouTube removing the option for community captions. Click here to sign a petition for YouTube to reverse this decision. \nThe playlist is 34 minutes long. \nContent notes: Discussion of homophobia\, biphobia\, and racism; depiction of brief nudity\, sex\, violence\, and blood. \n\n\n\n\nThe videos in All the Feels!: Ultimate Queer Fanvid Playlist include some loud music and fast editing. \n\n\n\n\nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info@sqiff.org.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/all-the-feels-ultimate-queer-fanvid-playlist/
CATEGORIES:Around one hour or less,Bisexual,English language,Films,Free event,Lesbian,People of colour,Shorts
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SUMMARY:SQIFF 2020 Vimeo on Demand Film Programme
DESCRIPTION:Click here to access our full film programme on Vimeo on Demand. \nMost of our film programme will be available via Vimeo on Demand for 2 weeks from 5 to 18 October. You can access films in the programme at any time during this period. Films on our Vimeo on Demand will be accessible within the UK only. \n\n\n\n\nTo watch films on our Vimeo on Demand channel\, you will need to create a Vimeo account\, which is free and quick to set up. Click here and then click the option to ‘Join for free.’ You will need access to an email address to be able to join. \n\n\n\n\nYou will be asked to choose what you pay for each film or film programme on our Vimeo on Demand channel. You enter the amount you want to pay starting from £1 every time you rent a film. If you need to access films for free\, get in touch with us and we will send a code for the films you want to access\, no proof of circumstance required. You will have up until 18 October to watch films once you have rented them. \n\n\n\n\nIf you need assistance with accessing films or events online\, including how to use vimeo or Zoom\, you can get in touch with our Access & Support Team between 10am and 5pm every day of the Festival. You can contact them by emailing info[at]sqiff.org or by phone on 07883 737 362. \nIf you want to contact us to ask any questions before the Festival starts\, email info[at]sqiff.org. \n\nClick here to download the SQIFF 2020 brochure for the full list of films on Vimeo on Demand. \nClick here to download a text-only version of the brochure. \nClick here for an audio version of the brochure. \n\nOR here’s a list of all the films and shorts programme with links!: \n  \n\nEvery Utopia is a Dystopia: Science Fiction Worlds \nAshley\n45 minutes\, Dir: Jamie Crewe\, N/C 12+\, UK\, 2020\, English language \n“Dragging a wheelie case behind them\, Ashley arrives at an isolated\, beachside cottage. They hope that this weekend in the countryside might be the change they need: a change f rom depression\, f rom heartbreak\, f rom the pain of a shifting identity. As the weekend unfolds\, however\, their hope wavers: things go wrong in their body\, or perhaps in their mind — or perhaps there really is something\, outside\, developing an appetite for them…” Ashley by Jamie Crewe was created for the 2019/20 Margaret Tait Award\, Scotland’s most prestigious moving image prize for artists. \nFlaming Ears (coming soon!)\n84 minutes\, Dirs: Ursula Pürrer\, Dietmar Schipek\, Ashley Hans Scheirl\, N/C 18+\, Austria\, 1991\, German and English languages \nFlaming Ears is a pop sci-fi lesbian\, fantasy feature set in the year 2700 in the fictive\, burnt-out city of Asche. It follows the tangled lives of three women: Spy\, a comic book artist; Volly\, a performance artist and sexed-up pyromaniac; and Nun\, an amoral alien with a predilection for reptiles. It’s a story of love and revenge\, and an anti-romantic plea for love in its many forms. It’s also a story laced with sex\, violence\, and a pulsating soundtrack\, a cyberdyke movie stimulating both the body and the brain. \nKeyboard Fantasies: the Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story\n63 minutes\, Dir: Posy Dixon\, N/C 12+\, UK\, 2019\, English language \nAs a sci-fi-obsessed queer living in near isolation\, Glenn Copeland wrote and self-released Keyboard Fantasies in Huntsville\, Ontario in 1986. Recorded in an Atari-powered home studio\, the cassette featured seven tracks of a curious folk-electronica hybrid\, a sound realised far before its time. Three decades on the musician began to receive emails f rom people across the world\, thanking him for the music they’d recently discovered. Courtesy of a rare-record collector in Japan and a reissue of Keyboard Fantasies\, the music had finally found its audience two generations down the line. Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story sees the protagonist commit his life and music to screen for the first time – an intimate coming of age story spinning pain and suffering of prejudice into rhythm\, hope\, and joy. \nClick here to access the version of Keyboard Fantasies with audio description. \nMany Black Moons Ago\, To Go…\nSelection of films \nA digital exhibition programme of Afrofuturist films and writings in response to the re/imagining of Black alternative future(s). Curated by Scottish-Zimbabwean artist\, researcher\, and curator Natasha Thembiso Ruwona. \nPEOPLE HAVE COME\n60 minutes\, Dir: Jamie Crewe\, N/C 12+\, UK\, 2020\, English language \nAs part of the Margaret Tait Award\, Jamie Crewe produced a recorded artist’s talk in which they discuss a technique that recurs throughout their practice. They named the technique PEOPLE HAVE COME\, and it describes courting and avoiding publicness. For certain kinds of people the desire to be seen\, recognised\, and understood is as powerful as the urge to hide\, be illegible\, and repel investigation. In reference to Ashley\, their Margaret Tait Award 2019/20 commission\, as well as to other works and experiences\, this talk traces eruptions of this ambivalent seam in Jamie’s life and practice. \nPrototypes I & II (coming soon!)\n104 minutes\, Dir: Doireann O’Malley\, N/C 12+\, UK\, 2018\, English language \nDoireann O’Malley’s most recent body of work is a trilogy titled Prototypes I\, II and III which explore gender and its manifestations in a post-speculative mind/body assemblage of scenes\, set within the modernist Interbau housing development in the Hansaviertel area of Berlin. The films explore new perspectives on trans identity through the lens of a post psychoanalytic\, schizo-analytic methodology\, entangling rhizomatic forms of thought\, systems theory\, consciousness\, machine learning\, and quantum transformation. \n\nSQIFF Shorts: Every Utopia is a Dystopia\n70 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English and Spanish languages\n\nK and L are cultural conservationists working in a not-so-distant future to preserve the artefacts and histories that are being systematically destroyed by a totalitarian government. When they are in a deadly car accident\, time splinters into parallel realities\, separating them. Tonia Stanwell arrives at the government agency where she will apply to turn 36\, a feat few Black trans women like her have reached. A queer utopia named Stonewall Nation has been founded by a generation of activists and artists in a world where AIDS never happened. Tales using classic sci-fi set ups to transmit queer ideas feature in this shorts compilation.\n\nQueering the Script\n93 minutes\, Dir: Gabrielle Zilkha\, N/C 12+\, Canada/USA\, 2019\, English\nlanguage\n\n\nQueerness on television has moved f rom subtext in series such as Xena: Warrior Princess\, to all-out multi season relationships between women\, as seen on Buffy the Vampire Slayer\, Lost Girl\, and Carmilla. But things still aren’t perfect. In 2016\, a record number of queer women died on fictional shows\, which broke the hearts of queer fans and launched a successful fight for better\, more diverse LGTBQ2S+ representation. Stars such as Ilene Chaiken\, Stephanie Beatriz\, Lucy Lawless\, and Angelica Ross join with the voices of numerous kickass fangirls in this fast-paced history of queer women’s representation in contemporary television. \nCruising the Future: Shu Lea Cheang Retrospective \nFluidø\n84 minutes\, Dir: Shu Lea Cheang\, N/C 18+\, Germany\, 2017\, English\, French\, and German languages \nIn a post-AIDS future of 2060\, the Government has declared the era AIDS FREE but mutated AIDS viruses have given birth to the ZERO GEN: genetically evolved\, genderfluid humans whose white fluid is a hypernarcotic. A new war on drugs sees the ZERO GEN declared illegal. The Government dispatches drug-resistant replicants for round-up arrest missions. When one of these government android’s immunity breaks down and its pleasure centres are activated\, the story becomes a tangled multi-thread plot and the ZERO GENs are caught among underground drug lords\, glitched super agents\, a scheming corporation\, and a corrupt government. \nI.K.U.\n88 minutes\, Dir: Shu Lea Cheang\, N/C 18+\, Japan\, 2000\, English and Japanese languages \nEnvisioned as a sequel to Blade Runner\, I.K.U. scandalised audiences when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Following the adventures of seven sexy replicants as they attempt to gather data for the I.K.U. system (which enables touchless orgasms)\, I.K.U. is a cyberpunk fuck film for the internet generation. “I.K.U. is a phenomenon that wants to refuse definition and… crosses all categories – geographic\, physical\, conceptual – with a demented flourish. As much trans-genre as it is trans-gender\, I.K.U. also wants to merge video and film into a fresh digital universe large-scale enough to overwhelm the viewer.” B. Ruby Rich\, Rhizome. \n  \nQueer Ecologies \nFire and Flood\n120 minutes\, Dir: Vanessa Raditz\, N/C 15+\, USA\, 2020\, English and Spanish languages \nFire & Flood: Queer Resilience in the era of climate change tells the story of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the fires in Santa Rosa\, California\, two near simultaneous climate-related disasters in the fall of 2017\, through the voices of LGBTQ people who lived through them and were part of the community response. The film explores the vulnerability of LGBTQ communities to climate disasters and also lifts up queer and trans strategies for resilience\, transition\, and survival. \nClick here to access the version of Fire and Flood with bilingual Spanish and English subtitles. \nSQIFF Shorts: Belonging in Nature / Belonging in Europe\n67 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English\, Swedish\, Portuguese\, and German languages \nA selection of short films made in Europe that investigate intersections and articulations of queerness and the natural world. A pack of Swedish animals sanitise an abandoned space. Two young soldiers are deployed on an island that is plagued by an uncontrollable growth of hydrangeas. Three young women\, living in three separate parallel universes\, depend on one another to survive. The inhabitants of a gender-fluid utopian society explore what queer politics can learn f rom environmental matters. \nSQIFF Shorts: Indigenous Ecofeminisms\n61 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 12+\, English\, Anishinaabe\, and Portuguese languages \nA series of shorts that follow the stories of queer and trans indigenous people as they navigate life on earth during climate crisis. A non-binary Anishinaabe activist attempts to revive ceremonial harvesting rituals with a 10\,000-year-old Sasquatch in suburban Ontario. A queer indigenous writer and performance artist documents the ways in which Canada’s extraction industry destroys indigenous lands and parallels the child apprehension industry. And a group of young people in Brazil enjoy the outdoors over New Years; drawing\, playing instruments\, laying in the sun\, cutting each other’s hair\, and chatting shit about men. \nThe Garden\n92 minutes\, Dir: Derek Jarman\, 12A\, UK\, 1990\, English language \n‘Paradise haunts gardens’\, writes Derek Jarman\, ‘and it haunts mine.’ Jarman was a film director\, stage designer\, diarist\, artist\, gardener\, and author\, whose work\, dwelling on themes of sexuality and violence\, reflected his reality as an HIV-positive man living in Thatcher’s Britain. His own garden-paradise was situated in the flat\, bleak\, often desolate expanse of shingle that faces the Dungeness nuclear power station. This intimate insight into Jarman’s inner world was shot on Super8 with the help of friends and collaborators\, movingly utilising a cast of iconic\, religious figures that include Jesus\, Judas\, and the Madonna\, and a cast of queer icons. Screening with 1993 short film featuring Jarman\, The Clearing (7 minutes). \nWater Makes Us Wet: An Ecosexual Adventure\n79 minutes\, Dirs: Beth Stephens\, Annie Sprinkle\, N/C 18+\, USA\, 2018\, English language \nWith a poetic blend of curiosity\, humour\, sensuality\, and concern\, this film chronicles the pleasures and politics of H2O f rom an ecosexual perspective. Travel with Annie\, a former sex worker\, Beth\, a professor\, and their dog Butch\, in their E.A.R.T.H. Lab mobile unit\, as they explore the role of water. Ecosexuality shifts the metaphor “Earth as Mother” to “Earth as Lover” to create a more reciprocal and empathetic relationship with the natural world. Along the way\, Annie and Beth interact with a diverse range of folks including performance artists\, biologists\, water treatment plant workers\, scholars\, and others\, climaxing in a shocking event that reaffirms the power of water\, life\, and the earth. \n  \nIslands and Oceans \nLeitis in Waiting\n72 minutes\, N/C 12+\, Dirs: Dean Hamer\, Joe Wilson\, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu\, 2018\, English and Tongan languages \nTonga\, an island group in the South Pacific\, has long considered trans women\, known as leitis\, an integral part of its culture\, often carrying significant social status. But recent Western religious influences have seen their identities being increasingly challenged. This documentary traces their proud cultural history and highlights developments in their struggles against discrimination. \nTchindas\n94 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dirs: Pablo García Pérez de Lara\, Marc Serena\, Cape Verde\, 2015\, Cape Verdean Creole language \nTchindas explores queer identity and acceptance in the Cape Verde archipelago\, and follows Tchinda\, a transgender woman who is a national heroine\, as she prepares for Carnival month. The camera closely follows Tchinda and her cohorts – an engaging\, closely knit group of trans women and gay men – as they take the lead in preparing their neighbourhood for the festivities. \n  \nDaydreams and Testamonials: Queer South America \nCracks in the Patriarchy (coming soon!)\n78 minutes\, N/C 12+\, Dir: Cagdas Celtikli\, Kai Münch\, Argentina\, 2020\, Spanish language \nThrough comprehensive interviews focused on seven individuals f rom different backgrounds\, this documentary examines the LGBTQI+ community in Buenos Aires\, Argentina. History and biography meld with the fiercely political as we learn of several overlapping struggles in the vast city. From the fight for gender recognition by the trans community to ongoing struggles to fight racism both within the LGBTQI+ scene and beyond; from the experiences of travestis in art and theatre to the massive movement to decriminalise abortion; the history\, culture\, and politics of the LGBTQI+ community are drawn into sharp focus. Yet in this great variety of perspectives and histories lies a shared goal: a safer\, freer society for all. \nFabiana\n89 minutes\, N/C 12+\, Dir: Brunna Laboissière\, Brazil\, 2018\, Portuguese language \nFor over three decades\, Fabiana has lived a nomadic life as a trans woman trucker in Brazil. She has crossed the vast country hundreds of times over\, never staying anywhere for too long. Confident and adventurous\, she’s at home amongst the mostly-male truckers she encounters\, and often hooks up with other women in her travels. But is she ready to finally settle down\, when the open road has been her life? This documentary joins her on her last few journeys on the eve of retirement\, sharing the connections and intimacies of her life. \n  \nFeature films \nBlindsided\n60 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dir: Lisa Olivieri\, USA\, 2015\, English language \nA documentary narrative about Patricia Livingstone\, a deafblind\, lesbian artist facing a series of losses and gains. The film weaves intimate\, real time scenes shot over the course of eight years with home videos and photographs\, relaying the story of a woman whose spark did not fade even in the face of hardship and loss. Screening with local short film\, Blind Spot (20 minutes)\, exploring and attempting to simulate the experience of visual impairment. \n\nClick here to access the version of Blindsided and Blind Spot with audio description. \n\nBreaking Fast\n92 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dir: Mike Mosallam\, USA\, 2020\, English and Arabic languages \nMo\, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood\, is learning to navigate life post-heartbreak. Enter Kal\, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan. As they learn more about each other\, they fall in love over what they have in common and what they don’t. The genesis of the feature film came about from overwhelming positive responses to the short film by the director\, which SQIFF screened at our 2019 Festival. The film aims to be the first of its kind to feature a practicing Muslim character who is gay and not dealing with those two things in conflict but rather in harmony. \nClick here to access the version of Breaking Fast with audio description. \nGame on: queer disruptions in sport\n67 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dir: Maria Takacs\, Hungary\, 2020\, English\, Hungarian\, and German languages \nGame on: queer disruptions in sport is a documentary which shines a light on the experiences of those with diverse identities within grassroots sport. The film features the stories of gay runners Csaba and Benjamin f rom Hungary; Natalie\, a Scottish lesbian boxer; Pol\, an intersex rower f rom Bulgaria; and a German trans woman footballer called Jessi. Their stories are unique but bring up themes that are typical for lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, intersex\, and queer (LGBTIQ+) people in sport. \nLingua Franca\n95 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dir: Isabel Sandoval\, USA\, Philippines\, 2019\, English\, Tagalog\, and Russian languages \nIn this beguiling drama\, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brooklyn. When the American man she’s secretly paying for a green card marriage backs out\, she becomes involved with a cis male slaughterhouse worker who is unaware she’s transgender. \nPride & Protest\n90 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dir: Blaise Singh\, UK\, 2020\, English language \nPride & Protest is a documentary about QTIPOC communities and activists in Britain today and struggles surrounding the politics of desire\, self-care\, and found family. In the wake of the Birmingham protests against LGBTIQ+ relationship education in primary schools\, director Blaise Singh follows various queer people of colour as they challenge homophobia and racism in their communities. They speak out against internalised shame and lack of representation\, and we follow them trying to figure out their place in the world in the build up to UK Black Pride. \nScream\, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street\n100 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dirs: Roman Chimienti\, USA\, 2019\, English language \nAt the time of release\, The Advocate dubbed 1985’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge the gayest horror film ever made. For the film’s closeted young star\, Mark Patton\, such a tag was a stark reminder about the homophobia rampant in Hollywood at the time—and the painful experience he had making the high-profile film and living through the polarising critical aftermath. This new documentary highlights Patton’s time in the horror spotlight\, and Patton—who co- produced the film with Roman Chimienti\, a NYC-based sound engineer—sets the record straight about this controversial sequel\, which ended his acting career just as it was about to begin. \nThe Cancer Journals Revisited\n98 minutes\, N/C 15+\, Dir: Lana Lin\, USA\, 2018\, English\, Spanish\, and German languages \nThe Cancer Journals Revisited is prompted by the question of what it means to re-visit and re-vision Black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde’s classic 1980 memoir of her breast cancer experience today. At the invitation of filmmaker Lana Lin\, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010\, twenty-seven writers\, artists\, activists\, health care advocates\, and current and former patients recite Lorde’s manifesto aloud on camera\, collectively dramatising it and producing an oration for the screen. The film is both a critical commentary and a poetic reflection upon the precarious conditions of survival within the intimate and politicised public sphere of illness. \nThe Wound + South African Shorts\n88 minutes\, 15\, Dir: John Trengrove\, South Af rica\, 2017\, Xhosa language \nDespite a rich queer history and long fight to guarantee the rights of queer people under the first democratic government of Nelson Mandela\, queer and trans South Africans face many challenges\, which intersect with class and cultural identities. This screening attests to those challenges but demonstrates that love and support comes f rom surprising and subversive places. The Wound explores the relationship between traditional Xhosa initiation rituals and queer identity\, also alluded to in My Transgender Life (12m) by Yonela Simetu. The Men Who Speak Gayle (11m) celebrates a secret language used during the apartheid era to hide queer identities f rom the authorities. \n  \nShort films \nA Funny Thing Happened\n37 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English language \nThe mother of a queer daughter moves into a nursing home leading to a shocking – and buzzing – revelation. A date leads to a stand off as two lesbian women try their damnest to out-queer each other. In a campy western town\, a lady blacksmith and her naughty paramour get up to no good in a who-rides-who tale with a twist. A drag wardrobe malfunction leads to unexpected consequences. And a satire of lesbian vampire and lesbian nun films comically exposes poor representation in cinema. A wee short shorts screening at 37 minutes for those who need a shot of humour in their lives! \nClick here to access a version of A Funny Thing Happened with audio description. \nBridges to the Past\n63 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English and French languages \nProviding access to queer history\, which is often obscured and hidden f rom us\, is one of the main rationales for putting on a queer film festival. In this selection of shorts there’s a chance to learn about histories including those of LGBTQ+ individuals living in West Yorkshire f rom the 60s to the present day\, and of trans people in the 1950s US\, whose case files have only recently been unearthed. A quite different documentary tale about a group of queers and migrants squatting a house in Toulouse haunted by a misogynist murder cements the programme’s overall reflection on historical inheritance as a concept. \nFamily Ties (coming soon!)\n68 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English\, Portuguese\, and Tagalog languages \nNavigating the risk of rejection and trying to forge understanding form a large part of queer people’s relationships with their biological families. A British-Nigerian man conf ronts such a possibility of rejection when his mother finds out about his sexuality. Brandon\, a queer Filipino-American grandson\, meditates through his anxiety of having to call and wish his grandmother Happy Birthday. And more tales of family bonds versus woe. \nGods and/or Monsters: Queer East Film Festival (coming soon!)\n76 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 18+\, Mandarin\, Cantonese\, Japanese\, and English languages \nAfter having to postpone its first full edition (originally scheduled for April/May 2020)\, the London-based Queer East Film Festival has been undertaking an ambitious series of online screenings over the past few months. Now\, QEFF takes its first virtual visit to Scotland\, presenting a wild and wonderful programme of short films that give a breathtaking glimpse into just some of what East Asian queer cinema has to offer. Showcasing new and rediscovered works – and some things in between – it features daring touches of the supernatural\, the horrific\, the surreal\, and the downright weird. Curated by Queer East’s director and programmer Yi Wang\, this selection is equal parts shocking\, touching\, and bittersweet – and not for the faint of heart! \nHealing\n49 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English and Malagasy languages \nChado hones in on the moments when a child navigates the uncomfortable space between themself and their care-givers. In Razana\, Solo returns to Madagascar after the death of their lover. Confronting their late partner’s family in line with their final wishes\, Solo must reconcile with grief\, homophobia\, and compassion. Yellow Peril: Queer Destinyexplores themes of racism\, gender\, self-actualisation\, and the ways in which Asian diaspora navigate multicultural living. The impact of community arts and organising and themes of access and fulfilment are explored in Trans Happiness is Real. These films all deal with healing and searching for inner contentment. \nLove or Something Like It\n71 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, Korean\, English\, Portuguese\, and Hindi languages \nThe vagaries of romantic love crossed with sexual desire are probed in this collection. A mother assists her Disabled son to masturbate and discovers his sexual preference. Experimental images of toys and animations played on monitors are used to explore the subconscious influences of childhood memories on intimate relationships. A poetry film made entirely with a cell phone conveys the regret and longing of a Brazilian immigrant in London. A middle-aged man makes his weekly visit to the neighbourhood barber shop so he can be touched by his crush. And three queers on a countryside holiday carry out a utopian experiment in the form of a three-way romantic relationship. \nQueer Scotland\n57 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, Arabic\, English\, and British Sign languages \nWe are always proud to present some of the astonishing queer filmmaking made by local talent. This year features meditation on the queer body and its owner’s cultural history\, the potential for zine culture to assist in the recovery f rom mental health difficulties\, being censored when writing LGBTQ characters\, living as a gay man in the era of 1950s McCarthyism\, feminist sci-fi baby- making adventures\, love on the mind of an admirer\, and Deaf identities. \nRhythms (coming soon!)\n59 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English language \nPoetry\, dancing\, music\, the rhythms of queer clubbing… A series of trans poetry performed by its authors delves deep into gritty issues. A documentary chronicles the life of a man who came out in his late 60s and loves to dance more than anything else. A queer singer-songwriter considers what it means to rethink your gender labels through gender affirming top surgery. On the first tube home\, Tam relives his night out clubbing via his phone. A dance teacher and choreographer by day discusses how his drag performances by night have influenced him. And a belly dancer f rom a small Kurdish community in Turkey talks about the meaning of dance in his life. \nTransdimensional Voices\n32 minutes\, Various directors\, N/C 15+\, English language \nThis collection of shorts uplifts trans* voices and showcases a wide range of trans* identifying talent based within Glasgow. Jamie Crewe’s “The Ideal Bar” — “Le Narcisse” — “Alec’s” touches on experiences of transphobia and LGBTQIA+ solidarity and conflict. Sorcha Clelland presents Where the Red Fern Grows\, interrogating performance\, queer club space aesthetics\, and the consistent demolition of community spaces which seek to aid queer voices. Powder Snowdrop Catatonic is a performance featuring various camp characters by Sgàire Wood. The films cover a multitude of themes\, depending on the viewer’s perception of the work.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-2020-vimeo-on-demand-film-programme/
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Many Black Moons Ago\, To Go...
DESCRIPTION:Time as it is Queer.  \nBlackness as it is Queer. \nWhat comes next after the end of the world?  \nA digital exhibition programme of Afrofuturist films and writings in response to the re/imagining of Black alternative future(s). Curated by Scottish-Zimbabwean artist\, researcher\, and curator Natasha Thembiso Ruwona. Sign up to receive a link to access the exhibition website during the festival dates\, 5th to 18th October.  \nShort films available as part of the exhibition across the 2 weeks include NEGRUM3 (2018) by Diego Paulino\, Reifying Desire 5 (2012) by Jacolby Satterwhite\, and Time Travel Experiments Pt. 2 (2017) by Black Quantum Futurism. Born in Flames (1983)\, depicting a future where a socialist government gains power and a group of women decides to organize and rebel\, will be available to view as part of the exhibition on our Vimeo on Demand channel 12th to 13th October. Please note all films will screen with English language captions. Further access information will be available on the film’s Vimeo on Demand pages. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/many-black-moons-ago-to-go-tickets-122063351771′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \nThere will be artists’ responses to the programme by Sequoia Barnes and Naomi Gessesse. \nSequoia Barnes’ work is predominately centered around making processes\, rituals\, and modes of fashioning. Trained in semiotics\, she deploys research through praxis often in her artistic explorations of black diasporic symbolisms\, storytelling as performance\, and positioning the creative process as a performance/ritual. Her scholarly work currently explores the design techniques and aesthetic semiotics of late fashion designer\, Patrick Kelly. Her most recent artistic works include her artist responses to Senga Nengudi (Fruitmarket Gallery) and Nick Cave (Tramway) with performative works entitled Sew Me A Quilt. Tell You A Story. (2019) and The Burden I Bear Is Heavy (2019)\, respectively. \nNaomi Gessesse is a movie watcher and Aries sun from Glasgow. They have written for several publications and wrote an undergraduate thesis on the politics of space at the lgbtqia+ film festival. Naomi now works for Berwick Film And Media Arts Festival while continuing to write. \nA reading group led by Martha Williams on Sunday 18 October will conclude the series. Click here to book a free ticket to the reading group event\, Call & Reponse. The event will have BSL interpretation\, live captioning\, and live audio description. The films in the exhibition all have English language captions.  \nBorn in Flames is preserved by Anthology Film Archives with restoration funding from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation. Distributed by Cinenova.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/many-black-moons-ago-to-go/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Films,Free event,People of colour
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SUMMARY:SQIFF 2020 Opening Film: Pride & Protest
DESCRIPTION:Pride & Protest is a documentary about QTIPOC communities and activists in Britain today and struggles surrounding the politics of desire\, self-care\, and found family. In the wake of the Birmingham protests against LGBTIQ+ relationship education in primary schools\, director Blaise Singh follows various queer people of colour as they challenge homophobia and racism in their communities. They speak out against internalised shame and lack of representation\, and we follow them trying to figure out their place in the world in the build up to UK Black Pride. \nWe are screening the film as a live watch party on Zoom. We are very happy to be joined by director Blaise Singh for a Q&A after the film. Pride & Protest will also be available on SQIFF’s Vimeo on Demand channel between 5 and 18 October. \nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. To book\, click the button below. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders a day or two beforehand. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sqiff-2020-opening-film-pride-protest-tickets-116679955889′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nThe film has English audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction and Q&A. \nThis event has live audio description. We will send instructions on how to access the live AD to all ticket holders before the event. Contact us by emailing info@sqiff.org if you would like any more information about live AD during the Festival. \nThe film has lots of dialogue and voiceover\, all English language\, and mostly bright images. \nThe film is 90 minutes long with a 10 minute introduction at the start\, a 5 minute comfort break after the film\, and a Q&A lasting approximately 30 minutes. \nContent notes: Discussion of racism\, homophobia\, biphobia\, and transphobia; depiction of homophobia\, transphobia\, biphobia\, and brief racist violence. \nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info@sqiff.org. \nTickets \nTickets for most live events are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. Our sliding scale allows you to choose what to pay based on what you feel you can afford. No evidence or proof of circumstances is required. If you can afford to pay more\, we really appreciate it as we rely on this income to pay queer people fairly for their work and keep the festival going.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/sqiff-2020-opening-film-pride-protest/
CATEGORIES:Audio description,Bisexual,BSL,Documentary,English language,Feature,Films,Gay men,Lesbian,People of colour,Speech to Text
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SUMMARY:Watch Party: Tchindas
DESCRIPTION:Tchindas explores queer identity and acceptance in the Cape Verde archipelago\, and follows Tchinda\, a transgender woman who is a national heroine\, as she prepares for Carnival month. The camera closely follows Tchinda and her cohorts – an engaging\, closely knit group of trans women and gay men – as they take the lead in preparing their neighbourhood for the festivities. Screening with short The Whole World is Turning (21m) by Ada M. Patterson. \nFollowed by a conversation with Ada M. Patterson examining the themes raised. Ada M. Patterson (Bridgetown\, 1994) is a visual artist and writer based between Barbados\, London and Rotterdam. They work with masquerade\, textiles\, performance\, video and poetry\, telling new stories or rethinking old stories in new recuperative ways. Click here for Ada’s Instagram. \nPart of Islands and Oceans curated by Harvey Dimond. Tchindas and The Whole World is Turning will also be available on SQIFF’s Vimeo on Demand channel between 5 and 18 October. Supported by Film Hub Scotland\, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network\, and funded by Screen Scotland and Lottery funding from the BFI. \nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. To book\, click the button below. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders a day or two beforehand. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watch-party-tchindas-tickets-120104552951′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis screening has an age recommendation of N/C 15+. \nThe films have Cape Verdean Creole audio with English language captions. BSL interpretation and live captioning provided for introduction and Q&A. \nThe films are 115 minutes long with a brief introduction at the start\, a 5 minute comfort break after the film\, and a discussion lasting approximately 30 minutes. \nContent notes: discussion of homophobia\, transphobia\, and swearing. \nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info[at]sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info[at]sqiff.org. \nTickets \nTickets for most live events are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. Our sliding scale allows you to choose what to pay based on what you feel you can afford. No evidence or proof of circumstances is required. If you can afford to pay more\, we really appreciate it as we rely on this income to pay queer people fairly for their work and keep the festival going.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/watch-party-tchindas/
CATEGORIES:BSL,Documentary,Feature,Films,People of colour,Trans
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Film Criticism with Valerie Complex and Becca Harrison SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:**Please note this event is now sold out. You can join a waiting list by clicking Buy Tickets below and we will contact you if a space becomes available** \nFilm critics Valerie Complex (Variety\, AwardsWatch\, Pride.com) and Becca Harrison (Sight & Sound\, The Mary Sue\, BBC Scotland) will hold a workshop for emerging critics that introduces different forms\, styles\, and practices of writing for the press. Drawing on their experience as freelancers for a wide range of outlets\, including work on Portrait of a Lady on Fire and queer desire in Star Wars\, they’ll open with a conversation about the usefulness of film criticism in today’s online culture\, and offer tips and advice on developing a portfolio. The session will cover issues such as research\, pitching\, PR communications\, writing in a house style\, and – importantly – getting paid. They’ll also encourage attendees to discuss their work and aspirations as critics\, and ask any questions about the industry. \n\n\n\n\nTickets are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. To book\, click the button below. You can book a ticket up to one hour before the start time. We will send out a Zoom link for the event to ticket holders a day or two beforehand. \n[bra_button text=’Buy Tickets’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-film-criticism-with-valerie-complex-and-becca-harrison-tickets-120108534861′ target=’_blank’ size=’medium’ style=’rounded’ color=’pink’] \n  \nACCESS \nThis workshop has an age recommendation of 18+. \nBSL interpretation and live captioning are provided for the workshop. \nThe workshop is 90 minutes long with a comfort break in the middle. \nWe have a limited access fund to assist people with no or limited internet access to attend the Festival. If you would like to take this up\, please contact info[at]sqiff.org. \nIf you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF 2020\, please contact info[at]sqiff.org. \nTickets \nTickets for most live events are on a sliding scale of FREE\, £2\, £4\, £6\, or £8. Our sliding scale allows you to choose what to pay based on what you feel you can afford. No evidence or proof of circumstances is required. If you can afford to pay more\, we really appreciate it as we rely on this income to pay queer people fairly for their work and keep the festival going.
URL:https://www.sqiff.org/event/workshop-film-criticism-with-valerie-complex-and-becca-harrison/
CATEGORIES:BSL,Workshops
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