SQIFF

Workshop: Show Don't Tell: Scriptwriting For Young People
2015-09-24 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
SOLD OUT – MORE TICKETS MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM BOX OFFICE ON THE DAY
A screenwriting workshop led by award-winning filmmaker Lucy Holmes-Elliott.
Lucy will focus on the relationship between structure and narrative drive and how to enhance your story-telling skills. Through hands- on exercises, you will discover how to recognise the structures of contemporary film narrative. Once able to break down films into their blueprints, you will learn how and when to follow or flout these rules for maximum narrative effect in your own writing.
Sponsored by LGBT History Month Scotland with funding from Creative Scotland.
BSL interpretation is available on request. Contact alice@sqiff.org if you require this.
For ages 25 and under, suitable for beginners and those with some scriptwriting experience.
Free but ticketed. To book tickets please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Schools: The Year We Thought About Love
2015-09-24 13:00 - 14:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
An LGBTQ youth theatre group tour schools in Boston performing shows based on their own personal struggles. Amongst those telling their stories are a transgender teen who has been kicked out her home, a young Christian man challenging his church’s homophobia, and a girl who is bullied for not being feminine enough. A brave, funny, and inspiring look at the lives of queer youths.
LGBT Youth Scotland will host a discussion after the film on young LGBTQ people’s lives and experiences.
The event is suitable for Secondary 1 – 6. The CCA is a fully wheelchair accessible venue. The film is in English and will screen with English subtitles to make the event more accessible for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. There will also be a BSL interpreter available for the introduction and discussion.
Content note: discussion of homophobia, transphobia, and racism; non-graphic discussion of violence.
The event is free for all schools and we are also making free buses available for Glasgow City Council schools. To book a place, email info@sqiff.org with the name of your school and the teacher supervising the trip, the number and year/age of pupils you would like to bring, and whether there are accessibility requirements for anyone attending. Please also let us know if you are a GCC school and would like to make use of a free bus.
Watch trailer for The Year We Thought About Love

Dive In Movie - Pride Hangover
2015-06-21 14:00 - 17:30 | Woodland Creatures, 260-262 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5EL, United Kingdom
Special Pride hangover Dive In movie!
SQIFF is teaming up with DIVE Queer Party in Edinburgh to present a special screening of Dancing in Dulais, a short documentary from 1985 on the watershed alliance between queers and striking Welsh miners. The story depicted was the inspiration for the movie Pride.
A mystery feature length film will follow the short!
Hosted by Dive performer Michelle and with free rainbow popcorn included.
*ACCESSIBILITY*
Woodland Creatures is accessible for wheelchair users. We are using a space at the back of the venue about 15 metres from the main front door. Unfortunately, we don’t have a disabled toilet – we are working to find the nearest available one to the venue and will update once we do. If you use a wheelchair and are coming along, please contact Annabel (07713 392 007) so we can reserve a space for you. SQIFF also aims to screen films with subtitles or captions to make them more accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people where possible. The mystery feature will have subtitles but not the short documentary. The feature will start at 3.30pm if you’d like to just come along for that. The event is only open to people aged 18+.
Content note: depiction of homophobia; discussion of HIV- and AIDS-related illness and death; Margaret Thatcher.
If you have any comments or questions about accessibility for this event or SQIFF’s general accessibility policies, please contact info@sqiff.org.
This event is unticketed – just show up on the day!

SQIFF and LEAP Sports Scotland present: In the Turn
2015-06-02 19:00 - 22:00 | The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2HG, United Kingdom
In the Turn (Erica Tremblay, 2013) follows 10 year old Crystal, who’s been banned from taking part in sports at her school because she’s trans. Facing bullying and isolation, Crystal’s life is transformed when her mum introduces her to the Vagine Regime, an international collective of queer roller derby players. A moving portrait of the positive effect inclusivity in sport has on one young person’s life.
Followed by a discussion with special guests on the model roller derby can offer for tackling discrimination in sport.
This event is taking place as part of Leap Sports Scotland Festival Fortnight, 1st to 14th June 2015. For details of more events and activities, click here.
The Glad Cafe is accessible for wheelchair users. We are using the space at the back, about 15 metres from the main front door and accessed via a ramp which is not steep. There is a disabled toilet, which you need to go back up the ramp to access from the back space. If you use a wheelchair, please contact The Glad Cafe on 0141 636 6119 so they can reserve a space for you.
We aim to screen films with subtitles to make them more accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people where possible. However, we were unfortunately not able to do this this time around.
Due to licensing laws, this event is only open to people aged 18+.
Content note: In the Turn includes discussion of transphobic violence and suicide.
For tickets, go to https://eventbrite.co.uk/event/16630927552/.
