This screening will have an introduction and be followed by a Q&A with Reconnection director Amy Helena, moderated by BSL Film Club co-programmer Charlie Little. BSL Film Club are delighted to be collaborating with Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) on a partnership screening with Filmhouse. BSL Film Club is Deaf Action’s monthly community screening, programmed by […]
Want to learn how to create a safer and more considered set when it comes to intimacy in queer film? Join the Queer Filmmakers' Group for a special session on queer Intimacy Coordination in film, with guest speaker Ian West. Ian West is a Glasgow-based intimacy coordinator who brings a unique blend of sensitivity, […]
Want to know what funding and training opportunities are out there to help get your next project made? Join the Queer Filmmaker's Group for a presentation on various short film talent initiatives across Scotland and the UK, including Screen Scotland's Talent Builder’s Take Three, NFTS’ Sean Connery Talent Lab, Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the […]
**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening.** We cordially invite you to our Opening Night event, Scottish Shorts 1. This event showcases the outstanding talent of queer filmmakers here in our homeland, Scotland. Before we embark on a week exploring […]
Posters, Brochures, T-shirts, Totes and every single festival trailer thus far. This exhibition gives you a chance to step into the SQIFF archive and reminisce on fabulous festivals past. You’ll get a chance to look at our merch over the years, read about our very first festival and admire how much our festival has […]
Got a film idea you've been waiting to share with the world? Join us for our third SQIFF Film Pitch, an opportunity to get your film idea out in front of an audience and guest judges at the 2026 festival. The two winning pitches will be awarded £500 each to be used towards the […]
**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening.** Hand-scratched Super 8, neon ink bleeding across film strips, torn paper fragments, found footage, and reclaimed archives brought back to life. Collaged is a celebration of tactile experimental filmmaking. Blurring the boundaries […]
**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening.** Scottish queer cinema goes DIY with 9 world premieres of subversive and irreverent shorts made in this years' SQIFF queer filmmaking course: SATURATE. Positioning queer filmmaking in Scotland as cinematic counterculture, SATURATE […]
**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening.** Telepathy, psychic yearning, ghostly cruising…. And that’s just the first date. Join us to explore the intuitive and psychic nature of sapphic relationships, where lust is mythic and dreaming is half the […]
**Please note this event is now sold out – we may be able to release more tickets nearer the screening.** Step into the shadows with Nighttime, a trio of films exploring the eerie creatures, uncanny encounters, and mysterious worlds that emerge after dark. Blending live action and 3D animation, these works present unsettling […]
