SQIFF

SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland III
2017-10-01 15:30 - 17:00 UTC | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Presenting a selection of the compelling array of queer filmmaking happening in Scotland. A gay man drags his friend into lying to his mother with hilarious results, a Polish woman gives insights into why she chose to leave her country to move to Edinburgh, a mother-daughter relationship in the year 2020 proves surprising, and a bisexual woman from China explores her identity amongst the varied approaches in this showcase.
We will to be joined by at least one filmmaker from each featured short film for a Q&A after the screening.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English and Polish languages with English captions/subtitles. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop. Audio description available (small amount of non-English dialogue read within AD).
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

When a Man Loves a Woman (10m)
Dir: Charlie Francis, Year: 2016
A comedy about identity, the lies we tell our mothers, and the lies we ask our friends to tell our mothers.
Fuego (10m)
Dir: Alice Jane McKinney, Year: 2017
Fuego is a short documentary following Marta as she returns to her small rural village in Poland, after leaving in search of a better life.
Amber Blue (10m)
Dir: Hong Anh Nguyen, Year: 2017
While cooking a warm stew together, the relationship between a mother and daughter boils over only to reveal the truth about their peculiar relationship.
Poly Amour (7m)
Dir: Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi, Year: 2016
How capable are we to love boundlessly? This film explores polyamory, deconstructing conventional stereotypes of the romantic relationship structure.
Pull (5m)
Dir: Eleanor Capaldi, Year: 2016
Pull explores what happens when two people are inexorably drawn to one another.
A Long Line of Glitter (15m)
Dir: Asten Holmes-Elliott, Year: 2017
A short film created by LGBT Age community members and a rare chance to witness the unique perspective of people who have lived through changes we now take for granted.
Fluid (14m)
Dir: Whei Zhou, Year: 2016
An experimental film in which a bisexual woman from China explores her identity.
Joey (9m)
Dir: Helen Wright, Year: 2017
A lesbian sci-fi short about a young woman with telekinetic powers going out on the queer scene for the first time.

Looking Awry: She Must Be Seeing Things
2017-10-01 15:00 - 16:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Sheila McLaughlin’s solo directorial debut follows professional social advocate Agatha (Sheila Dabney) and her partner, mercurial indie filmmaker Jo (Lois Weaver). Taking care of Jo’s flat whilst she’s away, Agatha discovers Jo’s diary, which catalogues her past sexual experiences with men. As Jo repeatedly leaves to work on production of her new film – about a former nun who lived as a man in 16th century Spain – Agatha becomes convinced Jo is cheating on her. But is any of it real or is Agatha only seeing things?
Screening on 16mm and with short More Love. Less Prepackaged Bullshit (1 min) by Neelu Bhuman. Introduced by programmer Jacob Engelberg, part of Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for introduction. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Document Presents: FREE CeCe!
2017-10-01 13:00 - 14:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
On her way to the store with a group of friends, trans woman Chrishaun Reed “CeCe” McDonald was brutally attacked and in defending her life, a man was killed. After a coercive interrogation, CeCe was incarcerated in a men’s prison in Minnesota. An international campaign to free CeCe garnered significant support from media and activists, including actress Laverne Cox. Cox signed on as executive producer of FREE CeCe!, committed to exploring the role race, class, and gender played in the case. In the end, CeCe emerged not only as a survivor but also as a leader.
Followed by a discussion with Chryssy Hunter from Bent Bars Project, a letter writing scheme for LGBTQ+ people in prison in the UK. Presented in partnership with Document, Glasgow’s International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion of violence.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Last Men Standing
2017-10-01 12:30 - 13:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
“We felt like every day was wonderful and anything could happen.” Rich and distinguished stories unfold among the lives of long-term survivors who have learned how to celebrate, heal, love, and thrive after the devastation of the early AIDS crisis. In this cathartic and intimate documentary, eight men look back on their experiences and then toward the future with the strength and resiliency they have cultivated over the past 30 years.
Following the screening, Scott Agnew – HIV positive, critically acclaimed, Glaswegian stand up comedian and compere – will be joining the panel for a discussion led by David Bingham of HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust Scotland.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Are We Queer Yet?: SQIFF at GoMA
2017-10-01 12:00 - 16:00 | gallery of modern art, Glasgow, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, G1 3AH, United Kingdom
The huge beautiful hall in the GoMA has been left free and open for SQIFF to play with, so what do you think we did? Built a queer teenager’s bedroom, of course! Come lounge and hang out in our fully interactive installation. There will even be equipment to watch the LGBTQ+ short film DVDs piled on our teenager’s shelf. This immersive experience is designed to emulate the alienation and excitement of adolescence (particularly from a LGBTQ+ perspective) whilst simultaneously providing a safe space in the heart of the city centre. Tell your past self, the queers are here, get used to it.
SQIFF at GoMA is taking place in GoMA’s Gallery 1 while Marlie Mul’s exhibition is cancelled.
ACCESS: GoMA has wheelchair access to all floors and galleries. Accessible toilets available. Disabled parking bays are available at the bottom of Queen Street next to the taxi rank. Various languages with English subtitles/captions.
This is a FREE event open to all on the day. No ticket required.

Free Family Film: Finding Dory
2017-10-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dory (voiced by gay rights hero Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every ten seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends, Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species. Dory realises that her family reunion will only happen if she can save her mum and dad from captivity.
ACCESS: Wheelchair access at Platform with ramps and lifts. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions.
This is a FREE event. Tickets will be available on the door or pre-book by calling Platform box office on +44 (0)141 276 9696.

Party: LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS BABADOOK BALL
2017-09-30 22:00 | Drygate Brewing Co, 85 Drygate, Glasgow, G4 0UT, United Kingdom
You know what’s scarier than the crushing weight of unfulfilled heteronormative pressure? Yup, pretty much nothing! So come all you perfect lil queer babies and dance among your affective family one last time before SQIFF shuts up shop for another year. Hosted at DRYGATE BREWERY, LUYD presents a night of fresh queers, craft beers, and butt-thumping miss new booty beats.
Welcoming back LUYD’s most treasured resident: DJ SUEZZ
Our fave lil F-Bone: PEARL NECKLACE
And in shambolic tradition: LOCK UP YOUR DJs
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of Drygate with lift up to first floor for party space. Accessible toilets available. Gender neutral toilets.
Suggested donation of £5 on the door.

Looking Awry: Nowhere
2017-09-30 21:15 - 22:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Described by director Gregg Araki as “A Beverly Hills 90210 episode on acid,” Nowhere follows 18-year-old Dark Smith through a day in the teenager’s life in LA. Dark fails to get the emotional support he craves from girlfriend Mel, who is also involved with a girl named Lucifer, while Dark moons over hunky Montgomery. A spree of kinky sex, hallucinogenic drugs, random violence, romantic misunderstandings, and alien abduction ensues. Part of Araki’s notorious Teen Apocalypse Trilogy exploring alienation, fluid sexuality, and Armageddon.
Screening with short Self and Others (6 mins), a study of the visual language of sexual fluidity as captured through the lens of film history. Introduced by programmer Jacob Engelberg, part of Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for introduction. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence, sexual assault, and suicide.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Glasgow School of Art Pornography Society Presents: M4M
2017-09-30 21:00 - 23:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
M4M showcases queer sex on camera with a variety of vivid, lurid, and fluid short films and clips. Presenting scenes from prominent gay porn company productions including Falcon Studios’ pioneering 1983 film, Spokes, and the infamous Devil’s Dick scene from Treasure Island Media’s 2006 Breeding Season. Also featuring a selection of works by Zachary Hutchinson, Georges Jacotey, Antonio da Silva, Bishop Black, plus a teaser from local grassroots producers at the GSA Pornography Society.
Followed by a panel discussion with Drew Bigglestone and Ian Diamond from Glasgow sex boutique, Luke & Jack. Curated and hosted by Dylan Meade.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Content note: hardcore porn and extreme scenarios.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Cariocas (10m)
Dir: Antonio da Silva, Country: Brazil, Year: 2014
Filmmaker Antonio da Silva explores Brazil’s muscle beaches and busy cruising grounds.
untitled (questions in a toxic world of blue) (10 mins) Dir: Georges Jacotey, Country: Greece, Year: 2017
Georges Jacotey presents an edited film of a live performance work developed for dgtlfmnsm
festival in Dresden.
Getting Kinky With Bishop Black (4 mins)
Dir: Davey Wavey, Country: Germany, Year: 2017
Porn legend Bishop Black talks direct to camera about his experiences and sexuality.
How to Reduce Your Masculinity in 10 Easy Steps (25m)
Dir: Zachary Hutchinson, Country: USA, Year: 2016
“A smart examination of masculinity that features some local art scene pillars and employs humour as a means to break down what it really means to be ‘masculine.’ The project is a filmic celebration of non-binary expression, welcoming individual projections of femininity and masculinity,” Justin Moran for bullettmedia.com.
Spokes (c.10m clip)
Dir: Bill Clayton, Country: USA, Year: 1983
A team of cyclists take rest in a secluded barn where they bump into a new friend.
Devil’s Dick (c.10m clip)
Dir: Paul Morris, Country: USA, Year: 2006
From one of Treasure Island Media’s most famous films, Breeding Season, comes The Devil’s Dick. 73 loads of semen from different men frozen/solidified and submerged into a willing host.
PornoSoc Teaser (10m)
Dir: Robert Softley Gale, Dylan Meade, James Findlay, Bejoy Sanjeev, Country: UK, Year: 2015-17
A short teaser of some in-progress grassroots productions from GSA Pornography Society.
Tuntenporno: Fisting (6m)
Dir: Gitte Schmitz, Country: Germany, Year: 2016
Frisky fairies meet in the woods for some fun greasy fisting in tutus.

SQIFF Shorts: Defiant Dykes
2017-09-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Proudly presenting dykes defying society, each other, themselves, and the demands and expectations of both hetero and queer culture. A feisty granny drags her granddaughter out of the closet, 3 Butch/Femme and Stud/Fem lesbian couples from working-class backgrounds share fragments from their lives, a 17-year-old from a West Bank settlement goes to a gay club for the first time, a child visits their working-class butch great aunt, a Deaf couple get into a storming signing fight on their honeymoon, and a rapper and breakdancer explores their identity.
Krissy Mahan, director of My Aunt Mame, Roman Manfredi, director of Everything That I’m Not, and Azara Meghie & Kai Fiáin, filmmakers of Breaking Down My Translation will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation, please contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. BSL interpretation for Q&A. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Oh-Be-Joyful (13m)
Dir: Susan Jacobson, Country: UK, Year: 2015
Rita is about to kick the bucket but before she does she’s got one last job to do: drag her granddaughter out of the closet.
My Aunt Mame (9m)
Dir: Krissy Mahan, Country: UK, Year: 2015
A 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.
Honeymoon (10m)
Dir: Ronit Meranda, Country: UK, Year: 2015
Lucy and Johanna are on their honeymoon. Johanna is partially, and Lucy profoundly, Deaf. They have a storming argument and signing allows them to be carefree about quarrelling in public.
Pony Tale (9m)
Dir: Moran Nakar, Country: Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Year: 2016
17-year-old Adva goes on a night journey from her life in a West Bank settlement to fulfil her fantasy of kissing and fucking a woman.
Everything That I’m Not (15m)
Dir: Roman Manfredi, Country: UK, Year: 2017
Everything That I’m Not centres the relationships of 3 Butch/Femme and Stud/Fem lesbian couples from working class backgrounds.
Breaking Down My Translation (5m)
Dir: Azara Meghie & Kai Fiáin, Country: UK, Year: 2015
A rapper and breakdancer describes feeling alienated by middle class queer culture and explores their identity.

Arika Presents: The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman
2017-09-30 19:00 - 20:15 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Fred Barney Taylor’s documentary offers a portrait of Samuel R. Delany, black gay man, radical, and revered author of science fiction novels. Delany is also a well-regarded literary critic and academic with a candid and iconoclastic approach. He recounts his Harlem childhood, experiences with psychotherapy, and promiscuous adventures in the infamous Everard Baths and other public-sex venues. Interviews are juxtaposed with grainy home movies of Delany’s family and absorbing footage of the bridges, streets, trains, and skyscrapers of the writer’s native New York.
Samuel R. Delany will be present at and taking part in Arika’s Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist, 16th-19th November at Tramway, Glasgow. More info at www.arika.org.uk.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Sad Girl Cinema
2017-09-30 16:30 - 18:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Sad Girl Cinema is an ongoing documentary film project exploring mental health narratives in screen culture created by queer writers Claire Biddles and Bethany Rose Lamont and designed by Maggie Webster. Sorted into three themes: therapy, the mental health ward, and tortured geniuses and tragic muses, SGC navigates a whole bunch of pop cultural clichés in film, television, and music videos. For SQIFF, SGC presents a selection of clips exploring these themes through a queer lens, plus a first look at the documentary and a panel discussion on the intersection of mental health and LGBTQ+ identity on screen.
In partnership with LGBT Health and Wellbeing.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion and depiction of mental health issues and therapy.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Filmmaker Social
2017-09-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Are you a queer filmmaker working in Scotland or beyond? Come and join us for some networking, schmoozing, and boozing.
A chance to meet others who are LGBTQ+ and interested or already working in filmmaking. Share ideas, discuss your projects, or just hang out and have a nice time. We hope to be joined by representatives of some of Scotland’s film funding bodies and exhibitors who will be available to give you more info on what they offer and are looking for.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift to Saramago Terrace Bar on first floor. Accessible toilets available. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation to facilitate this, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
This is a free event. Open to ages 18+ only. Please sign up in advance to attend using the button below.

Collect:if Presents: Gaysian Superheroes
2017-09-30 14:45 - 16:05 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A focus on the work of two British-South Asian queer women filmmakers across different generations. Activist and director Pratibha Parmar’s work centres on gender, race, and LGBT issues. Her groundbreaking Khush (1991), for instance, portrays lesbian women and gay men in India and the Indian diaspora discussing acceptance and embracing of their sexuality. We explore Pratibha’s prolific output alongside that of emerging London-based artist Seema Mattu, who uses digital media to present an awareness of the overlooked ethnic self in regards to various degrees of minoritisation.
We are delighted Seema will join us to discuss her work. Curated and hosted by Nyla Ahmad, who researches South Asian identity in comics. In partnership with Collect:if, Glasgow Women’s Library’s women of colour collective.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English and Urdu languages with English captions. BSL interpretation for event. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Switching Teams
2017-09-30 13:15 - 14:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A trans woman is pursued by a charming cis man who is not the kind individual he first seems. A trans skater from Sheffield switches roller derby teams in order to live more authentically. A teenager and their traditionally-minded father struggle to find common ground after the former starts questioning their gender identity in rural Ireland. And a young man in Hong Kong documents his personal journey through conversations with family, friends, and God as he connects with his inner self. A variety of stories surveying the trans experience.
Taylor Le Fín and Becki McKechnie, filmmakers of Switching Teams, will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence and sexual assault, discussion of suicidal feelings.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Almost Saw The Sunshine (30m)
Dir: Leon Lopez, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Rachel is a young transgender woman. After a series of coincidental encounters with a handsome man, she impulsively takes a chance on a one night stand that ends in tragedy.
Switching Teams (15m)
Dir: Taylor Le Fín, Country: UK, Year: 2016
We follow the experience of a Trans skater from Sheffield, and see that switching teams is just the shift needed towards a future of living authentically. The film explores gender inclusivity in sports and highlights the Roller Derby community as an actively progressive model for the future of Trans inclusion.
Between Us (10m)
Dir: Daithí Ó Cinnéide, Country: Ireland, Year: 2016
A teenager and their traditionally-minded father struggle to find common ground after the former starts questioning their gender identity in rural Ireland.
Kaspar X: If I Had a Soul (24m)
Dir: Kaspar Wan, Country: Hong Kong, Year: 2015
Kaspar has aspired to become a man since childhood. He struggles with his mental health and relationship with God but his friends and family respond to his transition with love and support.

Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen
2017-09-30 12:45 - 14:15 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
In LGBT+ politics and activism bisexual people are often left out of the conversation. To consider bisexual people – our lives, our desires, and the difficulties we face – enriches our understanding of sexuality, foregrounding issues that we otherwise might not consider. This is eye-opening when considering cinematic representations of bisexuality. Taking a ride through cinema’s invocations of bisexuality, from well-known Hollywood neonoir thrillers to underground queer filmmaking to the extremities of European art cinema, let’s take a moment to consider representations of bisexual desire on screen.
Presented by Jacob Engelberg, programmer of Brighton-based queer film strand, Eyes Wide Open Cinema. In partnership with Queer Film Network UK & Ireland.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. BSL interpretation for event. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion of sexual assault and suicide.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Workshop: Queer Storytelling with Catherine Gund SOLD OUT
2017-09-30 10:00 - 16:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
This event is now FULLY BOOKED – sorry for any disappointment. Please see our list of other fabulous free filmmaking workshops taking place during SQIFF 2017. There are also still tickets left for our screening of Catherine’s new film, Chavela.
Founder and Director of Aubin Pictures, Catherine Gund is an Emmy-nominated producer, director, writer, and activist. Her work focuses on sustainable social transformation, sexuality and gender, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and other social justice issues. She works actively with numerous organisations to this end and co-founded Third Wave Foundation, which supports young women and transgender youth, and DIVA TV, an affinity group of ACT UP/NY. She was founding director of BENT TV, a video workshop for LGBT youth. Her most recent films include Chavela (2017), Dispatches from Cleveland (2017), and Born to Fly (2014).
In this unique day-long workshop, Catherine will explore her approach to making powerful, character-centred films, from shorts to features, and her commitment to stories about LGBTQI communities. She will screen excerpts from her work and give feedback on your own projects in development.
In partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute. Ages 18+ only.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift to UWS Room. Accessible toilets available. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
This workshop is FREE with registration with or without a project essential. To register, please use the button below.

Party: Free Pride @ SQIFF
2017-09-29 23:00 - 2017-09-30 03:00 | The Art School, 20 Scott Street, Glasgow, G3 6PE, United Kingdom
There’s been a murder on the dance floor… Free Pride and SQIFF are joining supernatural forces to bring you a queer horror party! Expect ghoulish surprises and terrifying tunes with Glasgow’s finest LGBTQ DJs to get you death-dropping, and performances fabulous enough to raise the undead. Don your fangs and get ready to be spooked!
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of The Art School with lift up to first floor for party space. Accessible toilets available. Performances mainly visual. Gender neutral toilets.
Suggested donation of £5 on the door.

Feminist Porn Night III
2017-09-29 21:00 - 23:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
After suffering a wrongful death in 1914, former US slave Marie Scott – now a vampire – got a second chance at living to gain vengeance and live forever. This type of life comes with a price, though, and like everyone else, Marie must pay. Can she resist the most prime orgasmic blood in her quest toward becoming the next lair mistress? Enactone is a provocative glimpse into queer, erotic vampiric rituals by filmmaker Sky Deep. Screening alongside The 36-year-old Virgin, a coming-of-middle-age sex documentary in which trans masculine Skyler explores his long-standing fantasy of penetrative sex with a cis man.
We will be joined after the screening for a Q&A with director and star of Enactone, Sky Deep.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop. BSL interpretation for Q&A.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Queer Revolution: Carlos Jauregui: The Unforgettable Fag
2017-09-29 20:30 - 22:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A key figure in the gay rights movement of 1980s and 90s South America, Carlos Jáuregui became politicised after witnessing mass demonstrations and early pride marches taking place in France and the United States. Returning home to find street arrests and mass raids on gay nightclubs becoming alarmingly frequent, he grew convinced that visibility and direct, collective action were the only viable means of resistance. Lucas Santa Ana’s fascinating documentary follows Jáuregui’s story, from his becoming the first leader of the pioneering Argentine Homosexuality Community organisation in 1984 to his death from AIDS in 1996.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Spanish language with English subtitles. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Workshop: Porn Filmmaking with Sky Deep
2017-09-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Filmmaker, performer, and musician Sky Deep, whose directorial debut Enactone won Best Feature at the 2016 Berlin Porn Film Festival, will lead a workshop investigating body positivity, self-love, and using porn-making as a means of therapy. Demonstrating how she began using her own likeness in music videos before moving on to create Enactone, which she stars in as well as directing, Sky will talk through her work as a process of self-discovery as a black queer woman not conforming to oppressive standards of beauty and sexuality.
Ages 18+ only.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to second floor for Clubroom. Accessible toilets available. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
This workshop is FREE with booking in advance recommended. To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Daddies
2017-09-29 18:15 - 19:20 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Why is making an emotional connection with your father so hard, especially for queer men? In Bleach, trans man Jay sets out in search of Shane, his estranged father and macho boxing gym owner. Dads sees 20-something Scott finding his Sunday morning hangover interrupted by unexpected visits from both his father and older lover. Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his recently deceased father had a secret affair with another married man in Heritage. Boys in the Street #pride brings to life Greg Holden’s song of the same name about a lost and found connection between father and son.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
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Bleach (25m)
Dir: Jesse Lewis-Reece, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Set in a downbeat UK coastal town, trans man Jay sets out in search of Shane, his estranged father and macho boxing gym owner.
Dads (11m)
Dir: Ethan Michael Roberts, Country: USA, Year: 2016
After a night of drinking and sex, 21-year-old Scott finds his Sunday morning interrupted by an unexpected visit from his father. When Scott’s 40-something friend-with-benefits Doug also shows up, all three men find themselves in a quietly awkward world of ambiguity and things unsaid.
Heritage (25m)
Dir: Yuval Aharoni, Country: Israel, Year: 2016
Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his father, who just died, had a secret affair with another married man.
Boys in the Street #pride (4m)
Dir: Louisa Bertman, Country: USA, Year: 2016
An animation illustrating Greg Holden’s song Boys In The Street, about a lost and found connection between father and son.

Women Who Kill
2017-09-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean are locally famous true crime podcasters obsessed with female serial killers. There’s a chance they may still have feelings for each other but co-dependence takes a back seat when Morgan meets the mysterious Simone during her Food Coop shift. The more she discovers about the mysterious past of her new lover, the more the commitment-phobic Morgan fears for her emotional and physical wellbeing. Though, isn’t that true to varying degrees of every coupling? Writer-director-star Ingrid Jungermann’s feature debut is a wickedly sharp dissection of Brooklyn’s lesbian scene, deftly weaving droll comedy with psychological thriller.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: comedic discussion and depiction of violence, discussion of suicide and self-harm.
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SQIFF Shorts: Are We Queer Yet?
2017-09-29 15:30 - 16:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A selection of shorts asking if – and challenging the notion – that we are really queer yet. We follow LGBTQ+ people forging their own space in society and building new worlds. New communities emerge unapologetically, from creation of the trans flag to voguing on a roof in New York. One character states, “We are powerful, we are those bitches, we are confident, we are not the victim, bitch, we are the predator. It is our time, you live in our world. Either you respect it or you don’t.” Together we are bringing about change. You are not alone and you belong. Let’s find our queer future.
After the films, novelist Zoë Strachan – whose Anthology of Scottish LGBT Writing, Out There, carved space for a new generation of queer voices – will be in conversation with filmmaker Asten Holmes-Elliott.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
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Headless (7m)
Dir: Sebastian Sdaigui, Country: USA, Year: 2017
A candid portrait of three hedonistic queer performers living in New York.
Umbrella (16m)
Dir: Rhys Ernst, Country: USA, Year: 2017
The story of four transgender individuals who are fighting for their rights and to be recognised. A Scottish premiere from the producer, and now director, of the series Transparent.
BOOTWMN (11m)
Dir. Paige Gratland, Sam McWilliams, Country: Canada, USA, UK, Year: 2015
Deana McGuffin is a third generation New Mexico boot maker, handcrafting wearable pieces of art.
Ribbons (9m)
Dir: Brandon Cordeiro, Country: USA, Year: 2016
Provincetown, a small harbour village in Massachusetts, was already home to a LGBT community for a few decades when AIDS devastated its population in the mid-1980s.
More films tbc.

SQIFF Shorts: The Gayz
2017-09-29 13:45 - 14:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
‘The gaze’ is a term used in visual media to mean the way viewers look at images and onscreen characters look at each other, traditionally in critique of male-centred and patriarchal movie-making. So what happens when the act of looking in films is queered? Featuring Campbell X’s new experimental short, DES!RE, foregrounding lust for masc AFAB people, The Naked Body, in which a director documents how people relate to nudity and their own body, Leg, Arm, Head, depicting a highly controlled dancer exploring her identity, and Harding & his camera, an ambiguous ‘love story’ told through the 1930s archive of a British archaeologist in Palestine.
Rob Eagle, director of Harding & his camera will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. If you require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, contact info@sqiff.org to make arrangements.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

DES!RE (9m)
Dir: Campbell X, Country: UK, Year: 2017
An experimental film exploring desire for transmasculine, butch, stud, and masculine of centre (MOC) people assigned female at birth.
The Naked Body (23m)
Dir: Diego Carvalho Sá, Country: Brazil, Year: 2016
In this hybrid of documentary and fiction a director documents how people relate to nudity and their own body. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the director gets involved with one of his subjects.
Leg, Arm, Head (11m)
Dir: Scout Stuart, Country: UK, Year: 2016
A highly controlled dancer moves away from the discipline and uniformity of ballet to explore her own identity.
Harding & his camera (12m)
Dir: Rob Eagle, Country: UK, Palestine, Israel, Year: 2017
An 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.

A Womb of Their Own
2017-09-28 20:45 - 22:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
How do people who don’t experience themselves as simply female or male handle a culture that offers only these two identities? A Womb of Their Own introduces a charismatic, funny, thoughtful group of masculine-of-centre-identified people who go through pregnancy. Each individual and couple navigates gender expectations – coming even from within the LGBT community – that don’t fit them. Follow their stories as they establish their own gender, develop their definition of family, grow a baby in their bodies, and birth, chestfeed, and parent their children as non-binary masculine people.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
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Queer Revolution: Folkbildningsterror
2017-09-28 20:30 - 22:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Imagine a queer anarchist punk musical in which a gang full of genderqueer and non-binary people set out to kidnap Michael Gove and the manager from your local Jobcentre, before setting all the animals free from Edinburgh Zoo. Well this is that, except set in Sweden. Folkbildningsterror is about taking on the neoliberal state with a bunch of catchy tunes about zombie sisterhood and non-payment of bus fares. Featuring Ronald McDonald being beaten the crap out of by a leftist rabbit. Come and hear the angels of trans liberation!
Director Lasse Långström will be present for a Q&A after the screening.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. Swedish and Danish languages with English subtitles. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Content note: depiction of comedy violence.
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Chavela
2017-09-28 20:30 - 22:00 | Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB, United Kingdom
Co-directors Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi interweave candid stories told by Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas and those closest to her in this multi-faceted biographical film. An incomparable performer, she was also a lesbian woman who defied all social expectations, revolutionising music and challenging the stereotypical macho and hetero cultural norms of the times. This epic film beautifully captures Chavela’s fearless life, powerful artistry, and passionate love affairs, including her romance with the equally magnificent Frida Kahlo.
We are delighted to welcome director Catherine Gund, who will join us after the screening for a Q&A. In partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of Glasgow Film Theatre with Screen 2 on ground floor. Accessible toilet available. Spanish and English languages with English subtitles. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
All tickets £5.50. To book, please use the button below or call Glasgow Film Theatre box office on +44 (0)141 332 6535.

Play the Devil
2017-09-28 18:15 - 19:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Greg is a studious 18-year-old from a working-class Trinidadian neighbourhood. He dreams of attending university thanks to a scholarship but his plans are put at risk by James, a wealthy married man who becomes sexually obsessed with him. When Greg pushes back against James, is it because he’s not interested or because he’s unable to come to terms with his own sexuality? As Greg’s hopes for the future begin to slip away, the older man offers to bankroll him to help him pursue his career. Can Greg stay true to his own desires or will he sacrifice them for the sake of his long-term ambitions?
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English and Trinidadian English Creole languages with English subtitles. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 (prices include CCA booking fee) according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
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We Are Failing
2017-09-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP, United Kingdom
“Failing is something queers do and always have done exceptionally well…” Jack Halberstam’s 2011 book The Queer Art of Failure explores how failure can be embraced as a form of resistance to the demands of heterosexual, capitalist society. At this event, we celebrate and assert our right to fail at life as individuals and communities. Featuring DIY, lesbian short film Big Queer Failure with filmmakers Rebecca Tritschler and Ellie Fawcett in attendance, a presentation by artist and DJ Natasha Lall on her novella SQUELCH, a tale of biphobic and racist microagressions on London’s queer scene, plus interactive discussion.
We will be providing snacks and drinks and encourage a relaxed and informal experience where failing in every sense is very welcome. Please feel free to be as socially awkward, depressed, and disillusioned etc. as you like.
ACCESS: Small ramp at entrance of Glasgow Women’s Library with screening space on ground floor. Accessible toilet available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for event. Hearing loop.
Ticket prices on a sliding scale according to your circumstances. Choose between FREE, £2, £4, £6, or £8 according to what you can afford. See our ticketing information for more details.
To book, please use the button below or call Glasgow Women’s Library box office on +44 (0)141 550 2267.
