Shakedown

Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Owned by women, underground and illegal in nature, the club Shakedown was an independent, all black lesbian strip club operating in LA from the late 90s. Director Leilah Weinraub’s film chronicles the explicit performances and personal relationships of the party’s dancers and organisers, including Ronnie-Ron, Shakedown Productions’ creator and emcee; Mahogany, the legendary “mother” of the community; Egypt, their star performer; and Jazmine, the “Queen” of Shakedown.  […]

Free – £8

Rafiki

“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness […]

Free – £8

Document presents: The Gospel of Eureka

Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Evangelical Christians and drag queens collide in the southern, Arkansas town of Eureka Springs, home to both a massive amphitheatre performing the Passion Play every year and a local gay bar with a tradition of gospel-inspired drag. Despite chasms in political and religious viewpoints, the townspeople are universally charming and warm, even whilst battling over […]

Queer Arab Lives: My Brother The Devil

Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

A life of crime for Hackney gang member, Rash, looks set to change after a chance meeting with a successful photographer shows him a more honest existence away from drugs and fast cash. However, as he looks for a way out of the game, younger brother Mo is chancing for a way in. The teenage […]

SQIFF 2018 Closing Night: White Rabbit

Scottish Youth Theatre The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Recently single, Korean-born LA artist Sophia Lee - played by performance artist Vivian Bang (who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Daryl Wein) - devotes herself to her public performance art, whether it’s a provocative Korean perspective in the park on the LA Riots or quirky digital art on social media. To pay the bills, […]

Free – £8

SQIFF Shorts: Tender Anguish

Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Harika Özer is an impoverished trans sex worker whose family sought refuge from Siirt to Manisa in Turkey in the 80s. Raf, a young queer man in the UK, struggles to find his place amongst the crowd in a dive gay bar. Icarus arrives in a new city in Brazil and begins an affair with […]

East Asian Focus: Alifu The Prince/ss

Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

A set of intersecting queer Taiwanese stories about love, identity and loss. Alifu, a member of an indigenous Paiwan community, is selected to succeed her father as the head of her tribe, but hasn't yet come out to her family as trans. She is attracted to Chris, a closeted drag performer, while her flatmate, Peizhan, is also dangerously […]

SQIFF Shorts on Tour

We present on tour an inclusive selection of LGBTQ+ short films from our 2018 Festival Opening Night. Headlining the programme is VISIBLE, created by Campbell X and Kayza Rose, who explore QTIPOC (queer, trans, and intersex people of colour) histories, challenging mainstream perceptions and sanitisation of legacies, and celebrating complexity, multiplicity, myths, gossip, and legends. […]

Free – £8

Valentine’s Day Screening: Weekend

Seamore Community Cinema 304 Maryhill Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom

For Valentine's Day we are showing Andrew Haigh's gay classic Weekend. A one night stand that becomes something more - an unconventional love story between two young men trying to make sense of their lives. Screening at Seamore Community Cinema in Maryhill. Programmed by Ross Wilcock. Tickets are £3. To book, please use the button […]

£3

QTIPOC shorts for LGBT History Month

Kelvin Hall 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

For LGBT History Month, SQIFF and the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) are partnering to showcase short films focusing on QTIPOC representation and ideas. My Loneliness is Killing Me features a femme man of colour who invites a white man to his apartment for a hook-up, unexpectedly unearthing a dark emotional connection. Clash […]

Free – £8
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