Zaynab is a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian lawyer living in Chicago who begins a romance with Alma, a confident and vivacious Mexican-American woman. Zaynab’s recently widowed mother Parveen spends her days watching Pakistani TV dramas while searching for a potential husband for her daughter. Alma’s mother, Rosa, is a former professional Luchadora, which Zaynab finds […]
Queer film legend Bruce LaBruce’s newest feature dives headlong into the world of the Female Liberation Army hiding out in the heart of Gerwomany. Led by Big Mother, the FLA indoctrinates its young recruits to take up the struggle of freeing all female people through a mix of revolutionary porn-making, songs about taking down the […]
**THIS YEAR'S FILMMAKING COURSE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED** Various venues in Glasgow, 21st/22nd/28th/29th October, FREE. A course taking place over 2 weekends designed for trans, non-binary, and intersex people to come together and create a short film. Learn about the process of filmmaking including coming up with an idea, writing a script, shooting, and editing. […]
The Book of Gabrielle is a clever dramedy about an intimate yet platonic relationship that develops between a female graphic artist and an older male erotic novelist. Saul delights in Gabrielle’s description of her past affairs and ongoing relationship with her younger girlfriend, Olivia (Anna Koval), just as Gabrielle likes to explore masculinity through Saul. […]
The Book of Gabrielle is a clever dramedy about an intimate yet platonic relationship that develops between a female graphic artist and an older male erotic novelist. Saul delights in Gabrielle’s description of her past affairs and ongoing relationship with her younger girlfriend, Olivia (Anna Koval), just as Gabrielle likes to explore masculinity through Saul. […]
SQIFF presents a selection of the compelling array of LGBTQ+ 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 […]
Outside the Box, Rainbow Families, and SQIFF team up to present an evening of short films plus discussion on the theme of LGBTQ+ families. We’ll be thinking about being an LGBTQ+ parent or guardian as well as how LGBTQ+ children relate to their families. Films include Vicky Du’s Gaysians, in which queer and trans Asian-Americans […]
We are very happy to again be supporting screenings as part of LGBT History Month 2018 at An Lanntair on Lewis! Call Me By Your Name (15) - Friday 2nd Feb, 8.30pm and Saturday 3rd Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7) The Children's Hour (12A) - Thursday 8th Feb, 6pm in the Auditorium (£7/4.50) God's […]
Revisiting elements of his own experience, Robin Campillo has created a bustling fresco of the personalities and politics of the ACT UP Paris LGBTQI community during the 1990s. The sense of urgency, authenticity and attention to detail is exemplary as individual stories come into sharper focus. We follow hot-headed Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) as he […]
SQIFF’s Helen Wright presents a screening-performance looking at the work of DIY queer filmmakers Krissy Mahan and Nakshatra Bagwe whilst joined by the filmmakers via the interwebs for a live conversation. Krissy Mahan and her alter ego Faggotgirl - based in New York - have been making movies using humour as a feminist tool for […]
