SQIFF

Workshop: Web Series with Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor SOLD OUT
2016-10-01 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | The Art School, 20 Scott Street, Glasgow, G3 6PE, United Kingdom
This event is now SOLD OUT.
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor is an award-winning filmmaker and director and producer of recent UK web series, Boxx, following two black diasporan, London-based trans artists as they create a documentary about their lives. Participants are invited to submit their ideas for – or work-in-progress – web series before the session. Several will then be chosen for workshopping with topics covered including how best to tell a story in web format, the most cost effective way to shoot a web series, and the journey from script to final product.
Joy will also take part in a Q&A as part of our Web Series Showcase.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with a lift up to Project Space 2 on the 2nd floor where workshop is being held (The Art School). Accessible toilets on ground and third floors via lifts. Any clips shown screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the workshop, please email info@sqiff.org at least one week in advance.
Free but ticketed. To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Specimen
2016-10-01 14:30 - 15:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Contemporary shorts to accompany the horror classics in our programme utilising gruesome imagery and horror movie tropes to explore LGBTQ+ issues. A terrified man deals with a dead body (that of his erstwhile lover) in his flat, blood oozes and old Taiwanese film clips flicker in surreal cinematic experiments, trippy drug-induced hallucinations lead a gay guy to imagine he is a sexual specimen in a world of foliage come alive, a friendly local on a London council estate is hiding a dark secret, and homophobic thugs in Russia get a surprise when they pick on the wrong queer.
Content note: disturbing scenes of violence.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. Films in a variety of languages.

£5/£4 Conc/Free unemployed and asylum seekers / Festival Pass £40 / £30 conc. To book tickets please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Fu Guo (Floating Melon) (19m)
Dir: Xu Xiaoxi, Roberto F. Canuto, Country: China, Spain, Year: 2015
Xiao has spent the afternoon in bed with a guy who is now lying dead in his apartment from a drugs overdose. Terrified of the authorities finding out, he asks his friends to help clean up the mess.
Oğlan (The Boy) (7m)
Dir: Eyup Büyükkelleci, Country: Turkey, Year: 2015
A mother kills her own son for being gay. Flashbacks see him at university, in a cafeteria, and making love in a carwash whilst the wound from his murder is constantly visible.
Yi-Ren (the person of whom I think) (14m)
Dir: Tzuan Wu, Country: Taiwan, Year: 2015
A love letter in collage style, consisting of found footage and a queer reading of the work of Kang-Chien Chui, screenwriter of classic East Asian movies such as The Bells of Death and Twin Blades of Doom.
Specimen (3m)
Dir: Luc Mollinger, Country: UK, Year: 2015
A man makes his way into a surreal human jungle where he trips out on drugs and sexual excess.
Beyond Plain Sight (13m)
Dir: Joseph A. Adesunloye, Country: UK, Year: 2014
Ryan is young, charming, friendly, helpful, and deeply popular in his South London community. He seems like just an average guy. Only there’s nothing average about Ryan.
PYOTR495 (15m)
Dir: Blake Mawson, Country: Canada, Year: 2016
Set in present-day Moscow, 16-year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultranationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret his attackers haven’t accounted for.

SQIFF Shorts: Trans Pride
2016-10-01 14:15 - 15:50 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Trans representation in mainstream cinema remains poor but happily there’s a rich output of short filmmaking with authentic takes on trans, non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit identities. We showcase dramas, experimental documentaries, and animation in this selection covering themes including coming out to parents, dealing with mental health problems, finding love, and the specifics of trans and two-spirit identities for people of colour and indigenous people.
Content note: brief depiction of transphobic violence and mention of suicidal feelings.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets on first floor (CCA). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Most films in English language.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Ryans (17m)
Dir: Natalie Heltzel, Rain Valdez, Country: USA, Year: 2016
A trans woman goes on a blind date with a man but lingering similarities to an ex get in the way.
Regalia: Pride in Two Spirits (5m)
Dir: David Ng, Jen Sungshine, Country: USA, Year: 2016
The story of Duane and his journey as someone who identifies as “Two Spirit” – a queer Aboriginal person.
Nasser (19m)
Dir: Melissa Martens, Country: Netherlands, Year: 2015
When Nasser gets their period for the first time, their mother decides that it’s time they start acting “like a girl.”
Dawn (13m)
Dir: Jake Graf, Country: UK, Year: 2016
A trans woman running from an abusive man makes a captivating new acquaintance whilst waiting for a bus.
The Race (4m)
Dir: Soyoon Kim, Country: South Korea, Year: 2015
Tiny, genderless figurines dance to J S Bach as their environment gives way and glitches out.
Love Letter / Prēma Lēkha (5m)
Dir: Neelu Bhuman, Country: UK, Year: 2015
An abstract film exploring gender and race through the power of erotics and love.
Alexa To Exa (17m)
Dir: Exa Zim, Christian Marsh, Country: USA, Year: 2015
A very personal documentary film about about transcending assigned identity

Braw Butches
2016-10-01 13:15 - 15:30 | Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP, United Kingdom
Where are all the butches? What portrayals of lesbianism are acceptable and who is erased? Tender, funny, and thought-provoking, Gender Troubles: The Butches explores these questions through a series of interviews and testimonials with butch-identifying women, looking at the strange dichotomy of being both hypervisible in everyday life and invisible when it comes to media representation. Director Lisa Plourde’s documentary shows us there’s a lot more to butch identity than plaid shirts and tool belts.
Screening alongside a short or two and featuring a discussion on butch and masculine queer identities with poet and activist Jo Johnson, filmmaker and spoken word artist Azara Meghie, and My Genderation’s Naomhán O’Connor.
ACCESS: Slope up towards door with a ramp at entrance and then level access and accessible toilet on ground floor where Cinema space is (Glasgow Women’s Library). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. BSL interpretation for discussion. All films in English language.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call Glasgow Women’s Library on 0141 550 2267.

BOOTWMN (11m)
Dir: Paige Gratland, Sam McWilliams, Country: USA/Canada, Year: 2015
Deana McGuffin is a third generation New Mexico boot maker, hand-crafting wearable pieces of art. When she is approached by a Canadian artist and a San Franciscan tattooer to create a gay themed cowboy boot, a story unravels of a unique collaboration that takes them to the heart of cowboy country in Northern Texas.
Boi Oh Boi (10m)
Dir: Thirza Cuthand, Country: Canada, Year: 2012
Thirza Cuthand reflects on her fluctuation between a feminine and a masculine gender, including reflections on mental health and colonisation.
I am a Woman (3m)
Dir: Kay Fi’ain, Azara Meghie, Country: UK, Year: 2016
In I am a Woman, break dancer and spoken word artist Azara Meghie demands to be accepted as a woman, despite presenting in what is considered a masculine manner.

Tchindas
2016-10-01 12:15 - 13:50 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Tchinda is one of the most beloved women on Cape Verde, especially after coming out as trans in a local newspaper in 1998. Since then, her name has become the term used by locals to refer to queer Cape Verdeans. In the month leading up to Carnival, the slow-paced atmosphere of the island transforms into a frenzied hustle as thousands flock to the streets. Locals join forces to create something beautiful as the entire island becomes a “little Brazil.” The camera closely follows Tchinda and her cohorts – an engaging, closely knit group of trans women and gay men – as they take the lead in preparing their neighbourhood for the festivities.
Presented in partnership with Africa in Motion.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Film in Cape Verdean creole with English subtitles. Hearing loop available.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Party: Bar Wotever
2016-09-30 23:00 - 2016-10-01 03:00 | The Art School, 20 Scott Street, Glasgow, G3 6PE, United Kingdom
Purveyors of all things queer in Londontown, Bar Wotever hits Glasgow for a special collaboration with SQIFF!! Bringing talent and fabulousness from their long-running community-focused cabaret night to perform alongside hott local acts, legendary queer club host, Ingo Cando, will oversee proceedings. Featuring top drag kings Sammy Silver and Benjamin Butch, plus Laurie Brown, Sgàire Wood, DJ Jungle Hussy and more tbc.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with a lift up to first floor where party is being held (The Art School). Accessible toilets on ground and third floors via lifts. Performances are visual-based.
Tickets £6 / £4 with SQIFF ticket stub / free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Tickets available on the door.

Feminist Porn Night II
2016-09-30 21:00 - 23:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Round Two of SQIFF’s popular Feminist Porn Night features an exciting collection of films from a new generation of feminist pornographers, who continue to challenge sexual stereotypes and reshape norms of mainstream porn. We bring you a selection of groundbreaking work from the UK, USA, and France followed by a discussion with UK-based directors, Vex Ashley from Four Chambers, a collaborative DIY producer of porn, and Blath from indie project Foxclore.
Curated by artists Marie Lidén and Natalie McGowan and hosted by writer-producer-performer Emily Benita.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets on first floor (CCA). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. BSL interpretation for discussion. Most films in English language with long segments with no dialogue.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Flux (8m)
Dir: Four Chambered Heart, Country: UK
Flux is the conduit for transference of energy.
OHBOY Episode 3 | James (14m)
Dir: Damien Moreau, Country: France, USA
James Darling is a pornographer from Los Angeles. Today is his birthday and he needs a break, some time away from the camera and the screen, to reflect on the past year and his successes…
Ageless Sex (3m)
Dir: Marc Silver, Country: UK
Libby left an unhappy marriage at the age of sixty with only the clothes on her back and £20 in her pocket. The film is an inspiring account of finding self-confidence and happiness through a late life career in the adult entertainment industry.
Pressed Flowers (6m)
Dir: Foxclore, Country: UK
The OH Files (39m)
Dir: Aorta Films, Country: USA
Milk chugging, mylar, slow motion resonance, filling and being filled; these are just a few of the images that flood AORTA Films’ first feature, The OH Files, starring Parts Authority, Ginny Woolf, Erykah Ohms, Xposed Brick, and Toxic Shock.
Proximity IV (11m)
Dir: Four Chambered Heart, Country: UK
The Proximity series explores a digital replication of intimacy. The intense closeness of the camera highlights interactions sometimes lost in traditional porn shoots, breath, touches, skin, eye contact.
Wall of Fire (6m)
Dir: Lisa Ganser, Nomy Lamm, Country: USA
Roles switch, paddles hit & control shifts when two fat bodied gender queer women, lovers off camera, push limits of pleasure, penetration & trust, engaged in an afternoon of tender making out and consensual amputee sex. Original score by Nomy Lamm. This movie was completely underwritten & fully funded by the Smitten Kitten.

Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
2016-09-30 20:30 - 22:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Henry Gamble, the mild-mannered son of a small-town pastor, is turning seventeen. Friends, family, and select members of his father’s congregation have gathered at his home for some wholesome pool party fun. However, Henry finds himself caught between the evangelical teachings of his conservative upbringing and developing feelings he has for his male friends. A perceptive and passionate account of a young queer person growing up within the sometimes stifling confines of a devoutly religious household, director Stephen Cone’s beautifully realised film is a quietly gripping exercise in simmering tension and burgeoning emotions.
Content note: mention of suicide and scene of self-harm.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Film screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. Film in English language.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Workshop: Porn Filmmaking with Vex Ashley SOLD OUT
2016-09-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
This event is now SOLD OUT.
A session led by Vex Ashley, an independent porn producer and performer making work with creative pornography project, Four Chambers. Vex worked as an alt porn model and webcam performer before beginning to make video work in 2013. Self-taught in editing and videography with an emphasis on collaborative DIY practices, Four Chambers exists alongside a new wave of creators making contemporary pornographic work from a new perspective. Using the community of social media and capacity of crowdfunding, Vex’s output is part of a growing decentralisation from traditional industry practices.
ACCESS: Access via lift to Club Room on third floor. Accessible toilet next to the room. Any clips shown screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the workshop, please email info@sqiff.org at least one week in advance.
Free but ticketed.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Yes, we fuck!
2016-09-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Dealing with a topic too often ignored by mainstream society, Yes, we fuck! considers the pleasure and joy, prejudice and expectations, and potential physical obstacles to having sex when disabled. In this insightful documentary, directors Centeno and de la Morena survey disability and sex and the collectives, support groups, and sex workers who assist people in exploring their sexualities. Yes, we fuck! presents a range of experiences that deconstruct ideas of what is considered ‘normal,’ desirous, and taboo when it comes to getting off.
Directors Antonio Centeno and Raúl de la Morena will be present for a Q&A. Presented in partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute. Antonio and Raúl will also be delivering a free masterclass on documentary filmmaking.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets on first floor (CCA). Film in Spanish with English subtitles. BSL interpretation for discussion.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Ma(i)nly Men
2016-09-30 18:00 - 19:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
What does it mean to be a man? Insights into a cultural project designed to get gay men talking about sex and drug use, a destructive relationship between a married ‘heterosexual’ man and a gay guy, an experimental plunge into the homoeroticism of male rowers, two trans guys building campfires and hanging out in the wilderness together, a father taking exception to his son winning the family bread through sex work, and a group of unreconstituted hetero studs being upstaged by women at the gym. A selection of shorts probing masculinity from a variety of angles.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. Most films in English language.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Let’s Talk About Gay Sex And Drugs (12m)
Dir: Leon Lopez, Country: UK, Year: 2015
A short documentary about a monthly open mic night in London, where speakers are encouraged to talk about their experiences of drug and sex culture in the gay scene.
Nightstand (26m)
Dir: Charles Parham, Country: UK, Year: 2015
Nightstand stages the destructive relationship between two men over three consecutive nights – one is gay, lost and adolescent, the other is married to a woman and middle-aged.
X-Film (3m)
Dir: Inaki Sagastume, Country: Basque, Year: 2015
A film poem in which the sound and fury of skin flaps like a flag under the flow of assaults!
(The Here and Now) A Visit (12m)
Dir: Finn Paul, Country: USA, Year: 2015
A narrative portrait, and a staged document, of a friendship between two trans men as they hang out in the wilderness.
The Owls (10m)
Dir: Natalia Bougadellis, Country: Greece, Year: 2016
A young man’s parents find themselves unemployed and he is required to put food on the table, turning to sex work to make ends meet.
No Game Lots of Pain (3m)
Dir: Guy Wilson, Country: UK, Year: 2015
Two hetero men try to woo a woman at the gym and she is less than impressed.

Coming Out
2016-09-30 16:30 - 17:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Coming Out follows young filmmaker Alden Peters on his journey coming out as gay, capturing everything on camera as it happens. This groundbreaking coming of age film places viewers directly inside the raw, intimate moments when Alden reveals his true identity to his family and friends, ranging from the painfully awkward to the hilariously honest. A story bridging generations and societal divides, this award-winning documentary makes us rethink what it means to live authentically, ultimately leading us to a place of understanding and acceptance of self and community.
Presented in association with Glasgow University LGBTQ+.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets on first floor (CCA). Film screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Film in English language.

Free but ticketed.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Masterclass with Raúl de la Morena and Antonio Centeno
2016-09-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A masterclass with the directors of Spanish documentary, Yes, we fuck!, an unflinching and nuanced exploration of disability and sexual desire. Raúl de la Morena is a filmmaker who produces documentaries with Foro de vida independiente y divertad (Forum for Independent Living and Diversity). Antonio Centeno is a disability rights activist who embarked on Yes, we fuck! as a means to challenge society’s attitudes. The session will focus on the process of creating work on the theme of disability, the use of social media and crowdfunding in building a project, and documentary filmmaking with a limited budget.
Presented in partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute. We are also screening Yes, we fuck! with a Q&A with Raúl and Antonio in the Festival.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Film clips screening with English subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the masterclass, please email info@sqiff.org at least one week in advance.

Free but ticketed.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Out Run
2016-09-30 13:00 - 14:15 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
As leader of the world’s only LGBT political party, Bemz Benedito dreams of being the first transgender woman in the Philippine Congress. But in a predominantly Catholic nation, rallying for LGBT representation is not an easy feat. Bemz and her team of queer political warriors must rethink traditional campaign strategies to amass support. Taking their equality campaign to small-town hair salons and regional beauty pageants, the activists mobilise working-class trans hairdressers and beauty queens to join the fight against their main political opponent, a homophobic evangelical preacher, and convince the Filipino electorate to get behind LGBT rights.
In association with Document, Glasgow’s International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Film screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. Film in English language.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Opener: Strike a Pose SOLD OUT
2016-09-29 20:15 - 21:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
This event is now SOLD OUT.
To the fans they were the unforgettably sleek, talented, and beautiful men that helped support the career of one of the world’s most beloved and controversial music artists. But behind the scenes they were Kevin, Oliver, Luis, Carlton, Jose, Gabriel, and Salim; a disparate group of young dancers whose lives were forever changed by Madonna’s iconic Blond Ambition Tour. Strike a Pose movingly revisits the men after twenty years apart, charting the thrill followed by the fading light of fame, and examining emotionally devastating issues they have dealt with, including navigating being gay in the wake of the AIDS crisis.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets on first floor (CCA). Film screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. BSL interpretation for introduction. Film mostly in English language.

Ticket includes an invite to our opening drinks reception after the film!
£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Elephants and Riots SOLD OUT
2016-09-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
This event is now sold out.
The return of our feminist shorts featuring women’s voices and perspectives on a range of LGBTQ+ themes. From ‘faux drag’ to lesbian utopias, the role of trans women of colour in gay rights history to the relationship of a queer mum with her own estranged father, experimental musings on friendship to fingerpuppet superheroes tackling white male bias in the film industry, we present a selection of outstanding contemporary work saying Kerpow!!! to the patriarchy.
With an audience award for Best Feminist Short kindly sponsored by the Centre for Gender and Feminist Studies at Stirling University.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. BSL interpretation for introduction and filmmaker Q&A. Hearing loop available. Films mostly in English language.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

B. (15m)
Dir: Kai Staenicke, Country: Germany, Year: 2015
The true story of B.: torn between an unkind relationship with K. and her feelings for another woman, shy and insecure B. is heading for disaster.
Venus (6m)
Dir: Faye Carr-Wilson, Magenta Sharp, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Venus is a short documentary exploring gender roles within the drag community.
Little Elephant (5m)
Dir: Kate Jessop, Country: UK, Year: 2015
A stunning animation about love over three generations.
Heavens to Betsy (11m)
Dir: Jac Nunns, Angie West, Country: UK, Year: 2014
A queer fairytale in which a bullied cleaner at a hairdresser’s escapes to another world.
S.T.A.R. (5m)
Dir: Rhys Ernst, Country: USA, Year: 2016
S.T.A.R. tracks the modern transgender rights movement via the activism of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, participants in the Stonewall Riots of 1969.
ṣadāqa (5m)
Dir: Neelu Bhuman, Country: UK, Year: 2016
A kaleidoscopic view of friendship transcending borders.
Like a riot (2m)
Dir: Krissy Mahan, Country: USA, Year: 2016
“Like anyone who grew up with the Muppets and Fraggle Rock, I have always wanted to have a puppet self. And of course I want my puppet self to hang out with Campbell X’s puppet self. Krissy Mahan has made it happen!” Dr. Sophie Mayer
Lucid Noon, Sunset Blush (32m)
Dir: Alli Logout, Country: USA, Year: 2015
17-year-old baby gay Micha has just moved into The Palace – a basement full of queer femme sex workers, lovers, and misfits.

Femme Brutal
2016-09-29 15:45 - 17:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Combining provocative burlesque performance with frank backstage discussion, Femme Brutal explores the ways in which seven artists use the stage to engage with and challenge cultural representations of femininity. Madame Cameltoe and Frau Professor La Rose, amongst others, place a spotlight on the naked body and sexual desire. A celebration of femme identities with a unique insight into the motivations and backgrounds of queer feminist performers at Austria’s Club Burlesque Brutal.
Screening with short Too Wide (7 mins) by Moyin Saka and Travis Alabanza. Followed by a discussion on femme identity and performance hosted by University of Edinburgh’s Dr. Leanne Dawson and featuring queer film festival programmer and researcher Theresa Heath and activist, artist, and researcher Eliza Goroya.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Film in German with English subtitles. Hearing loop available. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org at least one week in advance.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Workshop: Film Funding and Training In Scotland
2016-09-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Are you a filmmaker or thinking of becoming one and don’t know where to start in looking for training and funding? Representatives from some of Scotland’s top filmmaking organisations will be present at this workshop to tell you about what they offer and which opportunities are open to you. Also featuring input and tips from LGBTQ+ filmmakers who have already utilised available resources to produce a variety of short films in the country. We’re delighted that Screen Academy Scotland, Scottish Film Talent Network, and Scottish Documentary Institute will be in attendance.
ACCESS: Access via lift to Club Room on third floor. Accessible toilet next to the room. Any clips shown screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the workshop, please email info@sqiff.org at least one week in advance.
Free but ticketed. To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

SQIFF Shorts: Projecting/Needs
2016-09-29 13:30 - 15:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A young man develops a crush whilst taking part in nighttime escapades involving photographic fantasies. German artist Markus shares thoughts about his online persona, a guy who pees in public, versus his real-life shyness. A British-Indian boy toys with his identity and daydreams about his best friend. Two Arab-American women express themselves through the power of the spoken word. Intellectual and would- be writer, Justin Otherman, is inspired after meeting the girl of his dreams, Shiosa Dorable. And a queer boy in high school creates a magic potion to get a jock to fall in love with him. Projecting/Needs explores the fine, captivating, and sometimes hilarious lines between reality and imagination, physical existence and make-believe.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. Films in a variety of languages.

£5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc. All prices include booking fee.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

Lightrapping (22m)
Dir: Marcio Miranda Perez, Country: Brazil, Year: 2016
Gustavo is a photographer who captures the bodies of naked men in public spaces in Sao Paulo. One night, young Pedro follows him, curious and undecided about participating in the project.
The Character Inside Me (16m)
Dir: Andreas Boschmann, Country: Germany, Year: 2015
Markus is the city’s most popular public pisser. In his blog recording his exploits, Markus seems unrestrained and shameless but behind the digital facade we meet a self-conscious and shy man.
Projecting Needs (2m)
Dir: Violet Blank, Michael Logar, Country: Germany, Ireland, Year: 2016
A short parody of patriarchal values in indie cinema, including the manic pixie dream girl trope.
Floozy Suzy (25m)
Dir: Otavio Chamorro, Country: Brazil, Year: 2015
A hilarious-love-potion-gone-wrong tale where the aim is to win the love of the hottest guy at school.
Chariot Riders (5m)
Dir: Kate Jessop, Country: UK, Year: 2015
Ash is 13 and he doesn’t like anything Indian: the food, the clothes, the films. He does like spending time with his best friend Kuldeep, however.
I Say Dust (14m)
Dir: Darine Hotait, Country: USA, Year: 2015
Two Arab-American women in New York City fall in love, argue about home and identity, engage in a chess battle, and express themselves through the power of the spoken word.

SQIFF Schools: Pride
2016-09-29 13:00 - 15:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Summer, 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. In London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support but the activists are not deterred and set off in a minibus to a mining village in Wales to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.
Robert Kincaid, a member of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners who was present at events in 1984, will join us for a Q&A after the film.
Presented in association with LGBT Youth Scotland.
The event is suitable for Secondary 4-6. The film contains some strong language and sexual references. We are screening the film with English subtitles for accessibility. If anyone attending requires BSL interpretation for the introduction, please let us know when booking.
The event is free for all schools, youth groups, and colleges. To book a place, email helen@sqiff.org with the name of your school or group, the name of the teacher supervising the trip, the number of pupils you would like to bring, and whether there are any accessibility requirements for anyone attending.

Reaching Communities - LGBTQI+ Preview Day
2016-05-14 10:30 - 19:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Join us for a fantastic day of preview screenings of upcoming LGBTQI+ film releases. The event is open to both film programmers and LGBTQI+ groups who are interested in screening films.
For existing film groups, the Preview Day will be an opportunity to see new films prior to public release, from a selection of distributors you may not have encountered before. We will be screening four new titles that we hope will help inform your future programme.
If you are an LGBTQI+ group that is considering screening films, Cinema For All and SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) will be on hand to give you the support and information you need to help establish your own community cinema/ film society, as well as offering tailored advice on inclusivity and accessibility. Information packs and case studies will also be provided on the day.
There will be networking opportunities throughout the day, offering opportunities to meet other film groups and share ideas. Tea, coffee and a light lunch will be available, with vegan options available. If you have any special dietary requirements or you would like more information, please get in touch with Peter Martin on peter@cinemaforall.org.uk or visit www.cinemaforall.org.uk
ACCESSIBILITY
The CCA has level access at the main entrance and to reach the Cinema space. Lunch will be served upstairs with access via a lift. There is an accessible toilet on the bottom floor nearby the Cinema. The films are in a variety of languages and all with English subtitles. The CCA also uses an induction loop system. If you have any further questions about access, please contact the CCA on 0141 352 4900 or email helen@sqiff.org.

SQIFF presents: Queers in the City
2016-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | GMAC Film, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 5HD, United Kingdom
A selection of shorts looking at the relationship of LGBTQ+ people to cities. In depicting anonymous cruising, lamenting gentrification, showing cities as a backdrop to loneliness and personal pain, and creating comedy subversion of urban imagery, these films recognise the unique place of queers in the city space. Featuring work by both international and local artists plus a filmmaker Q&A. Open to ages 15+.
All films will be subtitled or captioned for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. We will have a BSL interpreter for the Q&A. GMAC Film is a wheelchair accessible venue. There is level access at the entrance and then a lift up to GMAC Film’s 5th Floor location, and an accessible toilet near the screening space. If you have any questions on accessibility, please contact helen@sqiff.org.
Pay What You Can proceeds donated to Parkhead Youth Project.

Queers at the Movies: the State of Queer Film Exhibition in Scotland
2016-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) hosts a fun and informal evening of open conversation around queer film; what it is, what it isn’t, what we’d like it to be and where the mainstream film industry is getting it all kinds of wrong… We want to know what the successes and failings of queer film events in Scotland are and how we can communicate with straight, cisgender film exhibitors and audiences.
We invite filmmakers and film lovers to submit their own short films or clips (max 10 minutes total) to be screened alongside the discussion in advance of the screening. Please send these to alice@sqiff.org. For accessibility reasons we will require all clips be subtitled or captioned. If you require advice on how to caption your film, please contact marcdavid@sqiff.org.
ACCESSIBILITY: The CCA is accessible for wheelchairs. We are using the CCA Club Room, for which access is via a lift with level access on the ground floor entrance. All films will screen with subtitles or captions to make them accessible for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing people. We will have BSL interpretation for the discussion element of the event. If you have any other access requests, let us know by posting on the page or contacting marcdavid@sqiff.org.
The event is free and un-ticketed. Just show up on the day. First come, first served.
This event is taking place as part of the 2016 Radical Film Network Festival and Unconference. To find out more about Radical Film Network, visit radicalfilmnetwork.com.

Tangerine plus Deep Breath
2016-02-18 19:00 - 22:00 | The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2HG, United Kingdom
Tangerine (2015) starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor made waves for being one of the few feature films about trans women played by actual trans women actors as well as being shot entirely on an iPhone. Sin-Dee Rella, a sex worker who has just finished a 28-day prison stint, meets her friend Alexandra at a donut shop in Hollywood on Christmas Eve. Alexandra accidentally reveals that Sin-Dee’s boyfriend and pimp Chester has been cheating on her with a cisgender woman. Sin-Dee storms out to search the neighborhood for Chester and the woman.
Followed by short film Deep Breath, made as part of SQIFF 2015 and Scottish Transgender Alliance’s (STA) trans filmmaking course. The course participants will join us for a Q&A to talk about their experiences making the film. STA will also discuss its new Trans Friendly Venue Charter at the event.
Over 18s only.
Free. To book tickets please use the button below.
The Glad Cafe is accessible for wheelchairs. It has level access at the entrance with a ramp to access the screening space. There is an accessible toilet. The films will screen with English subtitles to make the event more accessible for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. We will have a BSL interpreter for the Q&A. We will convert The Glad Cafe’s toilets to gender neutral for the event.

Queer Women in Love: Stud Life (London)
2015-12-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Townhall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, London, N15 4RX, United Kingdom
JJ is a black lesbian ‘stud’ working as a wedding photographer with white gay best friend, Seb. When JJ falls in love with the beautiful and mysterious Elle, JJ and Seb’s friendship is tested for the first time as JJ has to choose between her hot new lover and her friend. Meanwhile, Seb rejects the advances of local drug dealer Smack Jack because he’s too busy lusting over ‘straightacting’ Manchester Joe from Gaydar. Stud Life depicts a slice of life inside an urban London LGBT scene rarely shown, where gender is up for grabs but desire follows strict rules. Directed by boundary-pushing filmmaker and campaigner for better representation of queer people of colour, Campbell X.
There will be a Q&A with director Campbell X after the screening hosted by artist and activist Chardine Taylor-Stone.
Screening with short films Janine, Fingers, and Goodnight My Love. Janine – the first film of legendary New Queer Cinema filmmaker Cheryl Dunye – is about a black lesbian woman’s relationship with a white, upper middle class girl when they were both in high school. Fingers by Sandra Alland features a British Sign Language (BSL) poetry performance by Alison Smith about love, longing, and the sexiness of touch. In Goodnight My Love, directed by Kellee Terrell, two lovers are caught in a zombie apocalypse and the terror of impending doom brings out tensions between them as they take aim at each other’s faults.
Rated 18.
£7. To book tickets please use the button below.
BSL interpretation. Films screening with English subtitles for accessibility. The Bernie Grant Arts Centre is a wheelchair accessible venue with level access throughout and an accessible toilet. To book a place for a wheelchair, please contact the venue on 020 8365 5450.
Part of SQIFF presents: Queer Women in Love, a season of films by and about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. Part of BFI LOVE, in partnership with Plusnet bfi.org.uk/love.

I Do?: The Kids Are All Right (Orkney)
2015-12-16 21:30 - 23:15 | The Phoenix Cinema, The Pickaquoy Centre, Muddisdale Rd, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1LR, United Kingdom
Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette Bening) have been together for almost twenty years and have two teenage offspring named Joni and Laser, who were conceived via artificial insemination. Unbeknown to their mothers, Joni and Laser seek out their biological father, a restaurateur named Paul (Mark Ruffalo). Complications arise when the teens bond with Paul and invite him into their lives.
The screening marks the one year anniversary of the law in Scotland changing to allow two people of the same gender to marry.
Rated 15.
£6.90. To book tickets please use the button below or call The Phoenix Cinema box office on 01856 879 900.
The Phoenix Cinema is a wheelchair accessible venue. To book a place for a wheelchair, please contact the venue on 01856 879 900.
Part of SQIFF presents: I Do?, a season of films marking the one year anniversary of changes to the marriage law in Scotland. Part of BFI LOVE, in partnership with Plusnet bfi.org.uk/love.

I Do?: Cloudburst (Inverness)
2015-12-16 20:30 - 22:10 | Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA, United Kingdom
Grouchy, foul-mouthed Stella and sweet, straight-talking Dotty are a lesbian couple from Maine who embark on a Thelma and Louise-style road trip to Nova Scotia to get married after Dotty is moved to a nursing home by her granddaughter. Adapted from the director’s own stage play, Cloudburst highlights marriage as a necessity for gay people’s survival in the face of poverty and homophobic relatives whilst also flirting with the idea of lifelong commitment as a tender and compelling feature of queer life.
The screening marks the one year anniversary of the law in Scotland changing to allow two people of the same gender to marry.
Rated 15.
£9 (£8/£5 concessions). We have a number of free tickets to give away. If you can’t afford the ticket price for any reason, please email helen@sqiff.org or call 07735 273 245 to register for free entry.
Eden Court is a wheelchair accessible venue. To book a place for a wheelchair, please contact the venue on 01463 234 234.
Part of SQIFF presents: I Do?, a season of films marking the one year anniversary of changes to the marriage law in Scotland. Part of BFI LOVE, in partnership with Plusnet bfi.org.uk/love.

I Do?: The Kids Are All Right (Glasgow)
2015-12-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette Bening) have been together for almost twenty years and have two teenage offspring named Joni and Laser, who were conceived via artificial insemination. Unbeknown to their mothers, Joni and Laser seek out their biological father, a restaurateur named Paul (Mark Ruffalo). Complications arise when the teens bond with Paul and invite him into their lives.
The screening marks the one year anniversary of the law in Scotland changing to allow two people of the same gender to marry.
Rated 15.
£4 (£3 concessions). To book tickets please use the button below. We have a number of free tickets to give away. If you can’t afford the ticket price for any reason, please email helen@sqiff.org or call 07735 273 245 to register for free entry.
Film screening with English subtitles for accessibility. The CCA is a wheelchair accessible venue: level access with an accessible toilet on same floor as screening space. To book a place for a wheelchair, please contact the venue on 0141 352 4900.
Part of SQIFF presents: I Do?, a season of films marking the one year anniversary of changes to the marriage law in Scotland. Part of BFI LOVE, in partnership with Plusnet bfi.org.uk/love.

I Do?: Cloudburst (Edinburgh)
2015-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Media Education, 183 Dalry Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2EB, United Kingdom
Grouchy, foul-mouthed Stella and sweet, straight-talking Dotty are a lesbian couple from Maine who embark on a Thelma and Louise-style road trip to Nova Scotia to get married after Dotty is moved to a nursing home by her granddaughter. Adapted from the director’s own stage play, Cloudburst highlights marriage as a necessity for gay people’s survival in the face of poverty and homophobic relatives whilst also flirting with the idea of lifelong commitment as a tender and compelling feature of queer life.
With an introduction by SQIFF’s Leanne Dawson. The screening marks the one year anniversary of the law in Scotland changing to allow two people of the same gender to marry.
Rated 15.
£5. We have a number of free tickets to give away. If you can’t afford the ticket price for any reason, please email helen@sqiff.org or call 07735 273 245 to register for free entry.
Media Education is a wheelchair accessible venue with level access throughout and an accessible toilet. We hope to screen the film with English subtitles for accessibility and and have a BSL interpreter for the introduction and will update on this soon.
Part of SQIFF presents: I Do?, a season of films marking the one year anniversary of changes to the marriage law in Scotland. Part of BFI LOVE, in partnership with Plusnet bfi.org.uk/love.

Bar Wotever Queer Women in Love Shorts (London)
2015-12-15 20:00 - 21:00 | The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Ln, London, SE11 5HY, United Kingdom
Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) in collaboration with Wotever DIY Film Festival and Bar Wotever presents a selection of shorts from SQIFF’s Queer Women in Love season, featuring films by and about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. The line-up includes a range of styles and ideas relating to the theme of love from Barbara Hammer’s innovative 1970s lesbian experiment Dyketactics to Ami Nashimoto’s vegan, gluten-free date nightmare-comedy Dinner For Two, via queer filmmaking legend Cheryl Dunye’s very first film, Janine, and activist Krissy Mahan’s 1980s-set gay beach town dramedy, 1987, Summer.
With an introduction from SQIFF’s Helen Wright.
Ages 18+ only.
£5. Tickets available on the door.
Films screening with English subtitles and introduction BSL interpreted.
Part of SQIFF presents: Queer Women in Love, a season of films by and about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. Part of BFI LOVE, in partnership with Plusnet bfi.org.uk/love.
