SQIFF

Tax on Me
2017-09-28 15:30 - 16:30 UTC | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
In the last few years, local authorities in Scotland have increased care charging, obliging people with disabilities to pay more than others to achieve the same basic human rights. Tax on Me is a hip-hop music video by filmmaker Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi and media coop responding to the Care Tax and the effect it has on people who need support.
Sophie Sexon, performance artist and researcher based in Glasgow, and Theresa Heath, researcher and founder of Wotever DIY Film Festival based in London, will join Kiana for the Tax On Me panel. Kiana will be discussing the origins of the film and activism against unjust government policies penalising people with disabilities.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. BSL interpretation for discussion. 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: Sketches
2017-09-28 13:45 - 14:35 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A young man gets a job in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse, a cartoonist from Rio de Janeiro draws members of the trans community to help deal with his own issues, the gender and disability politics of toilets are explored, a purifying ritual bath performed by Jewish brides is reinterpreted by two men, a gay guy dissects his family members over an awkward Sunday lunch, and a queer oddball seeks approval from their black peers despite a serious lack of hip-hop credentials. Presenting a spectrum of cute, inventive animated queer shorts from around the world.
We will be joined by filmmaker Carrie Hawks, director of black enuf*, 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.
Content note: animated depiction of self-harming, mention of suicide, brief, covert reference to bloodplay.
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.

Tailor (10m)
Dir: Cala dos Anjas, Country: Brazil, Year: 2017
Tailor is a young cartoonist from Rio de Janeiro who started drawing cartoons to express issues around being trans he was facing and tell the stories of other transgender people.
Mikveh (6m)
Dir: Adrian Garcia Gomez, Country: USA, Year: 2016
In this reinterpretation of the mikveh – a purifying ritual bath performed by Jewish brides about to marry – the filmmaker and his husband’s immersions are disrupted by a government which refuses to recognise their marriage.
Sunday Lunch (13m)
Dir: Celine Devaux, Country: France, Year: 2015
Jean is at a Sunday brunch observing his infuriating extended family whom he tries to love despite their endlessly frustrating behaviour.
The Night Cleaner (5m)
Dir: Blair Fukumura, Country: Canada, Year: 2016
As the night cleaner in Canada’s busiest gay bathhouse, Travis has his work cut out for him. With good humour he shyly takes us on an amusing and sometimes harrowing tour through his nightly duties.
The Toilet (3m)
Dir: David Moore, Country: UK, Year: 2017
An animated short resulting from a cross-disciplinary, arts-based research project at Sheffield Hallam University exploring the toilet as a place of exclusion and belonging.
black enuf* (22m)
Dir: Carrie Hawks, Country: USA, Year: 2016
A queer oddball seeks approval from their black peers despite a serious lack of hip-hop credentials and a family that ‘talks white.’ This animated documentary takes you on a quest for belonging.

SQIFF Opener: The Misandrists
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
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 patriarchy, and even a sneaky dancing nun. But does the FLA’s brand of radical feminism hide some darker and more exclusionary beliefs?
We are excited to be joined by director Bruce LaBruce and actor Caprice Crawford for a Q&A after the screening followed by a drinks reception.
Presented in partnership with Goethe Institut Glasgow.
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 Q&A. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence and real surgical operations, discussion of sexual assault.
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 Schools: Real Boy
2017-09-27 13:00 - 14:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
“I just want to be loved by my family,” says Bennett, a 19-year-old trans man. “But for my family, it’s not as simple as that.” Ben’s mum is having a hard time coming to terms with her child’s transition. His dad and sister no longer speak to him. But thanks to social media, Ben meets a whole network of people who support him, including best friend Dylan and Joe Stevens, a trans musician. With their support, Ben comes to terms with his identity and begins to build bridges with his family. Real Boy is raw and breathtakingly honest, creating a sense of awe at the resilience of its subjects.
The screening will be followed by a discussion on transgender issues led by young people from LGBT Youth Scotland, which is kindly supporting this event. Suitable for ages 12+.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions. 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. Audio description available. Hearing loop.
Content note: discussion of alcoholism/addiction.
This is a FREE event open to all schools, youth groups, and colleges. To book a place, email info@sqiff.org. Please note the total running time of the event including discussion will be 1 hour 45 minutes.

Who Will Fuck Daddy?
2017-09-26 19:00 - 20:05 | Transmission Gallery, 28 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP, United Kingdom
A hypnotic, intensely personal film featuring a mix of mysterious and mystical images: a masturbating moon, a couple having sex in a tent filled with balloons and electric lights, a pair of vibrators hidden in a head of lettuce. Beautifully episodic, Who Will Fuck Daddy? switches from documentary sequences about parenthood, gender, ecstasy, and rebirth, to cruising sites in the Swedish forest, to the question of just how much pressure to put on a pair of nipples. Lasse Långström’s latest work is as political as ever with an underlying theme of the death of heteronormativity and homonationalism and a wide variety of bodies on show.
Director Lasse Långström will join us after the screening for a Q&A.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of Trongate 103 with lift down to second floor for Transmission basement space. Accessible toilet available. Swedish language with English subtitles. 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 sexual assault.
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.

Workshop: Scriptwriting with Asten Holmes-Elliott
2017-09-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Award-winning filmmaker Asten Holmes-Elliott, writer and director of shorts James Dean and Citizen M and co-founder of Glasgow-based collective Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking, will examine questions and situations that arise when writing a script with a queer storyline/LGBTQI characters. Suitable for those who would like either feedback on a script already in development or inspiration for a new piece. Feel free to bring your ideas along on the day.
Kindly supported by LGBT History Month Scotland. Suitable for ages 15+.
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.

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (Inverness)
2017-09-24 19:15 - 20:45 | Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA, United Kingdom
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates a beloved storyteller, following his evolution from conservative son of the Old South to gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired others to reclaim their lives. Director Jennifer M. Kroot weaves a fascinating life story exploring a creative artist who served in Vietnam and was invited to the White House to meet Richard Nixon before being radicalised and becoming San Francisco’s great chronicler. For anyone who’s ever read Tales of the City or any of Maupin’s other excellent books and wondered what the man who wrote them is like.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of Eden Court with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Wheelchair spaces for screening must be booked in advance. German language with English subtitles.
Ticket prices vary. To book, please use the button below or call Eden Court box office on +44 (0)1463 234 234.

Looking Awry: Don't Look At Me That Way (Glasgow)
2017-09-24 15:00 - 16:30 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Hedi is the new neighbour of Iva, who is raising her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love. However, when Iva’s estranged father appears, Hedi is strongly attracted to him. Director and star Uisenma Borchu crafts an enigmatic tale about the pitfalls of monogamous expectations, breaking free of taboos, and existing as a bisexual woman of colour in a straight, white society.
With an introduction by Jacob Engelberg, programmer of Brighton-based queer film strand, Eyes Wide Open Cinema. 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. Mongolian and German languages with English subtitles.. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the introduction, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
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, click on the button below or call CCA box office on +44 (0)141 352 4900.

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (Stornoway)
2017-09-23 20:00 - 21:30 | An Lanntair, 55 Kenneth St, Stornoway, HS1 2DS
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates a beloved storyteller, following his evolution from conservative son of the Old South to gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired others to reclaim their lives. Director Jennifer M. Kroot weaves a fascinating life story exploring a creative artist who served in Vietnam and was invited to the White House to meet Richard Nixon before being radicalised and becoming San Francisco’s great chronicler. For anyone who’s ever read Tales of the City or any of Maupin’s other excellent books and wondered what the man who wrote them is like.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of An Lanntair with Cinema space accessible from ground floor. Two disabled parking spaces available directly outside main entrance on Kenneth Street. Wheelchair spaces for screening must be booked in advance. Induction loop available. English language with English captions.
Ticket prices vary. To book, please use the button below or call An Lanntair box office on +44 (0)1851 708 480.

Fox and His Friends (Inverness)
2017-09-23 18:00 - 20:05 | Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA, United Kingdom
In 1970s West Germany, a young working-class gay man wins the lottery and is taken advantage of by his overbearing bourgeois lover. New German Cinema superstar and queer filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder created his most explicit survey of gay culture in Fox and His Friends and stamped his trademark, very cynical impression of human relationships onto it. Fassbinder himself plays the suggestible Fox with supporting cast featuring several from the director’s famous entourage including Harry Baer and Kurt Raab. A great chance to see a restored classic and an opportunity for those unfamiliar with the legendary filmmaker’s work to get acquainted.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of Eden Court with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Wheelchair spaces for screening must be booked in advance. German language with English subtitles.
Ticket prices vary. To book, click on the button below or call Eden Court box office on +44 (0)1463 234 234.

Looking Awry: Don't Look At Me That Way (Edinburgh)
2017-09-23 15:40 - 17:10 | Edinburgh Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ
Hedi is the new neighbour of Iva, who is raising her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love. However, when Iva’s estranged father appears, Hedi is strongly attracted to him. Director and star Uisenma Borchu crafts an enigmatic tale about the pitfalls of monogamous expectations, breaking free of taboos, and existing as a bisexual woman of colour in a straight, white society.
Screening with short film Self and Others (6 mins), a study of the visual language of sexual fluidity as captured through the lens of film history. Followed by a discussion to celebrate Bi Day of Visibility on bi representation with Jacob Engelberg, programmer of Brighton-based queer film strand, Eyes Wide Open Cinema, and academic Maria Pramaggiore. Part of Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen.
ACCESS: Filmhouse Foyer and box office are reached via a ramped surface from Lothian Road. Cinema 3 has one wheelchair space accessed via a platform lift. Advance booking for wheelchair spaces is recommended. Accessible toilets available. Mongolian and German languages with English subtitles. BSL interpretation. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence.
Ticket prices vary. Tickets on sale late August.

Looking Awry: Don't Look At Me That Way (Aberdeen)
2017-09-23 15:30 - 17:00 | belmont filmhouse, 49 Belmont St, Aberdeen, AB10 1JS
Hedi is the new neighbour of Iva, who is raising her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love. However, when Iva’s estranged father appears, Hedi is strongly attracted to him. Director and star Uisenma Borchu crafts an enigmatic tale about the pitfalls of monogamous expectations, breaking free of taboos, and existing as a bisexual woman of colour in a straight, white society.
Part of Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen.
ACCESS: All areas of the building are accessible to customers with limited mobility, including wheelchair users. There is a lift in the main foyer that serves all floors and the basement bar and cafe. Screen 3 has five wheelchair spaces at the front of the auditorium. Accessible toilets available. Wheelchair spaces for screening must be booked in advance. Mongolian and German languages with English subtitles. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence.
Ticket prices vary. Tickets on sale end August.

Looking Awry: Don't Look At Me That Way (Dundee)
2017-09-22 18:15 - 19:45 | DCA, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, United Kingdom
Hedi is the new neighbour of Iva, who is raising her daughter Sophia by herself. The two women start a relationship and Iva is desperately in love. However, when Iva’s estranged father appears, Hedi is strongly attracted to him. Director and star Uisenma Borchu crafts an enigmatic tale about the pitfalls of monogamous expectations, breaking free of taboos, and existing as a bisexual woman of colour in a straight, white society.
Screening with short film Self and Others (6 mins), a study of the visual language of sexual fluidity as captured through the lens of film history. With an introduction by Jacob Engelberg, programmer of Brighton-based queer film strand, Eyes Wide Open Cinema. Part of Looking Awry: Representing Bisexual* Desires On Screen.
ACCESS: Level or lift access to all public areas of the building with one exception. The cinemas are fully ramped with wheelchair areas and removable seats. Accessible toilets available. Mongolian and German languages with English subtitles. Hearing loop. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the introduction, please email info@sqiff.org and we will book this for you.
Content note: depiction of violence.
Ticket prices vary. To book, please use the button below or call DCA box office on +44 (0)1382 909 900.

Workshop: Working Class LGBTQ People in Film and TV
2017-09-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Media Education, 183 Dalry Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2EB, United Kingdom
Beginning with clips from TV and film, we examine how LGBTQ working-class identities have been demonised, patronised, and romanticised onscreen, before considering representation we would like to see in future. We will also think about how cultural venues can be made more welcoming to working-class people.
This workshop is for working-class people (background and/or current situation) and allies. Although interactive, there is no pressure to actively participate in discussion. It is run by two working-class femme lesbians who navigate middle-classness via their work. Leanne Dawson is a lecturer at University of Edinburgh and Laura Wylie is completing a Masters in sexuality and class at University of Stirling.
Suitable for ages 15+.
ACCESS: Space on ground floor with level access throughout. Accessible toilet available. BSL interpretation for event.
This workshop is FREE with booking in advance recommended. To book, please use the button below.

SQIFF 2017 Programme Launch and Pub Quiz (ages 18+)
2017-08-17 20:00 - 23:59 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Be the first to get your hands on the SQIFF 2017 programme and find out what we have in store for this year’s Festival!
Alongside launching our programme, we are hosting a big queer pub quiz. Know your Tangerine from your Tomboy? Your Bound from your Brokeback Mountain? Join SQIFF’s own Mädchen in Uniform Alice and Ruth for a fun and fiendish night of queer movie trivia and general gaiety. Winning team gets passes for SQIFF 2017 plus there’s a bonus prize for best team name!
The quiz is open to teams of 4. If you don’t have a team, you are welcome to sign up and we’ll organise people into teams on the night. Booking in advance is essential and each team member must have booked a ticket. The event is free and open to ages 18+ only due to licensing laws. Book tickets via the link below.

Saramago’s Terrace Bar will be open for business during the event with food and drink available to buy.
ACCESS
The event takes place in Saramago’s Terrace Bar at CCA, which has level access at the Sauchiehall Street entrance and a lift to the Terrace Bar on the 1st floor. There is an accessible toilet on the 1st floor. Quiz questions will be available in written format for anyone who needs. If you require any more access info, contact the venue on 0141 352 4900 or email helen@sqiff.org.

Free Pride Fundraiser: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017-08-10 19:00 - 20:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Who killed Marsha P. Johnson? When the beloved, self-described “street queen” of New York’s Christopher Street died in 1992, the NYPD called her death a suicide. Protests erupted but the police remained impassive and refused to investigate. Now, twenty-five years on, documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson examines Marsha’s death and her extraordinary life.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets available. English language with English captions.
Content note: discussion of violence, sexual assault, and suicide.
This event is a fundraiser for Free Pride 2017. No need to book – just show up on the night and we will be taking donations on the door – suggested donation £5. We also welcome people to hang out in the CCA bar afterwards for informal chat about the film.

SQIFF Shorts: Regen(d)eration
2017-06-02 19:00 - 20:00 | The Old Leith Theatre, 28-30 Ferry Road, Edinburgh, EH6 4AE, United Kingdom
SQIFF and Hidden Door collaborate to bring you a lovingly curated programme of shorts exploring queer notions of rebirth to consider how we (re)construct, navigate and negotiate our queer identities. From captivating, tender animations to the provocative, exciting, experimental, this selection of short films showcases some SQIFF favourites made by queer people about queer people!
ACCESS: All films will be screened with subtitles to make them more accessible for D/deaf and hard of hearing audiences. Unfortunately, we have been informed that due to the derelict and temporary nature of Hidden Door’s venue, the cinema space will not be wheelchair accessible and we are really sorry about this. Please contact festival@hiddendoorblog.org for further information about the venue’s accessibility.
Tickets are £16 (concessions £14), which includes admission to all Hidden Door events on 2nd June. We have a limited amount of free tickets for those who are unemployed and for asylum seekers as well as some half price tickets (£8) for those on a low income. Please email laura@sqiff.org if you require a discount code for either of these ticket options as they must be booked in advance through the ticketing webpage.

Lesbian with a Movie Camera
2017-02-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Transmission Gallery, 28 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP, United Kingdom
As part of LGBT History Month Scotland, we present a lovingly-curated selection of indie, punk, and DIY lesbian shorts from across half a century of filmmaking, featuring known names and unsung (s)heroes alike. Ranging from the hilarious to the experimental, the programme features a rare screening of Caroline Sheldon’s witty and subversive 17 Rooms (Or What Do Lesbians Do in Bed?). Scheduled in 1986 for a prime slot on Channel Four’s pioneering In The Pink season, Sheldon’s film was scandalously pulled at the last minute – not because of any explicit content but because it was thought audiences might object to its title.
This is a free, unticketed event; donations are very much appreciated and will collected after the screening. The screening is on the ground floor of our venue Transmission. Accessible toilet available. Films shown will include captions for better D/deaf and hard of hearing access.

LUX Scotland and SQIFF present: Dani Leventhal
2016-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Transmission Gallery, 28 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP, United Kingdom
Presented by LUX Scotland in association with SQIFF and Transmission, American artist Dani Leventhal visits Glasgow to show and discuss her recent video work.
Her videos are disjunctive, diaristic, and often feature people who become the unassuming subjects of her work. Describing her working process, Leventhal says, “I start with a subject that I care deeply about / I concentrate on fear, desire, anger, confusion, and love. / I concentrate on the emotional relationships between humans, humans and animals, and humans and their environments. / I am particularly interested in the way we develop based on our experiences in childhood, and then the process of undoing it.”
Presenting her shorts alongside her recent collaboration Hard As Opal with Jared Buckhiester, Leventhal will also present a preview of her in-progress work, Strangely Ordinary This Devotion, a collaboration with Sheilah Wilson.
This is event is free and unticketed.
ACCESS: Transmission is accessible for wheelchair users via Trongate 103. Please enter at the street entrance to Trongate 103 and take the lift to the basement floor. Accessible toilets available. SQIFF has a policy of screening films with English subtitles or captions for deaf and hard of hearing access but unfortunately we are not able to do so on this occasion – big apologies for this.

SQIFF Shorts: Pull Yourself Together
2016-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 | The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 2HG, United Kingdom
*SOLD OUT – As this is a free event, it’s likely not everyone who has booked will turn up, so it’s possible to come along on the night without booking and see if there’s a space. There’s a high chance you’ll get in but we obviously can’t guarantee this without a ticket.*
Mental health difficulties are rife amongst LGBTQ+ individuals and communities with statistics regularly highlighting we suffer from them disproportionately. SQIFF presents a collection of short films with authentic perspectives on the subject, covering a range of topics and providing insights from a variety of individuals who have had personal encounters with mental health problems. Following the screening, members of Glasgow’s LGBTQ+ community will discuss their own experiences, including the stigma often surrounding such issues.
In partnership with LGBT Health and Wellbeing.
Content note: discussion of suicide and self-harm.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance and then three stairs or a ramp to access the screening area. Accessible toilet next to the bar back down the stairs or ramp (The Glad Cafe). English language films. Films screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. BSL interpretation for discussion.
This event is free. Book tickets via the link below to be guaranteed a space.

To Russia with Love
2016-10-06 19:00 - 21:15 | Hannah Maclure Centre, University of Abertay Dundee, Top Floor, Abertay Student Centre, 1-3 Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 1HP, United Kingdom
Leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a law banning the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations to minors” – which could potentially be enforced against any LGBT person if they “flaunted” their status – was enacted in Russia. Human rights activists and LGBT people involved in the Games contemplated what to do about the situation. To Russia with Love documents their responses and reactions, speaking to a variety of contributors, including current and former Olympians and local LGBT campaigners.
Followed by a panel discussion on the political situation surrounding events. In partnership with LEAP Sports Scotland, Abertay LGBT Society, and Allsorts LGBT Youth Group.
ACCESS: Hannah Maclure Centre is accessible for people using wheelchairs. There are accessible toilets next to the screening space. Awaiting further information from venue. Please contact the venue for more details in the meantime on 01382 308324. Film screening with subtitles/captions for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the discussion, please email info@sqiff.org at least one week in advance.

This event is free. Book tickets via the link below to be guaranteed a space.

SQIFF Closer: Real Boy
2016-10-02 20:15 - 21:45 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
‘I just want to be loved by my family,’ says Bennett, a nineteen year old trans man. ‘But for my family, it’s not as simple as that.’ Ben’s mum is having a hard time coming to terms with her child changing. His dad and sister no longer speak to him. But thanks to social media, Ben meets a whole network of people who support him, including best friend Dylan and Joe Stevens, a trans musician. With their support, Ben comes to terms with his identity and begins to build bridges with his family. Real Boy is raw and breathtakingly honest, creating a sense of awe at the resilience and courage of its subjects.
Preceded by the presentation of our Festival awards, the SQIFFies. We are delighted that one of the film’s stars Joe Stevens will be joining us for our 2016 closing event.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance with lift up to first floor for Theatre space. Accessible toilets on first floor (CCA). English language film. Audio description available. Film screening with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. BSL interpretation for awards presentation and Q&A.

£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.

Also showing at: Edinburgh Filmhouse, Monday 3rd October, 6pm and at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Tuesday 4th October, 7pm.

Queer Horror: A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
2016-10-02 20:00 - 21:40 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Described as ‘The Gayest Horror Movie Ever Made’, Freddy’s Revenge is the first of many sequels to Wes Craven’s 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. Maligned for being cheap trash on its release, the second film in the franchise has achieved cult status for its gloriously campy queer subtext. Virginal teenager, Jesse, feels he has something inside him that needs to ‘come out,’ which turns out, of course, to be Freddy Krueger. Beyond this unsubtle, central metaphor, Jesse has a suspiciously close relationship with his male friend, a sadomasochistic gym teacher who literally gets stripped and whipped, and a supposed love interest who looks like Meryl Streep.
Introduced by Jordan Phillips, queer horror maestro at Queen Margaret University.
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. BSL interpretation for introduction. English language 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.

Sebastiane
2016-10-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB, United Kingdom
Set in an outpost of the Roman Empire in the year 303, Derek Jarman’s first feature is now a piece of history itself, celebrating its 40th anniversary. His most enduringly (and endearingly) erotic work, it queers the Christian myth of St Sebastiane, telling the story of the famous soldier condemned for his beliefs and paci sm and stripped of his military rank – and eventually everything else.
Introduced by curator and writer Marc David Jacobs.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance and to reach Cinema 3 at the GFT. Accessible toilet next to the Cinema. Film in Latin with English subtitles. Hearing loop available. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the introduction, please email info@sqiff.org at least one week in advance.

£5.50 all tickets. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc.
To book tickets, please use the button below or call GFT Box Office on 0141 332 6535

SQIFF Shorts: Silent Laughs
2016-10-02 18:45 - 20:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
A selection of short films by and/or about Deaf LGBTQ+ people, an often marginalised identity within queer culture. Documentaries, slapstick, and experimental self-reflection feature in this eclectic mix of work. Star of new Scottish short Silent Laughs, Leah Kalaitzi, will perform a comedy routine and there will be a panel discussion with several of the filmmakers and other guests on Deaf LGBTQ+ representation and experiences.
With thanks to Sandra Alland.
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. Hearing loop available. BSL-English interpretation for event. Films in BSL, ASL, and 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.

Silent Laughs (11m)
Dir: Natalia Kouneli, Year: 2016
A stand-up comedienne performs in sign language, fulfilling her dream to make people laugh as well as bringing Deaf Culture to mainstream audiences.
Amar: Deaf is an Identity (4m)
Dir: David Ng, Jen Sungshine, Year: 2016
Amar shares his journey as a queer South Asian activist, and explains how it intersects with his identity and culture as a Deaf person.
Passengers (5m)
Dir: Dickie Hearts, Year: 2015
A cab driver puts up with a series of irksome hearing passengers before picking up a cute guy more on his wavelength.
I’m Not Your Inspiration 2: ALISON SMITH (9m)
Dir: Sandra Alland, Year: 2014
Deaf sign poet, Alison Smith, talks about her BSL poetry, growing up as a Scottish Fairground Traveller, and some issues facing queer D/deaf and disabled artists.

SEX & The Silver Gays
2016-10-02 18:15 - 19:25 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
SEX & The Silver Gays tells the idiosyncratic story of a randy New York chapter of national senior gay men’s organisation, the Prime Timers. Amidst a flurry of social activities, members participate in monthly sex parties. These octogenarian orgiasts invite us to their intimate gathering, illustrating explicitly their carnal activities and explaining frankly and inspiringly who they are.
Presented in association with Luminate: Scotland’s creative ageing 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 Workshop: Green New World
2016-10-02 16:30 - 18:00 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
In this interactive ‘what-if ’ scenario-based workshop we imagine filmmaking on a planet with extremely limited resources. Through the formulation of ‘solutions’ to this scenario, participants will create the 10 Commandments of ‘SAFE’: Sustainable Arts and Filmmaking Ethics. These will be published and distributed nationwide across filmmaking groups and collectives and will provide the blueprint for the Sustainable Filmmaking Revolution!
Hosted by award-winning filmmaker and artist Lucy Holmes-Elliott.
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.

Queer Horror: The Haunting
2016-10-02 16:00 - 17:50 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Dr. John Markway, an anthropologist with an interest in psychic phenomena, takes two specially selected women to Hill House, a reportedly haunted mansion. Eleanor, a lonely, eccentric woman with a supernatural event in her past, and the bold (and all but openly lesbian) Theodora, who has ESP, join John and the mansion’s heir, cynical Luke. They are immediately overwhelmed by strange sounds and events, and Eleanor comes to believe the house is alive and speaking directly to her. The Haunting is a pretty solid argument for the underlying queerness of the Hollywood horror movie aesthetic.
Screening with short film Cheat (2 mins). Followed by a discussion on queer horror hosted by Jordan Phillips with guest Dr. Darren Elliott-Smith, researcher and blogger on queerness, gender, and the body in horror film and television.
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. 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.

The Surface Tension Trilogy
2016-10-02 15:30 - 16:50 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
From activist and painter Frida Kahlo to filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to Hitler’s lover Eva Braun – Liz Rosenfeld tells a trio of queer histories that may or may not have actually happened. Making no attempts to disguise the fact that, despite taking place in 1924, 1933 and 1977, the films were clearly made in modern-day Berlin, Rosenfeld turns the way we normally look at history on its head.
Director Liz Rosenfeld will join us for a Q&A after the screening. Presented in partnership with Goethe Institut Glasgow.
ACCESS: Level access with Cinema plus accessible toilets all on ground floor (CCA). Films mostly in German with English subtitles with some parts in English language with subtitles for D/deaf and hard of hearing access. Hearing loop available. If you would like to attend and require BSL interpretation for the Q&A, 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 Shorts: Queer Scotland II
2016-10-02 13:30 - 15:10 | Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
We present another selection of LGBTQ+ work made in Scotland, representing a variety of styles, subject matter, and identities. A non-conforming eight year old challenges gender expectations, childhood trauma is explored by a trans woman, wedding day fears and fantasies are divulged across a generation, and a bisexual daughter finds solidarity with her trans parent amongst the stories told in this collection.
We hope to be joined by a number of the filmmakers for a Q&A. There will be a prize for Best Scottish Short with the winner gaining automatic nomination to Iris Prize Festival‘s 2017 Best British Short award and a festival pass for Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017.
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 Q&A. Most films in English language with some experimental work with limited 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.

Take Your Partners (11 mins)
Dir: Siri Rodnes, Year: 2015
A non-conforming 8-year-old challenges gender expectations when forced to make an Easter Bonnet with the girls.
Women in Vaiven (12m)
Dir: Cecilia Pérez-Homar, Year: 2015
On the morning of her wedding in Puerto Rico, Zoe Taína struggles to fit into her grandmother’s old wedding dress, when suddenly her dead mother shows up to wish her luck.
Where We Are Now (9m)
Dir: Lucie Rachel, Year: 2016
A personal insight into the changing relationship between a young woman and her transgender parent.
Stuck (11m)
Dir: Ania Urbanowska, Year: 2013
Have you ever been in relationship where you can’t see its problems…?
Netflix & Chips (6m)
Dir: Lock Up Your Daughters, Year: 2015
A woman who works in a chip shop has a hot date but can’t get her job off her mind.
Before Your Very Eyes (6m)
Dir: Margot Imlah, Year: 2016
The Great Katarin is about to pull off their biggest trick—travelling through time. But their partner, Martha, doesn’t want them to leave.
Let Me Be Brave (11m)
Dir: Lucy Holmes-Elliott, Year: 2016
A documentary showing the importance of sport in the lives of transgender people.
Tape (15m)
Dir: Nicole O’Reilly, Year: 2016
An experimental short in which a trans woman discovers relics from her childhood and has flashbacks to the source of unhappy times.
Silent Laughs (11m)
Dir: Natalia Kouneli, Year: 2016
A Deaf stand-up comedienne performs in sign language fulfilling her dream to make people laugh as well as bringing Deaf Culture to mainstream audiences.
Bathroom Break (2m)
Dir: Cecilia Pérez-Homar, Year: 2015
During a private moment in the bathroom of his office, Westley considers his deeper desires.
