Campbell X wrote their Radical Film Manifesto as an artist’s Call to Arms, so that anyone who didn’t see images of themselves represented could know it was possible to create their own film anyway. As so-called minority people, there are barriers to telling stories or owning the stories that are told. These barriers can make […]
In Madrid and Paris, Boti, Empar, Micheline, and Jocelyne, four lesbian women in their seventies, talk about their fears and desires. Their sex and love lives past and present are a focus alongside their involvement in LGBT activism and their relationship with age. A beautiful testimony on the experience of aging as a queer woman. […]
Films about activism and films as activism. Sins Invalid is a performance project incubating and celebrating artists with disabilities, centralising artists of colour and queer and gender-variant artists. Since 2006, its performances have explored sexuality, beauty, and the disabled body. We’re screening Sins Invalid’s shorts Disability Justice for Palestine, Sins Invalid: an Unashamed Claim to […]
SOLD OUT - MORE TICKETS MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM BOX OFFICE ON THE DAY Filmmaker Marit Östberg will share her experiences of creating feminist porn and lead the group through a discussion on the joys, desires, politics, and production of porn. Marit is a filmmaker and artist from Sweden. Her visual world has been described […]
Loosely inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s (after whom ‘masochism’ is named) book Venus in Furs, filmmakers Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch’s take features a dominatrix called Wanda, who runs a Hamburg art gallery where audiences pay to watch sadomasochistic performances. The boundaries between Wanda’s personal and professional lives blur as three people vie for her […]
SOLD OUT- MORE TICKETS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON THE NIGHT A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master in a future where humanity shifts between flesh and machine. While sometimes read as subverting fixed ideas about gender and sexuality, Mamoru Oshii’s anime classic also appears to […]
Is it possible to make ‘feminist porn’? By creating and watching pornography that challenges the ingrained sexual stereotypes of the mainstream adult film industry, can we use this sexually radical filmmaking as a kind of weapon? Reversing gender clichés, pushing boundaries, and empowering. And can we get off on that?! Join us for an evening […]
Edinburgh’s finest purveyors of weirdo cabaret and decadent performance parties – DIVE - lock lips with sisters from a different mister POLYESTER for the first time eva! A specially curated mix of high-octane performance, immersive live art, and eclectic music with Polyester DJs, your host Miss Annabel Sings, and a kaleidoscope of acts from all […]
We invite a selection of the guests and filmmakers attending the Festival to share their experiences and thoughts on approaching queer film. Several panel discussions will look at different approaches to queer filmmaking and the role of film festivals and programming in LGBTI culture. This aims to be an open and accessible event, providing an […]
A selection of short films by and about people who are trans, non-binary, and/or intersex. Trans and intersex bodies float under water, clash with western history, and get inked; a trans woman in Turkey builds her own identity whilst reacting to and rejecting that of mainstream media; and a trans guy in Australia buys a […]
