If you haven’t checked out the new SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) do so NOW! It’s packed with mind-opening and horizon-broadening opportunities that you definitely should not miss. For that reason we’re really excited to be supporting them this year and have partnered up to bring you some great queer documentary films.
Here’s a run-down of all the events we’re involved in:
Thursday 29 September
14:00 – WORKSHOP: Film Funding and Training in Scotland (1hr30)
Are you a filmmaker or thinking of becoming one and don’t know where to start in looking for training and funding? We will be joined by representatives from Screen Academy Scotland and Scottish Film Talent Network at this workshop to tell you about what we 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.
Free but ticketed. RESERVE YOUR PLACE
Friday 30 September
15:00 – MASTERCLASS with Raúl de la Morena and Antonio Centeno (2hrs)
We have partnered with SQIFF to bring you 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.
Free but ticketed. RESERVE YOUR PLACE
SQIFF are also screening Yes, we fuck! at 18:30 on the same day with a post-screening Q&A with Raúl and Antonio.
Sunday 2 October
13:30 – SQIFF Shorts: Queer Scotland II (1hr40)
A 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 in our Bridging the Gap short, Where We Are Now, a bisexual daughter finds solidarity with her trans parent .
There will be post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers. 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.
BUY TICKETS – £5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc.
18:45 – SQIFF Shorts: Silent Laughs (1hr15)
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 Silent Laughs (from our 2016 Bridging the Gap: Women series), 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.
BUY TICKETS – £5 / £4 conc / Free for unemployed and asylum seekers. Festival pass £40 / £30 conc.
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