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Scottish Queer International Film Festival

5 November – 9 October 2018

Back for another year, the Scottish Queer International Film Festival has some great treats in store. It includes a focus on queer Arab lives, an East Asian focus and documentaries from around the world, as well as the ever-popular night of Scottish queer short films. We're still adding details so look out for more here over the next few days.

The festival celebrates the work of queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, asexual and intersex people as well as disabled people and people of colour.

All events at SQIFF prioritise accessibility for disabled attendees and all films have English language subtitles and captions. BSL interpretation and audio description are available at some events.

Tickets are available on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis.

The festival runs from 5 to 9 December.

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  • Buddies
    Review preview for Buddies

    Both lead actors are well chosen. Bressan Jr directs with a quiet assurance that gives them lots of room to work but ensures that the film never tips over into melodrama.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The first film to deal with the AIDS crisis tells the story of a man who becomes a voluntary 'buddy' for an AIDS patient and finds their relationship changing
  • The Gospel Of Eureka
    Review preview for The Gospel Of Eureka

    The Gospel Of Eureka is fairly straightforward in structure, with no real surprises, but it tells a story that matters.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Love, faith, and civil rights collide in the south as evangelical Christians and drag queens step into the spotlight to explore the meaning of belief.
  • The Misandrists
    Review preview for The Misandrists

    Something like a cross between Carry On Solanas! and The Beguiled

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A radical female ‘army of lovers’ is preparing itself to fight for a world without men.
  • Leitis In Waiting
    Review preview for Leitis In Waiting

    Leitis In Waiting provides insight into the leiti community, Tongan society, the spread of American-funded missionary fundamentalism and the politics of resistance.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in their country.
  • A Deal With The Universe
    Review preview for A Deal With The Universe

    The film cuts through al the intellectual debate around these subjects to remind us of the human experiences at their core.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The filmmaker documents 15 years of his life, including aspects of his transition and his subsequent pregnancy.
  • Until Rainbow Dawn
    Review preview for Until Rainbow Dawn

    Despite its narrative issues, this film has some well structured dialogue and a touching relationship at its centre.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After meeting at their Deaf school in Central Japan, Hana and Ayumi become close friends, and quickly fall in love. But when Hana comes out to her parents, they throw her out of the house
  • Sidney And Friends
    Review preview for Sidney And Friends

    Technically impressive given the conditions in which some of it is filmed, Sidney And Friends is a powerful piece of filmmaking exploring the human impact of prejudice and simple ignorance.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Scottish filmmaker Tristan Aitchison visited Kenya in 2013. A chance meeting with an activist revealed an underground network of intersex and trans people that wanted their voices heard.
  • Pulse
    Review preview for Pulse

    Perhaps there are certain questions that we don't need asked; or if they are to be asked, a certain care in the way they are asked would be helpful.

    Jane Fae · 2 out of 5
    After a series of humiliations, a young disabled man looking for love decides to transition – but not in the manner you’d expect. Set in an alternative present in which medical procedures are drastically different, the question of what it means to change gender is complicated by the question of what it means to find love when you have a disabled body in an ableist world.
  • Bixa Travesty
    Review preview for Bixa Travesty

    The directors take what is primarily an observational approach, with only intermittent scenes clearly set up to encourage specific discussions. In return for this they get intimate access to their star's day to day life.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A documentary that follows Mc Linn Da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo.
  • A Moment In The Reeds
    Review preview for A Moment In The Reeds

    There's more to this film than just another erotic romance.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Romance blossoms between a Finnish man and a Syrian immigrant.

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