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Scottish Queer International Film Festival

2 October – 6 October 2019

Queen Of Lapa
Queen Of Lapa

The Scottish Queer International Film Festival returned in 2019 with a strong feature line-up and the usual collection of cutting edge shorts. This time around it included a special focus on religion.

Every effort was made to make screenings as accessible as possible.

The festival ran from 2 to 6 October.

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Latest reviews

  • Crypsis
    Review preview for Crypsis

    Club scenes can often feel forced and inauthentic but additional atmospheric sound design, strong production design and kinetic camerawork from cinematographer Gordon Campbell generate a believable ambience as Ayo's experience slides from exploration into

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A gay asylum seeker finds his past trauma triggered as he tries to provide evidence of his sexuality to the home office.
  • Lemebel
    Review preview for Lemebel

    This is not conventional narrative, start to end, born in, schooled at, died documentary.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A multi-layered portrait of one of South America’s most important and most provocative artists, a tireless fighter in dictatorial Chile and an uncomfortable gay activist who spoke out – right up to the end of his life.
  • Vision Portraits
    Review preview for Vision Portraits

    This isn't just an inspiration ticket - it's a series of portraits of people who would be interesting and enjoyable to be around whether they were blind or not.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A black, gay filmmaker who is losing his sight explores the lives and work of other visually impaired artists in this documentary.
  • Evil Come, Evil Go
    Review preview for Evil Come, Evil Go

    Not a film i'd recommend to anybody, unless late night, at a party, with a large bowl of popcorn and an audience prepared to laugh at it, not with it.

    Jane Fae · 1.5 out of 5
    A religious fanatic murders people who are engaging in sex and enjoying it.
  • Transfinite
    Review preview for Transfinite

    There is a unity of style and approach that means even though you are watching many films, you still end up with a sense of watching just the one.

    Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
    An anthology film in which supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.
  • A Dog Barking At The Moon
    Review preview for A Dog Barking At The Moon

    Lisa Zi Xiang's astutely written début uses the familiar formula of a multi-generation family saga as a launchpad for thematic and structural experiment.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A Chinese family saga, told in different periods of time, commencing with the wife’s discovery of her husband’s homosexuality.
  • From Zero To I Love You
    Review preview for From Zero To I Love You

    Spearman draws his characters well, putting relatively little focus on the romance - which the actors convey just fine in the space they have - and instead exploring the way each of them is affected as a person.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When Peter bumps into handsome businessman Jack in a gay bar, they begin a passionate relationship, in spite of Jack being married. Peter keeps ending up with married men and realises that if his life is ever going to get better, something needs to change.
  • A Girl's Band
    Review preview for A Girl's Band

    Watching the film I fell in love with at least half a dozen great bands and female performers.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    A former bassist chronicles the stories of female musicians in Argentina, their music and their activism.
  • Moroni For President
    Review preview for Moroni For President

    Though focused on Moroni's campaign, this documentary explores wider issues around the election, politics in the Nation and the experiences of its young LGBTQ people.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Moroni Benally is running for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American nation in the US. Young, gay, Mormon and highly educated, he sets out to confront the political establishment in a homecoming that challenges what he imagined home, and himself, to be.
  • Brief Story From The Green Planet
    Review preview for Brief Story From The Green Planet

    Whatever you expected to happen is not about to do so.

    Jane Fae · 3 out of 5
    When Tania finds out that her grandma has spent her final years in the caring company of a cute purple alien, she embarks on a journey through small-town Argentina with two close friends to deliver the creature back to its origins.

A–Z of Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2019 reviews

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