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Scottish Queer International Film Festival · 2023

Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2023

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6 films · 3 reviews

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Kokomo City

Review preview for Kokomo City

It’s thrilling to watch a filmmaker like Smith throw a wrench in the gears and deliver an unapologetic ode to outcasts that’s every bit as punk rock as its subjects.

Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
Four Black transgender sex workers explore the dichotomy between the Black community and themselves, while confronting issues long avoided.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: D Smith)

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Mutt

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Confident enough in its characters to tell its story without sensationalism or stylistic overcompensation.

Jeremy Mathews · 4 out of 5
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life. Having lost touch since transitioning from female to male, he navigates the new dynamics of old relationships while tackling the day-to-day challenges of living life in between.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Vuk Lungulov-Klotz; Writer: Vuk Lungulov-Klotz; Stars: Lío Mehiel, Cole Doman, MiMi Ryder, Alejandro Goic)

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Nowhere

Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.

(Country: France, US; Year: 1997; Director: Gregg Araki; Writer: Gregg Araki; Stars: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar, Kathleen Robertson, Ryan Phillippe)

Peafowl

Review preview for Peafowl

There’s a lot of interesting work here and it’s startling to realise that it’s director Byun Sung-bin’s first venture into features.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Steely Shin Myung is a fierce trans queen on the Seoul nightclub scene who reconnects with her Buddhist heritage after the death of her father.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Byun Sung-bin; Stars: Hae-jun, Kim U-gyeom)

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Sex Change: Shock! Horror! Probe!

An exploration of gender identity and trans issues.

(Country: UK; Year: 1989; Director: Kristiene Clarke; Stars: Adèle Anderson)

(Tending) (To) (Ta)

Each communicating to an other who exists as a possibility beyond their self-perceived boundaries of reality, the two beings meet in a shared world of imagination.

(Country: UK, Canada; Year: 2021; Director: April Lin)