Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2023

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Clotilde (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Maria João Lourenço,)
On a planet where reproduction is mandatory in the daily life of its inhabitants, there is an alien who just wishes to pleasure herself.
Coming Out Autistic (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Steven Fraser)
A short animated documentary hjich explores the experience of telling the world that you are autistic when you also identify as LGBTQ+.
Dear Nana (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Han Nguyen)
A tribute to the filmmaker's grandmother, who lived in a small, conservative town in North Central Coast, Vietnam.
Desire’s Exhibition (Country: Brazil; Year: 2023; Director: Salmo Pagão)
With the aim of finding Desire, So-and-so performs a ritual to go down in the depths of himself. There he came across an exhibition of Desire's works which have haunted his dreams and non-dreams.
Junior & The Kid (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Dani Wasserman)
A sparse retelling of a fictional love affair between an unnamed western cowboy and Nineties baseball superstar and heartthrob Ken Griffey Jr.
Living With It (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Holly Summerson; Writer: Holly Summerson)
Perfectionist Lee must adapt to the imperfect reality of living with an illness – brought to life as a chaotic supernatural flatmate: Bug.
A Mother's Love For Her Baby (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Éiméar McClay, Cat McClay)
An exploration of the corruption and poor conditions endemic in the Magdalene Laundries and mother and baby homes run by the Catholic Church in Ireland throughout the 20th century.
Patches (Country: Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Georgie Athanasopoulos,)
Outcast due to physical differences, a lonely little boy in the 1920's makes an unlikely friend and finds belonging through sacrifice.
The Prince's Dilemma (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Devin Rowe)
The animated tale of Prince Philip, who, longing to be with a prince of his own, must decide to follow the traditional tale expected of him or forge his own happily ever after.
Where The Mouth Is (Machinima Version) (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Benjamiin Hall)
An animated reconstruction of Oxfordshire as an interactive world outside of time, leaping off from the collections of the public Museum of Oxford.
White-Haired Witch And Black-Haired Witch (Country: Japan; Year: 2023; Director: Yini Yang)
When lightning strikes an alien sea, it results in an accident of birth, a strange journey and a longing for togetherness.
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