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2020's Scottish Queer International Film Festival was held online because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Alongside its selection of LGBTQ+ films from around the world, it included live online watch parties, workshops, Q&As, discussions, parties, and a closing night quiz.
The festival ran from 5 to 18 October.
View Films by Strand:
- Cruising the Future
- Feature Films
- Islands and Oceans
- Queer Ecologies
- Queer South America
- Science fiction worlds
View previous years coverage of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival festival:
SQIFF Latest Reviews
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An undocumented Filipina trans woman, who works as a caregiver in Brooklyn, develops a connection with the grandson of her employer.
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Patricia Livingstone was trapped in a downward spiral of blindness, deafness and domestic abuse. This is the story of how she reclaimed her life.
![Fabiana](/images/stills/f/fabiana_2018.jpg)
A documentary about a trans woman who has spent decades as a trucker, travelling across Brazil.
![Ashley](/images/stills/a/ashley_2020.jpg)
A troubled individual searches for understanding on a weekend away in the wilderness.
![Pride & Protest](/images/stills/p/pride_protest_2020.jpg)
A documentary about LGBTQ+ people of colour in the UK.
![Breaking Fast](/images/stills/b/breaking_fast_2020.jpg)
Mo, a practising Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Enter Kal, an All-American guy who surprises Mo by offering to break fast with him during the holy month of Ramadan.
![Queering The Script](/images/stills/q/queering_the_script_2019.jpg)
A discussion of the sometimes inspiring yet often troubled history of queer female representation on television.
![Leitis In Waiting](/images/stills/l/leitis_in_waiting_2018.jpg)
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.
![The Wound](/images/stills/w/wound_2017.jpg)
Sexual repression and coming of age prove a dangerous mix for a small community.
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