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DTSTAMP:20260825T014539Z
DTSTART:20260920T143000Z
DTEND:20260920T173000Z
SUMMARY:BSL Film Club x SQIFF: Reconnection + Close to You + Q&#038\\;A
DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\\nThis screening will have an intr
 oduction and be followed by a Q&amp\\;A with Reconnection director Amy H
 elena\\, moderated by BSL Film Club co-programmer Charlie Little. \\nBSL
  Film Club are delighted to be collaborating with Scottish Queer Internat
 ional Film Festival (SQIFF) on a partnership screening with Filmhouse.\\n
 BSL Film Club is Deaf Action’s monthly community screening\\, programme
 d by Charlie Little and Tomas Gerrard. These screenings are designed for 
 all deaf\\, hard-of-hearing\\, and hearing audiences with an interest in 
 British Sign Language. Our screenings are presented with on-screen descri
 ptive subtitles\\, and all fluency levels of BSL are welcome.\\nSQIFF (Sc
 ottish Queer International Film Festival) is a charity formed with the ai
 m of showcasing diverse queer cinema and uplifting creative voices from t
 he LGBTQIA+ community in Scotland and beyond. The organisation runs an an
 nual film festival in Glasgow\\, pop-up and year-round events\\, and comm
 unity-focused programmes across Scotland.\\nJoin us afterwards for a Q&am
 p\\;A with Reconnection director Amy Helena\\, moderated by BSL Film Club
  co-programmer Charlie Little.\\nTickets are on a pay what you can slidin
 g scale of FREE\\, £4\\, £8\\, £12\\, £16\\, or £20. To book your ti
 cket for this event\\, click here.\\n&nbsp\\;\\nAccessibility \\nThis pro
 gramme has:\\nEnglish audio and British Sing Language with English langua
 ge Descriptive Subtitles\\nBSL-English Interpretation for the intro and p
 anel discussion.\\nLive Captioning for the intro and panel discussion.\\n
 This screening is 110 minutes long.\\n&nbsp\\;\\nFilms in this programme 
 includes:\\n \\nReconnection (dir. Amy Helena\\, UK\\, 2026\\, 11 mins\
 \, British Sign Language w/ English subtitles)\\nA couple’s argument is
  interrupted by a blackout. In candlelight\\, silence gives way to honest
 y\\, helping them reconnect and bridge the emotional distance between the
 m.\\nClose to You (dir. Dominic Savage\\, Canada/UK/USA\\, 2023\\, 99 mi
 ns\\, English and American Sign Language w/ English subtitles)\\nElliot P
 age stars in this gentle romantic drama alongside co-star Hillary Baack (
 Sound of Metal). Close to You follows a trans man as he returns to his ho
 metown\\, facing family tensions and complicated dynamics. He reunites wi
 th a former love interest\\, and begins a journey of self-acceptance.\\nT
 his event is supported by Film Hub Scotland\\, part of the BFI’s Film A
 udience Network\\, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the 
 BFI National Lottery.\\n&nbsp\\;\\nDonate:\\nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal o
 r sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to support our work and show u
 s you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨\\n&nbsp\\;\\nImage Credit: Close to Yo
 u Dir. Dominic Savage\\, 2023\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/europe/united-king
 dom/glasgow/events/bsl-film-club-x-sqiff-reconnection-close-to-you-q-038-
 a-2026-09-20
LOCATION:sqiff.org
URL:https://www.gayout.com/europe/united-kingdom/glasgow/events/bsl-film-club-x-sqiff-reconnection-close-to-you-q-038-a-2026-09-20
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