BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:260530@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20261007T153326Z DTSTART:20261022T203000Z DTEND:20261022T223000Z SUMMARY:Scottish Shorts 2 DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\\n \\;\\nScottish Shorts 2 move s across Edinburgh summers\\, dinner tables\\, supermarket bins\\, politi cal stages and the search for beauty in a new home. \\nThese films look at what it means to be shut out\\, misunderstood or left behind\\, but al so at the strange and inventive ways people make space for themselves. Re lationships begin to slip\\, conversations become inaccessible\\, outrage turns into spectacle and discarded food becomes the centre of a new ritu al. \\nMoving between fiction\\, documentary and experiment\\, the progr amme finds tenderness\\, humour and resistance in unexpected places\\, as king what remains when the world fails to make room for you. \\nThe scre ening will be followed by a Q&\\;A with local filmmakers. All films in this screening and ‘Scottish Shorts 1’ are in with a chance to win t he title of Best Scottish Short. The winner will be announced at the clos ing screening of SQIFF 2026. \\nCurated by Nat Lall &\\; Huss.\\n&nbs p\\;\\nClick here to book your ticket for this event.\\nTickets are on a pay what you can sliding scale of FREE\\, £4\\, £8\\, £12\\, £16\\, o r £20\\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to those on a low income . You can choose what you pay based on your circumstances – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are honest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here.\\n \\;\\nAccessibility \\ nThis event has:\\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q& amp\\;A. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\\nBritish Sign Language\\ , English\\, Scottish Gaelic\\, Tagalog audio with English language Descr iptive Subtitles.\\nLive Captioning for the introduction and Q&\\;A.\\ nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA ) is available in their screening rooms via headset. \\nThis screening is 92 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+\\nIf you requir e access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces\\, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.or g with your name\\, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this. \\nYou can find out more informat ion about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions abo ut accessibility at SQIFF\\, please get in touch with us at info@sqiff.or g\\n \\;\\nFilms in this programme include:\\nBinderella\\, Dir. Edie Barnabas\\, 2026\\, United Kingdom\\, 8 min.\\nPraying to their Goddess of the Bins\\, Binderella\\, a community rummages through supermarket bin s in search of sovereignty\\, sustainability\\, and a fully intact trifle .\\n \\;\\nPicture This\\, Dir. Emma Malins\\, 2026\\, United Kingdom \\, 13 min.\\nPicture This is an experimental documentary focusing on wha t it means to love and enjoy cinema when you can’t see the image. It ex plores the power of shared stories and the importance of audio descriptio n and accessible film.\\nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.\\nContent notes: Discussion of sight loss\\, social isolation.\\n \\;\\nEach to their own World\\, Dir. Klarissa Webster\\, 2025\\, United Kingdom\\, 15 min.\ \nEach to Their Own World offers intimate insight into the lives of oral deaf people. Experience a taste of their lives navigating social norms an d clashing cultures.\\n \\;\\nWhat Remains\\, Dir. Bernardo Battistin i\\, 2025\\, United Kingdom\\, 11 min.\\nWhat Remains follows two boys in Edinburgh over the course of a summer\\, as their fragile relationship i s tested by a rare genetic illness. As memory begins to slip away\\, one of them must remember for both.\\n \\;\\nThe Room Where It Happened\\ , Dir. Chris Harrison\\, 2025\\, United Kingdom\\, 8 min.\\nAs presidenti al candidate Nathan Stanaway prepares to address a cheering crowd\\, youn g intern Charlotte emerges from a private encounter with him. As his poli shed public persona gives way to increasingly divisive rhetoric\\, Charlo tte is left confronting the reality behind the man on stage and finding t he strength to resist.\\nContent notes: Depiction of discrimination\\, im plication of sexual coercion\\, far-right politics\\, religion.\\n \\ ;\\nNight Adrift\\, Dir. Yuki Neoh\\, 2025\\, United Kingdom\\, 23 min.\\ nA short experimental film about difficulties finding pride as a trans wo man.\\nContent notes: Depiction of and partial nudity\\, sexual imagery\\ , strong language use.\\n \\;\\ni want things to be beautiful: a love letter to the becoming\\, Dir. Sean Coyle\\, 2026\\, United Kingdom\\, 1 5 min.\\nIWTTBB explores different concepts of love by seeking beauty in its surroundings. Through intimate visual reflections and poetic imagery\ \, the film becomes a sentimental love letter to the self in the progress of becoming.\\nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.\\n \\;\\nDonate:\\nDo nate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of our four Patreon tiers to s upport our work and show us you’re a big SQIFF fan 🌈✨\\n \\;\\ nSupported by Screen Scotland\\, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network)\\, all awarding Nati onal Lottery funding.\\n \\;\\nImage Credit: Each to their own World\ \, Dir. Klarissa Webster\\, 2025\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/europe/united-k ingdom/glasgow/events/scottish-shorts-2-2026-10-22 LOCATION:sqiff.org URL:https://www.gayout.com/europe/united-kingdom/glasgow/events/scottish-shorts-2-2026-10-22 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR