BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:260537@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260921T190543Z DTSTART:20261024T140000Z DTEND:20261024T164500Z SUMMARY:Animation Now DESCRIPTION:Listen to this Event Page\\n \\;\\nWe welcome you back fo r another year of Animation Now. This popular screening is\\, once again\ \, bringing you the latest in contemporary animation. Expect groundbreaki ng and immersive worldbuilding that is extremely impressive on a flat cin ema screen. These films use such creative methods to depict emotions. And get ready for those emotions to really tug at your heartstrings\\, with tales ranging from tender young love to otherworldly surrealism.\\nThe sc reening will end with a Drawing Social facilitated by Joe Hogan (You & \\; Me).
\\n \\;\\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\\, or £20\\, in order to make SQIFF more accessible to tho se on a low income. You can choose what you pay based on your circumstanc es – you won’t be asked for any proof/ID. We just ask that you are ho nest! Please find the ‘What Should I Pay?’ guidance here.\\n \\;\ \nAccessibility \\nThis event has:\\nEnglish-BSL interpretation for the i ntroduction and workshop. The interpreter for this event is TBC.\\nArabic \\, English\\, German\\, Mandarin\\, Scottish Gaelic\\, Vietnamese audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.\\nLive Captioning for the in troduction and workshop.\\nAn induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via hea dset. \\nThis screening is 95 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 18+\\nIf you require access seating please get in touch. Access se ating includes: wheelchair spaces\\, sitting in the front row / in the ai sle / at the back. If you need any other provisions\\, please let us know by emailing info@sqiff.org with your name\\, ticket information and acce ss 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 information about accessibility at SQIFF 2026 here. If you have any questions about accessibility at SQIFF\\, please get in touc h with us at info@sqiff.org\\n \\;\\nFilms in this programme include: \\nThe Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper\\, Dir. Rory Midhani\\, 2026\\, Germ any\\, 8 min.\\nThe Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper follows the daily life of an isolated seaman\\, all alone on a hard\\, hard rock- going about hi s daily duties whilst yearning for the touch of his fellow man. Is there more to this life than servicing the buoys? \\nContent notes: Depiction of animated nudity\\, sex.\\n \\;\\nOur Mother Mary\\, Dirs. Matthew Gunawan\\, Ollie Wang\\, 2026\\, Singapore\\, United States\\, 3 min.\\nI n a Catholic school in Singapore\\, Ming follows Aloysius into the woods where a strange statue of mother Mary resides. As the two boys bond\\, th e statue of Mary seems to shift and crumble with each boundary they break \\, and Ming grows more ridden with guilt.\\nContent notes: Depiction of violence.\\n \\;\\nEyeliner\\, Dir. Aisha Boudjillouli\\, 2026\\, Uni ted Kingdom\\, 9 min.\\nNina and her best friend Lily decide to steal an eyeliner\\, hoping that they’ve finally found their key to womanhood. H owever\\, when given wildly different receptions to wearing it\\, Nina di scovers that her journey as a trans girl might not be so easy.\\nContent notes: Depiction of transphobia.\\n \\;\\nThe Red Wave\\, Dir. Jessic a Payne\\, 2025\\, United Kingdom\\, 6 min.\\nTrapped in an endless loop\ \, this film explores the horrors of menstrual depression. Tangled red ma terial voices the internal monstrous\\, a fear that becomes the mundane e very day. In highlighting the anxieties of menstrual depression\\, the fi lm finds a positive message\\, keep building the raft.\\n \\;\\nGreen house\\, Dirs. Markley Cahn von Seelen\\, Viktoriia Vasylets\\, Ana Sofí a Aillaud Trasviña\\, 2026\\, Switzerland\\, 4 min.\\nThe hopes for the future of a trans man do not coincide with the expectations of the gay me n he meets on dating apps.\\nContent notes: Depiction of animated nudity\ \, implied abortion\\, transphobia.\\n \\;\\nUnanimated Strangers\\, Dir. Róisín Kelly\\, 2025\\, Ireland\\, 5 min.\\nSurrounded by stranger s\\, a woman’\\;s memories of her past relationship unravel and mesh with the people around her.\\nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.\\n \\; \\nForeign Bodies\\, Dir. Lysander Wong\\, 2025\\, United Kingdom\\, 4 mi n.\\nA simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain thin gs will always find their way to the surface.\\nContent notes: Depiction of body horror\\, needles.\\n \\;\\nFlamingo in the Garden\\, Dir. Xi nhui Ma\\, 2025\\, United States\\, 13 min.\\nFlamingo in the Garden foll ows a Chinese woman recovering from a surfing injury in Morocco. Confined to a hospital bed\\, she escapes into a morphine-induced dream garden wh ere desire\\, memory\\, and pain blur together\\, leading her toward heal ing and renewed connection with her body.\\nContent notes: Depiction of d rug use\\, hospitalisation\\, needles.\\n \\;\\nThe Tale of Tran Than h Duong\\, Dir. Hachul Le Do\\, 2025\\, Vietnam\\, 8 min.\\nIn a world wh ere men are fish\\, and women are shrimp\\, where does the rest go?\\nCon tent notes: Depiction of animated nudity\\, pregnancy.\\n \\;\\nMr Su n &\\; Miss Universe\\, Dir. Souffien Melad\\, 2025\\, Netherlands\\, 7 min.\\nWhen superstar Louis (also known as “\\;Mr Sun”\\; for his golden locks and grand personality) realizes that he is going bald\\ , he embarks on a cosmic journey in which he re-evaluates his relationshi p to his aging body.\\nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.\\n \\;\\nBelow the Soup\\, Dir. André Correia\\, 2025\\, Germany\\, 5 min.\\nWhile tak ing a bath\\, Noah is visited by different versions of himself\\, each on e taking him further and further away from reality until he nearly drowns inside the soup of his mind.\\nAccess notes: Flashing imagery.\\nContent notes: Depiction of animated nudity\\, body horror\\, smoking.\\n \\ ;\\nYou &\\; Me\\, Dir. Joe Hogan\\, 2026\\, United Kingdom\\, 11 min. \\nYou &\\; Me\\, follows a grumpy little wizard as he attempts to res urrect the dead. Failure after failure\\, he just can’t do it by himsel f\\, but upon cloning himself\\, he finds that he is his own worst enemy. \\n \\;\\nDùthchas: Our Underwater Forests\\, Dir. Viola Madau\\, 20 26\\, United Kingdom\\, 12 min.\\nAn animated documentary exploring the p arallel loss of marine biodiversity and Gaelic culture and language in Sc otland. Six interviews with researchers and practitioners\\, explore mari ne ecosystems\\, capitalism\\, and rewilding alongside a fully animated v isual story.\\nContent notes: Discussion of capitalism\\, climate change. \\n \\;\\nDonate:\\nDonate to SQIFF via PayPal or sign up to one of o ur four Patreon tiers to support our work and show us you’re a big SQIF F fan 🌈✨\\n \\;\\nSupported by Screen Scotland\\, the BFI Audien ce Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Net work)\\, all awarding National Lottery funding.\\n \\;\\nImage Credit : Flamingo in the Garden\\, Dir. Xinhui Ma\\, 2025\\nhttps://www.gayout.c om/europe/united-kingdom/glasgow/events/animation-now-2026-10-24 LOCATION:sqiff.org URL:https://www.gayout.com/europe/united-kingdom/glasgow/events/animation-now-2026-10-24 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR