From Love Lies Bleeding to Float, here are some of the best queer film and TV you can see at this year’s event
BY ELLA GAUCI, IMAGES PROVIDED BY GFF
The Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) is back! Scotland’s largest film festival will be running this year between 28 February and 10 March at the Glasgow Film Theatre. The 2024 edition of this highly anticipated celebration of film is especially important as it will be commemorating 20 years of GFF.
So what better way to celebrate than by giving you the lowdown on all of the amazing LGBTQIA films and shows on offer?!
Love Lies Bleeding
For those of you who have been dying to watch Kristen Stewart and Katy M. O’Brian’s new sapphic thriller Love Lies Bleeding, the wait is officially over! Rose Glass’ new film will be opening at the Glasgow Film Festival on 28 February.
KStew, who plays a reclusive gym manager called Lou, falls head over heels for an ambitious bodybuilder (Katy O’Brian). But what happens when their relationship is interrupted by Lou’s criminal family? You do not want to miss this one!
Float
Seize the chance to get an exclusive look at season two of BBC Scotland’s sapphic show Float. This award-winning Helensburgh-shot queer drama, written by acclaimed playwright Stef Smith, follows Jade and Collette who are lifeguards at their local pool. Starring Hannah Jarett Scott, the show has quickly become a fan favourite with LGBTQIA viewers.
Blue Sunshine
Directed by Samyuktha Vijayan, Blue Sunshine follows a trans woman’s journey in a deeply conservative Indian community. We see Aravind, a high school teacher, navigate her transition despite the pressures and judgement from the society around her.
Asog
Sean Devlin’s hybrid narrative-documentary Asog tells the story of Jaya, a non-binary Filipino school teacher and typhoon survivor, on a road trip to enter a drag pageant. This profound, one-of-a-kind film is receiving its Scottish premiere at GFF this year, and you won’t want to miss it.
Find out more: glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film-festival/
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