Two-part film screening event sharing local Scottish queer histories and acts of community resilience.
Venue: Portobello Town Hall
Organiser: EAF and Bona Varda
Tickets: £5 to 25 Via Outsaavy
Age: All Ages
Event Description
Join EAF and Bona Varda for a two-part screening event sharing local Scottish queer histories and acts of community resilience.
Fairy Heights is a powerful short documentary exploring the Grassmarket housing block in Edinburgh, where queer residents built a vital network of care during the AIDS crisis. Through interviews with former residents, the film brings to life a community defined by solidarity and chosen family. Presented in partnership with Lavender Menace.
Alasdair is an intimate documentary, offering a glimpse into the life of Alasdair, Gaelic broadcaster, translator and writer. Set against the striking landscape of the Isle of Skye, the short film follows Alasdair on a deeply moving 10-day journey to summit to Sgùrr Alasdair, the highest peak in the Inner Hebrides, reflecting with honesty and depth on the realities of living with AIDS. This special film was found after 35 years through the support of David McLean (Bona Varda), following a search prompted by EAF’s World Aids Day event on 1 December 2026.
EAF will be selling a limited run of screen printed ‘Support Your Local Queer Archive’ t-shirts, raising money for Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive’s ongoing Save Lavender Menace fundraiser.
Ticket Prices
£15 I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic needs and have expendable income.
£10 I am employed and have some expendable income.
£5 I may stress about meeting my basic needs and have no, or very limited, expendable income.
£20 Festival ticket to see this and the SQIFF event
Accessibility
https://www.portobellotownhall.org/main-hall
The dancefloor in Portobello Town Hall is Wheelchair Accessible
step-free access
wheelchair accessible
accessible and gender-neutral bathrooms