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Five things to see at SQIFF

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Chavela

Built around footage shot in 1992 by co-director Catherine Gund, this documentar­y portrait of the late Chavela Vargas, right, promises an intimate look of the legendary Costa Rican/mexican singer who counted Frieda Kahlo among her many lovers and Pedro Almodóvar among her biggest fans. Glasgow Film Theatre, 28 September, 8:30pm

Play the Devil

Writer/director/producer Maria Gava’s Trinidad and Tobago-set drama revolves around a gifted 18-year-old student whose future is thrown into disarray when an older businessma­n forms an obsession with him.

CCA, Glasgow, 28 September, 6:15pm

Looking Awry: Representa­tions of Bisexual Desire on Screen

Trawling through classic Hollywood films to undergroun­d cinema, this special event looks at the ways in which bisexualit­y has been tackled in movies.

CCA, 30 September, 12:45pm

Women Who Kill

This award-winning debut for writer/director/producer/star Ingrid Jungermann follows former couple Morgan (Jungermann) and Jean (Ann Carr) as their ongoing relationsh­ip hosting their titular true-crime podcast in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Morgan falls for someone who might actually fit the ‘Women Who Kill’ bill.

CCA, 29 September, 6pm

Signature Move

Drawing comparison­s with

Desiree Akhavan’s excellent

Appropriat­e Behaviour,

SQIFF’S closing-night film revolves around Zayneb, a semi-closeted Pakistania­merican lawyer (played by co-writer Fawzia Mirza) who’s trying to balance life caring for her widowed mother with the demands of her job, a new relationsh­ip and a side-career as a wrestler, inset. CCA, 1 October, 8:30pm www.sqiff.org

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