Selected San Alland C.V.
Awards
Creative Scotland, Open Fund for Individuals (Research & Development), writer, 2025.
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, Locked World Commission, writer & filmmaker, Glasgow, 2021-23.
Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Originals Grant, writer & filmmaker, 2020.
SICK! Festival / Disability Arts Online, Viewfinder Commission, co-curator & filmmaker, Brighton, 2016-17.
LGBT History Month Scotland, Cultural Commission, mentor & filmmaker, 2013.
Canadian Review of Literature in Performance, LitVid 1st Prize, 2012.
Ontario Arts Council / WARC, Exhibition Assistance grant, Toronto, 2002.
Community One Foundation, Exhibition Assistance grant, Toronto, 2002.
Residencies
Anatomy Arts, Associate Artist, Summerhall, Edinburgh, 2016.
Trongate 103 Arts Centre, artist in residence, Glasgow, 2009-10.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, Sh[OUT] artist in residence, Glasgow, 2009.
Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Mexico Photography-Lit Exchange, artist in residence, Banff/Mérida, 2002-03.
Guest Lectures & Panels
Temporalities of Access (Language of Holes/Art of Captioning), Wysing Arts, commissioned talk, online/Cambridge, 2022.
Scottish Book Trust, Making a Zine, online / commissioned film, Edinburgh, 2020.
John Hansard Gallery, Social Currency of Voice (w/ Bea Webster), commissioned talk & film, online/U. of Southampton, 2020.
Media & Culture (Prof. Maria Velez Serna), Disabled & Deaf Audiences, lecture, University of Stirling, 2019.
This Way Up, Deaf & Disabled Film, w/ Caglar Kimyoncu & Matthew Hellett, panel, Liverpool, 2018.
BFI NET.WORK, Launchpad Access, Creating Accessible Films With No Money or Time, lecture, Cardiff, 2017.
Exceptional & Extraordinary: Unruly Bodies, w/ Mark Smith / Deaf Men Dancing, panel, Edinburgh, 2016.
Influency (Prof. Margaret Christakos), Poetic & Multimedia Translation, lecture, University of Toronto, 2011.
Exhibitions (Lead Artist)
Midlands Arts Centre (Shout Festival), A Spot of Bother, photos & video, Birmingham, Nov. 2011.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art: sh[OUT], A Spot of Bother, photos & video, Nov. 2009-Feb. 2010.
Exhibitions (Solo)
Pteros Gallery (Contact Photography Festival), Play, photos, Toronto, May 2002.
insomnia, Human/Nature, photos, Toronto, Oct. 2000.
Café Bernate, Banyan, photos, Toronto, Sept. 1999.
Exhibitions (Group)
Wellcome Collection, Zines Forever! DIY & Disability Justice, curator: Dr Lea Cooper, zine, London, Mar-Sept. 2025.
Schwules Museum, Queering the Crip / Cripping the Queer, curator: Kenny Fries, zine, Berlin, Sept. 2022.
Schwules Museum, Trans*Homo, curator: Justin Time, photos, Berlin, Nov. 2012.
Tate Modern, Tweet-Me-Up!, curator: Tracey Moberly, video, London, Aug. 2012.
MayWorks, Poetry Is Not a Luxury, w/ KM Augustine & Anna Camilleri, photos & installation, Toronto, 2005.
Gallery X, Womxn on Womxn Sex!, photos, Toronto, Aug. 2003.
Gallery 1313 (Contact Photography Festival), Boundaries, w/ Spirit Synott, photos, Toronto, May 2002.
Exhibitions (Curation and Access Design)
Patriothall Gallery, SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires, Edinburgh, Sept. 2014.
The Space/Media Education, SEEP: Fluidity in Body & Landscape, Edinburgh, Feb.2014.
Impresario Gallery, Cobourg Poetry & Literary Arts Festival, Nov. 2012.
Volunteer
Reveal Blind Photography, support and shoot guide, 2010-11.
Selected Short Films (direction, writing, editing)
Writing from the Groin, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, 2023 (1:08:19).
Water,logged, Canada Council for the Arts, 2020 (8:07).
Equivalence, Canada Council for the Arts, 2020 (39:14).
I’m Not Your Inspiration 4: Liz, independent, 2015 (14:48).
I’m Not Your Inspiration 3: Maki, independent, 2014 (9:47).
I’m Not Your Inspiration 2: Alison, independent, 2014 (9:07).
I’m Not Your Inspiration 1: Nathan, LGBT History Month Scotland Cultural Commission, 2013 (7:35).
Weapons of Minor Destruction, independent, 2012 (4:04).
Able, independent, 2011 (6:00).
Here: LGBT Migrants to Edinburgh, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (sh[OUT]), 2009 (27:00).
After Going Out: Oil Spill Remix, independent, 2009 (2:12).
Slippery, Toronto Arts Council (Blissful Times), 2007 (1:55).
Selected Short Films (co-direction)
Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma, w/ Ania Urbanowska; poet DL Williams, Stairs and Whispers, 2017 (5:04).
Long Lost Lover, w/ Ania Urbanowska; poet Bea Webster, Stairs and Whispers, 2017 (4:10).
Sword Swallower, w/ Ania Urbanowska; poet Madelyn Burnhope, Stairs and Whispers, 2017 (1:30).
A Conversation With Tanja Erhart, w/ Lisa Mattocks, SICK! Festival/Disability Arts Online, 2017 (14:23).
A Conversation With Nadia Nadarajah, w/ Lisa Mattocks, SICK! Festival/Disability Arts Online, 2017 (13:19).
A Conversation With Robert Softley Gale, w/ Lisa Mattocks, SICK! Festival/Disability Arts Online, 2017 (15:38).
A Conversation With Bobby Baker, w/ Lisa Mattocks, SICK! Festival/Disability Arts Online, 2017 (20:35).
A Conversation With James the Vacuum Cleaner, w/ Lisa Mattocks, SICK! Festival/Disability Arts Online, 2017 (15:33).
El Villano / The Villain, w/ Zorras, independent 2011, 10:25).
Gallery Screenings
Bristol Museum & Art Galleries: Concealed/Reveal, Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma, Sept. 2023-Apr. 2024.
ONCE: VIII Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo (CentroCentro), Able, Madrid, Nov. 2022-Feb. 2023.
Macrobert Arts Centre: QTDD Project, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, Stirling, Feb. 2013.
Tate Modern: Tweet-Me-Up (Tracey Moberly), After Going Out & Able, London, Aug. 2012.
Midlands Art Centre / Shout Festival: A Spot of Bother, Here, Birmingham, Nov. 2011.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art: sh[OUT] / A Spot of Bother, Here, Nov. 2009-Feb. 2010.
Published Features
Shades of Noir: Disabled People, Long Lost Lover, London, Aug. 2020.
Feral Feminisms: Able & Accessible Filmmaking (film and essay), Toronto, Sept. 2016.
Festival Screenings
Toronto Bi+ Arts Festival, Water,logged & Making a Zine, online, Sept. 2021.
Kinesthesia Festival, Water,logged, Middlesex University, online, July 2021.
Film Bunch: Deaf Experience, Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma, online, Aug. 2020.
Queerying Disability and Access, Long Lost Lover, Toronto, Feb. 2020.
Queer City Cinema, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 / Able, Regina, Sept. 2019.
Deaffest, Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma, Wolverhampton, May 2019.
SQIFF, Long Lost Lover & Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma, Glasgow, Dec. 2018.
Entr’2 Marches, Long Lost Lover, Cannes, May 2018.
BFI Flare, Long Lost Lover, London, Mar. 2018.
Tilde Film Festival, I’m Not Your Inspiration 3, Melbourne, Oct. 2017.
TransLations, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, Seattle, May 2017.
Malmo Queer Film Festival, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, 2, 3, 4, Apr. 2017.
SICK! Festival, A Conversation With… (five films), Brighton, Mar. 2017.
xart splitta,”I’m Not Your Inspiration 4, Berlin, Nov. 2016.
Ciclo Rosa, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 2, Bogotá, May 2016.
Glitch, I’m Not Your Inspiration 3, Glasgow, Mar. 2015.
OUTsider Festival, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 2, Austin, Feb. 2015.
Together Disability Film Fest, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, London, Dec. 2014.
Wotever Film Festival, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, 2, 3, London, Aug. 2014.
Entzaubert Queer DIY Film, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, 2, 3, Berlin, July 2014.
Pussy Whipped Festival, Able, Edinburgh, June 2014.
Leeds Queer Film Festival, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 3, June 2014.
Transtastic, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 3, London, May 2014.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, Berlin, June 2013.
Fringe! Film Fest, I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, London, Apr. 2013.
Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival, Slippery, Nov. 2012.
MIX Copenhagen, Trigger, Oct. 2012.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, El Villano/The Villain, Berlin, Aug. 2012.
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, Slippery, Nov. 2011.
SHOUT Festival, Slippery, Birmingham, Nov. 2011.
Hot August Fringe, El Villano/The Villain, London, Aug. 2011.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, Slippery, Berlin, July 2011.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, Here, Berlin, July 2010.
Canzine, Slippery, Toronto, Oct. 2008.
Film Curation & Programming
Birds of Paradise, A Wake, films & performance, online/Glasgow, 2020.
Oska Bright, Choose from the Following Options, films & panel, w/ Matthew Hellett, GSFF, 2019.
Disabled and Deaf LGBTQIA+ Pride, films & panel, Glasgow, 2018.
BFI Flare, Fighters of Demons / Makers of Cakes, films & panel, London, 2018.
Edinburgh Filmhouse / Film Hub Scotland, Who’s Your Dandy?, films & performance, 2017.
Nine Arches, Stairs and Whispers: Deaf & Disabled Poets…, films, online/Rugby, 2017.
SICK! Festival/Viewfinder, Unapologetic…, films, w/ Lisa Mattocks, Manchester, 2017.
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Who’s Your Dandy?, films & performance, Edinburgh, 2014.
Film Audio Description Support & Scripting
Borderless Art by Sone Bulut, AD script, Reel Borders / Film Resounds / Collective Text, 2025.
New Scots; 5 films by various filmmakers, AD scripts, Scottish Refugee Council / Media Education, 2022.
Waiting for the Buff to Rub Me Out by Mark Lyken, AD script, Now & Next / Collective Text, 2021.
Between the Dog and the Wolf by Marissa Keating, AD script, Now & Next / Collective Text, 2021.
All These Voices by Benjamin Owen, AD script, Now & Next / Collective Text, 2021.
House Made of Tin by Raisa Kabir, AD support, Ford Foundation / Collective Text, 2021.
Song of the Shirt by Kerstin Schroedinger, AD script, Collective Text, 2020.
Published in Insert: Artistic Practices as Cultural Inquiries, 2024.
Rosslyn Chapel’s Junior Tour Guides, AD script, Rosslyn Chapel / Illuminate / Media Education, 2019
Arts Journalism
Sight & Sound, Greatest Films of All Time, reviewer, London, 2022.
Disability Arts Online, arts reviews, Brighton, 2016-2021.
Disability Arts Online, Guest Editor, Brighton, April-May 2020.
Disability Arts Online, “Quality & the Marginalised Artist”, text & audio, Brighton, 2018-2019.
British Council / Disability Arts International, “Captioning in the Performing Arts”, London, Dec. 2018.
Education
Toronto School of Art, Advanced Photography & Independent Study night class, 1999-2001.