Film Categories: LGBTQ

  • Student Body

    Jack escapes his reality of straight As and student council by delving into the world of online hook-ups. His desire to explore his sexuality forces Jack to lead a double life of random encounters while struggling with his family and friends.

  • Out on the Street

    This short film explores LGBTQ youth homelessness in Toronto and the lack of support available. Several people’s lived experiences are shared.

  • Au pays des esprits (Home of the Buffalo)

    Constructed from Canadian prairie archival images taken between 1920 and 1940, this film lyrically explores a son/daughter’s relationship with his/her father and the family’s relationship to their land.

  • CLUBSCENE: The Under-Ager

    After a night of clubbing, under-ager Murray asks his older buddy, Gabe, for some advice.

  • Seeking Single White Male

    Become absorbed in this study of a brown body in (queer) white spaces.

  • 52

    “52” probes one man’s greatest nightmare: getting old. Written by and starring Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall).

  • Difficult Love

    “Difficult Love” is an intimate, thought-provoking portrait of internationally celebrated South African lesbian photographer, Zanele Muholi, and her highly personal take on the challenges facing black lesbians in South Africa today. The film features interviews with Muholi as well as with her friends, colleagues and peers, and provides a compelling overview of the artist, her life and her work. This poignant documentary takes us behind the façade of art making and shares with us the highly political environment Muholi must navigate in order to bring her lush photographs to light. Winner Best Short Film – Audience Award, Africa in the…

  • 4 Pounds

    “4 Pounds” is the story of an actor who, over the course of four life-altering weeks, focuses his considerable will to the goal of losing some weight. Though the people in his life try to dissuade him from his ruinous path, he ignores them in his headlong rush towards self-destruction. Written by and starring Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall).

  • Flyers

    A street flyer leads to a surprising discovery.

  • James MacSwain Retrospective, A

    “Atlantic native James MacSwain has made more than 20 films over the last 30 years. His voice has become a pervasive and sophisticated contribution to the experimental film community in this country, often literally as his extensive use of voiceover – and his clever scripts – evince a considerable talent as a writer. MacSwain’s particular use of 16mm collage and animation appear deceptively simple, but his films have a lingering depth and poignancy that resists easy categorization.” – Images Festival, 2011 DVD Compilation Contains: 1. Little Known Curious Facts (1981, 4.20 min.) 2. Flower (1984, 8.20 min.) 3. Amherst (1984,…