Online May 25 - June 30
http://insideout.ca/30-years-shorts/
This year’s festival has been postponed to October due to COVID-19, but Inside Out is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a fantastic program of shorts available online. It’s a testament to CFMDC’s commitment to queer artists that so many films from our collection are featured in this celebration. Congrats to all the filmmakers!
Films are available on demand via insideout.ca from May 25 – June 30. Tickets are $5.50 per program (the price of a 1991 film ticket), free for Inside Out members.
Program 1: Best of Best of the Fest
From audience awards winners to programmer’s picks, Best of the Best of the Fest offers up a solid cross section of short film festival faves spanning three decades. Including CFMDC films:
- Interviews With My Next Girlfriend (2001) by Cassandra Nicolaou
- Hello, My Name Is Herman (2007) by Karine Silverwoman
- Stop Calling Me Honey Bunny (2013) by Gabrielle Zilkha
- The Golden Pin (2009) by Igor Szczurko & Cuong Ngo
- The Thing (2012) by Rhys Ernst
Program 2: Local Heroes
At the heart of Inside Out has always been the annual Local Heroes (formerly Hogtown Homos) screening. So many familiar names, chosen family members, and even a few former staff members are featured in this celebration of top drawer talent in our own backyard. Including CFMDC films:
- Seeking Single White Male (2011) by Vivek Shraya
- 5 Dysfunctional People in a Car (2009) by Pat Mills
- Whatever Happened To Jackie Shane? (2014) by Sonya Reynolds & Lauren Hortie
- Girl Cleans Sink (2005) by Sook-Yin Lee
- Monster Mash (2015) by Mark Pariselli
- Soulsucka (1996) by Christina Zeidler
- Suspect (2005) by Patricia Rozema
- Together and Apart (1991) by Laurie Lynd
- 100 Crushes Chapter 6: They (2004) by Elisha Lim
Program 3: 30 Years of Can Queer
This program offers up three decades of our nation’s best in queer storytelling. From the political to the deep end, this program is bound to inspire some great conversation with a dash of nostalgia. Including CFMDC films:
- We're Talking Vulva (1990) by Shawna Dempsey
- Deep End (2012) by Bretten Hannam
- Why I Hate Bees (1998) by Sarah Abbott
- The Man That Got Away (2012) by Trevor Anderson
