Inside Out is thrilled to share some big news for our 2014 Ottawa LGBT Film Festival. The Opening Gala film will be festival circuit darling, Tru Love, with co-director and lead Shauna MacDonald in attendance. And we are especially pleased to announce that RBC Royal Bank will be returning as the Presenting Sponsor of the Ottawa LGBT Film Festival for both 2014 and 2015.
Mark your calendars. Much more to follow in the coming weeks.
Complete Programming and Festival Website Launch | September 26
Tickets on Sale | October 9
Thursday, October 23 9:00PM ByTowne Cinema - Ottawa
Tru Love
Dir. Kate Johnston and Shauna MacDonald
Canada 2014 (87:00)
37-year-old Toronto dyke, Tru (Shauna MacDonald)—a notorious womanizer with intimacy issues—finds herself falling for her friend Suzanne's mother, the beguiling 60-year-old Alice.
Suzanne, however, sees where this friendship is headed and sets out to ruin the blossoming relationship.
Shauna MacDonald in attendance.
Winner of more than 15 Festival awards including:
Best Feature Film, 2014 Toronto LGBT Film Festival
Emerging Canadian Artist, 2014 Toronto LGBT Film Festival
KISSING DREW | Phil Connell | Canada | 8:00
Inside a drab middle school in 1992, a sexually confused eighth-grader attempts to regain his dignity after being bullied by a sex-obsessed cool kid.
GUM | Vic Coram | USA | 5:00
Teenage Hayley is afraid to come out to her parents so she fi nds a creative way to make the announcement without saying the words.
TEENAGE DANCE | Adam Bentley | Canada | 3:00
A lonely teenager dresses up for the school dance and learns they can’t trust other people until they trust themselves.
MISSION IMPROMABLE | Clio Gevirtz | USA | 6:00
Closeted boyfriends concoct an over-the-top scheme to ask a girl to the prom, but the boys are in for a big surprise!
THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE | Laura Scrivano | Australia | 9:00
During his French exam, Charlie struggles to fi nd the words to be honest with his best friend ...and with himself.
PUMPING | Teresa Martino | Argentina | 10:00
Enjoy this love story between skaters. Spanish with English subtitles.
BREED | Stanton Cameron | USA | 4:00
Caught between two worlds, a young wolf must decide whether being true to himself is worth the loss of his human father’s approval.
BEFORE WORDS | Diego Carvalho Sa | Brazil | 14:00
A library book is the catalyst that changes the lives of three young students. Portuguese with English subtitles.
CAGED | Lazlo Tonk | The Netherlands | 13:00
Niels is harbouring a secret that threatens his friendship with David. Dutch with English subtitles.
General Tickets $12
Youth 24 and under: email diana@insideout.ca for free tickets to Teenage Dream.
Staggering from loss after the recent death of his lover Kai, Richard (Ben Whishaw) reaches out to Kai’s mother Junn (Crouching Tiger’s Cheng Pei Pei). Kai was Junn’s lifeline to the world; she relied on him for everything, but despite this enforced intimacy, he never came out to her and Junn remains fiercely critical of Richard through a fugue of maternal jealousy and denial. Since they share no common language, Richard hires a translator to facilitate communication, and the two improbable relatives attempt to reach across a chasm of misunderstanding through their memories of Kai.
Lilting is a perceptive meditation on the path to connection between two human souls and reveals that what separates us can also bind us together.
Appropriate Behavior
Appropriate Behavior
Dir. Desiree Akhavan
USA 2014 (86:00)
Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite. But she’s not quite Persian enough, not quite gay enough, not quite anything enough. She fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. After a toxic breakup with her girlfriend Maxine, Shirin (Desiree Akhavan) desperately throws herself into the dating scene in hopes of finding a man or woman able to bury her resentments. But with each bad date, she's forced to confront a host of real-world issues she previously ignored, including masking her bisexuality from her Iranian parents.
Known for her deadpan satire and drawing comparisons to HBO’s Girls and Annie Hall, writer-director-actress Desiree Akhavan single-handedly also raises the bar for queer comedies in this festival favourite.
2014/15 Four-Play Dates
Wednesday, October 15, 2014:
Lilting
(Tickets on sale October 1)
Wednesday, November 26, 2014:
Appropriate Behavior
(Tickets on sale November 12)
Saturday, December 13, 2014:
TBA
(Tickets on sale November 28)
Thursday, January 8, 2015:
TBA
(Tickets on sale December 22)
Out There: Queer Shorts Across Canada Volume 2
Monday, September 15, 2014
Bagnani Hall, Traill College
310 London St., Peterborough
8:00 pm
$5 or pay what you can
Celebrate the best queer shorts from
across Canada, including audience favourites
and award-winning films from Inside Out’s
Toronto LGBT Film Festival.
Presenting Sponsor RBC Royal Bank
In partnership with Peterborough Pride and Trent Film Society.
Generously supported with funding from Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council.
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You can show your passion for LGBT film and the Toronto and Ottawa LGBT Film Festivals by designating Inside Out (Canadian charity registration #87151-5995-RR0001) on your workplace giving campaign form.
Inside Out, in partnership with OUTtv, is pleased to announce the third year of the Post-Production Fund in support of emerging and established Canadian filmmakers and video artists to complete post-production work on their film and video projects.
Submissions are accepted for documentary, educational, narrative, animation, and experimental projects by or about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender people and their communities.
Grants will be awarded in the range of $500 to $3,000 per project.
Taking place on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Toronto, this day-long conference is for industry professionals looking to optimize YouTube as a content and talent development platform and a marketing and distribution channel. It provides a unique opportunity to network with celebrity YouTubers, MCNs, CMOs and digital entertainment industry executives.
Speakers lined up to attend include top ranking YouTubers:
● Harley Morenstein, Creator/Host, Epic Meal Time (6,500,000+ Subscribers)
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