Taking place between Thursday, May 26 and June 5, 2016, the 26th edition of INSIDE OUT Toronto LGBT Film Festival kicked off tonight at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Brought to us in part by RBC and CTV, the Festival shines a light on Feature and Short Films with issues impacting the LGBT community.
Toronto Mayor John Tory came out to express his full support at the party and gala!
The #Toronto Mayor @JohnTory visited us tonight at @InsideOutTO ! #InsideOut #InsideOut16 #LGBT #FilmFest pic.twitter.com/0m9gXOUi70
— TouchwoodPR (@TouchwoodPR) May 27, 2016
Films from both emerging and established heroes locally and internationally are front and center at this year’s Festival, with highlights including opening night gala OTHER PEOPLE, THE INTERVENTION, STRIKE A POSE featuring Madonna‘s backup dancers, LITTLE MEN, DEPARTURE, CLOSET MONSTER, ALMOST ADULTS, ESTEROS and more.
We had the pleasure of attending one of the year’s best bashes at TIFF Lightbox Malaparte with amazing tunes spun by DJs Nino Brown, Sammy Royale of Yes Yes Y’all and Business Woman’s Special Infamy.
Some sights from the Bash:
A complete list of Guests attending this year’s INSIDE OUT Festival.
GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE – FEATURES:
• ALMOST ADULTS: Sarah Rotella (director), Elise Bauman (actor), Winny Clark (actor), Justin Friesan (actor), Mark Matechuk (actor), Pujaa Pandey (actor), Adrianna DiLonardo (writer) Rebecca Swift (producer)
• AND STILL WE RISE: Nancy Nicol (co-director), Sizwe Alexandre Inkingi (community member)
• CLOSET MONSTER: Stephen Dunn (director/writer), Kevin Krikst (producer)
• ESTEROS: Papu Curotto (director)
• FIRST GIRL I LOVED: Dylan Gelula (actor), Kerem Sanga (writer/director)
• FRONT COVER: Raymond Yeung (director), Stan Guingon (co-producer)
• HEARTLAND: Maura Anderson (director), Velinda Godfrey (writer/producer)
• HURRICANE BIANCA: Ray Haylock as Bianca Del Rio (actor), Matt Kugelman (director), Ash Christian (producer)
• I LOVE YOU BOTH: Kristin Archibald (actor/writer), Lucas Neff (actor)
• KIKI: Gia Love (subject), Christopher Waldorf (subject)
• LAST MEN STANDING: Tim Hussin (co-director,) Erin Brethauer (co-director)
• LIEBMANN: Jules Herrmann (director/producer)
• LITTLE MEN: Ira Sachs (director)
• MAJOR!: Major Griffin-Gracy (subject), Annalise Ophelian (director/producer)
• MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART: Cecilia Aldarondo (director)
• MILES: Nathan Adolff (director/co-writer), Ash Christian (producer)
• NORTH MOUNTAIN: Bretten Hannam (director)
• OUT RUN: S. Leo Chiang (co-director/co-producer), Johnny Symons (co-director/co-producer)
• PARIS 05:59: THEO & HUGO: Olivier Ducastel (co-director), Geoffrey Couët (actor)
• RE:ORIENTATIONS: Richard Fung (director)
• SAME DIFFERENCE: Kyle Wentzel (co-director)
• SPA NIGHT: Andrew Ahn (writer/director)
• SUICIDE KALE: Brittani Nichols (producer/writer)
• THE SAME DIFFERENCE: Nneka Onuorah (director)
• THE SLIPPERS: Morgan White (director/producer)
• TWO SOFT THINGS, TWO HARD THINGS: Mark Woods (co-director/producer), Michael Yerxa (co-director/producer)
• WHERE ARE YOU GOING, HABIBI?: Susanna Duellmann (producer)
GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE – SHORTS:
• AIDOS: Robert Gray (director)
• AN EVENING: Søren Green (director)
• AT HOME: Dinaly Tran (director)
• BEATERS: Ian McAndrew (director)
• BENJAMIN: Sherren Lee (director)
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME: Chase Joynt (director)
• BOOTWMN: Sam McWilliams (co-director/producer), Paige Gratland (co-director/producer),
• BREAKING FAST: Mike Mosallam (director/writer), Sarah Bazzi (producer)
• BUDDY: Niels Bourgonje (director)
• CECIL & CARL: Andrew Peek (producer)
• CLOSING: Chase Casanova (director), Tracy Brown (executive producer)
• CRAZY HOUSE: Aaron Mirkin (director)
• DINNER WITH JEFFREY: Sam Greisman (director/writer)
• ECSTASY: Kyle Reaume (director)
• FAMOUS DIAMONDS: Daniel McIntyre (director),
• FIRST NIGHT OUT: Julianne Saltalamacchia (actor), Will Mayo (director)
• GAYSIANS: Vicky Du (co-director),
• GUIDANCE: Josh Wolff (director/writer), Bryn Packard (actor)
• HAZE: James Resendes (writer/director)
• HELLO TITTY: Skyler Braeden Fox (co-director)
• JACKIE: James Fanizza (director)
• JIMMY DOES DATING: Sunny Drake (actor, writer)
• JOHNNY: Micah Stuart (director), Brandon Crowder (actor/writer)
• LAST VESTIGES: Seth Poulin (director)
• LEFT HOOK: Sue Johnson (producer)
• MAPOU: Giovana Olmos (director)
• OCCUPY ME: Adam Fitzgerald (director)
• OLD DOGS, NEW TRICKS: Michael Agnew (director)
• PAINT IT WHITE: Bessie Cheng (director)
• PYOTR495: Blake Mawson (director/writer)
• RIBBONS: Brandon Cordeiro (director)
• SCENES FROM ANOTHER MARRIAGE: Erik Anderson (director)
• SHEBANG: Jon Simon (director), Brenna Coates (actor)
• SPUNKLE: Lisa Donato (director)
• STAKE: Alyssa Pankiw (director/writer)
• SUMMER HAZE: Alex Peace (writer/producer)
• THE FIRST SESSION: Fawzia Mirza (actor/producer)
• THE FUTURE PERFECT: Nick Citton (director)
• ULTRA BLEU: Nick Neon (director/writer)
• UNTITLED (ELEVEN YEARS): Scott Miller Berry (director)
• WEDLOCKED: Puppett (director/editor)
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