Inside Out Film and Video Festival

Inside Out Film and Video Festival
LocationToronto and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Founded1991 (Toronto)
2007 (Ottawa)
Festival dateMay (Toronto)
October (Ottawa)
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.insideout.ca

The Inside Out Film and Video Festival (formerly, Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival),[1] also known as the Inside Out LGBT or LGBTQ Film Festival,[2][3] is an annual Canadian film festival, which presents a program of LGBT-related film.[4] The festival is staged in both Toronto and Ottawa.[5] Founded in 1991, the festival is now the largest of its kind in Canada.[6] Deadline dubbed it "Canada’s foremost LGBTQ film festival."[7]

The organization also presents a series of film screenings throughout the year outside of the dedicated festival, as well as a touring program of short film screenings in smaller towns and cities within Southern Ontario. The organization's current executive director is Lauren Howes, who succeeded Andria Wilson in 2021.[8]

  1. ^ "Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival". Archives and Special Collections. University of Ottawa. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ Kay, Jeremy (2020-05-23). "Digital events to mark 30th anniversary of Inside Out LGBT festival (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  3. ^ "Toronto's Inside Out LGBTQ film festival postponed to October". Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. ^ Warner, Tom (2002). "Inside Out Film and Video Festival". Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada. Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press. pp. 334–335. ISBN 9781442677623. OCLC 288096774.
  5. ^ Joceline Andersen, "From the Ground Up: Transforming the Inside Out LGBT Film and Video Festival of Toronto". Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Volume 21 Issue 1, March 2012, pp. 38-57.
  6. ^ "Netflix, Inside Out team on initiative to support Canadian LGBTQ filmmakers". Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-07-09). "Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival Unveils Recipients For Re:Focus Emergency Relief Fund". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  8. ^ Barry Hertz, "Toronto’s Inside Out attempts a 2021 film festival like no other". The Globe and Mail, May 24, 2021.