Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival

PROGRAMMING MANDATE:

Inside Out's programming mandate asserts a commitment to the accessibility and development of a collective body of work that represents the diverse make-up of LGBT communities. We endeavour to curate film and video programs that reflect issues of contemporary significance in our communities, inviting artists and speakers to contribute their individual voices to the process. We strive to address the needs of underserved and marginalized communities within the LGBT community, and also in the broader context of communities marginalized by geographic, economic and social barriers, and encourage cross-cultural exchange and understanding. Moreover, we have a commitment to screen Canadian work-approximately 40 per cent of our programming is produced by Canadian artists.

The goals of Inside Out's programming mandate are:

Provide opportunities for the LGBT and broader mainstream communities to come together and celebrate our histories and lives through the exhibition of film and video

Promote and screen work produced by and about the diversity of our communities

Provide a forum for artists and audiences to interact and exchange ideas

Assist in the promotion of LGBT film and video, within Canada and internationally

Assist emerging and established film and video artists produce new work.

Inside Out
219 - 401 Richmond Street West
Toronto, ON CANADA M5V 3A8
inside@insideout.ca

Tel - 416. 977-6847
Fax - 416. 977-8025

18TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL: MAY 15 TO 25, 2008

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
EARLY DEADLINE: December 14, 2007 (no submission fee)
FINAL DEADLINE: February 1, 2008 ($25 submission fee)

Inside Out, presenter of the Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, invites you to join us for the 18th annual celebration of Canada's pre-eminent exhibition of queer film and video from around the world. Inside Out hosts one of the largest queer film festivals internationally, highlighting the diversity of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgendered film and video making in documentary, shorts, features and installations.

Highlights in 2007 included the Gala Presentations of The Picture of Dorian Gray (USA), King and the Clown (South Korea) and Itty Bitty Titty Committee (USA). Additional highlights were our International Focus on East Asia which included the Canadian premieres of Spider Lilies by Zero Chou and Eternal Summer by Leste Chen. Also included in the series was the 10th anniversary screening of Wong Kar-Wai's Happy Together and the shorts program Hammered Down: East Asian Shorts. The 2007 edition of the festival also inaugurated two new sidebars: The Outsiders for experimental and cutting edge works and Guilty Pleasures for entertaining film and television.

Don't miss your opportunity to screen your work to audiences of more than 30,000 enthusiastic film and video lovers. Submit your work today.

For the 2008 submission form click here