Join us and celebrate this year’s #InsideOut26 award winners!
We’ll announce our juried awards and crown the winner of the 2026 Pitch, Please! competition, followed by a mixer with filmmakers, winners, and audience members.
Come celebrate and connect with fellow filmmakers and audience members! 🥂
📍May 30, 10:30AM at TIFF Gallery
Wrap up a day of panels and fresh insights with drinks and conversation at our annual Industry Mixer! 🍸
Connect with future collaborators, meet fellow industry professionals, and reconnect with familiar faces, all at #InsideOut26 🌝
📍May 27, 4:30PM at TIFF Gallery
It’s baaaack! 📣 Inside Out’s signature Short Film Pitch Competition is back this year on May 27! Watch as filmmakers take the mic to deliver high-stakes, 5-minute power pitches in front of a live audience and a jury of industry experts. The winner takes home a $5,000 cash prize and in-kind production support to bring their project to life!
The in-kind package includes:
⭐️ A package of post-production support (dialogue edit, sound design, composition & mix) from @divinghorsesmusicandaudio
⭐️ A credit for DCP creation and captioning services from @cfmdcfilm
⭐️ A personalized camera package from @ontariocamera
⭐️ A Production Level Membership and a Rental Credit for @_liftfilm
This year’s participants:
⭐️ Pretty Boy$, King Louie Palomo & Hannah Yang
⭐️ Dream Home, Lief Ramsaran & Spencer Glassman
⭐️ Chaat Masala, Anushay Sheikh
⭐️ The Cure 2 Lesbian Virginity, Mya Van Dyk & Jacinta Gaspar
⭐️ B️ear Night, Michal Heuston & A.C. Birch
📍 May 27, 3:30PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2
If you haven’t seen Modern Whore, where have you been? 👀
One of the most exciting and dynamic documentaries of the year will be unraveled through this conversation with the creative team behind the film.
Director Nicole Bazuin will be joined by producer Lauren Grant and casting director Jesse Griffiths in this #InsideOut26 session, where we’ll unravel the process of adapting a book for the screening, developing and producing a documentary in Canada, and using comedy as a device to tackle complex, and often stigmatized subjects.
Panelists:
@nicobazuin, Director and Editor, Modern Whore
@laurengrantwrites Producer and Founder of @cliquepictures
Jesse Griffiths, Founder of @jessegriffithscasting
@_stephaniehooker_, Filmmaker and Co-Founder of @hometeamfilms (Moderator)
📍May 27, 2:15PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2
Why has horror long been a sanctuary for queer audiences? From coded monsters to reimagined Final Girls, queer creators have always found meaning in the dark, campy, and macabre.
Join filmmakers and horror enthusiasts in this #InsideOut26 session as they explore how queer identity and genre filmmaking intersect—and how queer storytelling is redefining who gets to survive.🩸
Panelists:
@hannahalline, Director, Scissors
@geenarocero, Director, DOLLS
@markpariselli, Filmmaker
Lu Asfaha, Filmmaker and Founder of @defarmedia
@triciahagoriles, Filmmaker (Moderator)
📍May 27, 12:15PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2
