In Stories We Tell, we travel across the country through short films, offering the best from 2SLGBTQ+ filmmakers across Canada. Made in Canada, these stories form a powerful love letter to the diverse communities that stretch from coast to coast.
Featuring:
⭐️ Same Time Next Year?, Dir. Anushay Sheikh @anushaysheikh
⭐️ Can’t make a flower grow by pulling on it (On tire pas sur une plante pour qu’elle pousse, Dir. Gabrielle Bergeron-Leduc @gb_leduc
⭐️ Niimi, Dir. Dana Solomon @dana.solomon_
⭐️ The D Word, Dir. Mya Van Dyk @pisspisspisstits
⭐️ Good Daze, Dir. Jonelle Belcourt @nellbel
⭐️ Can You Feel It Now?, Dir. Isak Vaillancourt @isakvail
⭐️ Queen Mother (Inang Reyna), Dir. King Louie Palomo @kinglouiefilms
⭐️ ACCISMUS, Dir. Brandy Marien @elusivebrandeen
⭐️ Pink Light, Dir. Harrison Browne @hbrowne24
📍May 30, 11:45AM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2
Community Partner: @imaginenative
Screening Sponsors: @telefilm_canada, @cmf.fmc, @gctalent, @the_cmpa
Toronto takes over the screen at #InsideOut26! Our Local Heroes screening features 8 Toronto-based filmmakers and their films, showcasing Toronto at its very best. Don’t wait to get your tickets! Our Local Heroes screening sells out quickly each year. This city loves their filmmakers and we love them❤️🔥
Featuring:
⭐️ There is Light, Dir. Judith Schuyler @judith_oneidanation
⭐️ Rooms of Her Own, Dir. Yi Shi @postyism
⭐️ One or Two, Dir. Lief Ramsaran @liefnotleaf
⭐️ Boygirl, Dir. Michal Heuston @michalhue
⭐️ Cherry, Dir. Shaun Soutar @s_t_soutar
⭐️ Brief Somebodies, Dir. Andy Reid @ndyreid
⭐️ Devils in the Bush, Dir. Juliet Belisario @julietbelisario
⭐️ How’s Archie, Dir. Jessie Posthumus @jessiekposthumus
📍May 28, 6:45PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 1
Community Partner: @_liftfilm
Screening Sponsors: @telefilm_canada, @cmf.fmc, @blueantmedia, @goodfriendsmarket, @nowboarding.travel, @wift.toronto
If Barb and Star were headed to the West Edmonton Mall instead of Vista Del Mar, this offbeat and wildly entertaining mockumentary would be the result. See the Toronto Premiere of Tracy & Martina: Goin’ Out West at #InsideOut26 ☀️
Brendan Lyle, Greg Vardy, and Justine Williamson will be in attendance at the screening! 🐎
📍May 27, 6:45PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2
Screening Sponsors: @telefilm_canada, @cmf.fmc, @landmarkcinemas
Watch the Canadian Premiere of Lunar Sway at #InsideOut26 🌝 Nick Butler, Noah Parker, Liza Weil, Kaden Connors, and Grace Glowicki will be in attendance at the screening!
📍May 23, 6:45PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 3
Community Partner: @queer.cinema.club
Screening Sponsors: @telefilm_canada, @cmf.fmc
In the Canadian Premiere of Lunar Sway, a dark and quirky comedy, we follow the handsome Cliff (Noah Parker) through a series of misadventures—sexual, romantic, familial, criminal, and otherwise—in the small desert town of Mooncrest.
Director Nick Butler, Noah Parker, Liza Weil, Kaden Connors, and Grace Glowicki will be in attendance at the screening! 🌝
See Lunar Sway at #InsideOut26 🌈
📍May 23, 6:45PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 3
Community Partner: @queer.cinema.club
Screening Sponsors: @telefilm_canada, @cmf.fmc
