Brian J. Smith
Director
Country
United States
Format
Feature film
Year
2024
Duration
1 h 30 mins
Guests in Attendance
Brian J. Smith, Blake Pruitt, Jeremy Truong
Previous Festivals/Awards
Official Selection, 2024 SXSW Film Festival
Stream
International Showcase
Interests
Activism, Gay, HIV/AIDS, Intergenerational, Queer, Trans
A year in the life within the world’s most iconic homonormative community: Fire Island Pines. Situated 50 miles from New York City, this storied queer beach town finds itself in the midst of a renaissance, as a new generation of millennial homeowners reimagine The Pines for a new, more inclusive era. Filmed like a Frederick Wiseman movie on magic mushrooms, a large cast of unforgettable eccentrics, activists, drifters, and first timers reflect on the legacy of The Pines, while preparing their beloved village for the biggest challenge it has faced since the AIDS crisis: rising sea levels caused by climate change.
Toronto Premiere
Please note: This film will screen with Closed Captions.
June 1, 2024 4:00 pm TIFF Lightbox 1 350 King Street West Toronto, ON
Digital Screening* Available June 2
*Please note, Inside Out digital screenings are GEO-BLOCKED to ONTARIO, you must be in Ontario to access digital programming.
Within Toronto’s vibrant bar scene, a diverse group of musicians come together to form a band with a mission: to ignite a musical revolution. As they channel their individual struggles and exp...
Elliot Page delivers an emotionally resonant performance in this honest and moving drama that follows Sam as he decides to visit his childhood home in Coburg for the first time since his transit...
Past and present collide as an Iranian American trans man time-travels through an LGBTQ+ archive on a dizzying quest to unravel his own sexual desires. Director Jules Rosskam blends reality and imagin...
Laurie Townshend
Canada
Official Selection, 2024 Hot Docs Festival
Icons
Activism, Asian, Black, BOLD, Canadian, Family, Performing Arts, RE:Focus
Guests
Laurie Townshend, Staceyann Chin, Alison Duke, Justine Pimlott, Ngardy Conteh George
How do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you? In a remarkable story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin, renowned for performances in Def Poetry Jam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!, radically re-imagines the essential art of mothering. In seeking her elusive mother—a trail that leads to Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne and, finally, Jamaica—Staceyann and her daughter forge a new sense of home.
June 1, 2024 1:30 pm TIFF Lightbox 1 350 King Street West Toronto, ON
Lou and Esther are the best of friends. They do absolutely everything together, speak their ownlanguage through inside jokes and code words, and share a dreamy curiosity about what theirlives ...
New school, new classmates, new crushes, and a new sport. Ace’s first day at her new school starts out on the wrong foot and ends up with her becoming the newest member of the volleyball team...
Helen lives with her ex-husband, his girlfriend, their new baby, and her ex-mother-in-law, who luckily remains her trusted ally. As she goes back and forth between working at the chicken factory...
Claire Burger
Belgium
1 h 45 mins
Official Selection, 2024 Berlin International Film Festival
Premieres
Activism, Bisexual, Family, French Language, Lesbian, RE:Focus, Romance, Youth
Fanny, a 17-year-old student from France, goes on a language exchange trip to Germany where she will stay with her pen pal, Lena. Lena is cool, easygoing, seems to make friends with ease, and is extremely politically active. Fanny is troubled, shy, lonely, and dreams of a life like Lena’s. Willing to do anything to impress Lena, Fanny sees her time in Germany as an opportunity to invent a different life for herself but as her and Lena grow closer, she runs the risk of becoming caught up in her own web of lies.
This film contains sexual content.
North American Premiere
May 31, 2024 9:00 pm TIFF Lightbox 3 350 King Street West Toronto, ON
In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott’s “old ass” starts handing ou...
Regan Latimer
Spotlight on Canada
Activism, Bisexual, Canadian, Lesbian, Local, RE:Focus
Regan Latimer, Jill Golick, Lindy Zucker
Filmmaker Regan Latimer takes an insightful, immersive, and deeply personal look at Queer representation in television, and the power of the media to shape how we see ourselves. Witty, fast-paced, and laced with pop culture references, Regan journeys across North America and beyond in her quest to understand the forces that influence the stories we see on our screens. Original animation and personal anecdotes are interwoven with wide-ranging conversations with television insiders, LGBTQ+ community advocates, and people who just love to watch TV. As Latimer navigates an ever-evolving media landscape, the filmmaker learns firsthand that representation done well has the power to transform.
World Premiere
May 25, 2024 11:45 am TIFF Lightbox 3 350 King Street West Toronto, ON
There will be an extended Q&A from our 2020 festival immediately following the screening.
Tunde Johnson, an African-American teen, is stuck in a Groundhog Day nightmare, waking up to experience the same day over and over again—the day he dies at the hands of Los Angeles police officers.
On the day of his death, Tunde attends a film seminar; visits his secret boyfriend Soren (who happens to be dating his best friend Marley), and comes out to his supportive parents, all the while trying to survive as a Black gay high school student. We witness each ‘new’ day a little differently, as Tunde is forced to confront difficult truths about the world he lives in.
Written by Stanley Kalu at the age of nineteen, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson tackles issues of racism, police brutality, LGBTQ acceptance, mental health, and addiction, offering an urgent and timely commentary on what it means to grow up as a Black American.
Available with closed-captions Canada-wide
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson
Tickets on sale February 26 at noon ET.
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