filmmakers and special guests take centre stage at 26th

 FILMMAKERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT 26TH ANNUAL INSIDE OUT TORONTO LGBT FILM FESTIVAL (May 17, 2015 – Toronto) — The 26th Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival welcomes filmmakers and special guests to this year’s 11-­‐day event, which runs May 26 to June 5, 2016. Filmmakers and special guests expected to present their films at the Festival include: Ira Sachs, Sarah Rotella, Elise Bauman, Stephen Dunn, Major Griffin-­‐Gracy, Bianca Del Rio, Dylan Gelula and Kerem Sanga. The Festival will take place at TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St. W). Tickets are now on sale through the Inside Out website. For more information on the Festival and to purchase tickets, visit insideout.ca. GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE -­‐ FEATURES: • ALMOST ADULTS: Sarah Rotella (director), Elise Bauman (actor), Winny Clark (actor), Justin Friesan (actor), Mark Matechuk (actor), Pujaa Pandey (actor), Adrianna DiLonardo (writer) Rebecca Swift (producer) • AND STILL WE RISE: Nancy Nicol (co-­‐director), Sizwe Alexandre Inkingi (community member) • CLOSET MONSTER: Stephen Dunn (director/writer), Kevin Krikst (producer) • ESTEROS: Papu Curotto (director) • FIRST GIRL I LOVED: Dylan Gelula (actor), Kerem Sanga (writer/director) • FRONT COVER: Raymond Yeung (director), Stan Guingon (co-­‐producer) • HEARTLAND: Maura Anderson (director), Velinda Godfrey (writer/producer) • HURRICANE BIANCA: Ray Haylock as Bianca Del Rio (actor), Matt Kugelman (director), Ash Christian (producer) • I LOVE YOU BOTH: Kristin Archibald (actor/writer), Lucas Neff (actor) • KIKI: Gia Love (subject), Christopher Waldorf (subject) • LAST MEN STANDING: Tim Hussin (co-­‐director,) Erin Brethauer (co-­‐director) • LIEBMANN: Jules Herrmann (director/producer) • LITTLE MEN: Ira Sachs (director) • MAJOR!: Major Griffin-­‐Gracy (subject), Annalise Ophelian (director/producer) • MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART: Cecilia Aldarondo (director) • MILES: Nathan Adolff (director/co-­‐writer), Ash Christian (producer) • NORTH MOUNTAIN: Bretten Hannam (director) • OUT RUN: S. Leo Chiang (co-­‐director/co-­‐producer), Johnny Symons (co-­‐director/co-­‐
producer) • PARIS 05:59: THEO & HUGO: Olivier Ducastel (co-­‐director), Geoffrey Couët (actor) • RE:ORIENTATIONS: Richard Fung (director) • SAME DIFFERENCE: Kyle Wentzel (co-­‐director) • SPA NIGHT: Andrew Ahn (writer/director) • SUICIDE KALE: Brittani Nichols (producer/writer) • THE SAME DIFFERENCE: Nneka Onuorah (director) • THE SLIPPERS: Morgan White (director/producer) • TWO SOFT THINGS, TWO HARD THINGS: Mark Woods (co-­‐director/producer), Michael Yerxa (co-­‐director/producer) • WHERE ARE YOU GOING, HABIBI?: Susanna Duellmann (producer) GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE -­‐ SHORTS: • AIDOS: Robert Gray (director) • AN EVENING: Søren Green (director) • AT HOME: Dinaly Tran (director) • BEATERS: Ian McAndrew (director) • BENJAMIN: Sherren Lee (director) • BETWEEN YOU AND ME: Chase Joynt (director) • BOOTWMN: Sam McWilliams (co-­‐director/producer), Paige Gratland (co-­‐
director/producer), • BREAKING FAST: Mike Mosallam (director/writer), Sarah Bazzi (producer) • BUDDY: Niels Bourgonje (director) • CECIL & CARL: Andrew Peek (producer) • CLOSING: Chase Casanova (director), Tracy Brown (executive producer) • CRAZY HOUSE: Aaron Mirkin (director) • DINNER WITH JEFFREY: Sam Greisman (director/writer) • ECSTASY: Kyle Reaume (director) • FAMOUS DIAMONDS: Daniel McIntyre (director), • FIRST NIGHT OUT: Julianne Saltalamacchia (actor), Will Mayo (director) • GAYSIANS: Vicky Du (co-­‐director), • GUIDANCE: Josh Wolff (director/writer), Bryn Packard (actor) • HAZE: James Resendes (writer/director) • HELLO TITTY: Skyler Braeden Fox (co-­‐director) • JACKIE: James Fanizza (director) • JIMMY DOES DATING: Sunny Drake (actor, writer) • JOHNNY: Micah Stuart (director), Brandon Crowder (actor/writer) • LAST VESTIGES: Seth Poulin (director) • LEFT HOOK: Sue Johnson (producer) • MAPOU: Giovana Olmos (director) • OCCUPY ME: Adam Fitzgerald (director) • OLD DOGS, NEW TRICKS: Michael Agnew (director) • PAINT IT WHITE: Bessie Cheng (director) • PYOTR495: Blake Mawson (director/writer) • RIBBONS: Brandon Cordeiro (director) • SCENES FROM ANOTHER MARRIAGE: Erik Anderson (director) • SHEBANG: Jon Simon (director), Brenna Coates (actor) • SPUNKLE: Lisa Donato (director) • STAKE: Alyssa Pankiw (director/writer) • SUMMER HAZE: Alex Peace (writer/producer) • THE FIRST SESSION: Fawzia Mirza (actor/producer) • THE FUTURE PERFECT: Nick Citton (director) • ULTRA BLEU: Nick Neon (director/writer) • UNTITLED (ELEVEN YEARS): Scott Miller Berry (director) • WEDLOCKED: Puppett (director/editor) About Inside Out Inside Out presents the annual Toronto LGBT Film Festival, with financial support from Presenting Sponsor, RBC Royal Bank and Premier Sponsor, CTV. It is the largest event of its kind in Canada, showcasing the best and most diverse films by, for and of interest to LGBT communities. For 11 days, the Festival draws crowds of more than 32,500 to screenings, artist talks, panel discussions, installations and parties that showcase more than 175 films from Canada and around the world. In addition, Inside Out is committed to challenging attitudes and changing lives year-­‐
round through the exhibition, production and promotion of LGBT film with initiatives that include the Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, development programs featuring the newly launched New Visions Project (formerly Queer Video Mentorship Project) and the Harold Greenberg Fund Short to Feature Award, as well as the Four-­‐Play Screening Series. About RBC Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full-­‐ and part-­‐time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 37 other countries. For more information, please visit rbc.com. In 2015, the RBC Foundation committed more than $4.3 million to 167 arts and cultural organizations supporting local, national and international initiatives, contributing to the cultural fabric of our communities. Our support is focused on artists in the early stages of their careers through the RBC Emerging Artists Project. RBC helps communities prosper, supporting a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments, sponsorships and employee volunteer activities. In 2015, we contributed more than $100 million to causes around the world. About CTV CTV is Canada’s #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada’s most-­‐watched television network for the past 14 years in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-­‐of-­‐Home. Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the network’s website at CTV.ca. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Visit us on the web: www.insideout.ca Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/InsideOutTO Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/InsideOutFilmFestival Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insideoutfestival/ -­‐30-­‐ For more information including media accreditation and interview requests, please contact: Anne-­‐Lise Kontz (416) 593-­‐0777 anne-­‐[email protected] Jennifer Rashwan (416) 593-­‐0777 [email protected] Alma Parvizian (416) 593-­‐0777 [email protected]