The Canadian Media Guild’s Toronto chapter (CMG-Toronto) is sponsoring its 2nd Pride Week LGBT Short Film Festival, which runs during Toronto’s Pride Week from Monday June 24, 2013 to Saturday June 29, 2013.
Twitter: @TOPrideFilmFest
The festival highlights 12 excellent LGBT-themed short films from recent years, including some award winners. The diverse, 107-minute program will play continuously on a DVD loop in the Graham Spry Theatre in Toronto between 9 am and 9 pm from Monday June 2...
The Canadian Media Guild’s Toronto chapter (CMG-Toronto) is sponsoring its 2nd Pride Week LGBT Short Film Festival, which runs during Toronto’s Pride Week from Monday June 24, 2013 to Saturday June 29, 2013.
Twitter: @TOPrideFilmFest
The festival highlights 12 excellent LGBT-themed short films from recent years, including some award winners. The diverse, 107-minute program will play continuously on a DVD loop in the Graham Spry Theatre in Toronto between 9 am and 9 pm from Monday June 24th to Friday June 28th (with an extra screening on Saturday June 29th from 12 pm to 5 pm.)
ADMISSION IS FREE!
Details:
Monday, June 24, 2013 to Friday, June 28, 2013 from 9 am to 9 pm.
Saturday, June 29, 2013 from 12 pm to 5 pm.
Graham Spry Theatre, 1st floor of the CBC Broadcasting Centre
250 Front St. W., Toronto, Ontario
We're very proud to include the following 12 films in this year's program:
1. Kiss, by Mark Pariselli - 4 minutes / Experimental / 2012 - An experimental reinterpretation of Andy Warhol's 1963 silent short film of the same name, "Kiss" re-contextualizes his protest against the Hays Code's time restriction of onscreen kissing as an impassioned indictment of laws that prohibit and punish homosexuality in certain countries.
2. I’m Yours, by Chase Joynt - 5 minutes / Documentary / 2013 - Inspired by the work of iconic Canadian video artist Colin Campbell, I'm Yours provides answers to many of life's burning questions.
3. Her With Me, by Alyssa Pankiw - 13 minutes / Drama / 2013 - While promoting a film back home in Toronto, former teen idol Rachel Chambers meets Sidney at a dive bar and, together, they escape into the evening for a night they'll never forget.
4. Let’s Get Soaking Wet, by Steven Bereznai - 7 minutes / Comedy / 2011 - After a devastating break up, Jason joins a gay water polo team in the hopes of mending his broken heart.
5. Flyers, by Laura Terruso - 3 minutes / Drama-comedy / 2011 - A street flyer leads to a surprising discovery.
6. Dawn, by Leon Le - 10 minutes - Drama / 2012 - After Tye detects what he considers to be a racist glance from a stranger on the night train, a confrontation ensues.
7. Where Are The Dolls, by Cassandra Nicolaou - 8 minutes /
Drama-Experimental / 2012 - Inspired by the poem, "Where are the dolls who loved me so..." by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Elizabeth Bishop, 'Where Are The Dolls' is an impressionistic dream that emerges from a woman's subconscious, the film navigates issues of femininity, intimacy and sexuality. Stars Megan Follows.
8. The Closest Thing To Heaven, by Ryan Levey - 9 minutes / Documentary / 2013 - Three decades plus two men equal a love of a lifetime.
9. APTN Presents: TWO SPIRITED Parts 1 and 2, by Kathleen Maartens - 21 minutes / News documentary / 2012 - Aboriginal Elders say transgendered people were accepted and even respected in their pre-contact communities. But a carpenter from Nunavut shows APTN Investigates that isn’t the way it is for her today.
10. Shawn, by Mark Zanin - 4 minutes / Comedy / 2013 - Two friends reminisce about their recently departed friend at his funeral.
11. For Dorian, by Rodrigo Barriuso - 16 minutes / Drama / 2012 - Oliver, a controlling yet loving father, is shaken when forced to recognize that his son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, has sexual urges and yearns for independence as he nears adulthood. This film won the 2013 Best Canadian Film Award at Toronto's Inside Out LGBT Film Festival in May.
12. I’m In The Mood For Love, by Jason Karman - 6 minutes / Drama / 2011 - A singing telegram worker meets his ex-boyfriend while having hot pot and learns to embrace his new found bachelorhood through popular song.