Queer North Film Festival
The Queer North Film Festival is an annual film festival in Sudbury, Ontario, which presents an annual program of LGBT film.[1] Presented by the Sudbury Indie Cinema Coop, the festival was staged for the first time in 2016.[2] The same organization also stages the city's Junction North International Documentary Film Festival.[3]
On two past occasions, the festival has presented retrospective screenings of 1990s documentary films about the LGBT community in Sudbury, Mum's the Word (Maman et Ève) in 2017[4] and The Pinco Triangle in 2018.[5]
The festival's executive director is Beth Mairs.[6]
Awards
2016
- Audience Choice, Best of Show: Fire Song — Adam Garnet Jones[7]
- Audience Choice, Best Women's Film: Suicide Kale — Carly Usdin[7]
- Audience Choice, Best Men's Film: Those People — Joey Kuhn[7]
- Audience Choice, Best Trans Film: The Pearl of Africa — Jonny von Wallström[7]
- Audience Choice, Best Two-Spirit Film: Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things — Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa[7]
- Jury Award, Best Canadian Film: Fire Song — Adam Garnet Jones[7]
- Jury Award, Best Narrative Short: Dawn — Rose McGowan[7]
- Jury Award, Best Documentary Short: Handsome & Majestic — Jeff Petry, Nathan Drillot[7]
- Jury Award, Best Northern Ontario Film: Shades of Reality[7]
- Jury Award, Best Foreign Film: Dawn — Rose McGowan[7]
2018
- Audience Choice, Best of Show: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston[8]
- Audience Choice, Best Women's Film: Chavela — Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi[8]
- Audience Choice, Best Trans Film: Transformer — Michael Del Monte[8]
- Audience Choice, Best Men's Film: Call Me By Your Name — Luca Guadagnino[8]
- Jury Award, Best Canadian Film: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston[8]
- Jury Award, Best Northern Ontario Film: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston[8]
- Jury Award, Best Narrative Short: Something About Alex — Reinout Hellenthal[8]
- Jury Award, Best Documentary Short: Grey Violet – Odd One Out — Reetta Aalto[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Queer North Film Festival offers a different onscreen perspective". Northern Life, June 1, 2018.
- ^ "Festival Queer North à Sudbury : les films à ne pas manquer". CBON-FM, June 6, 2016.
- ^ "Junction North International Documentary Film Festival set for Sudbury". CBC Sudbury, November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Tourné à Sudbury, le documentaire Maman et Ève célèbre ses 20 ans". CBON-FM, June 13, 2017.
- ^ "Queer North film provides a satirical look at life as a gay person in Sudbury back in the 80's and 90's". Morning North, June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Queer North festival lands in Sudbury next week". Sudbury Star, June 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Queer North Film Festival winners announced". Northern Life, June 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "pINCO Triangle takes three Queer North awards". Sudbury Star, June 20, 2018.