Out On Screen
Out On Screen (formally the Vancouver Out On Screen Film & Video Society) is an
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually during the month of August. The festival was first held publicly in 1988. It is Vancouver's second largest film festival and Western Canada's largest queer arts event.[2]
Festival awards
People's Choice Award for Best Feature
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2006[3] | Unveiled | Angelina Maccarone |
| 2007[4] | Shelter | Jonah Markowitz |
| 2008[5] | Were the World Mine | Tom Gustafson |
| 2009 | I Can't Think Straight | Shamim Sarif |
| 2010 | Undertow | Javier Fuentes-Leon
|
| 2011 | Gen Silent | Stu Maddux |
| 2012 | Mia | Javier Van de Couter |
| 2013 | Lace Bite | Carmen Klotz and Sharron Bates |
| 2014 | Tru Love | Kate Johnston and Shauna MacDonald |
| 2015 | A Girl at My Door (Dohee-Ya) | July Jung |
| 2016 | It Runs in the Family | Joella Cabalu |
| 2017 | Maybe Tomorrow (Baka Bukas) | Samantha Lee |
| 2018 | Saturday Church | Damon Cardasis |
| 2019 | The T | Bea Cordelia and Daniel Kyri |
| 2020 | Breaking Fast | Mike Mosallam |
Gerry Brunet Memorial Award
Established in 1997, this juried award is given in recognition of Gerry Brunet, a lifelong contributor to the arts and an early board member at Out On Screen.
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2006[6] | What Don't You Understand About "I'm Leaving Again" | Amey Kazymerchyk |
| 2007[7] | Trans Neptune | Matthew Long |
| 2008[8] | Writing the Land | Kevin Lee Burton |
| 2008[8] | Hirsute | AJ Bond |
| 2009 | Naoko-San | Rka Moorhouse |
| 2010 | Waiting 4 Goliath | Cal Garingan |
| 2011 | Mood for Love | Jason Karman |
| 2012 | Insert Credit | David Nguyen |
| 2013 | Bill, Please | Jessica Han |
| 2014 | Under the Rainbow | Dave Shortt |
| 2015 | Dissonance | Anna Ngo |
| 2016 | Meet Cute | Patrick Currie |
| 2017 | Violet and June | Linnea Ritland |
| 2018 | Colors | Yuki Chen |
| 2019 | Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny | Love Intersections |
| 2020 | B-Side | Alayna Silverberg |
People's Choice Awards for Best Short
Originally named for OUTtv's Hot Pink Shorts TV show (The OUTtv Hot Pink Shorts Award), this award recognizes an exceptional short film.
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Portside | Aerlyn Weissman |
| 2010 | Butch Tits | Jen Crothers |
| 2011 | (3-way tie) B.A.B.S / Finding Judy / Quirk-E: A Learning Collective | Mette Bach / Gary Riotta / Callista Haggis[9] |
| 2012 | Jackie | Jose Ignacio Correa |
| 2013 | Bill, Please | Jessica Han |
| 2014 | All Good Things | Ian Tang |
| 2015 | Same Boat | David C. Jones |
| 2016 | Handsome and Majestic | Jeff Lee Petry and Nathan Drillot |
| 2017 | Do I Have Boobs Now? | Joella Cabalu and Milena Salazar |
| 2018 | Beauty | Christina Willings |
| 2019 | She's Not a Boy | Yuhong Pang and Robert Tokanel |
| 2020 | HIV: Healing Inner Voices | martin Morberg and Jada-Gabrielle Pape |
Other programs
Out in Schools
Launched in 2004, Out in Schools brings independent queer films into local high schools in British Columbia. In conjunction with gay–straight alliances, Out in Schools focuses on the serious issues that affect queer youth.[10] The purpose of Out in Schools is to reduce isolation and increase the safety of the learning environment for queer students in the community. Out in Schools aims to increase understanding through education to combat issues such as homophobia and bullying that threaten the safety of the classrooms for both queer and straight students.[11] In 2013, Out in Schools expanded its program reach by 25% into new school districts, delivering 100 classroom presentations focused on queer and anti-bullying education to more than 8,200 high school students across BC!
FirstOUT Video Scholarship Program
FirstOUT Video Scholarship Program is an intensive digital filmmaking program for youth aged 16 to 24. This is part of the youth education initiatives which, together with Out In Schools, seeks to give media literacy and production opportunities to queer youth and their allies. It brings independent media artists together with queer youth to work with them on developing their own cultural voice and producing their first video. Since its inception, five films have been produced and exhibited.[12]
2007
Out On Screen had partnered with
| Film | Director | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| The Nuwest Steambath | Julian DeMayo | Kenneth Sherman |
| Going In | Jacks Cheng | Terra Poirier |
| Borderless Me | Setareh Mohammadi | Karen Duthie |
| Checkpoint | Alex Mah | Winston Xin |
- Pacific Cinematheque's Education department who facilitated boot camp workshops on cinematography and technicality of filmmaking.
See also
References
- ^ Peter Knegt, "30 years of resilience: Vancouver's queer film fest illuminates the full beauty of LGBTQ lives". CBC Arts, August 1, 2018.
- ^ "About Out on Screen".
- ^ Event Calendar – Out on Screen and Vancity presents Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- ^ "here! Films presents "Shelter"". Archived from the original on April 9, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
- ^ "Events - Vancouver Queer Film Festival". Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
- ^ Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival :: :: Press
- ^ Trans Neptune – News
- ^ a b "Vancouver Queer Film Festival - Events". Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
- ^ Takeuchi, Craig. "Gen Silent, I'm in the Mood for Love win at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2011 awards". Georgia Straight. August 22, 2011. Web. Accessed November 3, 2011. https://www.straight.com/article-435196/vancouver/gen-silent-im-mood-love-win-vancouver-queer-film-festival-2011-awards Archived November 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kids in the halls | Straight.com
- ^ Caring for Communities : Vancouver Foundation
- ^ CuedUp November 2006
- ^ "Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival 2007 ::". www.outonscreen.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007.
