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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 Co-op, 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]
The event is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards.[7]
Awards
[edit]2016
[edit]- Audience Choice, Best of Show: Fire Song — Adam Garnet Jones[8]
- Audience Choice, Best Women's Film: Suicide Kale — Carly Usdin[8]
- Audience Choice, Best Men's Film: Those People — Joey Kuhn[8]
- Audience Choice, Best Trans Film: The Pearl of Africa — Jonny von Wallström[8]
- Audience Choice, Best Two-Spirit Film: Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things — Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa[8]
- Jury Award, Best Canadian Film: Fire Song — Adam Garnet Jones[8]
- Jury Award, Best Narrative Short: Dawn — Rose McGowan[8]
- Jury Award, Best Documentary Short: Handsome & Majestic — Jeff Petry, Nathan Drillot[8]
- Jury Award, Best Northern Ontario Film: Shades of Reality[8]
- Jury Award, Best Foreign Film: Dawn — Rose McGowan[8]
2018
[edit]- Audience Choice, Best of Show: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston[9]
- Audience Choice, Best Women's Film: Chavela — Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi[9]
- Audience Choice, Best Trans Film: Transformer — Michael Del Monte[9]
- Audience Choice, Best Men's Film: Call Me By Your Name — Luca Guadagnino[9]
- Jury Award, Best Canadian Film: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston[9]
- Jury Award, Best Northern Ontario Film: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston[9]
- Jury Award, Best Narrative Short: Something About Alex — Reinout Hellenthal[9]
- Jury Award, Best Documentary Short: Grey Violet – Odd One Out — Reetta Aalto[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "2024 Canadian Screen Awards: Eligible Festivals & Online Platforms". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2023.
- ^ 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.
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