Inside Out 2SLGBTQ + Film Festival winners include “We Will Never Belong”, “Homebody” and more

Exclusive: Amelia to Eloisa we never belong He won the Audience Award for Narrative Painting and the Joseph Lock Award at home It won the Best First Feature Award for separate award winners at this year’s Inside Out 2SLGBTQ + Film Festival. The films were honored at a ceremony this weekend that concluded the Toronto-based event, Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ + film festival.

Among the other winners of the festival, which took place as a hybrid in person / virtual event from May 26 to Sunday, with 128 films from 28 countries, was Rai Levy. in the ring To the best Canadian painting. Additional Audience Awards awarded to Jackie Lawrence grinding of walkways Best Documentary for Feature Films and Nyala Moon how not to meet trans for the best short film.

Director Odu Adamu won the festival’s annual “Pitch, Please” competition for his next project. The skin we are in. Prizes for the winners include a $ 5,000 cash production grant funded by Netflix and a final draft of $ 10,000 funded by Natural Funds, Moondog, EP Canada, William F. White and the BANFF World Media Festival.

An original comedy series based on Amazon Prime Video, Canada’s first screenplay Ტბა The festival wrapped up on Saturday night after Gabriel Martin’s Canadian family drama. mars one There was an opening movie at night.

This is the complete list of winners:

Audience awards

The best narrative feature.

we never belong
Directed by Amelia Eloise

Best Documentary Feature Film

GRINDING GATEWAY
Directed by Jacques Lawrence

Best Short Film

How not to book before TRANS
Directed by Niala Moon

Canadian jury awards

An emerging Canadian artist

Booking
Directed by Bria McLaughlin

The best Canadian short films

that or not
Directed by Dylan Glynn

best Canadian feature

in the ring
Directed by Ray Levy

International Jury Award

Best First Feature

Home
Directed by Joseph Lock