Interest: LGBTQ2S+
I am Skylar
An inspiring and honest look at the challenges facing a transgender teenager and how the love of her family and community allowed her to embrace her true self.
Director
Rachel Bower
Writer
Rachel Bower
Producer
Rohan Fernando
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
The Tailor
A young gender-nonconforming person finds solace and support in an unexpected location, the workshop of a master tailor.
Director
Nathalie Therriault
Writer
Nathalie Therriault
Cast
Hiro Kanagawa, Megan Danso
Producer
Andy Alvarez
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Woman Dress
Using archival footage and dramatized re-enactments retells a story about a Two Spirit person named Woman Dress that has been passed down through multiple generations of the Cuthand family.
Director
TJ Cuthand (Cree)
Writer
TJ Cuthand (Cree)
Cast
Kiley May, Beth Cuthand, TJ Cuthand (Cree)
Producer
Justine Pimlott
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
Maman est chez le coiffeur (Mommy Is at the Hairdresser’s)
It's the summer of 1966. The sun is shining and the world is full of possibilities. But for 15-year-old Élise (Fortier), there are issues simmering beneath the surface of her happy family life.
When a shocking discovery drives her mother to leave the family, everyone is stunned. Amid the chaos, Élise decides it's up to her to take matters into her own hands and solve the problems. While her father and two brothers withdraw into their inner world, Élise is not discouraged. Trying to keep her family's troubles a secret, she discovers that no one around her has a life as perfect as it seems at first glance.
A tender and touching story of coming of age in difficult circumstances, Mommy's at the Hairdresser's is a film full of rich, vivid colors that are wonderfully evocative of hot summer days. It's not exactly the summer Élise was expecting, but it will be a summer unlike any other.
Director
Léa Pool
A Member of the Order of Canada, Pool has earned three Genie Award nominations for Best Direction. Her films include Emporte Moi, Mouvements du désir, Lost and Delirious, La dernière fugue, Et au pire, on se mariera and Hôtel Silence, as well as the documentaries Pink Ribbons, Inc and Double peine. La passion d'Augustine won 15 awards, among them six Prix Iris, including Best Film and Best Director.
Writer
Isabelle Hébert
Cast
Marianne Fortier, Élie Dupuis, Hugo St-Onge-Paquin
Producers
Lyse Lafontaine, Michael Mosca
Genre
Drama
Interests
Family Relationships, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+, Strong Female Leads
Original Language
French
Mambo Italiano
At nearly 30 years of age, Angelo shocks his parents — and the entire community — by brazenly defying tradition: He moves out to live his own life despite not being married. Free at last, he falls in love with his long-lost childhood chum Nino (Miller), and the two move in together. They try to keep their sexuality a secret, while their families worry, suspect and scheme to set them up with nice Italian girls. It’s not easy being Italian and gay, and when the pressures of his double life begin to overwhelm Angelo, his reactions set off an explosively funny chain of surprise revelations, comic reversals and unexpected outcomes.
Mambo Italiano was nominated for six Canadian Comedy Awards.
Director
Émile Gaudreault
Gaudreault co-wrote Louis 19, le roi des ondes, which Ron Howard adapted into EDtv. Gaudreault both co-wrote and directed De pere en flic (the highest-grossing French-language film in Canadian history), Le vrai du faux, Le sens de l'humour and Mambo Italiano, which earned six Canadian Comedy Award nominations. He also wrote and directed De père en flic 2, and most recently, the comedy Menteur. He also co-wrote the upcoming Lignes de fuite, and is producing the English-language remake of De père en flic, Fathers and Guns.
Writers
Steve Galluccio, Émile Gaudreault
Cast
Luke Kirby, Ginette Reno, Paul Sorvino, Peter Miller, Mary Walsh
Producers
Daniel Louis, Denise Robert
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
Family Relationships, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
Wildfire
Director
Bretten Hannam (L'nu)
Writer
Bretten Hannam (L'nu)
Cast
Guillermo Knockwood, Bobby Pierro
Producers
Bretten Hannam (L'nu), Gharrett Patrick Paon
Genre
Drama
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Family Relationships, Indigenous Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
The Little Deputy
Director
Trevor Anderson
Writer
Trevor Anderson
Cast
Trevor Anderson
Producer
Blake McWilliam
Genre
Documentary
Interest
LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
Take Me to Prom
The high school tradition of prom is explored through a series of interviews with LGBTQ+ students over the years, sharing their own diverse stories and perspectives.
Director
Andrew Moir
Producer
Andrew Moir
Genre
Documentary
Interests
BIPOC Stories, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
Reviving the Roost
Director
Vivek Shraya
Writer
Vivek Shraya
Producer
Justine Pimlott
Genres
Animation, Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Discrimination, Female Filmmaker, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
English
C.R.A.Z.Y.
The film follows Zac as life takes him on an epic journey to come to grips with his sexual identity. Buoyed by a vibrant soundtrack, C.R.A.Z.Y. boasts countless moments of true movie magic. It is at once a crowd pleaser and a poignant auteur film.
Director
Jean-Marc Vallée
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Vallée garnered nine Genie nominations for his first feature, Liste noire. C.R.A.Z.Y. was a box office hit and was honoured at film festivals worldwide. He directed the Oscar-nominated films Dallas Buyers Club and Wild, as well as Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and the hit TV series Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects. He tragically passed away in December 2021.
Writers
François Boulay, Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast
Michel Côté, Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Pierre-Luc Brillant
Producers
Jean-Marc Vallée, Pierre Even
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Interests
Bullying, Family Relationships, LGBTQ2S+
Original Language
French