The Queer North Film Festival is an annual film festival in Sudbury, Ontario, which presents an annual program of LGBT film. Presented by the Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op, the festival was staged for the first time in 2016. The same organization also stages the city's Junction North International Documentary Film Festival.
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 and The Pinco Triangle in 2018.
The festival's executive director is Beth Mairs.
The event is a qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards.
Awards
2016
- Audience Choice, Best of Show: Fire Song — Adam Garnet Jones
- Audience Choice, Best Women's Film: Suicide Kale — Carly Usdin
- Audience Choice, Best Men's Film: Those People — Joey Kuhn
- Audience Choice, Best Trans Film: The Pearl of Africa — Jonny von Wallström
- Audience Choice, Best Two-Spirit Film: Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things — Mark Kenneth Woods, Michael Yerxa
- Jury Award, Best Canadian Film: Fire Song — Adam Garnet Jones
- Jury Award, Best Narrative Short: Dawn — Rose McGowan
- Jury Award, Best Documentary Short: Handsome & Majestic — Jeff Petry, Nathan Drillot
- Jury Award, Best Northern Ontario Film: Shades of Reality
- Jury Award, Best Foreign Film: Dawn — Rose McGowan
2018
- Audience Choice, Best of Show: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston
- Audience Choice, Best Women's Film: Chavela — Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
- Audience Choice, Best Trans Film: Transformer — Michael Del Monte
- Audience Choice, Best Men's Film: Call Me By Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
- Jury Award, Best Canadian Film: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston
- Jury Award, Best Northern Ontario Film: The Pinco Triangle — Patrick Crowe, Tristan R. Whiston
- Jury Award, Best Narrative Short: Something About Alex — Reinout Hellenthal
- Jury Award, Best Documentary Short: Grey Violet – Odd One Out — Reetta Aalto
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.
- ^ "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.
