Queering Boundaries means going beyond a fixed identity and embracing fluidity.
Though situated in the West of Toronto, we see the literal city borders and
boundaries as contested and in flux. Through the medium of film, the Toronto
International Queer West Film Festival will push for a more inclusive and complex
queer identity; a queer identity that is necessarily shaped through interactions
with place, space and community. At the same time, the sites, sounds and boundaries
of Toronto's "West End" will be (re)claimed, (re)presented and (re)named
as "queer".
Toronto is a city where queers come from different spaces, converging and
diverging to create their own sense of community, and the Queer West Film Festival
emphasizes that sense of connectedness.
Queer West Film Festival - Mission Statement - Our mission
is to provide a voice for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer youth
by presenting films and videos that only represent the diversity of the GLBT
community. By providing innovative, diverse, accessible, quality screen events,
which promote/stimulate, educate, enlighten, support queer cultures and entertain
us all.
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Saturday August 14th, 2010 — 3rd annual Toronto International
Queer West Film Festival
Where: The Revue Cinema (244 Seats)
Address: 400 Roncesvalles Avenue
Start Time: 4 pm
End Time: 6 pm
Impromptu after party at the Local right next to the Revue
Film directors will attend, and a Q & A follows time permitting
Cover $5/PWYC
About Queer
West Film Festival
We received submissions from all over the world. We wish we could have
shown all of them, but then it would have been a three day festival.
Muchas Gracias to Queen
Video paying for the entire cost of the Revue Theatre rental.
QUEER WEST FILM FESTIVAL 2010 – FINAL FILMS SELECTION
DIRECTOR: Pablo Herran de Viu
TITLE: MISUNDERSTOOD 15:53 min
ABOUT: Alvaro understands that in order to project a sincere smile, you must
understand and accept yourself first.
DIRECTOR: Ilona Alex Abramovich
WEB SITE www.ilona6.com
TITLE: Where Is The Support? 4 min
ABOUT: A short film that portrays the complexities and painful impact that coming
out has.
DIRECTORS: Ilona Alex Abramovich and Amy Siegel
TITLE: Out on the Street 11 min
ABOUT: This short film explores LGBTQ youth homelessness in Toronto and the
lack of support available. Several people’s lived experiences are shared.
DIRECTOR: Abby Lambert
WEB SITE vimeo.com/user2499436
TITLE: Confession 1:56 min
ABOUT: Struggling with her gender identity, a female confesses, to herself,
a desire to be masculine. This is revealed through grooming routines.
DIRECTOR: Abby Lambert
TITLE: Self Serve 2:09 min
ABOUT: A woman finds power and pleasure in her domestic work comparable to a
man in uniform.
DIRECTOR: Francoise Doherty
WEB SITE en.wikipedia.org/Doherty
TITLE: Girl Bunnies. HOCKEY. 5 min
ABOUT: A musically animated stop motion story of a homo-girl-rabbit-world. Coco
loves hockey, but she REALLY loves hockey girl.
DIRECTOR: Kyisha Williams
TITLE: Red Lips 10 min
ABOUT: Explores racialized/queer/trans/femme sexualized and criminalized identity.
It articulates and challenges interpersonal and systematic violence – while
celebrating the ways in which we survive and celebrate ourselves
DIRECTOR: Jakeb Anhvu
TITLE: S.W.A.Y 5 min
ABOUT: This short documentary tells the story of Andie Hider. Andie was born
with a condition called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome or A.I.S, which has
been incorrectly labeled “hermaphrodite”.
DIRECTOR: David Aronson
TITLE: Night Nurse 16:10 mins
ABOUT: Night Nurse details the troubled life of a youngster in the throes of
depression and the lascivious nurse taking care of him.
Event Description: This year the 3rd annual Queer West Film Festival
is Queering Boundaries. We
are excited to screen films that question the boundaries of the home, the
body and the mind. Films that create a dialogue about racialized/trans/queer
identity. Films that rethink and redefine the queer subject on screen. Mostly,
the films screened at the Queer West Film Festival strive to broaden the notion
of identity through each films narrative (de) construction. The QWFF will
also be focusing on the boundary queering work of Toronto’s LGBT Triangle Program
through a brief 15 year retrospective. http://triangleprogram.ca/about-2/