18th Annual InsideOut Toronto Festival Award Winners

Recently the award winners of this fest were announced and here they are.

Jury Awards

Best Canadian Feature-Length Narrative or Documentary: BE LIKE OTHERS directed by Tanaz Eshaghian
Honorable Mention: SHE’S A BOY I KNEW directed by Gwen Haworth

Best Canadian Short: FOR A RELATIONSHIP directed by Jim Verburg (screened in the Montréal, mon amour program)
Honorable Mention: NO BIKINI directed by Claudia Morgado Escanilla (screened with LIKE A VIRGIN)

Best Up-and-Coming Toronto Film or Video Maker: Barb Taylor for directing TOMBOY (screened with FREE TO BE...YOU & ME)

Audience Awards

Inside Out Award for Best Feature Film or Video: WERE THE WORLD MINE directed by Tom Gustafson
2nd place: RAZZLE DAZZLE: A JOURNEY INTO DANCE directed by Darren Ashton
3rd place: FINN’S GIRL directed by Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona

Elle Flanders Documentary Award for Best Documentary Film or Video: SHE’S A BOY I KNEW directed by Gwen Haworth
2nd place: THE BELIEVERS directed by Todd Holland
3rd place: WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL directed by Matt Wolf

Mikey/Schmikey Award for Best Short Film or Video: PARIAH directed by Dee Rees (screened in the Dykes in the City program)
2nd place: RAPE FOR WHO I AM directed by Lovinsa Kavuma (screened in the Notes from South Africa program)
3rd place: CONGRATULATIONS DAISY GRAHAM directed by Cassandra Nicolaou (screened in the Hogtown Homos program)

To check the site for all the films, shorts and docs screened go here.