We asked five Canadian filmmakers to create short new media installations focusing on the plight of queers around the world. The new media installations will be showcased at the Exhibit at the 519 Church Street Centre and on three Pride Super Screens on site from Friday, June 27th – Sunday, June 29th to over one million people. Our entire festival, including the new media installations, will also be webcast here on our web site, bringing the Global Human Rights for Queers: What OUT is About campaign to millions more around the world.
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Noam Gonick
In, “No Safe Words”, Gonick, an acclaimed Winnipeg filmmaker, uses JumboTron sports commercials as his muse to spell out our complicity in fetishizing images of strength, power relations and control. Produced with assistance from VIVO + The Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Executive Producers: Bruce Bailey and Alfredo Ferran Calle.  |
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Nico Stagias
“Words are our most powerful allies” – the Russian word has always held a place in the personification of the Russian spirit. Here, the beauty of Cyrillics is used to expose the horror of queer life in contemporary Russia. Nico’s work examines queer identity, gender fluidity and the immigrant experience as a first generation Canadian of Greek heritage.
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Dana Inkster
In “Electric Dreams”: the words of gay rights activist, Gareth Henry evoke a dream of the origins, politics and possibilities we wear as we wander through each moment. Dana Inkster is a media artist and teacher.
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Aisha Fairclough
“STOP MURDER MUSIC” For every beat that spreads hate…someone pays the ultimate price: their life. Aisha Fairclough is a Toronto based filmmaker and television researcher, on the advisory board for Mpenzi Black Women’s International Film and Video Festival.
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Mateo Guez
"XY" is a close up on souls behind bodies where discrimination is still a fact and being LGBT is still a crime. Mateo Guez, a native of France, is an award winning director, writer and producer, now in pre-production with his new feature film, “Innocent.”
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