TIFF Lightbox Cinema 1
From eye appointments to sex appointments, cheating boyfriends to dancing dogs, this collection of local shorts puts Toronto filmmakers in the spotlight in the way only Inside Out knows how to do. We are here, we are Queer, and we’ve brought you these incredible, strange, and unforgettable local stories.
When everything seems blurry after a recent breakup, Tobi visits an optometrist, convinced she needs new glasses.
Director(s): Lief Ramsaran
Country: Canada
Year: 2025
Duration: 10 mins
While their best friend loses their virginity in an adjoining motel room, high school sophomores Charlie and Emmett bond over the sexual insecurity of adolescence.
Director(s): Shaun Soutar
Country: Canada
Year: 2026
Duration: 13 mins
In a humid Toronto summer, 20-something Fei begins to suspect her boyfriend is cheating. As doubt takes root for Fei, she searches for connection elsewhere.
English and Korean with English subtitles
Director(s): Juliet Belisario
Country: Canada
Year: 2025
Duration: 8 mins
Wild, grappling with internalized homophobia, spirals into addiction and denial within a surreal world until an ancient force compels her to choose darkness or healing.
Director(s): Judith Schuyler
Country: Canada
Year: 2025
Duration: 14 mins
Returning home, a Queer filmmaker finds their mother awakened to a new understanding beyond patriarchy, as the two reconcile amidst a past shaped by unspoken pain.
Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles
Director(s): Yi Shi
Country: Canada, China
Year: 2026
Duration: 10 mins
Segments from childhood diaries intertwine with poetry to tell the story of Boygirl:a genderqueer child who is traversing the complexity of their inner world.
Director(s): Michal Heuston
Country: Canada
Year: 2026
Duration: 13 mins
While rehearsing a sexual assault scene, a pair of actors form a connection they'll be forced to reconfigure once filming begins.
Director(s): Andy Reid
Country: Canada
Year: 2025
Duration: 15 mins
Charlie and Mere navigate co-parenting their dog, Archie, after their relationship falls apart.
Director(s): Jessie Posthumus
Country: Canada
Year: 2025
Duration: 17 mins
TIFF Lightbox Cinema 1 