Goings On

If your end-of-summer calendar isn’t packed yet, we’ve got you covered! From free screenings and giveaways with chances to win concert tickets, to markets where you can meet the Inside Out team, there’s plenty happening this month. Check out our roundup of where to find us below. (And be sure to check back for updates!)

Free Screening of The Queen of My Dreams

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Bell Manor Park

~8:30PM

Inside Out is co-presenting The Queen of My Dreams by Fawzia Mirza at Toronto Outdoor Picture Show this month, with short films Pink Light and Baby Fat (all Festival favourites!). Through the lens of Bollywood fantasy, the time-bending, transnational journey film THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS tells the story of Azra, a queer Pakistani-Canadian Muslim woman. Azra’s coming-of-age narrative is portrayed alongside flashbacks of her mother’s own young adult story.

RE:Focus Residency Submissions

Submissions Close Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The program is designed to support emerging and mid-career women, non-binary, and/or trans writer-directors as they develop their first feature film. Learn more here.

Good Friends Market

Sunday, August 30, 2026

Dundas/Dovercourt (Location TBA)

10:00AM – 4:00PM

Good Friends Market is a Toronto-based market where good people, good finds, and good tastes collide. Part vintage treasure hunt, part handmade showcase, part “I didn’t plan on buying this but I had to.” Meet the team at our booth, grab some one-of-a-kind stickers, and try your hand at our vintage sticker machine! Find out more here.

Film Journaling Workshop with Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival

Thursday, September 24, 2026

401 Richmond Street West (Suite #303)

6:00PM – 8:00PM

Join the Inside Out team for an evening of creativity, conversation, and cinephilia! Create your own film journal, explore prompts to deepen how you engage with cinema, and connect with fellow film and stationery lovers. Register for free here.

Giveaways with LiveNation

Need some fun concerts this fall? Enter our giveaways on social for your chance to win for free! Click on the images below to enter.

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