Inside Out

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Please submit your rough cut via FilmFreeway and email the following information in one document to jenna@insideout.ca.

Logline
Synopsis (250 words max)
Filmmaker Statement (250 words max)
Link to Rough Cut (Vimeo or other streaming link only)
Key Cast and Crew
Budget, including Post-Production (Top Sheet only)
Funding Request ($500-$2,500)

Established in 2018, Inside Out’s RE:Focus Fund aims to address industry inequities through providing direct financial support to women, non-binary, and / or trans filmmakers telling 2SLGBTQ+ stories. Founded through a lead gift from Martha McCain, the fund has distributed more than $150,000 in festival travel grants and professional development programs for filmmakers since its creation.

In 2019, Inside Out expanded the fund with the launch of the RE:Focus Fund Post-Production Grants to support post-production and promotion of short and feature films. In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our industry, Inside Out is launched an emergency relief arm of the fund.

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For more information on donating to the RE:Focus Fund, and how you can support 2SLGBTQ+ women and non-binary filmmakers through Inside Out, contact:

Lauren Howes
Executive Director
lauren[at]insideout.ca

“Inside Out is committed to developing 2SLGBTQ+ voices in cinema and providing resources that support 2SLGBTQ+ people telling their own stories on film” says Andria Wilson, Inside Out’s previous Executive Director. “As we move towards our 30th anniversary in 2020, Inside Out will be launching programs and initiatives that address inequities in our industry and provide necessary points of intervention. Supporting the voices of queer and trans women and non-binary people with direct financial assistance is a critical next step in this mission.”

“I applaud the initiative of Inside Out to create a future of greater inclusion and representation for The 2SLGBTQ+ community in film” adds Martha McCain, lead donor. “The idea for the Re:Focus Fund makes sense and is timely – actually it’s well overdue and is a positive, strategic step in the right direction. I am therefore delighted to lend my support to their Re:Focus Fund so that it may, in turn, provide opportunities for professional development, growth and achievement to 2SLGBTQ+ women and non-binary filmmakers. With the Re:Focus Fund, Inside Out is helping more 2SLGBTQ+ voices to be heard. I’m very proud to support their efforts. I hope you’ll join me.”