Shorts: Icons

Carabiners, karaoke nights, climbing legends, drag royalty, and resilient communities come together to create a program that highlights the power of queerness. Celebrate our past, present, and future through the stories of inspiring real-life icons.

Guests: Gianna Mazzeo

This program has 5 films.

June 1, 2024 11:45 am
TIFF Lightbox 2
350 King Street West
Toronto ON

Digital Screening Available on June 2

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*Please note, Inside Out digital screenings are GEO-BLOCKED to ONTARIO, you must be in Ontario to access digital programming.

Community Partner

The History of the Carabiner

Gianna Mazzeo

Gianna Mazzeo

Director

A tongue-in-cheek, historical documentary / fashion film hybrid that takes viewers on a journey through queer history to trace the origins of the carabiner as a lesbian symbol.

Country

Netherlands

Year

2023

Duration

7 mins

Interests

Lesbian, Queer, RE:Focus

One Night At Babes

Angelo Madsen Minax

Angelo Madsen Minax

Director

At a rural Vermont dive bar called Babes, Cribbage tournaments overlap with afternoons of karaoke and nights of raucous Queer dance parties.

Country

United States

Year

2024

Duration

29 mins

Interests

Gay, Trans

Jardines

Alfredo Torres

Alfredo Torres

Director

While waiting in limbo, displaced LGBTQ folks hoping to cross into the United States find support and healing with one another.

Country

Costa Rica

Year

2023

Duration

26 mins

Interests

Activism, Gay, Latinx, Lesbian, Trans

Sultana's reign

Hadi Moussally

Hadi Moussally

Director

Palestinian drag queen, performer, and artist, Sultana of New York, reflects on her journey from Jordan, to Egypt, Lebanon, and New York.

Country

France

Year

2023

Duration

10 mins

Interests

Aging / Elders, Drag, Intergenerational, Middle Eastern

Jamie

Darcy Hennessey

Darcy Hennessey

Director

Alpinist Jamie Logan has taken on some of the most dangerous climbs in the world but nothing felt as life-threatening as admitting that she wanted to begin a new life as a woman.

Country

United States

Year

2023

Duration

19 mins

Interests

Family, Lesbian, Sports, Trans

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