Out On Screen
The Vancouver Out On Screen Film and Video Society
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Founded in 1988, Out On Screen is a non-profit association based in Vancouver, Canada working on lgbtq+, arts & culture, education +1 more.
Out On Screen is a queer non-profit society based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It runs the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, an annual eleven-day festival of 2SLGBTQIA film, and Out In Schools, which brings films and facilitated discussions about 2SLGBTQIA experiences to schools across BC. The organisation also runs year-round programmes, including a paid film programming fellowship for emerging BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA curators, and supports queer, trans and Two-Spirit filmmakers and artists. Its work is aimed at youth, educators, filmmakers and local and provincial queer communities, and it works in consultation with Indigenous nations on whose territories it operates.
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Out In Schools
Education · Canada
Peer-led presentations and workshops, using film and facilitated discussion, on 2SLGBTQIA experiences for students and educators across BC, in person and online.
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Arts & Culture · Canada
Annual eleven-day film festival in Vancouver showcasing 2SLGBTQIA cinema, with in-person and online screenings, events and industry programs.
Programming Disruptor Fellowship
Employment & Skills · Canada
Paid training and work opportunity for emerging BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA film programmers, developing skills in film curation.
Troublemakers Film Project
Heritage · Canada
Intergenerational project pairing queer youth and seniors to create documentary shorts about Vancouver's queer history.
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The Cinematheque, Reel Youth, Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival
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