OTHER PEOPLE AND KIKI BOOKEND INSIDE OUT TORONTO LGBT FILM FESTIVAL AS OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT FILMS

Festival runs May 26 to June 5, 2016

Public tickets on sale May 12 at insideout.ca

Presenting Sponsor: RBC Royal Bank Premier Sponsor: CTV

(TORONTO – April 26, 2016) The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, the largest event of its kind in Canada, announced today the Opening and Closing Night Galas for the 26th edition of the Festival, taking place May 26 to June 5, 2016. The Festival will open with the International Premiere of Chris Kelly’s (Saturday Night Live, Broad City) writing-directing debut OTHER PEOPLE and will close with the Canadian Premiere of Sara Jordenö’s joyous and inspiring documentary KIKI.

Opening Night Gala OTHER PEOPLE – International Premiere Director: Chris Kelly

A personal and semi-autobiographical dramatic comedy it follows David, a struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life as he returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother. The film stars Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad), Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, Zach Woods, Maude Apatow and Madisen Beaty.

Closing Night Gala KIKI – Canadian Premiere Director: Sara Jordenö

25 years after Jennie Livingston’s classic documentary Paris is Burning and Madonna’s Vogue video, KIKI is a dynamic coming of age story about agency, resilience and the transformative artform that is Voguing. It offers riveting and complex insight into the daily lives of a group of LGBTQ youth-of-color who comprise the “Kiki” scene, a vibrant, safe space for performance created and governed by these activists. Following members of the scene as they prepare for and perform at exuberant Kiki balls in New York City, KIKI highlights the infectious joy of these performances, while also foregrounding the scene's urgent social function as an alternative family structure.

“We are honoured to open and close this year’s Festival with these personal and passionate works and support the efforts of these exceptional filmmakers,” said Scott Ferguson, Executive Director of Inside Out. “OTHER PEOPLE and KIKI begin and wrap an incredible line up we’ve assembled for this year’s Festival.”

The Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival celebrates 26 years of showcasing the most ground-breaking, powerful and entertaining work in LGBT cinema from Canada and around the world. Tickets on sale starting May 12 at insideout.ca.

Additional programming updates are forthcoming in the weeks leading up to opening night

About Inside Out Inside Out presents the annual Toronto LGBT Film Festival, with financial support from Presenting Sponsor, RBC Royal Bank and Premier Sponsor, CTV. It is the largest event of its kind in Canada, showcasing the best and most diverse films by, for and of interest to LGBT communities. For 11 days, the Festival draws crowds of more than 32,500 to screenings, artist talks, panel discussions, installations and parties that showcase more than 175 films from Canada and around the world.

In addition, Inside Out is committed to challenging attitudes and changing lives year- round through the exhibition, production and promotion of LGBT film with initiatives that include the Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, development programs featuring the newly launched New Visions Project (formerly Queer Video Mentorship Project) and the Harold Greenberg Fund Short to Feature Award, as well as the Four-Play Screening Series.

About RBC Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 37 other countries. For more information, please visit rbc.com.

In 2015, the RBC Foundation committed more than $4.3 million to 167 arts and cultural organizations supporting local, national and international initiatives, contributing to the cultural fabric of our communities. Our support is focused on artists in the early stages of their careers through the RBC Emerging Artists Project.

RBC helps communities prosper, supporting a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments, sponsorships and employee volunteer activities. In 2015, we contributed more than $100 million to causes around the world.

About CTV CTV is Canada’s #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada’s most-watched television network for the past 14 years in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home. Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the network’s website at CTV.ca.

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