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Inside Out Toronto has announced eight new recipients for its annual RE:Focus Fund, now in its fourth year of supporting women, non-binary, and/or trans filmmakers. The Fund was initially launched in 2018 to address industry inequities through providing direct financial support to filmmakers telling…

Disney’s Pixar today confirmed its plans for a sequel to its critically acclaimed animated film Inside Out. The studio made the announcement during its D23 showcase, spotlighting projects across its live-action and animated slates, with both the original’s director Pete Docter and its voice actor Amy Poehler in…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first look at Drag Invasion (Invasión Drag), the Alberto Castro-directed documentary that is having its premiere at Canada’s Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival. The pic is available to stream for the duration of the fest, which kicked off Thursday with the opening-night film Language Lessons and…

Inside Out LGBTQ film festival has selected Lauren Howes (non-binary) as the new Executive Director for the organization. They take on the role which Andria Wilson stepped down from in September 2020. Howes’s role will take effect March 1. In addition to being one of the largest LGBTQ film festivals on North America…

EXCLUSIVE: Inside Out has teamed with OUTtv to launch “Out On Set”, an online database of LGBTQ2 (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Two Spirit) film crew and creative talent within North America. Industry professionals in North America will be able search, post opportunities and message talent within the…

The 30th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival has revealed its lineup for this year’s virtual edition which will also include drive-in and special events as it showcases 150 films and Nine episodic series. The fest was originally set for May but was pushed to October 1-11. Inside Out's Executive Director…

UPDATED after Saturday’s exclusive w/chart: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back came in much better than the high $400K-$500K anticipated with a $611K 3-day, and $644K five-day gross. In the current broken exhibition marketplace where 1,5K theaters are open, that’s a pretty potent weekend for a No 1 film, just under Gho…

Inside Out, Canada’s foremost LGBTQ film festival, has unveiled the 16 recipients for its RE:Focus 'Emergency Relief Fund', which was created in response to the pandemic and its impact on the industry. The fund was open to qualifying projects by women, non-binary, and/or trans filmmakers, including narrative and…

Inside Out has postponed the 30th anniversary of their annual LGTBQ film festival due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Canada-based fest was originally set for May 21-31 but on Wednesday Andria Wilson, Executive Director of Inside Out, announced that they have moved the date to October 1-11. “In looking back over our…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

With the gold man going to Inside Out tonight, again the big winner of this year’s Annies has proven to be the winner of the Oscar for Animated Feature Film. Long favored, the Amy Poehler-led Pixar/Disney pic about the often competing primary emotions within an 11-year-old girl is the fourth film in a row from Disney…

Years ago, screenwriter Meg LeFauve made the bold choice to leave a career as an executive at Jodie Foster's Egg Pictures, surprising many. But the move has paid off for her in a big way leading her on a path toward an Oscar nomination for her work on Pixar's Inside Out, which she shares with Pete Docter, as well as…