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Meet the new head of Toronto’s Inside Out film festival
Thursday October 27th 2016In July, Andria Wilson and her girlfriend Jules Hobin packed their two cats into a U-Haul and left Halifax to start a new life in Toronto.
“I just decided to go all in,” she said in an interview this week at a coffee shop on Richmond St.
Her gamble paid off. Following a year-long international search, Inside Out announced Thursday that Wilson is the LGBT film festival’s new executive director. Inside Out is the third largest film festival in Toronto (following TIFF and Hot Docs) and Canada’s largest LGBT film festival.
The 33-year-old, dressed today in a tan shrunken blazer over a black shirt and pants, founded Halifax’s OutEast film festival, now in its fifth year.
“When we started OutEast, it was like a fish-to-water situation,” she says. “When you get a chance to speak about the thing that you are the most passionate about in front of an audience that is also there for the same reason, it becomes the easiest thing in the world.”
Scott Ferguson, Inside Out’s outgoing executive director who is stepping down after 15 years, applauds the hire. “There is an opportunity to look at people coming up in the ranks who are young and are going to approach things with a slightly different eye,” he says.
“She has a really natural charisma that I know comes from a really genuine place,” says Jason Wagar, Chair of Inside Out’s board of directors. “I think that will translate very well both onstage and in the boardroom as we develop more relationships with supporters.”
Though she’s still new to the city, Toronto arts workers should expect to see a lot of Wilson on the culture circuit. “Anyone who is involved in the arts and culture sector in Nova Scotia in the last couple of years would likely know Andria,” says Kellie Manning, board representative for OutEast.
“Andria is just such a remarkable leader. She is bright, dynamic and certainly well proven in Atlantic Canada.”
Wilson is, of course, a fervent film aficionado. She’s gushed so much about the queer coming-of-age drama Moonlight, in theatres Friday, that she fears she’s exhausted the interest of everyone within earshot.
She’s genuinely stumped trying to name a film that people are surprised she hasn’t seen. Asked at random if she’s seen the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis, she says she has.
“I grew up in the theatre and musical theatre,” she explains. “Singing in the Rain was my first favourite movie as a kid, then West Side Story, then Guys and Dolls, which I have recently rewatched, and it does not hold up.”
As much as she watches at home, including “tons of TV and Netflix,” her favourite movie-watching experience is still going to the theatre. “I go all the time,” she says.
“I go alone. Occasionally I will bring my partner, but I really like to go alone. I like watching other people watch the films.
“I know that sounds a little odd. But that’s as much of the experience for me as the film itself. And I know that feeling has brought me to this work.”
Source: Toronto Star
Front Page, Headline, Industry News
Meet the new head of Toronto’s Inside Out film festival
Thursday October 27th 2016In July, Andria Wilson and her girlfriend Jules Hobin packed their two cats into a U-Haul and left Halifax to start a new life in Toronto.
“I just decided to go all in,” she said in an interview this week at a coffee shop on Richmond St.
Her gamble paid off. Following a year-long international search, Inside Out announced Thursday that Wilson is the LGBT film festival’s new executive director. Inside Out is the third largest film festival in Toronto (following TIFF and Hot Docs) and Canada’s largest LGBT film festival.
The 33-year-old, dressed today in a tan shrunken blazer over a black shirt and pants, founded Halifax’s OutEast film festival, now in its fifth year.
“When we started OutEast, it was like a fish-to-water situation,” she says. “When you get a chance to speak about the thing that you are the most passionate about in front of an audience that is also there for the same reason, it becomes the easiest thing in the world.”
Scott Ferguson, Inside Out’s outgoing executive director who is stepping down after 15 years, applauds the hire. “There is an opportunity to look at people coming up in the ranks who are young and are going to approach things with a slightly different eye,” he says.
“She has a really natural charisma that I know comes from a really genuine place,” says Jason Wagar, Chair of Inside Out’s board of directors. “I think that will translate very well both onstage and in the boardroom as we develop more relationships with supporters.”
Though she’s still new to the city, Toronto arts workers should expect to see a lot of Wilson on the culture circuit. “Anyone who is involved in the arts and culture sector in Nova Scotia in the last couple of years would likely know Andria,” says Kellie Manning, board representative for OutEast.
“Andria is just such a remarkable leader. She is bright, dynamic and certainly well proven in Atlantic Canada.”
Wilson is, of course, a fervent film aficionado. She’s gushed so much about the queer coming-of-age drama Moonlight, in theatres Friday, that she fears she’s exhausted the interest of everyone within earshot.
She’s genuinely stumped trying to name a film that people are surprised she hasn’t seen. Asked at random if she’s seen the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis, she says she has.
“I grew up in the theatre and musical theatre,” she explains. “Singing in the Rain was my first favourite movie as a kid, then West Side Story, then Guys and Dolls, which I have recently rewatched, and it does not hold up.”
As much as she watches at home, including “tons of TV and Netflix,” her favourite movie-watching experience is still going to the theatre. “I go all the time,” she says.
“I go alone. Occasionally I will bring my partner, but I really like to go alone. I like watching other people watch the films.
“I know that sounds a little odd. But that’s as much of the experience for me as the film itself. And I know that feeling has brought me to this work.”
Source: Toronto Star
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Front Page, Headline, Industry News
Meet the new head of Toronto’s Inside Out film festival
Thursday October 27th 2016In July, Andria Wilson and her girlfriend Jules Hobin packed their two cats into a U-Haul and left Halifax to start a new life in Toronto.
“I just decided to go all in,” she said in an interview this week at a coffee shop on Richmond St.
Her gamble paid off. Following a year-long international search, Inside Out announced Thursday that Wilson is the LGBT film festival’s new executive director. Inside Out is the third largest film festival in Toronto (following TIFF and Hot Docs) and Canada’s largest LGBT film festival.
The 33-year-old, dressed today in a tan shrunken blazer over a black shirt and pants, founded Halifax’s OutEast film festival, now in its fifth year.
“When we started OutEast, it was like a fish-to-water situation,” she says. “When you get a chance to speak about the thing that you are the most passionate about in front of an audience that is also there for the same reason, it becomes the easiest thing in the world.”
Scott Ferguson, Inside Out’s outgoing executive director who is stepping down after 15 years, applauds the hire. “There is an opportunity to look at people coming up in the ranks who are young and are going to approach things with a slightly different eye,” he says.
“She has a really natural charisma that I know comes from a really genuine place,” says Jason Wagar, Chair of Inside Out’s board of directors. “I think that will translate very well both onstage and in the boardroom as we develop more relationships with supporters.”
Though she’s still new to the city, Toronto arts workers should expect to see a lot of Wilson on the culture circuit. “Anyone who is involved in the arts and culture sector in Nova Scotia in the last couple of years would likely know Andria,” says Kellie Manning, board representative for OutEast.
“Andria is just such a remarkable leader. She is bright, dynamic and certainly well proven in Atlantic Canada.”
Wilson is, of course, a fervent film aficionado. She’s gushed so much about the queer coming-of-age drama Moonlight, in theatres Friday, that she fears she’s exhausted the interest of everyone within earshot.
She’s genuinely stumped trying to name a film that people are surprised she hasn’t seen. Asked at random if she’s seen the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis, she says she has.
“I grew up in the theatre and musical theatre,” she explains. “Singing in the Rain was my first favourite movie as a kid, then West Side Story, then Guys and Dolls, which I have recently rewatched, and it does not hold up.”
As much as she watches at home, including “tons of TV and Netflix,” her favourite movie-watching experience is still going to the theatre. “I go all the time,” she says.
“I go alone. Occasionally I will bring my partner, but I really like to go alone. I like watching other people watch the films.
“I know that sounds a little odd. But that’s as much of the experience for me as the film itself. And I know that feeling has brought me to this work.”
Source: Toronto Star
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