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Featuring the high school prom stories of queer people aged 17 to 88, ‘Take Me To Prom’ captures 70 years of LGBTQ social progress through this adolescent milestone. 20 mins.

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Full film available on CBC Gem (Canada), Youtube (International) & Real Stories (UK).

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Awards & Nominations:

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Best Short Documentary – Canadian Screen Awards 2020 

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Best Short Film, Nominee - Director's Guild of Canada Awards 2020

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Best Emerging Filmmaker, Documentary – March On Washington Film Festival 2019
 

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Programmers' Award, Best Short Documentary – Virginia Film Festival 2019
 

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Rising Tide Award – Toronto New Wave Festival 2019
 

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Best Short Documentary – Forest City Film Festival 2019
 

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Audience Award – Southwestern Film Festival 2019

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Top 5 Audience Favourite Shorts - Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival 2019
 

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Grand Jury Prize Nominee, Live Action Short - AFI FEST 2019
 

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Best Documentary Nominee - Heartland’s IndyShorts Film Festival 2019

 

 

Audience Favourite - Palm Springs ShortFest 2020

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Grand Prize Best LGBTQ Short, Youth Jury - Rhode Island Film Festival 2020

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Runner Up Best LGBTQ Short - Rhode Island Film Festival 2020

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Jury Prize Documentary Short - All Genders, Lifestyles and Identities Film Festival 2020

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Spirit Of The Fest Award – River Bend Film Festival 2020

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Best Short Documentary Audience Award - Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2020

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Best Short Documentary - Lac Cruces International Film Festival 2022

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Festivals:

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26e Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival (Toronto, Canada, 2019)

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32e AFI FEST (Los Angeles, CA, 2019)

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37e OutFest LGBTQ Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA, 2019)

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28e Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Hot Springs, AK, 2019)

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20e AFI DOCS Film Festival (Washington, DC, 2019)

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27e Heartland’s IndyShorts Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN, 2019)

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50e Nashville Film Festival (Nashville, TN, 2019)

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10e Milwaukee Film Festival (Milwaukee, WI, 2019)

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06e March on Washington Film Festival (Washington, DC, 2019)

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31e Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville, VA, 2019)

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11e NSI Film Festival (Winnipeg, MB, 2019)

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02e Pittsburgh Shorts (Pittsburgh, PA, 2019)

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03e Toronto New Wave Film Festival (Toronto, ON, 2019)

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12e Lonestar Film Festival (Fort Worth, TX, 2019)

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04e Forest City Film Festival (London, ON, 2019)

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04e Southwestern Film Festival (Sarnia, ON, 2019)

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16e ReFrame Film Festival (Peterborough, ON, 2020)

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DC Video Consortium (Washington, DC, 2020)

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21e Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival (Calgary, AB, 2020)

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17e Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Missoula, MT, 2020)

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43e Cleveland International Film Festival (Cleveland, OH, 2020)

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32e Brooklyn International Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY, 2020)

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19e Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (Palm Springs, CA, 2020)

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17e Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival (Salt Lake, UT, 2020)

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05e River Bend Film Festival (Goshen, IN, 2020)

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33e All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (Austin, TX, 2020)

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15e Festival Face å Face du Film LGBTI+ de Saint-Étienne (Saint-Étienne, FR, 2020)

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31e Vancouver Queer Film Festival (Vancouver, BC, 2020)

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02e Melanin Pride Festival (Boston, MS, 2020)

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06e Everybody’s Perfect Geneva International Queer Film Festival (Geneva, SW, 2020)

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25e Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Provincetown, Rhode Island, 2020)

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08e OUT North Queer Film Festival (Whitehorse, YT, 2020)

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31e Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Festival (Tampa, FL, 2020)

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33e Out On Film Atlanta (Atlanta, GE, 2020)

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Pride Pictures 27e Queer Film Festival (Karlsruhe, DE, 2020)

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31e New Orleans Film Festival (New Orleans, LA, 2020)

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11e Harvey Milk Festival (Sarasota, FL, 2020)

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15e TLVFest (Tel Aviv, IL, 2020)

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25e Seattle Queer Film Film Festival (Seattle, WA, 2020)

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14e Filmovy Festival Iakosti (Braitslava, SK, 2020)

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32e NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival (New York, NY, 2020)

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08e Cinema Queer International Film Festival (Stolkholm, SW, 2020)

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27e Mix Brasil Festival of Diversity (São Paulo, BR, 2020)

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20e Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN, 2020)

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11e International Queer Film Festival Merlinka (Belgrade, SRB, 2020)

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21e Mezipatra Queer Film Festival (Prague, CR, 2020)

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10e Loft Short Film Festival (Tuscon, AR, 2020)

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21e Maui Film Festival (Maui, HI, 2020)

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18e  Zinegoak, Bilbao International LGBTQI Film and Performing Arts Festival (Bilbao, ES, 2021)

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14e Thin Line Fest (Denton, TX, 2021) 

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11e Docutah International Documentary Film Festival (St. George, UT, 2021)

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24e Pink Apple Filmfestival (Zurich, CH, 2021)

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12e Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (Mumbai, IN 2021)

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10e Prague Pride Festival (Prague, CZ, 2021)

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15e Slovak Queer Film Festival (Rajská, SK, 2021)

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48e Athens International Film + Video Festival (Athens, OH, 2021)

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25e Perlen Queer Film Festival (Hanover, DE, 2021)

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7e Las Cruces International Film Festival (Las Cruces, NM, 2022) 
 

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Produced in association with CBC Short Docs and Real Stories.