Matt Salton, Executive Director
director@reelout.com
Matt Salton (he/him) has been a programmer and film festival organizer for the past 25 years. An original Reelout collective member, Matt was also the Festival Director of Calgary’s FairyTales Queer Film Festival and was the co-director/founder of the Slimebone City Horror Film Festival. Salton wrote and directed REALITY HIGH which was nominated for Best Student Film by the Alberta Film and Television Industry in 2009. He has been a guest juror at the Image + Nation Film Festival in Montreal, OUTshine Film festival in Miami/Ft Lauderdale & the Pink Life Film Festival in Ankara, Turkey. Salton majored in Business of Film at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and graduated with honours. Salton has served on the advisory boards of the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (07-09) , The City of Kingston Arts Advisory Committee (11-14) and MANO/RAMO (14-17, 22-present).
2024-2025 Programming Committee
Aksel Richard, Matt Salton, Kel Martin, Tamara Lang, Angel Tucker, Darcy McNinch, William Carroll, & Deanna Auger
Amillia Ho, Festival Manager
Andi Wilder, Volunteer Coordinator
reeloutvolunteer@gmail.com
Vincent Perez, Graphic Designer
Deanna Auger, Additional Graphic Design
William Carroll, Youth Accessibility Leader
Jordan Richards, Print Traffic Coordinator
Ruth Messier, Bookkeeper
Festival Support Team
Alice Brisbin, Gillian Golds & William Jennings
Guest Moderators/Curators
Bracy Appeikumoh, Noah Berc, & Christopher Dupuis
Jury for the 2025 Kim Renders Memorial Awards for Best Performance
Trevor Campbell
Michael Catlin
Leanna Williams
Special Thanks to 26 years of service from our staff and collective!
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