Reelout Arts Project
Board of Directors
Gary Cork, Board Chairperson
Amanda Rogers, Board Treasurer
Mark Donnan, Board Secretary
Terrie Easter Sheen, Board Director
Reena Kukreja, Board Director
Dale Lackeyram, Board Director
Tamara DeSzegheo Lang, Board Director
Aksel Richard, Board Director
Darcy McNinch, Board Director
Gordon Taylor Moffat, Board Director
Staff
Matt Salton, Executive Director
Matt Salton (he/him) has been a programmer and film festival organizer for the past 26 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, 22-25).
director@reelout.com
ReelOut's Programming Committee
Aksel Richard, Matt Salton, Kel Martin, Tamara Lang, Angel Tucker, Darcy McNinch, Shirley King, Alice Brisbin, Sonia Mortensen, Andrea Ziedenberg.
More of the Team
Andi Wilder, Volunteer Coordinator reeloutvolunteer@gmail.com
Vincent Perez, Graphic Designer
Deanna Auger, Additional Graphic Design
William Carroll, Accessibility Leader
Ruth Messier, Bookkeeper
Festival Support Team
Maddie Lachance, Sophie Gill, Emily Facey, Casper Leonard.
Guest Moderators/Curators
Jury for the 2026 Kim Renders Memorial Awards for Best Performances
B.C. Gorrie
Noah Berc
