About
The Nickel Independent Film and Video Festival was conceived in July, 2001 by St. John's, Newfoundland filmmaker Roger Maunder. Inspired by a need for local filmmakers to show their films, the Nickel Festival was named after the Nickel Theatre - the first theatre in Newfoundland to show talking pictures - movies.
Now in its eleventh year, The Nickel continues to grow in an effort to support local, Canadian and even foreign short films, features, documentaries and music videos.
With growing numbers submissions from our thriving film community and entries from across Canada and abroad, The Nickel Independent Film Festival developed into a necessary annual event. Early Nickel Festivals gave us screenings of important Newfoundland & Labrador films such as "The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood" and "The Rowdyman", documentaries like "My Left Breast" and "Waiting for Fidel", as well as many shorts from emerging filmmakers without a venue to screen their works.
In addition to screenings, the festival offers workshops, question and answer periods with filmmakers, and showcases local live artists. A multi-faceted event, The Nickel continues to expand and is quickly becoming an invaluable medium for artists of many genres, with a particular emphasis on independent film.
