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Come bask in the glow of the projector light. ✨✨ Saturday from 2-4pm at Lawnya Vawnya HQ we will be sharing a looped reel of all 17 submissions for the 1-Minute Experimental Film Challenge. Part of the amazing @holdfastfestival art crawl taking over the downtown tomorrow afternoon. Featuring: Jacob Burden — "D.D" César Espinosa — "Wait" Jacinda Sinclair — "Never" Katie Stanley — "Strange Things That Happen During Teatime" Kai Bryan — "Incidence" Aaron Russell — "Where's Scrungo" Travis Lucas — "Abfluss" MK Morris — "Nothing." Jacob Burden — "D.D" Jonathan Kennedy — "I Am (Not) Speaking" Louis Atkinson — "The Royal Oui Sol Train Line Dance" Krissy Breen — "Static" J. S. Elford — "Give Them Something" Noah Gillard — "Pause" Nate Gates — "I.C.U." Ellen Beth Reid and Mark Hunter — "Sand" David Demchuk — "Wildflowers" shan — "rock paper scissors"

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We're excited to announce that our 1-Minute Experimental Film Challenge is back! Make a short experimental film between noon August 7 and noon August 11 of one minute long, and have it show on a loop as part of the HOLD FAST Art Crawl on Saturday, August 15 in St. John's, NL! Get weird! Sign up at the link in bio or type this guy out with your fingies: nickelfestival.com/challenges/1min Thanks to our pals @holdfastfestival Contemporary Arts Festival for the fun opportunity!

Missed the festival? Here are six amazing films we screened at Nickel 2026 you can watch online any time: FREE: • The Muse (Wanda Nolan) on NFB • Balconada (Iva Tokmakchieva) on Vimeo • We Were The Scenery (Christopher Radcliff) on Short of the Week PAID/SUBSCRIPTION: • Uiksaringitara / Wrong Husband (Zacharias Kunuk) on Apple TV • Volcelest (Éric Briche) on Vimeo On Demand • Luz Diabla (Canda / Boffo / Plaza) on Vimeo On Demand See the /notes link in bio.

The last batch of reviews for Nickel Late, but I did not want to keep these films to myself. This program was a breeze of fresh air in my face and it warmed my tired mind and heart. Big thank you to the festival for letting me make these comics. Such a thrill, such great films. I love big and small movies :-)

Excited to share that we've been approved for a Community Board grant from @TELUS through the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation (@FriendlyFutureFoundation) for a new project developing online tools to give youth across the province, especially folks in rural and remote communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, access to better film education resources and film mentorship opportunities. Thank you to TELUS and the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation for backing this project! We're excited to get started. Stay tuned. #FriendlyFuture #GiveWhereWeLive #Philanthropy #ArtsEducationForAll 📸 by Heidi Atter

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Lorraine is a documentary about the life of activist and political leader Lorraine Michael. The film explores Michael’s contribution to the province, but also about the Lebanese-Canadian community in Newfoundland. Directed by David Gosine and Allison Basha, it played at the Nickel Independent Film Festival. We spoke with Michael and Gosine after the screening. Michael is pushing for an official recognition and monument to the expropriation of part of New Gower Street in the 1960s which saw the destruction of many Lebanese owned businesses and homes. 🎥: @idontwanthenews