Nickel Independent Film Festival
(for once I dreamed of you) — still B

(FOR ONCE I DREAMED OF YOU) · CANADA · 6m · JUNE 25

Free Fish — still D

FREE FISH · PALESTINE · 23m · JUNE 27

Me and The Spaceman — still C

ME AND THE SPACEMAN · NL · 14m · JUNE 28

Casi Septiembre — still B

CASI SEPTIEMBRE · SPAIN · 30m · JUNE 25

Radio Hell — still C

RADIO HELL · NL · 13m · JUNE 26

Last Love Letter — still B

LAST LOVE LETTER · NL · 6m · JUNE 24

Second Place — still A

SECOND PLACE · NL · 15m · JUNE 25

Hangashore — still A

HANGASHORE · NL · 87m · JUNE 22

Coyotes — still B

COYOTES · FRANCE/JORDAN/PALESTINE/UK · 20m · JUNE 25

Oliver — still B

OLIVER · NL · 13m · JUNE 26

Luz Diabla — still C

LUZ DIABLA · ARGENTINA · 11m · JUNE 26

Finger Guns — still C

FINGER GUNS · NL · 10m · JUNE 26

Le Tour de Canada — still A

LE TOUR DE CANADA · CANADA · 6m · JUNE 28

And I Would Be Beautiful — still B

AND I WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL · FRANCE · 10m · JUNE 25

Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) — still A

UIKSARINGITARA · CANADA · 100m · JUNE 23

Kid me not — still B

KID ME NOT · CANADA · 6m · JUNE 24

Partridge Cleaning

PARTRIDGE CLEANING · NL · 5m · JUNE 28

Balconada — still A

BALCONADA · BULGARIA · 8m · JUNE 27

The Labrador Creative Arts Festival — still B

THE LABRADOR CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL · NL · 60m · JUNE 28

Julian and the Wind — still A

JULIAN AND THE WIND · CANADA · 15m · JUNE 25

Stagefright

STAGEFRIGHT · NL · 14m · JUNE 28

History's Headlines — still D

HISTORY'S HEADLINES · NL · 17m · JUNE 22

Sydney — still B

SYDNEY · NL · 17m · JUNE 27

Black Hole — still C

BLACK HOLE · NL · 12m · JUNE 25

Lydia Campbell

LYDIA CAMPBELL · NL · 13m · JUNE 28

Pimple — still B

PIMPLE · PORTUGAL · 4m · JUNE 26

Sawdust — still C

SAWDUST · NL · 9m · JUNE 25

Motel Grand-Pré — still D

MOTEL GRAND-PRÉ · CANADA · 15m · JUNE 27

The Lines She Carries (Indigenous Geographic) — still C

THE LINES SHE CARRIES · CANADA · 11m · JUNE 27

My Plastic Mother — still A

MY PLASTIC MOTHER · INDONESIA · 19m · JUNE 25

The Spectacle — still C

THE SPECTACLE · FRANCE/HUNGARY · 17m · JUNE 25

No Matter The Weather — still C

NO MATTER THE WEATHER · CANADA · 15m · JUNE 27

Pique-nique — still A

PIQUE-NIQUE · CANADA · 9m · JUNE 27

An Interview With The Devil — still A

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEVIL · NL · 16m · JUNE 26

Jazz infernal — still B

JAZZ INFERNAL · CANADA · 16m · JUNE 24

If they're not dead, they're still alive — still A

IF THEY'RE NOT DEAD, THEY'RE STILL ALIVE · NL · 10m · JUNE 27

We Were The Scenery — still D

WE WERE THE SCENERY · CANADA/USA · 15m · JUNE 27

Sulaimani — still D

SULAIMANI · FRANCE · 20m · JUNE 27

Bad News Go to Therapy — still C

BAD NEWS GO TO THERAPY · NL · 6m · JUNE 24

Volcelest — still D

VOLCELEST · FRANCE · 15m · JUNE 25

Rocks — still D

ROCKS · NL · 6m · JUNE 28

Candles — still A

CANDLES · UK · 13m · JUNE 24

Talent Show — still B

TALENT SHOW · NL · 7m · JUNE 28

The exchange — still B

INTERCAMBIO · SPAIN · 14m · JUNE 24

The Muse — still A

THE MUSE · NL · 18m · JUNE 27

Striking Out The Boys — still A

STRIKING OUT THE BOYS · NL · 60m · JUNE 28

Lorraine — still B

LORRAINE · NL · 15m · JUNE 27

Technophobic — still C

TECHNOPHOBIC · NL · 8m · JUNE 26

The Dress — still A

THE DRESS · NL · 8m · JUNE 24

June 22-28, 2026

Nickel Independent Film Festival 2026

June 22–28, 2026 · LSPU Hall · St. John's, NL

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Screenings

Hangashore

Hangashore

MON, JUN 22 · 7:00 PM

Hangashore

Hangashore and History's Headlines

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Wrong Husband

Uiksaringitara

TUE, JUN 23 · 7:00 PM

Wrong Husband

From Zacharias Kunuk, director of Atanarjuat The Fast Runner

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A Little Tenderness

Intercambio

WED, JUN 24 · 7:00 PM

A Little Tenderness

Seven short films with heart. Presented by Coast 101.1 FM.

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Love, Almost

Casi Septiembre

THU, JUN 25 · 7:00 PM

Love, Almost

Short films exploring the space between what the heart wants and what the heart gets

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The Darkest Timeline

The Spectacle

THU, JUN 25 · 10:00 PM

The Darkest Timeline

Stunning short films, from the surreal to the all too real

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DIY Sci-Fi Screening

FRI, JUN 26 · 7:00 PM

DIY Sci-Fi Screening

A ten-day challenge to create a sci-fi short and have it shown at the Nickel

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Things Get Weird

Pimple

FRI, JUN 26 · 10:00 PM

Things Get Weird

Twisted tales about darkness lurking beneath the surface. Presented by CNA.

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People's History

Lorraine

SAT, JUN 27 · 2:30 PM

People's History

Six documentaries about life at the human scale

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Hope After All

Pique-nique

SAT, JUN 27 · 7:00 PM

Hope After All

Short films about finding human connection in surprising places. Presented by CBC NL.

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Labrador in Focus

The Labrador Creative Arts Festival

SUN, JUN 28 · 2:30 PM

Labrador in Focus

New Films from the Big Land

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Striking Out the Boys

Striking Out The Boys

SUN, JUN 28 · 7:00 PM

Striking Out the Boys

World Premiere of this feature documentary about groundbreaking local baseball player Jaida Lee

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Other Events

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Major Funders

ArtsNL · Canada Council for the Arts · Newfoundland and Labrador · Picture NL · Telefilm Canada · Government of Canada · City of St. John’s

Festival Sponsors

College of the North Atlantic · CBC NL · Pope Productions · ACTRA Newfoundland · Coast 101.1 FM Classic Hits · Fogfest · NLDGC · IATSE Local 709 · St. John's International Women's Film Festival · Lawnya Vawnya · NIFCO · The Battery Cafe · Bluedrop ISM · Sheilagh O'Leary · St. John's Storytelling Festival · Breakwater Books

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A week of art streams ahead! ✨ I'll be working on some fun pieces for @nickelfestival and I'm excited to be sharing the process! So come hang this week and get excited for the Nickel Independent Film Festival cause it's right around the corner! 🎬 . .

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I'm a resident cartoonist! I reside! There will be residual comics! And movies. Eight awesome cartoonists will be illustrating and commenting on some of the awesome films being shown at this year's @nickelfestival. It all starts Monday, June 22 and runs to June 28. Watch this space for more of this sort of thing.

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band cable tv answers their top 4 favourite films

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jon at @sunrisescreenprintingnl getting ready to make some glow ink shirts for us!!

Notes

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Me and The Spaceman — a Q&A with Eric Elliott

JUN 10, 2026

Me and The Spaceman — a Q&A with Eric Elliott

Sawdust — a Q&A with Ashley Neary

JUN 9, 2026

Sawdust — a Q&A with Ashley Neary

Finger Guns — a Q&A with David Feehan

JUN 8, 2026

Finger Guns — a Q&A with David Feehan

Major funders