Podcast 2025 Nickel Podcast - Stacy Gardner In this episode we chat with Stacy Gardner about finding filmmaking through your other art, capturing a time period with costumes, sets, and music, and the crossovers and differences between scripted and documentary filmmaking. Stacy's film "73 Seconds" plays on Monday June 16th at 9PM at
Podcast 2025 Nickel Podcast - Elizabeth Hicks In this episode we chat with Elizabeth Hicks about the journey from weekend shoots with friends to fully crewed films, how to stay flexible with your idea to work around the unexpected, and how editing can be its own storytelling tool. Elizabeth's film "I Need To Get
Podcast 2025 Nickel Podcast - Cool Pond Productions In this episode we chat with Annalise Smith, Cullam Bruce-Lockhart, and Sean Jessome of Cool Pond Productions. They talk collaborating with friends to make something fun, building stories based on what you have access to (like a boat simulator!?), and their film "Any Mummers 'Lowed In" which
Podcast 2025 Nickel Podcast - Nicola Hawkins In this episode we chat with Nicola Hawkins about the joys of filming on your own and working with a crew, finding movement in your stories, and following sheep across the bay to their summer vacation grounds. Nicola's film "Ba Baa Shangri La" plays on Thursday
Podcast 2025 Nickel Podcast - Anna-Ester In this episode we chat with Anna-Ester about directing animation as a non-animator, adapting stories for film, and the surprising dark story from LM Montgomery! Anna-Ester's film "The Wedding Veil Of The Proud Princess" plays on Wednesday, June 18th at 9PM at the LSPU Hall. Check
Blog 2025 Press Release: The Nickel Turns 25 Nickel Independent Film Festival celebrates 25 years of independent filmmaking in Newfoundland and Labrador
Podcast Nickel Podcast: Devin Shears In this episode we chat with Devin Shears about making a feature on a tight budget, the art of slow stories, and some of his filmmaking influences. Devin's feature film CHERUB plays on MONDAY June 16, 2025 at 6:30pm at the LSPU Hall. CHERUBMonday, June 16 • 6:
Other DECONSTRUCTING: Directors in Conversation Our Deconstructing series at the LSPU Hall will present festival feature film directors discussing how they created their recent works. Free and open to the public.
Other Film School in a Day Join us at the LSPU Hall for this afternoon workshop series aimed at beginning and intermediate filmmakers.
Interviews Q&A: The Fire Triangle of Love Theory Q&A with SPIESER of THE FIRE TRIANGLE OF LOVE THEORY
