Programs
What the Nickel does year-round
School Visits
In the Classroom & the Province
The Nickel brings filmmaking directly into classrooms across Newfoundland and Labrador. Our school visit program introduces students to the basics of visual storytelling, from storyboarding to shooting on phones, with hands-on exercises adapted to every grade level. Visits are free for schools in the St. John's metro area and available by request across the province.
We also run annual trips to coastal Labrador communities through our Right Here program — bringing film equipment, workshops, and screenings to towns far from a cinema.
Book a Visit →Film Clubs
The Brother Rice Film Club is the Nickel's flagship after-school program, running weekly during the school year. Students meet to watch and discuss short films, learn production skills, and work toward completing their own short films for screening at the festival. The club is open to all students at Brother Rice Junior High and is facilitated by Nickel staff.
Workshops
Master Your Craft
Throughout the year, the Nickel runs a range of workshops for filmmakers at every level. Our masterclasses bring in working professionals to share craft knowledge. Film Labs are multi-session intensives focused on a single discipline — screenwriting, documentary, sound design. And Film School in a Day is exactly what it sounds like: a single-day crash course covering the full production pipeline from concept to export.
Workshop schedule announced seasonally
Challenges
Pick One. Make Something.
The Nickel runs filmmaking challenges year-round — structured creative prompts with deadlines, constraints, and public screenings. They're designed to get people making things, whether you've never picked up a camera or you've been at it for years.
