Thursday September 18
6:00 pm
Doors Open!
Definitely Superior Art Gallery -115 Cumberland Street North
6:30 pm
Cassidy Houston
Weaving experience into inspiration, Cassidy Houston, creates music as an ode to the resilience and beauty of love, life, and the queer spirit.
7:00 pm
This session kindly sponsored by
HIMEGOTO (Secrets)
Takashi Miyatani
Murai, a doctor, meets his best friend Tomoki’s fiancée, Rie. Rie asks Murai, who knows about her past involving multiple men, not to tell her secret to Tomoki. Murai, who secretly admires Rie, tries to tell the truth to Kitagawa as an act of friendship, but…
The Monster in Me
Kim Arseneault
Kim explores her healing journey as she confronts her anxiety, depicting the journey of a broken woman on the road to recovery.
Choice
Marko Crnogorski
A young mother and her toddler face a devastating reality when a new law bans her scheduled abortion.
TT
Charles Leo Panadan
In a mysterious village of twins, a silent man grapples with fading memories as dementia blurs the lines between identity and reality—told through haunting visuals and without a single word.
Bidet
James Brylowski
A group of best friends are hunted by a possessed bidet.
The View From Up Here – Getting Ready for the Big One
Ron Harpelle
Episode #3 of The View From Up Here, an educational series using “found footage” and other archival elements to take a satirical look at historical events at the Lakehead.
9:00 pm
This session kindly sponsored by
Brave Little Army
Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt
The bold new girl at school inspires three classmates to follow her down a blissful path of self-realization, where they stumble upon a dark truth that forever galvanizes their friendship.
Brave Rebel Army
Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt
After a terrifying incident on campus involving one of their own, four young women seek justice by taking matters into their own hands.
A Spin in Time
Jeziah Rabbi Solis Salvar
John Hart enters his small laundromat where his wife Mary greets him like a stranger. “How may I help you today?” she asks, her dementia erasing decades of marriage.
Uncle Bardo
Luke Mistruzzi
Uncle Bardo delves into the mind of an estranged family member who has undergone a near-death experience and awakens lost between two worlds.
Way Out
Jeremy Taylor
Acknowledging the stigma of mental health, Jeremy moves forward to find his way out of the darkest parts of the mind.
We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes
Colin T Field
The extraordinary story of the 40,000 teenage girls who volunteered on Canadian farms and helped win the Second World War.
Friday September 19
6:00 pm
Doors Open!
Definitely Superior Art Gallery -115 Cumberland Street North
6:30 pm
Sara Kae
Musical Performance
7:00 pm
This session kindly sponsored by
The Shape of Cedar
Miles Gordon
A portrait exploring the enduring craft of wood canvas canoe building, and the quiet philosophy it inspires. A celebration of craftsmanship, and and a guide to a more intentional way of moving through the world.
Hooked
Natacha Bianchet
Catch of the Day: She Was Hooked, But Her Fishy Obsession Went Overboard!
The Last Great Pumpkin Fest
Liam Beaulne
The last Gammondale Pumpkinfest.
Before The Dawn
Alexander Denysenko
In the midset of the 19th century in a Ukrainian village the heart of a young girl, true love blossomed, which, however, led to the darkest night in her life… The story that repeats from generation to generation. Will the young soul manage to break this vicious cycle?
Roughing it
Michael D. Cohen
A trans teen and her mom must survive a night of winter camping after being challenged by her politically incorrect uncle.
Two One Two
Shira Avni
An experimental animated love letter to motherhood, parenting on the spectrum, and two headed monsters everywhere
You can’t beat the feeling!
Mohammad Hossein Khodabandelou
A middle-aged man numbly replays a soda commercial from his youth, blurring the line between nostalgia and addiction in his monotonous daily life.
Bridge – My Little Friends
Kazuyuki Ishihara
“I’ll take you to Shiro. I promise!” Jin the cat promised Mugi, who was saddened by the loss of her beloved dog, Shiro. Will Jin really be able to save Mugi from her grief?
My Friend Saabe
Morningstar Derosier
13-year-old Lindy’s effort to heal her community through small acts of kindness with the encouragement of Saabe, the sasquatch.
9:00 pm
This session kindly sponsored by
Desync
Minerva Navasca
A young Filipina filmmaker attempts to overwrite a painful memory of her mother with a perfect narrative.
Bringing the Pieces Together
Dylan Baillie
This documentary explores Renee Beaubien’s passion for creating quilts, which are then given as unique gifts.
The Day the Mammoth Arrived
Christopher Bond
The re-introduction of mammoth meat to the general populations protein diet. A 132 year old man anxiously awaits the arrival of the meat as he contemplates his life and place in society.
How to Say Goodbye
Rylan Cain
When faced with a acceptance letter, Will must now choose between his best friend and his future.
Fountain (Chawk)
Hazhir As’adi
A middle-aged man finds his lost love after years of living among urban people with ugly faces.
The Pomegranate Theory
Eliza Goodwin
Muyal, a young woman who bears the mask of a rabbit, is beginning to lose herself by allowing her love for Holter, a young man with the mask of a fox, to engulf her.
Lempo
Laura-Lynn Petrick
Annie is haunted by an intergenerational demon. A family cursed by Lempo, a demon who followed her Finnish ancestors to rural Lappe, Ontario.
Saturday September 20
4:00 pm
Conflix Workshop
Film Workshop with Andrew Simpson
6:30 pm
Doors Open!
Definitely Superior Art Gallery -115 Cumberland Street North
7:00 pm
This session kindly sponsored by
The Steak
Kiarash Dadgar
A birthday party preparation is thrown into chaos by an awful event.
Manchitro: The Homeland
Jakir Hosen
Young Biju grows up believing in the blue fairy of the sacred lake—but when strangers arrive to erase their home, no fairy appears.
Feet 4 Hands
Samuel Lewis & Ben Lewis
A young man born with feet for hands struggles to fit into a society made for hand-people
Treat Day
Lisa Kockeritz
“Treat Day” turns bittersweet when Deborah is reunited with her past, thanks to an old Melissa Etheridge tape.
A Tale of Two Qallunaat
Kelly Saxberg & Navalik Tologanak
Two intrepid women artists, Susan Ross and Sheila Burnford, who travelled to the Arctic in the early 1970s and left a lasting legacy of their art and love of the North.
9:00 pm
This session kindly sponsored by
Water Lilies
Chanho Lee
A story about the glass ceiling that confines young dreamers. On a more intimate level, it is a meditation on pain. The transmission of pain unfolds like a Möbius strip.
Vox Popular Virtual Film Festival
Art Exhibition
Liminal: 37th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
Definitely Superior Art Gallery + Vox Popular Media Arts Festival have joined forces to co-present 3 new exhibitions, regional | national | International and more…delving into the visually dynamic contemporary world of art.
Call For submissions: Art Drop off August 26-30 2025 At Definitely Superior Art Gallery.
Opening Gala September 12th 7:00pm- 10pm!
Show duration: 12th of September until 22nd of November 2025
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