The Mighty Niagara Film Fest presents Landmark Shorts, films under 30 seconds commissioned for the festival. The films will be in pre show at all screens at Landmark Cinemas - Pen Centre in St. Catharines from mid October to mid November 2025, as well as in select MNFF festival screenings 12-16 November 2025. 

Drawing from storyboards of films both completed and yet to come, Maddin layers image and texture into surreal compositions that blur memory and invention.

This exhibit marks Maddin’s return to the festival following last year’s Winnipeg Connection film series, which celebrated his influential film career and legacy within the Winnipeg film community.

Super 8 Film Installations
FREE during event hours at the Niagara Artists Centre, The Film House (PAC), and The Bank Art House.

Step up to a 1970s Fisher Price hand-cranked film viewer and watch a single personal item being burned. Each viewer shows its own scene from a decade-long process of purging and transformation related to shifts in gender identity and self-image.