Landmark Shorts at the 2025 MNFF Film Fest
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.
The series showcases new works by NAC Member artists Rob Elliot and Bawadaan Collective who draw from backgrounds in illustration, collage and narrative film to experiment with animation and video techniques in a concise moving image format.
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Bawadaan Collective | Canada | 2025 | 25s
NAC Inspired stream of consciousness exploration of film utilizing many different types of digital and analogue film making techniques.
Bawaadan Collective: Formalized in the Spring of 2019, we worked co-operatively together to create the short film Midland Motel Room 77. Utilizing close friend and familial ties, we quickly began to self-produce our own Indigenous content. Modern, contemporary content. As the scale and scope of each project grew, we continued to explore and expand our membership to incorporate new skills and relationships. Each new member brought on board has been an asset to each of the projects, and continues to support our future work. bawaadancollective.com
Circus Mediocre
Rob Elliott | Canada | 2025 | 25s
Step right up! Circus Mediocre is in town, bringing fantastic sights and cultural delights! No refunds.
Rob Elliott’s work explores the intersections between humans and natural world. Elliott’s work takes its cues from mid-twentieth century commercial art, using deceptively simple styles as a foil to better show a complicated and murky relationship. He has operated Swizzle Studio for over 20 years with his partner, artist Christine Cosby. swizzlestudio.com