A collage of sequences drawn from a wide variety of ephemeral (industrial, advertising, educational and amateur) films, touring the conflicted landscapes of twentieth-century America. The films' often-skewed visions construct an American history filled with horror and hope, unreeling in familiar and unexpected ways. Panorama Ephemera focuses on familiar and mythical activities and images in America (1626-1978).

Join us for the launch of Barry Grant’s Peter Jackson: Film Authorship in a Global Hollywood, followed by a screening of Jackson’s 1995 mockumentary Forgotten Silver—New Zealand’s most notorious media hoax.

After being sent to rural Quebec to perform at a seedy motel, exotic dancer Gina (The Silent Partner’s Céline Lomez) establishes a friendship with a group of visiting documentary filmmakers and becomes aware of a lecherous Ski-Doo gang hiding out on an abandoned ship. Keenly aware of one another’s presence, Gina and the gang develop an antagonistic relationship that eventually leads to a horrific assault. But what these ski-masked snow deviants don’t realize is that Gina works for some of Montreal’s most dangerous criminals, and they’re on their way to enact an ugly revenge.

Dive into the wild and unpredictable currents of Tidal Surges, a series of short films that brings together local and regional filmmakers exploring a range of stories, ideas, images, and perspectives that will surprise, challenge, and stay with you long after the credits roll.

Carry Me Home Songs From Niagara is a music documentary that includes 10 music videos and interviews featuring 10 Niagara original songwriters and 10 local venues / businesses in collaboration. The documentary highlights Niagara artists and business/venues in the region.

Reality Frictions explores the intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood, highlighting moments when images, people or events from the real world intrude on the cinematic one

Before there was “Vine”, before there was “Tik Tok”, the Niagara Falls' Sylvia Ang Film Festival celebrated the magic of the moment with videos ten seconds and under. Inspired by the innovative videos of poet Sylvia Ang, the Mini Mighty Niagara Film Festival invites you to gather or create mini films and to celebrate the videos that say a lot in very little time.