Mark it! Nickel Film Festival celebrates 25 years

June 2026

From: Wrong Husband

Founded in 2001 by Roger Maunder and named in honoured of the Nickel Theatre, the first cinema in St John’s to screen feature film ‘talkies’. The 600-seat theatre was where The Viking debuted. “We had a bunch of first time filmmakers, but there was no place to screen our films,” Maunder explained in a 2003 interview.
The Nickel Festival was originally conceived as a weekend event, but now runs a week and screens 50 films, local, Canadian, and international – mirroring the growth of the province’s film sector, which is now a 1-billion dollar industry.

From: The Muse

You can find more info here and the full schedule here.

On the road

Olá de Lisboa!

NQ is travelling – watch this space for our interview with a celebrated NL artist, who just happens to be here, doing her fabulous stuff (on tour with an acclaimed…

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BINGO

BY Jenina MacGillivray

Troy Gallant had curly chestnut hair, and he was tall. By far, he was the cutest and nicest boy in the neighborhood. He would never try to put the moves on you at the Laundromat while you were folding your underwear, for example.