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03/15/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 5th Annual Spotlight on Academics Film Festival, both in person and online.

We are grateful to all filmmakers, audiences, volunteers, and sponsors whose support made this year’s festival possible. Thank you to our sponsors and partners for supporting the festival and helping us bring the program to both in-person and virtual.

03/08/2026

https://www.researchtv.ca/5th-annual-spotlight-on-academics

🎬 All films from the 5th Spotlight on Academics Film Festival are now available to watch for free on ResearchTV.

📅 Streaming from March 8–15, 2026

Available worldwide for one week only.

Spotlight on Academics provides educators and discerning viewers with carefully selected specialty items under one small roof. Our judges are filmmakers and academics, and our audience is composed of people who want to learn through film. We market online to thousands of faculty at universities i...

02/27/2026

02/21/2026

🎟️ Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Spotlight on Academics Film Festival.

Join us March 5–7, 2026 at the Thunder Bay Museum for a three-day program of academic documentaries from Canada and around the world. The festival features films that engage with history, culture, environment, science, and social issues, along with opportunities for discussion.

📍 Thunder Bay Museum
425 Donald St E, Thunder Bay
🎟 $10 per session

Register here:
https://thunderbaymuseum1.wildapricot.org/event-6564752

We look forward to seeing you there.

Festival, March 5-7 at the Thunder Bay Museum ( 425 Donald Street East, Thunder Bay) and online at ResearchTV.ca from March 8-15.

11/18/2025

We are proud to announce that this year’s Thunder Bay Historical Film Festival will showcase two of our films and a trailer for our upcoming production.

🎥 Hollywood Dreams
Episode 2 of The View From Up Here, produced by Dr. Ron Harpelle. The series features Dr. Tom Peotto from the Department of History and highlights the talents of several faculty and alumni at Lakehead University.

🎥 Shipping News
A short film from the Reel Memories Project led by Dr. Ron Harpelle and produced and edited by Dr. Ligia Simba Bolaños. It uses clips from Thunder Bay’s nightly television news between 1960 and 1980, offering glimpses of the waterfront and the grain industry.

🎥 Wings of Time
A three minute trailer offering an early look at our upcoming film inspired by the Wings of Time event in Thunder Bay. It shares personal stories connected to the city’s aviation heritage and pairs them with event footage.

We are proud to see work created by our members included in this year’s festival.
They will be shown alongside a range of other regional productions.
All are welcome!

11/10/2025

🎖️ This Remembrance Day, take time to honour and reflect.
A collection of meaningful films are free to watch on ResearchTV for a limited time.

🎬 Watch here: https://www.researchtv.ca/free-viewing-for-remembrance-day

09/29/2025

🧡 In recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, ResearchTV is offering free access to a curated selection of films until October 2nd.

This is a chance to explore stories that reflect on truth, reconciliation, and Indigenous experiences across Canada.

Watch here: https://www.researchtv.ca/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation

09/26/2025

✨ Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival ✨

From September 21–28, the Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival streams on ResearchTV.

For this week only, select films from the festival are free to watch. Explore documentaries, creative shorts, and experimental works that open new ways of seeing the world.

Experience stories that challenge, inspire, and connect.

🎥 Film Highlight

A Spin in Time

🌸"A Spin in Time" is a poignant short film that follows John and Mary Hart, an elderly couple who have spent their lives running a small laundromat together. As Mary's dementia progresses, the once-vibrant woman who greeted every customer with warmth and kept everything in perfect order slowly disappears, leaving John to care for both his wife and their failing business. Through contrasting montages of cherished memories and painful present realities, the film explores the heartbreaking journey of loving someone who no longer remembers you. Ultimately, "A Spin in Time" is a tender meditation on devotion, memory, and the quiet heroism of caregivers who choose to stay even when recognition fades, honoring the profound truth that love's greatest expression lies not in being remembered, but in the unwavering decision to remain present.

Directed by Jeziah Rabbi Solis Salvar

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09/26/2025

From September 21–28, the Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival streams on ResearchTV.

For this week only, select films from the festival are free to watch. Explore documentaries, creative shorts, and experimental works that open new ways of seeing the world.

Experience stories that challenge, inspire, and connect.

🌟🎬Vox Popular Media Arts Festival concludes its 21st festival with a Online Virtual Film Festival available to the public for free viewing exclusively through Researchtv!

Check out a number of local, regional, national and international films!

🌟Not in Thunder Bay? No problem! ResearchTV is proud to host this year’s virtual portion of the festival where a select number of films will be available to stream for FREE at researchtv.ca.

🎥💻Virtual Festival: Sun Sept 21st - Sun Sept 28th

09/25/2025

✨ Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival ✨

From September 21–28, the Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival streams on ResearchTV.

For this week only, select films from the festival are free to watch. Explore documentaries, creative shorts, and experimental works that open new ways of seeing the world.

Experience stories that challenge, inspire, and connect.

🎥 Film Highlight

Way Out

📽 Acknowledging the stigma of mental health, Jeremy moves forward to find his way out of the darkest parts of the mind.

Director Jeremy Taylor, born in 1986, has lived in Mistissini nearly all his life. Now in control of his emotions, Jeremy is a recovering ma*****na addict and a mentally ill person, fighting for his sanity each day. He is never afraid to speak the truth in any given time, “truth trumps lies” as he would say. On his road to recovery, Jeremy hasn’t lost his sense of humor or his passion for music. His struggles have given him a chance to understand and support his fellow neighbors. His new interest for filmmaking has helped him to put words on the many facets of his personality.

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09/25/2025

✨ Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival ✨

From September 21–28, the Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival streams on ResearchTV.

For this week only, select films from the festival are free to watch. Explore documentaries, creative shorts, and experimental works that open new ways of seeing the world.

Experience stories that challenge, inspire, and connect.

🎥 Film Highlight

The Steak

🎈As a mother prepares a cake for her daughter's birthday, the enemy's Army suddenly launches a surprise attack. There is no time to escape, but to protect her daughter, the mother hides the girl in a closet. A medic soldier discovers the girl and tries to bring joy by celebrating her birthday. However, the birthday changed to a funeral.

Directed by Kiarash Dadgar

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09/25/2025

✨ Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival ✨

From September 21–28, the Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival streams on ResearchTV.

For this week only, select films from the festival are free to watch. Explore documentaries, creative shorts, and experimental works that open new ways of seeing the world.

Experience stories that challenge, inspire, and connect.