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09/23/2025

✨ 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

Uncle Bardo

Lost between two worlds Uncle Bardo confronts reality.

Directed by Luke Mistruzzi

09/23/2025

✨ 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 Shape of Cedar

A portrait exploring the enduring craft of wood canvas canoe building, and the quiet philosophy it inspires. "The Shape of Cedar" is both a celebration of craftsmanship, and a guide to a more intentional way of moving through the world.

🎞 Directed by Miles Gordon

09/22/2025

✨ Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival ✨

It’s here. 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

Treat Day

🎼 It's “Treat Day” and Deborah takes full advantage by snagging a special deal in her building’s tuck shop: a homemade snack and a favored cassette tape – a relic to some, but a welcome time machine for her. Her daily walk becomes a portal to the past as she enjoys the sun on her face and breeze in her hair. The friendly hello of a couple on a park bench. The attention of a friendly dog. The cheekiness of children that charm her candy away. But it’s not all sunshine and lollipops. And we are left to wonder, whose “Treat Day” is it?

Directed by Lisa Kockertiz

Lisa
Winnipeg Film Group

09/22/2025

✨ Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival ✨

It’s here. 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 short film exploring female sexuality through a young fish plant worker who becomes obsessed with a famous local fisherman revealing to the audience her delusional and addictive thoughts to his unfortunate demise.

Directed by Natacha Bianchet

Winnipeg Film Group

09/21/2025

🌟🎬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

09/20/2025

✨ Vox Popular Media Arts Virtual Festival ✨

It’s here. 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


🐰Muyal, a young adult, is trying to navigate her way through an unhealthy relationship with a man named Holter. 🦊

Directed by Eliza Goodwin

Eliza Goodwin is a Toronto-based artist originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, known for her work as an experimental filmmaker. Eliza made her directorial debut by directing her first experimental drama, The Pomegranate Theory, in the fall of 2024. Eliza honed in on her thoughts about how women are treated within our society, drawing from personal events as a way to address larger issues and helping women heal through film. Her work displays her creativity, and she hopes to inspire other women to produce art, which is a beautiful way of building a better community. Eliza has recently graduated from Humber Polytechnic's Bachelor of Film and Media Degree, where she was honoured to receive the "Women in Film Award." The "Women in Film Award" is presented each year to a female student enrolled in a film or television-related program who has demonstrated excellence in the classroom.

09/17/2025

🎉 Tomorrow! 🎉
The View from Up Here will have its local premiere of Episode #3 this September at the Vox Popular Film Festival!

📍September 18th at the Definitely Superior Art Gallery, 115 Cumberland St North, Thunder Bay

🎞 The View From Up Here is created by Ron Harpelle and Kelly Saxberg, with a team of writers, filmmakers, and animators bringing everyday life in small-town Canada to the world. The series grew out of the public history project Reel Memories of the Lakehead, which digitized and indexed 235 hours of local news clips. Hosted by Tom Peotto.

🎟 Tickets are on sale now! Advance pricing and festival passes are available for a limited time. Check out Vox Popular’s website for details 👀

09/10/2025

We’re excited to share that ResearchTV is hosting the online portion of this year’s Vox Popular Media Arts Festival!

📅 Online Festival: September 21–28 at ResearchTV.ca
📍 In-person Festival: September 18–20 at Definitely Superior Art Gallery (115 Cumberland St. N)

This year’s festival features an incredible lineup of films, and we’re especially proud that two of our own will be screened: The View From Up Here and The Tale of Two Qallunaat. Having our work represented on this stage is something our team is truly celebrating.

🎥 Screenings
• The View From Up Here — Thursday, Sept 18 at 7 PM
• The Tale of Two Qallunaat — Saturday, Sept 20 at 7 PM

Explore https://voxpopular.ca for more info.

All are welcome. Come celebrate with us!

09/08/2025

ResearchTV is proud to be hosting the online portion of this year's Vox Popular Media Arts Festival, which will take place September 21st to 28th on ResearchTV.ca.
Visit voxpopular.ca for more information.

05/29/2025

🎬 Reminder: Early Bird Deadline Approaching! 🎬

Don’t miss your chance to submit to the Spotlight on Academics Film Festival 2026 at the lowest rate!

📅 Early Bird Deadline: June 1, 2025

Submit your academic or research-based film to reach global audiences and be part of a powerful platform for academic storytelling.

📍 Live at the Paramount, Thunder Bay, Canada
📺 Streaming on ResearchTV
📆 Festival Dates: March 5–7, 2026

👉 More info & submissions: spotlightonacademics.ca

09/30/2024

This week: ResearchTV is sharing the film SILENT CRIES (KIAYUNIK TUHANAK) which documents the private meeting between Pope Francis and Inuit survivors on their land in July 2022.National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

"It happened every year during long weekends in September. That's when all the planes, little planes start flying around Nunavut and NWT (North-Western Territory) collecting kids at camps. As soon as you hear that plane coming around you know what was gonna happen, some of them hide, run away… Bu....

02/09/2024

🌟WE ARE LIVE!!!

🎬Check out our festival channel on ResearchTV.ca or browse the virtual lineup on our website, spotlightonacademics.ca!

https://spotlightonacademics.ca/2024-festival-lineup/

🤩Swipe through for what is on today's schedule at the Lakehead University Faculty of Education Auditorium!

✨Masterclass with Professor Michael Brown begins at 1:00PM EST (North America) TODAY and will be livestreamed for our out of town guests to attend. This is an open event for anyone to join in. Our livestream can be joined at the Zoom link below!

LIVESTREAM: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/95701231179