The Smith Sound Film Festival is an annual film festival held in
George's Brook-Milton,
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
,
Canada
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. It held inside the ''George's Brook Milton Cultural House'', a former church and now a town hall for the community. The festival originated in 2017 after wanting to show older works done on
celluloid for the public to see, with building of a screen and projector commencing later. The festival is a mix between digital and
16mm
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 and 35 mm. It is generally used for non-theatrical (e.g., industrial, educ ...
finished films.
Smith Sound Silver Spike Award
Each year there is a trophy given out to the audience's best choice award for one film at each festival. The trophy is inspired by the railway that traversed through
Random Island
Random Island is an island located off Canada's Atlantic coast. Part of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, it is located on the east coast of Newfoundland and partially surrounded by the Bonavista Peninsula on the north and within th ...
and
Smith Sound
Smith Sound ( da, Smith Sund; french: Détroit de Smith) is an uninhabited Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It links Baffin Bay with Kane Basin and forms part of the Nares Strait.
On the ...
many years ago, made from a film reel mounted on a railway spike tripod.
See also
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Nickel Independent Film Festival
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St. John's International Women's Film Festival
References
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External links
Official siteFilmFreeway
Film festivals in Newfoundland and Labrador
Film festivals established in 2017