The Vox Popular Media Arts Festival, formerly known as the Bay Street Film Festival, is an annual film and arts festival staged in

Thunder Bay Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

. First established in 2005 by Kelly Saxberg and Ron Harpelle, the festival's mission was to feature local, national, and international films with the theme "films for the people". The festival was sponsored by Flash Frame, a local film and video network, and was originally held on 314 Bay Street in the historic

Finnish Labour Temple The Finnish Labour Temple (also known as the Big Finn Hall or Finlandia Club) is a Finnish-Canadian cultural and community centre (" Finn hall") and a local landmark located at 314 Bay Street in the Finnish quarter in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Built ...

in the heart of the city's Finnish quarter."Final curtain for Bay Street Film Festival"
'' TBNewsWatch.com'', September 12, 2017. The 2017 festival was the last to be held under the Bay Street Film Festival name. It relaunched in 2018 as the Vox Popular Media Arts Festival, expanding its programming to include theatrical performance, music and installation art presentations."Video: Vox Popular Festival continues to expand from screen to stage"
'' TBNewsWatch.com'', September 12, 2018.

References

External links