North Bay Film

06/16/2026

✨NEW!✨ North Bay Film presents Summer Film Club, in partnership with the North Bay Public Library!

Enjoy FREE movies, this summer:
👉 July 9th - Escape from New York
👉 July 23rd - Dinner in America
👉 August 6th - Hundreds of Beavers

Doors open at 6pm for Film Club Social, so come hang out and meet fellow film lovers before the movie starts at 7pm sharp.

Watch cool movies, meet cool people, stay cool this summer!
Free movie screenings, curated by North Bay Film.

06/05/2026

🎬 Our 2026 Call for Submissions is open on FilmFreeway!

The North Bay Film Festival is currently seeking Canadian and student short films for our 2026 festival, taking place November 13–15 at the Capitol Centre in downtown North Bay.

📅 Early Bird Deadline: July 1, 2026

Selected filmmakers receive a screening fee and are invited to participate in festival events throughout the weekend.

Submit your film today:
https://filmfreeway.com/NorthBayFilmFestival

Learn more about the festival at northbayfilmfestival.ca

05/28/2026

Calling all Short Film Makers!

The North Bay Film Festival returns November 13–15, 2026 at the historic Capitol Centre in downtown North Bay! Our 2026 Call for Canadian and Student Short Film Submission officially opens next Monday, June 1st. 📅

Got a short film that’s 10 minutes or less, produced in 2025 or 2026? We want to see it! 🎞️✨

Important Dates & Deadlines:
– Submissions open: June 1st, 2026
– Early Bird Deadline: July 1st
– Regular Deadline: August 16th
– Final Deadline: September 7th

🎥 Canadian Shorts:
– Fees: Early Bird – $10 CAD | Regular – $20 CAD | Final – $30 CAD
– Open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or grads of Canadian film programs
– Films must be 10 mins or less, produced in 2025 or 2026
– Priority given to films with closed captioning

🎓 Canadian Student Showcase:
– Free to submit at all deadlines
– Open to students currently attending a Canadian secondary or post-secondary institution
– Films must be 10 mins or less, produced in 2025 or 2026

🎟️ All selected filmmakers receive a screening fee and will be invited to Q&As and industry events during the festival!

Visit the link in our bio for more info on how to submit!

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04/29/2026

Tonight's film is a must-see!

North Bay Film Presents: The President’s Cake

When: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 | 7PM
Where: Galaxy Cinemas North Bay | 300 Lakeshore Drive
Tickets: $12 or $30 Flex-pass ($10 each)

Hasan Hadi’s heartbreaking The President’s Cake follows young Lamia, who’s selected to provide the cake for her class’s mandated celebration of tyrant Saddam Hussein’s birthday, something she and her ailing grandmother can ill afford. The film details the cruelty brought by extreme scarcity and a lawless leader.

More info and tickets: https://northbayfilm.ca/the-presidents-cake

04/21/2026

North Bay Film Presents: The President’s Cake

When: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 | 7PM
Where: Galaxy Cinemas North Bay | 300 Lakeshore Drive
Tickets: $12 or $30 Flex-pass ($10 each)

Hasan Hadi’s heartbreaking The President’s Cake follows young Lamia, who’s selected to provide the cake for her class’s mandated celebration of tyrant Saddam Hussein’s birthday, something she and her ailing grandmother can ill afford. The film details the cruelty brought by extreme scarcity and a lawless leader.

More info and tickets: https://northbayfilm.ca/the-presidents-cake/

04/17/2026

The 2026 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards nominees are out and we're thrilled to see some familiar names 👀

So much incredible talent coming out of the North right now. Congrats to everyone nominated!

Full list:

Winners will be unveiled on June 20, 2026.

04/15/2026

It's tonight!

North Bay Film Presents:
UIKSARINGITARA (WRONG HUSBAND)

Help us celebrate National Canadian Film Day with this gorgeous Canadian film!

When: Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 | 7PM
Where: Galaxy Cinemas North Bay | 300 Lakeshore Drive
Tickets: $12 or $30 Flex-pass ($10 each)

Learn more and get tickets online: https://northbayfilm.ca/uiksaringitara-wrong-husband

04/10/2026

Next Week!

North Bay Film Presents: UIKSARINGITARA (WRONG HUSBAND)

Wednesday, April 15th
7:00pm at Galaxy Cinemas North Bay
Tickets: $12 or 3 for $30 flexpass ($10 each)

A strange death, village upheavals, and swarming suitors lead to a love story gone awry in acclaimed Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s latest enthralling imagining of ancient Inuit stories.

Celebrated Inuk director Zacharias Kunuk returns to the Festival with his latest offering, a captivating, epic, historical drama about an arranged marriage, set 4,000 years ago. Seamlessly blending the supernatural with verité realism, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) follows a boy, Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik), and a girl, Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq), whose union in marriage is promised by their families from birth.

03/18/2026

It's tonight!

Join us at Galaxy Cinemas for The Secret Agent!

When: Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 | 7PM
Where: Galaxy Cinemas North Bay | 300 Lakeshore Drive
Tickets: $12 or $30 Flex-pass ($10 each)
Winner of multiple prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, TIFF veteran Kleber Mendonça Filho’s sly, genre-bending political thriller stars Wagner Moura as Marcelo, a technology expert on the lam and seeking refuge in the Brazilian city of Recife in 1977.

More info and tickets: https://northbayfilm.ca/the-secret-agent/

03/11/2026

Our next screening of The Secret Agent is in one week!

North Bay Film Presents: The Secret Agent
When: Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 | 7PM
Where: Galaxy Cinemas North Bay | 300 Lakeshore Drive
Tickets: $12 or $30 Flex-pass ($10 each)

Winner of multiple prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, TIFF veteran Kleber Mendonça Filho’s sly, genre-bending political thriller stars Wagner Moura as Marcelo, a technology expert on the lam and seeking refuge in the Brazilian city of Recife in 1977.
More info and tickets: https://northbayfilm.ca/the-secret-agent/

https://youtu.be/9UfrzDKrhEc

Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city as vibrant as it is violent. A te...