ReFrame Film Festival

Anyone want to help out at the park and parade events on Saturday, September 28th? Let us know here: https://peterboroughpride.ca/volunteer/

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!!

Bingo volunteers will help us raise close to $15,000 this year by volunteering for a handful of shifts at the Delta Bingo & Gaming Centre in Peterborough.

We are looking for individuals who are able to commit to a minimum of 1 shift once every 3 months. Shifts are 2 hours, and can take place afternoons, evenings or weekends (generally scheduled about a month in advance).

Bingo volunteers must be 18 years of age or older, and have reliable transportation to and from Delta Bingo & Gaming Centre in Peterborough.

If you're able to support ReFrame in this important fundraising, or would like more information, please fill out the following form: https://bit.ly/reframebingo

Delta Bingo Volunteer Form THANK YOU for your interest in volunteering with Delta Bingo on behalf of ReFrame! Bingo volunteers will help us raise over $15,000 this year by volunteering for a handful of shifts at the Delta Bingo & Gaming Centre in Peterborough. Responsibilities include providing great customer service, assisti...

At the completion of two full terms serving on ReFrame's Board of Directors, we offer our deepest gratitude to the remarkable Deborah Berrill. ReFrame has benefited immensely from her years of dedicated and compassionate leadership, during which she has vastly advanced our work and mission. Thank you, merci, miigwetch. We miss you already! ❤

Image description: Deborah Berrill on stage at Market Hall during ReFrame 2024, introducing Wshkiigmong Dbaajmownan / Curve Lake Storytelling. Deborah has short, curly hair, and wears a bright red shawl, standing in front of a blue background at a microphone. [Photo: Esther Vincent]

We're thrilled to share that Team ReFrame has four new members! At our AGM this week, we unanimously elected Angeni Lovelady (top L), Karleen Pendleton Jimenéz (top R), Michelle Nguyen (bottom L) and Sean Fitzpatrick (bottom R) to our Board of Directors. We celebrate these visionary community builders, and their dedication to supporting the arts and justice in Nogojiwanong and beyond. Visit https://reframefilmfestival.ca/about-reframe/board-staff/ to learn more about these fine folks, and the rest of the team at ReFrame.

Image description: A composite image of four individuals arranged in a grid, with the text "Welcome, New Board Members!" in bold white letters on a black background across the centre. The top left photo shows a person with short hair, glasses, and a beard, smiling at the camera. The top right photo shows a person with short hair wearing a light-colored shirt, smiling with a lattice background behind them. The bottom left photo shows a person with long hair and glasses, wearing a plaid shirt, smiling. The bottom right photo shows a person with short hair and a beard, smiling broadly, with a bookshelf in the background.

Our partnership with Delta Bingo and Gaming is one of our most reliable sources of operating funding, with over $17,000 in revenue generated over our last fiscal year. We share our immense gratitude to our beloved bingo volunteers, who have made this fundraising possible! Get in contact with [email protected] to learn how a partnership with Delta can benefit your local non-profit.

Excited for the bike in movie and celebration with Shifting Gears this Friday night. Grab your free tickets today and join the fun!

May 31st from 6:30- 9:30pm at the Nicholls Oval pavilion. Enjoy the indie classic "The Triplets of Belleville" (2003), as well as free ABC bike checks, tasty treats (while supplies last), and the presentation of Shifting Gears workplace awards and prizes. This event is open to everyone.

ICYMI: free, glorious virtual screening alert! Our beloved colleagues at the NFB have just made the ReFrame 2024 alum film LOSING BLUE, directed by Leanne Allison, available for free streaming on their site.

Don't miss this striking cinematic poem which delves into the impending loss of some of the most extraordinary colours on Earth - the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes.

Stream the film on-demand at https://www.nfb.ca/film/losing-blue/

Our friends at Story Money Impact have an exciting opportunity for documentary filmmakers focused on social and environmental justice! Learn more about the 4th edition of the Story to Action program, eligibility and application process here: https://buff.ly/3QWbIMu

We're so grateful to everyone who took the time to complete our 2024 audience feedback form! Your thoughts on ReFrame provide essential guidance for us as we plan for the future of the festival. Congratulations to our winners, who were each randomly selected from hundreds of audience members to win an all-access pass to the 2025 festival!

The contest may be closed, but the feedback questionnaire is still open, and we always want to hear from you. Help shape the future of ReFrame by filling out our form at https://forms.gle/48PtxqjBpkxFaHkY7. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Join Delta Bingo and Gaming on June 1st for an electrifying night of laughter, entertainment and prizes with local drag legends Ms. Madge Enhat and Miss Divalicious! When you play at Delta, local charities like ReFrame win.

Don't miss Ms. Madge Enthat and Miss Divalicious for a Drag Bingo Comedy event Saturday, April 27! It's also Diva's Birthday!

Tickets available soon at Delta Bingo or at evenbrite.com

Thank you Delta Bingo and Gaming for helping community organizations like ReFrame. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Today is the LAST DAY to tell us your thoughts for a chance to WIN a 2025 Festival Pass! Link to survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eeD6lGEXJ1hSH74ff6b1Fy5ac92hi0HcgqdR7Big57A/edit

Mark your calendars for Delta Bingo and Gaming's March events including Madonna Drag Bingo, weekly promotions and more!

ReFrame is grateful for your support of organizations like ours, and for your contributions to our community.

Win a FREE Pass to ReFrame 2025!

Thank you for helping us to celebrate our 20th Anniversary Festival!

It is for you, our loyal and engaged audience, that we bring ReFrame to life each year. Your thoughts, suggestions and feedback are invaluable as we continually strive to improve the festival. Future programming, delivery formats, and funding applications are heavily influenced by what you tell us you would like to experience at ReFrame.

Please fill out our survey to be entered to win 1 of 5 Festival Passes to ReFrame 2025! This survey consists primarily of multiple choice questions, and should take about 15 minutes to complete.

Winners will be selected randomly and notified by email. ReFrame reserves the right to pick alternate winners if we do not receive confirmation of a prize acceptance within one week of notification.

Survey closes Friday, March 8 at 5PM.

Take the survey: http://tinyurl.com/m7hjrff3

ReFrame 2024 Audience Feedback Thank you for helping us to celebrate our 20th Anniversary Festival! It is for you, our loyal and engaged audience, that we bring ReFrame to life each year. Your thoughts, suggestions and feedback are invaluable as we continually strive to improve the festival. Future programming, delivery formats,....

Be sure to check out these upcoming events happening at Delta Bingo and Gaming!

We are grateful for your support and for all you do for the Nogojiwanong/ Peterborough community. Thank you!

Thank you to our 2024 funders and partners. ReFrame would not be possible without your support!
Funders:
Government of Canada Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada Community Services Recovery Fund,
Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada, The City of Peterborough, Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario, Dave Smith, Delta Bingo and Gaming

Community Partners:

4th Line Theatre Amnesty International Peterborough Art Gallery of Peterborough Artspace Peterborough, B!KE, BLM Nogojiwanong Basic Income Peterborough Network Canadian Images in Conversation Chanie Wenjack School For Indigenous Studies Community Counselling & Resource Centre Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough Compass Early Learning & Care CUPE 3908 Development and Peace Engage Engineering Blue Community - Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph First Peoples House of Learning OPSEU Local 352 Fleming Faculty Green Up Kawartha Land Trust KTRSG KWIC Peterborough Kawartha NOW New Canadians Centre Peterborough OPIRG Peterborough PARN-Your Community AIDS Resource Network Peterborough Bicycle Advisory Committee - PBAC Peterborough Public Library Peterborough Pride Peterborough Kawartha NDP PFLAG Canada - Peterborough ON Public Energy Rtoero District 36 Peterborough The Period Purse TRACKS Youth Program Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church Take Cover Books Trent School of the Environment Canadian Studies Student Association Trent French Club We Vote CBC WorkforceWins Wrinkle Radio Youth Leadership in Sustainability - YLS

Media Partners:

The Arthur Classical FM Radio Station The Wolf 101.5 FM Global Peterborough 1005 Fresh Radio The Peterborough Examiner KawarthaNOW Metroland Media outsideinside ParadigmPictures.tv Point of View Magazine Peterborough Currents, Trent Radio

Hospitality Partners:

Holiday Inn Peterborough-Waterfront The Food Shop BE Catering

A HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make ReFrame 2024 a success! We so appreciate your time and generosity and the many ways you offer support through ticket-taking, ushering and so much more. The festival would not be possible without you!

Extra special thanks to shift supervisors Andrea Monos, Barry Boyce, Kat Tannock, Tasha Chase, and Hannah Routly.

Photo Credit: Esther Vincent, Ziysah von Bieberstein, Lauren Corindia

Panels, performances and workshops OH MY!

Thank you to everyone who attended, facilitated, introduced and moderated our Q&A's and other events throughout the festival.

We appreciate all of the conversations, ideas and laughter that is shared by the ReFrame community.

Photo credit: Esther Vincent, Ziysah von Bieberstein., and Lauren Corindia

We are so grateful to have been a part of the Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering again this year. If you missed the in-person screening, you can watch all of the shorts online this week until Saturday, February 17th! Watch here: reframefilmfestival.ca/elders-gathering-2024/

Films:

I SEE directed by Noémie Echaquan & Julie Ottawa

THE FIGHTER directed by André-Charles Ishpatao

THERE ARE HIERARCHIES OF GRIEF directed by Meky Ottawa

HEART LIKE A POW WOW directed by Chief Lady Bird

ANCESTRAL THREADS directed by Sean Stiller

GRAPE SODA IN THE PARKING LOT directed by Megan Kyak-Monteith

Thank you everyone for such a special weekend of events.

A look back at our phenomenal 20th anniversary opening night event!

Thank you Alice Olsen Williams for your opening words, Sarah Lewis for your evocative and beautiful poem, Seeing Red Media James Burns and Stevie Salas for your urgent and incredible film, and Heidi and Joshua for taking part in the Q&A.

Deepest gratitude to Layla Staats - Change Maker for your impactful performance and storytelling.

Thank you to our food caterers BE Catering and The Food Shop

And thanks so much to everyone who attended this special event!

Photo credit: Esther Vincent

A recap of the magnificent panel and performance during the in-person festival: Wshkiigmong Dibaajmownan/Curve Lake Storytelling at Market Hall. It was so inspiring and powerful to hear from this incredible panel of filmmakers. We are so grateful that ReFrame could hold space for such important conversations. Thank you so much to Marylin, Carol, Missy, Sarah, Marg, Jonathan, Nadine and Alice for your work on this project and for being with us for the event. Thank you also to Kelli for supporting the event and the filmmakers with your beautiful words and your dance.

Photo credit: Esther Vincent

For anyone who didn't scoop up our beautiful merch during the in-person festival, we have good news for you: merch is now available at the GreenUP store!

We have many items available including long-sleeved shirts (some black shirts for sale), mugs, stickers, patches, toques and totes.

Get your 20th anniversary merch today while supplies last!

Green Up is located at 378 Aylmer St. Thank you Renegade Apparel Screenprinting and Merchandise for printing and Ceilidh Pitaw for the illustration!

In connection with Nogojiwanong/Peterborough’s current Climate Action Plan update, Kawartha Pine Ridge’s Youth Leadership in Sustainability (YLS) class has created a series of 2 minute video vignettes describing the fabulous city they live in, in 2044.

Encounter these acts of civic imagination and see how 20 years of ambitious and creative action by the city, initiated by the progressive Plan update work of 2024, have created an attractive and livable city that has embraced climate justice.

IMAGINE: THE CITY WE WANT | An installation by Youth Leadership in Sustainability is available online as part of the virtual festival.
Get tickets: reframefilmfestival.ca/ancillary/installation-imagine-the-city-we-want/

Stream the Virtual Festival on demand across Canada Jan 29-Feb 4. Tickets are $15 or Pay-What-You-Can. Virtual Festival passes are available at reframefilmfestival.ca/festival/passes-tickets/

Shorts: SHARP ANGLES - These films spotlight the power of documentary craft to invite new perspectives on people, events and experiences. They offer insight and ask you to really look.

Films:
THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO directed by Erica Monde
THE CITIES I LIVE IN directed by Rabie Mustapha
A SHORT FILM ABOUT A CHAIR directed by Ibrahim Handal
CLEAN directed by Miranda Stern
MODERN GOOSE directed by Karsten Wall
*HALVES & DOUBLES directed by Adam Mbowe (*In Person only)

Stream the Virtual Festival on demand across Canada Jan 29-Feb 4. Tickets are $15 or Pay-What-You-Can. Virtual Festival passes are available at reframefilmfestival.ca/festival/passes-tickets/

Thank you to our film sponsors Art Gallery of Peterborough PARN-Your Community AIDS Resource Network Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough

Manufacturing the Threat Review: The Secrets of Canadian Security - POV Magazine Amy Miller explores the story of Ana Korody and Omar Nuttall being manipulated for the Canada Day bomb plot in Manufacturing the Threat.

Thank you Point of View Magazine!

ReFrame Film Festival Returns With Over 60 Social Justice Docs - POV Magazine Documentary highlights at the 2024 ReFrame Film Festival include Boil Alert, Queendom, Kirby's House, Manufacturing the Threat, and more!

Thalia is an artist, banner-maker, and one of the original marchers and founders of a women-only peace camp against nuclear weapons. In this film, Thalia shares the untold story of the longest feminist protest in British history, and reflects on how collective action changed the lives of the women of Greenham Common and inspired several generations.

SEW TO SAY directed by Rakel Aguirre
Get tickets: reframefilmfestival.ca/film/sew-to-say/

Stream the Virtual Festival on demand across Canada Jan 29-Feb 4. Tickets are $15 or Pay-What-You-Can. Virtual Festival passes are available at reframefilmfestival.ca/festival/passes-tickets/

Thank you to our film sponsors Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough Peterborough Pride