WNDX Festival of Moving Image

Focusing on the most innovative and ground-breaking work by Canadian filmmakers and video artists, particularly the work of Manitoba and prairie artists, the festival celebrates the impetus to create in motion picture as a means of artistic expression and brings works that may be overlooked by the mainstream to the forefront.

Welcome to our SPECIAL QUEER EDITION of WNDX, where we’ve built a special program shining a spotlight on the work of Queer filmmakers from the prairies and across Canada working in experimental film and expanded forms, complementing our always open-themed open call program and One Take Super-8 Event.

We’re thrilled to open the festival with a retrospective look at the body of work of Noam Gonick, We Sleep in the Light of the Golden Boy’s Ass; Accessing A Celebration of Noam Gonick’s Oeuvre, curated by Solomon Nagler. This two-program series includes a package of shorts films opening the festival, and Hey! Happy!, Gonick’s first feature film, initially released 25 years ago.

We also have a Queer prairie shorts program, Rebirth // Resurgence // Reoccurrence, specially curated for WNDX by Alex Nguyen, better known as local Drag Queen, Ruby Chopstix. Also featured are Two-Spirit Nehiyaw, Ojibway and Anishinaabe visual storyteller Tristin Greyeyes’ A Cree Approach, in which the director explores why Cree is not their first language; Eryn Foster and Sue Johnson’s Celestial Queer, celebrating the life and work of Nova Scotia gay-rights activist, filmmaker James MacSwain; and Elian Mikkola’s multi-projector 16mm live film performance, Twinklight.

Our open call series continues to examine new trends and evolutions in filmmaking – locally, nationally and internationally. It includes works that reflect on family histories, embodied connections, distant lands and nightscapes; and includes the prairie premiere of Ryan McKenna’s Solitudes, the Canadian premiere of Ojibwe/Cree filmmaker and visual artist Kristin Snowbird’s Take Care, and the Western Canadian premiere of Alex Ateah’s End’s Meat. The open call program also includes the midnight-themed DON’T BE NERVOUS, which channels the spirit of long-time WNDX programmer, the late Jaimz Asmundson.

Our One Take Super-8 Event once again rounds out our festival program, featuring new works by 20 Manitoba filmmakers.

The event this year also includes the special participation of an additional filmmaker: Kelowna-based Winnipeg expat filmmaker Sandeep Sidhu. Last year, One Take program founder Alex Rogalski was officially informed that Sidhu, whose film Singh was featured in a One Take retrospective program, had passed away and shared this sad news with the audience that night. Everyone was surprised by the news, but nobody more so than Sidhu himself, who later wrote that reports of his passing had been “greatly exaggerated.” Sidhu asked for a special spot in this year’s One Take, and his film Bard, Still Breathes marks a return to the program 15 years after the making of Singh. Will his film work out? It’s always the million dollar question with the One Take!

Tickets:

• Noam Gonick shorts + Hey, Happy!: $10
• All other screenings: pay-what-you-can ($5 recommended)

How to get tickets?

* Advance tickets available online via Zeffy
* You can also send an e-transfer to info@wndx.org, noting the screening(s) you want tickets to
* Cash sales available at the door

Date & Time: November 12–15, 2026

Venue & Address :

Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Ave, Winnipeg

Club Happenings, 114B Osborne Street

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