North Bay Film Festival 2025
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North Bay Film Festival takes place annually in beautiful North Bay, Ontario at the historic Capitol Centre Theatre.
This 3 day festival features international, Canadian, and local films along with filmmaker Q&As, receptions, workshops, and industry events. NBFF serves audiences living in and around North Bay. We are dedicated to presenting the best of contemporary cinema, principally highlighting the work of Canadian, Indigenous and Northern Ontarian filmmakers. Our mission is to shine a spotlight on new perspectives, marginalized voices and bold artistic visions. Click here for full festival pass ticket
Schedule of Films:
Friday, November 14th at 10:00am
Captains of the Clouds
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Director: Michael Curitz
Year: 1942
Runtime: 114 mins
Country: USA
In the 1942 Technicolor film Captains of the Clouds, brash Canadian bush-pilot Brian MacLean enlists in the RCAF when World War II breaks out and must learn to fly for his country rather than for himself. The film was shot in the rugged lakes region around North Bay, Ontario.
FREE screening
Friday, November 14th at 12:00pm
Project Grizzly
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Director: Peter Lynch
Year: 1997
Runtime: 72 mins
Country: Canada
After a dangerous but victimless encounter with a giant grizzly bear during a camping trip in 1984, North Bay, Ontario resident Troy Hurtubise is inspired to research the species up close. A scrap-metal merchant, Hurtubise builds a space suit-like "grizzly-proof" suit of armour inspired by the film RoboCop, which he calls "Ursus Mark VI".
FREE screening
Friday, November 14th at 2:30pm
That Beautiful Somewhere
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Director: Robert Budreau
Year: 2006
Runtime: 93 mins
Country: Canada
Rated: R
Troubled detective Conk Adams and archaeologist Catherine Nyland investigate a mysterious body found in a sacred Northern Ontario bog, with the rugged landscape around North Bay providing the film’s stark backdrop.
FREE screening
Friday, November 14th at 6:00pm
North of Normal
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Director: Carly Stone
Year: 2022
Runtime: 90 mins
Country: Canada
After being raised in the wilderness, a teenage girl moves to the city, hoping for a normal life with her anything but normal mother. The film was shot in 2021 in Northern Ontario, primarily in and around Sudbury, North Bay and Mattawa.
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Friday, November 14th at 8:30pm
EVEL
Director: Derek Diorio
Year: 2025
Runtime: 85 mins
Country: Canada
A young woman is held hostage in an EV self-driving car on an isolated northern highway. The car is controlled by a malevolent force that wipes out her digital footprint and her very existence, then delivers her to a Billionaire predator. Shot in North Bay with a local cast.
Followed by Q&A
Saturday, November 15th at 9:00am
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Director: Ally Pankiw
Year: 2025
Runtime: 99 Mins
Country: Canada
Language: English
Rated: G
This galvanizing documentary from director Ally Pankiw (I Used To Be Funny) takes us behind the scenes of Sarah McLachlan’s legendary all-women music festival and features interviews with performers including Bonnie Raitt, Erykah Badu, Olivia Rodrigo, and Emmylou Harris.
Saturday, November 15th at 12:00pm
Nouvelle Vague
Director: Richard Linklater
Year: 2025
Runtime: 106 Mins
Country: France, USA
Language: French, English
Rated: R
The latest from Oscar-nominated indie auteur Richard Linklater is an effervescent, meticulous recreation of the making of Jean-Luc Godard's legendary 1960 feature debut Breathless, the film that heralded the arrival of the French New Wave. Though reverential, Nouvelle Vague is Linklater at his most lighthearted, but the film’s key message is art and freedom.
Saturday, November 15th at 2:30pm
Sweetness
Director: Emma Higgins
Year: 2025
Runtime: 93 mins
Country: Canada
Language: English
In Sweetness (2025), a grieving teenage fan becomes entangled in the self-destructive world of her rock-star idol, blurring the line between devotion and obsession. Filmed on location in and around North Bay, Ontario, the feature marks director Emma Higgins’ powerful debut.
Followed by Q&A
Saturday, November 15th at 6:00pm
Frankenstein
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Year: 2025
Runtime: 149 mins
Country: USA
Language: English
Rated: R
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro’s visually sumptuous adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece finds Oscar Isaac as the brilliant scientist whose unearthly creation, eerily and ingeniously conjured by Jacob Elordi, blurs the boundaries between life, death, and madness.
Followed by Q&A
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Sunday, November 16th at 10:00am
Best of the Decade: NBFF Canadian Shorts Winners
Runtime: 110 mins
Country: Canada
Award Winners is a curated showcase of exceptional short films that have earned the Canadian Short Award at the North Bay Film Festival over the past decade. This special 10th Anniversary program reflects the festival’s ongoing commitment to supporting emerging voices and celebrating the creativity, innovation, and spirit of Canadian filmmakers.
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Sunday, November 16th at 1:00pm
Blood Lines
Director: Gail Maurice
Year: 2025
Runtime: 89 Mins
Country: Canada
Language: English, Michif
Rated: 18A
Métis storyteller Beatrice returns to her small community when her estranged mother Leonore reappears, and her life is further upended by Chani—a woman seeking her birth family—forcing Beatrice to confront identity, heritage and complex family bonds.
\Métis storyteller Beatrice returns home when her estranged mother reappears, and her life is upended by Chani — a woman searching for her birth family — forcing her to confront identity, heritage, and belonging. Filmed in and around North Bay, Ontario, the film marks Gail Maurice’s powerful exploration of intergenerational connection and Métis identity.
Followed by Q&A
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Sunday, November 16th at 4:00pm
It Was Just An Accident
Director: Jafar Panahi
Year: 2025
Runtime: 104 mins
Country: Iran, France, Luxembourg
Language: Persian, Azerbaijani
Rated: PG-13
Winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, the latest from Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi — his first following his most recent prison sentence — follows a group of citizens pondering revenge against a man they believe was their torturer.
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Sunday, November 16th at 7:30pm
No Other Choice
Director Park Chan-wook
Year: 2025
Runtime: 139 mins
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
A darkly comic thriller about a middle-aged man laid off from his corporate job who, unable to find new work, takes drastic measures to eliminate his competition—literally. As his plan spirals out of control, Park Chan-wook transforms a story of economic desperation into a razor-sharp satire about capitalism, morality, and survival in a cutthroat world.
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- Festival Pass $80.00
- Single Film (Regular) $15.00
- Single Film (Student Price) $5.00
