Films on the Go
Date: Aug 4
10:00 am
- 9:00 pm
Where: Theatre
Films on loop
Films are screened daily on a loop during opening hours.
Memento Mori
Director: Shan Leigh Pomeroy; Runtime: 4 minutes
A stop-motion meditation on the inevitability of death, dedicated in loving memory to Gravy, the Nebelung gremlin kitty.
Meg Writes a Reference Letter
Director: Katelyn McCulloch; Runtime: 10 minutes
Meg is tasked with writing her own reference letter and naming all of her best qualities which ultimately brings out the worst in her.
Bounce
Director: Elizabeth Hicks; Runtime: 11 minutes
Darcy is a fifteen-year-old mix of energy, perfectionism, and insecurity. When an ultra-cute boy from her cadet corps insists that she attend that night’s Trampoline Social, Darcy raids her sister’s drawers and sets o? for a dramatic evening of self-acceptance and sweet backflips.
FRAMED: Spirit Song Festival
Director: Framed Documentary Crew; Runtime: 15 minutes
Nearly a decade ago, the Spirit Song Festival began as a one-day event. It has since blossomed into a weeklong, award winning, world-class gathering of Indigenous artists with audience members in the thousands.
Through the lens of an Indigenous-led SJIWFF Framed Documentary program, and in partnership with First Light, this short documentary charts the rise of the festival through performances by, and interviews with, Indigenous icons and artists from across Canada.
Esther & Sai
Directors: Rosie Choo Pidcock, Anaïsa Visser; Runtime: 13 minutes
Esther and Sai are strangers with a few things in common: they are new immigrant students, they are homesick and they are hungry. When a racially charged interaction with a grocer goes awry, each finds themselves back in their dorm room with the only meal they could find: a box of macaroni and cheese. A night of loneliness and self doubt threatens to unravel each of them, but ultimately meeting a kindred spirit sparks the possibility of belonging. Based on a true story, Esther & Sai captures the struggle of immigrating to a new country through the beginning of a lifelong friendship.
Vegas
Director: Anna Wheeler; Runtime: 11 minutes
A disillusioned artist- turned taxi driver picks up an unassuming stranger and things take a dramatic turn when it is revealed not everything is as it appears. Vegas is a coming of age dramedy, wraped inside a neon-noir urban mystery.
In partnership with the St. John's Women's International Film Festival.
Events & Programs
This event has been cancelled due to illness. Tickets will be refunded. A new date will be announced when confirmed.
Have you ever wondered about the connections between creativity and neurodivergence, such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia? From attention to detail to pattern recognition and language originality, neurodivergent artists can display talents that could be considered advantages.
Join us for a moderated panel discussion with Dr. Andreae Callanan and Dr. Kate Lahey, who will talk about how neurodivergent people express creativity in unique, unconventional ways.
Part of the discussion will address some challenges for neurodivergent artists during and following the creative process, such as executive functioning, sleep disturbances, and burnout. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.
Cost: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Register online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the Panelists:
Andreae Callanan holds a PhD in English from Memorial and serves as co-convener of the Research and Knowledge Exchange on Critical Disability Studies at the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research. Her debut poetry collection, The Debt (Biblioasis, 2021), was shortlisted for the E. J. Pratt Family Poetry Prize and was a runner-up in the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry. Andreae’s creative and critical writing has been published in Riddle Fence, The Walrus, Newfoundland Quarterly, Canadian Notes & Queries, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, and in Best Canadian Essays 2026. She lives in St. John’s.
Dr. Kate Lahey holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, is the front person of the band Weary, and writes arts criticism. As a musician, writer, scholar, community organizer, and postdoctoral fellow at Memorial’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, her research centers on trauma-informed values such as healing, care, empathy, and social justice.