The festival was created by Lakehead University’s history department, with support from the faculties of social sciences and humanities, and education - with the intention of sharing knowledge through film.
“Nowadays, half of the students here are studying everything online and also, people who are teaching are using film more and more. That's why it's so important to show high-quality, peer-reviewed films made by academics and researchers and community members. They really hit home for people,” she said.
“We’re just about to go into our local filmmaking program today, Sports from the Giant which features all of the archival film footage from Dougall Media shot way back, 50 years ago,” she said.