This year’s Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film will be held July 17–20, 2025, on Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory, at the Hanover Drive-In, the Durham Art Gallery, and the Glencolton Farms.

The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film  was founded in 2002 by the Grey Zone Collective (GZC) to bring contemporary, experimental art into public and rural spaces. GZC is committed to showcasing alternative voices and perspectives, and to reframing rural identity by centring Indigenous and marginalized peoples as vital to the cultural fabric of our region.

For more information on venues, programming, and tickets, please see https://fabfilmfest.org/. Admission is FREE for all events. 

This year, Archive/Counter-Archive (A/CA) is supporting two programs: 

1. On JULY 17th, 9:00 PM at the HANOVER DRIVE-IN

Outer Worlds, https://fabfilmfest.org/outer_world/, is an extraordinary program that features experimental IMAX films by five leading Canadian artists: Oliver Husain, Lisa Jackson, Kelly Richardson, Michael Snow, and Leila Sujir. Commissioned and curated by A/CA PI Janine Marchessault. For more information on this project, see https://www.xlouterworlds.ca/.

Plus, a rare screening of two restored large screen and multiscreen films: A Place to Stand (Christopher Chapman, 1967) and North of Superior (Graeme Ferguson, 1971). See https://fabfilmfest.org/a-place-to-stand_north-of-superior/.

2. On JULY 19th, 11:00 AM at the DURHAM ART GALLERY

Kewekapawetan: Return After the Flood, https://fabfilmfest.org/kewekapawetan_return_after_the_flood/.

A film by A/CA artist-in-residence Jennfier Dysart. Discussion with the artist will follow the screening.

For the full festival schedule: