"Ben's Screening Room" is dedicated to emerging filmmakers of all ages.

This event is named after the late Ben McKinnon who was a local, talented, young filmmaker who, tragically, passed before his time.

"Ben's" has become a festival audience favourite since its inception in 2017.

Here you will find an incredible array of animations and video shorts.

Some poignant, some funny, others thought provoking, you will find a little bit of everything at "Ben's."

Join us to see what new creative artists are doing in film!

Also included in this year's reel are the videos of the three winners from last years festival as well as "Ben's Reel" which we show every year in tribute to his talent.

Line Up

1 - Ben's Reel - 2016 - Five Knights Productions

2 - Time To Wake Up - Lia Campo - Hudson Film Festival 2020 Winner Best Short Video

3 - Luminate - Amanda Velardo - Hudson Film Festival 2020 Winner Best Animation

4 - When Life Hands You Corrupt SD Cards - Magalie Langrais - Hudson Film Festival 2020 Audience Favourite

THIS YEAR'S SELECTION

5 - Cycle - Animation - Dexter Stevens (Dawson College)

6 - Bikka - Animation - Iris Gu & Laura Liu (Dawson College)

7 - Bear With Me - Animation - Emily Donoghue (Dawson College)

8 - Ainsi Soit-Elle - Video Short - Alex Vallee - Real by Fake Productions

9 -Parenthesis - Video Short - Andrea Castro

10 - Vacuum - Video Short - Jacob Landry

11 - An Uninvited Guest - Video Short - Richard Pierre

12 - Leashed - Video Short - Salients Yang

13 - The Date - Video Short - Taylor Olson

14 - Unfinished Manuscript - Video Short - Vincent Valentino

15- The Water Walker - Documentary - Seeing Red 6Nations

16 - Zen Summits - Documentary - Rubicon

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 116 Minutes