The Smith Sound Film Festival was formed in 2017. We're located in Clarenville, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. We're a very small festival which operates in the George's Brook-Milton Community Cultural House our neighboring community. We're also situated on the East Coast of Newfoundland one of our prime tourist destinations in summer taking in historic Trinity and Bonavista visitation points. If you are into winter sports, our communities have some nice trails for the outdoor adventurer. In summer, kayaking is a must along the shores of Random and Smith Sounds.
Our festival's theme since its inception is works rarely seen in recent years or new and upcoming films outside of mainstream festivals. Our main genres include drama, comedy, documentary and the experimental filmmaking craft. This year we are accepting works by Canadian filmmakers with given themes of isolation and world change and human kindness.
Our festival is planned for Friday September 16th of this year. Last year's was a great success and we hope to see some of our returning filmmakers this year.
We're an audience driven film festival awarding prizes based on the highest number of votes. The Smith Sound Silver Spike Award is the top honours. This year we are also introducing the Martin Bourne Award for the film that best captures the spirit of innovation and cinema-verite representing people in day to day life activities. Martin Bourne was a local Clarenville filmmaker who lived here in the 1950s.