WNDX Inc. is a charitable organization – BN 81511 5670 RR0001
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Based in Winnipeg, Canada, the WNDX Festival of Moving Image is a five-day experimental film festival held yearly in early October that serves as a meeting ground for experimental film on the prairies. The organization supports a diverse community of experimental moving image artists through an annual festival and year-round activities, contributing to local, national and international exchanges of artists and audiences.
WNDX was established in 2005 as a grass-roots organization intended to fill in service gaps in the local film community; and in particular to support a then-new generation of independent filmmakers who viewed their work in the field to be a professional art practice, without industry objectives.
Winnipeg houses one of the most unique film creation cultures in Canada and is internationally recognized for its independent and experimental works. Prior to the first WNDX festival in 2006, however, there was no dedicated forum to provide access and context to this culture. WNDX aimed to become the most important presenter of new Winnipeg and prairie independent cinema, and this focus remains central to the festival’s programming identity into the present day.
Through our One Take Super-8 Event program, held annually since our festival’s inception, WNDX has become one of the most important developers of early-career filmmakers in Manitoba.
At the time of its founding, WNDX was a unique organization, and we continue that tradition today, as an organization predominantly led by woman and Indigenous, Black and other racialized people, as well as 2SLGBTQ+ people. These leaders made and continue to make WNDX an organization that prioritizes these demographics in its programming and service offerings.