Silver Wave Film Festival

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The Silver Wave Film Festival is an annual film festival, which takes place in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.Lauren Bird, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/silver-wave-film-festival-female-filmmakers-1.4871072 "Female filmmakers get spotlight at Silver Wave Film Festival"]. CBC News New Brunswick, October 20, 2018. Organized by the New Brunswick Film Cooperative, the festival programs a lineup of Canadian and international films, with a special but not exclusive focus on films made within the province of New Brunswick.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/silver-wave-film-festival-2020-1.5783407 "From onsite to online: Silver Wave Film Festival goes virtual from Nov. 5-12"]. CBC News, October 30, 2020.

The event was launched in 2001 as the Tidal Wave Film Festival, with screenings taking place at Tilley Hall on the University of New Brunswick campus.Patrick Toner, "Late actor's final film opens festival; Fredericton hosts Tidal Wave film festival". Daily Gleaner, November 8, 2001. It subsequently moved to the city's Charlotte Street Arts Centre as its primary venue, although the University of New Brunswick remains a sponsor of the event and still hosts some screenings. It changed its name to Silver Wave in 2005.Mark Taylor, "Silver Wave kicks off with cultural connections". Daily Gleaner, November 3, 2005.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the 2020 festival was staged entirely online.