Film shot primarily in Central Manitoulin in 2024 Cinefest Film Festival Lineup 

The film "DADA" was shot in 2022 primarily in Providence Bay and Dominion Bay areas on the south shore of Manitoulin Island in the Municipality of Central Manitoulin. Municipal staff assisted in securing the film company and locations in Central Manitoulin bringing in $350,000.00 direct investment to the local economy through lodging, catering, local employment, supplies and locations. The film has been selected as part of the 36th edition of Sudbury's Cinefest Film Festival taking place on September 14-22, 2024. The film festival schedule is yet to be finalized. 

[Excerpts from a August 23, 2024 Sudbury Star article]

Sudbury's Cinefest offers early look at its 2024 film lineup

They include movies shot on Manitoulin Island and in North Bay

"Films shot on Manitoulin Island and North Bay are coming to Cinefest – Sudbury’s annual film festival – next month.

Dada, shot on Manitoulin Island, tells the story of Kai (Ciara Alexys) on the eve of her 16th birthday and her divorced father Adam (James Gilbert of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale), They drive around the perimeter of a nuclear power plant, reading books, and creating seemingly harmless nonsense games.

Within Aaron Poole’s debut feature film is a story that invokes the erosion of language, the failure of mentorship and the threat of the abyss."