The Bay Street Film Festival is an independent film festival in Thunder Bay, Ontario that features local, national, and international films with the theme "Films for the People." The festival is held on 314 Bay Street in the historic Finnish Labour Temple in the heart of the Finnish quarter. Thunder Bay (, time zone EST) is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. ... Finnish Labour Temple circa 1910 The Finnish Labour Temple (also reffered to as the Big Finn Hall) in Thunder Bay, Ontario located on 314 Bay Street in the Finnish quarter, is a Finnish-Canadian cultural and community centre and a local landmark. ...
During the highly successful inagural festival in 2005, 80 films were screened to over 3000 people. The festival also hosted 25 out of town film makers, musicians and speakers, some from as far away as Israel and Finland. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...