A retired autoworker and film buff from northeast New Brunswick hopes a film festival and collective will spark more interest in storytelling and open a portal to job opportunities in the global content creation market.
2nd annual Heron Bay Film Festival will be in Dalhousie
Jennifer Sweet · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 15, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
David Peterson, a retired autoworker and film buff from northeast New Brunswick, hopes a film festival will collective spark more interest in storytelling. (Submitted by David Petersen)
As many a small-town New Brunswicker can tell you, sometimes you’ve just got to create your own fun and opportunities.
That’s what David Petersen has set out to do by organizing a film festival and opening a shared studio space in his home community on the north shore in Restigouche County.
“I don’t drink any more. I don’t smoke any more. And I don’t have any of these bad habits. So what am I going to spend my money on, right? I might as well do this. I like films.”
The second annual Heron Bay Film Festival is scheduled to take place Thursday through Saturday at the L.E. Reinsborough Community Theatre in Dalhousie.
It’s a fundraiser for a group called the nbNorEast Content Creators Collective.
“If I make money at this,
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