Handmade Film Screening from Coast to Coast Tue Jan 28, 7-9pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street Free The Handmade Film Collective is partnering with the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative to organize a free screening celebrating the art of handmade, analogue film. The screening—a much-needed cure to the glut of CGI on view at the […]
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Visiting A Colony
“There are a lot of coming-of-age films, a lot of teen films, but my goal was to have an honest image of teenagerhood,” says the writer-director Geneviève Dulude-De Celles. “I really wanted to give them that space and take them seriously.” Dulude-De Celles’ second feature A Colony (Une Colonie) arrives at the Halifax Independent Filmmakers’ […]
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A handmade tale
Handmade Film Screening Tuesday, January 29, 7pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street free Of the art forms, filmmaking is usually one of the most collaborative—anyone who’s sat through the credits of a Marvel movie (all of you) knows this. But there is a different kind of filmmaker, one who makes movies alone, by […]
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Other tongues
Languages of Nova Scotia Thursday, November 29, 7pm Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road free The predominantly English local film scene will get mixed up this week, courtesy of the Languages of Nova Scotia screening. An initiative of the Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co- operative, on Thursday five directors will present their debut shorts, […]
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Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival announces 2018 lineup
The Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-operative has announced the slate of films for its 12th installment of the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, this year running from June 6 to 9 in Neptune’s Scotiabank Theatre. Two features from Cape Breton filmmakers are on the lineup: Jacquelyn Mills‘ doc about her grandmother, In the Waves, screens June 7. Winston DeGiobbi‘s […]
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Arts groups pen open letter about AFCOOP sexual assault allegations
Five organizations have released a statement in the wake of accusations of sexual assault against a staff member at the Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-operative. (As detailed here last week.) The Centre for Art Tapes, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Nocturne, South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre and Eyelevel Gallery—and all of their staff and board […]
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Sexual assault allegations at Atlantic Filmmakers Co-operative
The Atlantic Filmmakers Co-operative posted a statement on its Facebook page Tuesday, in part addressing the claims made public this week by a woman that she was sexually assaulted by a current staff member several years ago while working on a film. In light of that incident—about which the organization determined “no further action was […]
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Check out this year’s winning Film 5 projects
Last week, the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative aka AFCOOP announced the 2016 winners of the Film 5 program in which aspiring and emerging directors, producers and crew produce a five-minute film from script to budget to star-studded premiere. With two phases — Program Development (Phase I) and Production (Phase II) — participants experience the full range […]
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“Directed by Women” takes erection out of direction, apply now
AFCOOP, the Atlantic Filmmaker’s Cooperative, is now accepting applications for new program, “Directed by Women,” supported by Arts Nova Scotia. According to the call, “The program will provide eight women with training and mentorship from established female filmmakers on the topics of screenwriting, directing, working with key crew, pitching and marketing. The focus of this workshop series […]
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Art notes: Khyber Member Awards, FILM 5 & CFAT
Notes from the Arts Desk * * * * * PARTY ALERT & AWARDS NIGHT The Khyber Centre for the Arts invites you to a general meeting on Friday, September 4 (6pm, free) to fill you in on the future of the Khyber Centre. You are then warmly invited to stay for the Community BBQ and […]
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AFCOOP reacts to Film Industry Tax Credit cuts
It’s lights, camera, reaction for film industry folk in Nova Scotia. Filmmakers across the province are stepping into the spotlight to speak out against the drastic changes to the Film Industry Tax Credit. The Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op (AFCOOP) put out the casting call to anyone who wanted to talk about their connection to the Nova […]
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VHS, SVP
You’ve got stacks on stacks on stacks of ‘em, and nothing quite matches up to the nostalgic feeling of adjusting the tracking, so dig out your old VHS for a cool idea from the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and SMU film and media studies professor Jennifer VanderBurgh. AFCOOP is compiling a found footage VHS project—called Home […]