Lights, camera, action! The nominees are in for the inaugural Screen Nova Scotia Awards Show. The show will take place Saturday, May 2 at Casino Nova Scotia. The event will be hosted by Jonathan Torrens, Canadian personality and sharer of my birthday. “It has taken twenty years to build the depth of talent our membership […]
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No final punctuation mark for Parentheses Gallery
The show ain’t over for (((Parentheses))) Gallery and Art Projects. Word on Gottingen Street was that the gallery was closing, especially after Big Pony’s announcement they would be moving into the space, but co-owner Dave Hayden says they are just shaking things up and breaking from the traditional gallery mold. “It was never supposed to […]
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To be continued: Province and film industry strike a deal
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It’s enough to get the cameras rolling again, but for how long? The provincial government and Screen Nova Scotia have reached a consensus, revealing a new system of incentives for the province’s filmmakers. 
The Liberal government has faced harsh criticism since slashing the tax credit two weeks ago, but meetings this week with Screen NS […]
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NSCAD Film 4 Thesis Shorts Film Screening this Monday
Sitting with Megin Peake and Daniel Crowther in the slightly unkempt student lounge (what student lounge isn’t?) of the NSCAD Academy Building, it’s clear they’re super stoked about something. Surprisingly enough, it’s because of a goddamned Monday. Specifically, this Monday (April 20). Peake and Crowther are two of six NSCAD students showing their thesis films […]
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Keeping the cameras rolling
If there’s one thing the film industry knows how to do, it’s put on a good show. Yesterday, thousands of supporters surrounded Province House, while film industry types, from local celebs to costume designers took the stage to talk about the shrunken tax credit. In a matter of days, Screen Nova Scotia put together a […]
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Longlist for the 2015 Sobey Art Award announced
The Sobey Art Award, Canada’s pre-eminent contemporary art award since 2002, has announced the curatorial panel’s 25 artist-strong longlist. The award is given annually to a visual artist under 40 who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of the nomination. There’s a total of $100,000 in prize money awarded […]
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NS film tax credit lives on?
It seems Diana Whalen finally figured out what everyone else already knew—the budget sucks. Whalen and various members of her cabinet met this morning with a delegation of nine Nova Scotia film industry professionals in an effort to quell the shitstorm that has been brewing since the budget was announced. Members of the film industry […]
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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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Mayor Mike Savage on the NS Film Tax Credit cuts
In a blog post published today on mayormikesavage.blogspot.com, the mayor spoke in a diplomatic way about the Liberal budget. In the nicest way possible, he said that the plan to cut to the film industry tax credit in particular need adjustment. Read the post below. The provincial budget of 2015 was projected to be tough, […]
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Nova Scotia Film Tax Credit slashed by Liberals by 75%
Sadly, it turns out that comments made by finance minister Diana Whalen last week denouncing the Nova Scotia film tax credit weren’t just woefully off script, the Liberal government did indeed decide to cut the Nova Scotia film industry tax credit from 100 percent refundable to 25 percent, beginning July 1, as announced in today’s […]
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 2015/16 season announced
Upcoming AGNS exhibitions have a very local focus, with nearly 100 percent Nova Scotian content. See the list below and start planning your gallery visits: John Greer: retroActive Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 1968-1978 Spring in Cambridge: the Visionary Drawings of John Devlin (more on Devlin here) Terroir: a Nova […]
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Neptune Theatre launches 2015/2016 season
Neptune Theatre‘s 2015/16 season launch was announced yesterday, and yes, there is a Shrek musical. Now in its 53rd season, Neptune’s lineup includes six productions as part of the Fountain Hall series, and three in the Studio series. There are also four “bonus features”: Hank Williams Live – 1952 October 9-11, brought to life by […]
