I won’t go on too much about the Atlantic Shorts 3 programme as my esteemed colleague Hillary Titley already commented on it, suffice to say congrats to the group. I especially liked Four Sisters from Newfoundland—though in the interest of full disclosure, a dear friend wrote the screenplay. I also really appreciated Eva Madden-Hagen’s What […]
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Shorts and Art
So my date and I checked out the Atlantic Short III tonight. Handy program, it was. All the people we knew with films (or who worked on films) in the Fest were all corralled into one program. Way to go, guys! You made a movie. What to say about these films? I kept turning over […]
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Tierney Talk
After seeing it twice, I’m still beating the drum for Jacob Tierney’s Good Neighbours, a chilly noir set in referendum-era Montreal. Without the what’s-gonna-happen tension of the first viewing, I found the film much funnier than I did the first time, although still in a jet-black sort of way. But enough of what I think […]
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AFF DAY 5: Schedule changes
I wish I could give you some thoughts on the much-anticipated local creepfest The Corridor, but the media screening was cancelled on Friday because, apparently, the movie’s not ready yet. Imagine, if you will, the litres of coffee being consumed by director Evan Kelly and his cohorts as they desperately try and get the film […]
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The Canal Street Madam/In A Better World
The doc I saw on Saturday evening was probably the best argument for decriminalizing prostitution I’ve ever seen. Director Cameron Yates’s The Canal Street Madam tells the story of Jeanette Maier, who was convicted of running a bordello in New Orleans in 2002. She’s the second of three generations of “working women,” who, in the […]
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Play It Again (And Again, And Again)
Caught the Atlantic Shorts program yesterday, a five-film selection that included Tarek Abouamin’s Gawab, a thoughtful, introspective piece that examines how family connections and cultural environment can pull at different ends of the rope when it comes to an immigrant’s sense of identity. I found it even better the second time than the first (the same cut played at the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival in the spring). Better the second time. That got me thinking: if that was my reaction, how did Abouamin, who must have been seeing the film for the zillionth time, feel about it? It’s something most
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The Lonliness of the On-Set Photographer
One of the joys of the Atlantic Film Festival beyond the huge program of movies is the opportunity to revel in some of the more specific enterprises of the filmmaking process. The ins and outs of international, multi-platform co-production? Strategic Partners got you covered. Choosing the perfect song (or have the perfect song) for a wistful, pensive break-up montage? Head on down to the Music and Image events. Brain burning over how a filmmaker (and sometimes a marketing team) chooses an image to represent their film in print and the internet and beyond? Then Saturday afternoon’s panel on the art
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Shorts and Suspense
This probably comes too late for anyone planning out their Saturday at AFF, but I thought it was worth chipping in a word for the Atlantic Shorts 1 program, on at 2PM at Park Lane today. Out of Trip, Being Parkour, The Chewing Gum Man, GAWAB and Winter Wave Riders, I’m most interested in the last two (although the fun part about these things is that the films you have no expectations about often end up being the most enjoyable). Why GAWAB and Winter Wave Riders? In the first case, I’m interested to see if Tarek Abouamin has made any
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Atlantic Gala Shorts and Uncle Boonmee
Anyone planning on checking out the Atlantic Shorts Gala on Tuesday (7pm, Oxford) will have a pretty fine time. I checked out the line-up of local short films at a screening Friday morning, and was impressed by the sterling line-up. Aside from Shaun Majumder’s Mind The Gap, ably reviewed in The Coast, I also was […]
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AFF Gala (or as Gavin Crawford put it, GAY-la) Screening and Party.
Well, I liked Score: A Hockey Musical more than my esteemed colleague Matt Semansky did in his review in the paper this week. I found it sweet and a bit silly and, well, perverse. I mean, who is the audience for this? Have Don Cherry fans been crying out long and hard for that Rock […]
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Full Atlantic Film Festival events guide
To get all the 2010 film fest events in one place, just click here. That list includes parties and whatnot, plus a bunch of Team Coast film screening picks. If you’re interested in the exhaustive, somewhat exhausting, schedule of movie screening times, check out the film fest’s box office here. Related Stories
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30 by 30
How to buy AFF tickets Tickets are available at the AFF box office, located in Park Lane Mall, and at all TicketPro outlets (422-6965), including Video Difference (24 hours a day!), or online at ticketpro.ca and atlanticfilm.com. Regular screening tickets are $12; gala and special presentations are $17. For packages and special events, check out […]
