FIN AIFF Opening Night Gala: Murmur Thu Sep 12, 7pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $50 The opposite of a silver-set Hollywood dream, Heather Young’s films have both feet firmly planted in reality. She wants to make movies about “a real person, that feels like someone I could meet in my real life—that both […]
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Three Haligonian productions nab Telefilm feature funding
Three Nova Scotia production teams have been awarded funding for their debut feature films in Telefilm’s annual Talent to Watch program. Heather Young, whose short Milk premiered at TIFF and is still ripping up the festival circuit, and producer Martha Cooley will make Murmur. Taylor Olson will direct an adaptation of Catherine Banks‘ play Bone Cage with […]
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The year in film
Andy Hines’ Grammy nomination The Nova Scotia-born Hines—his father is the photographer Sherman—already has a few awards for his music videos, including an MTV Moon Man. His clip for Logic’s “1-800-273-8255″—a sensitive, six-minute coming-out story starring Don Cheadle and Luis Guzmán—is up for the big time, a Grammy Award, in February. Black Cop This timely […]
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Heather Young’s best in show
When you’re picking up tickets for the Atlantic Film Festival, grabone for Atlantic Shorts IV (Monday, September 21, Park Lane, 7pm), soyou can give Heather Young an extra clap—-the NSCAD grad just wonMontreal’s Canadian Student Film Festival. Dog Girl was inspiredby a teen Young worked with in New Brunswick, who was “very optimistic,happy and hard-working,” […]