This years’ edition of FIN Atlantic International Film Festival offers audiences a heady mix of timely topics, fresh faces, big ideas and big names. With 120 films screening over eight days, it’s impossible to get to all of them—so, here are a handful not-be-missed flicks we’re extra-amped for. Get ready to binge! Murmur The fest’s […]
Jackie Torrens
Posted inArts + Music
FIN announces full film festival program
FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival (formerly known as The Atlantic Film Festival) has announced its eight-day lineup for this year’s fest, featuring homegrown and international talent. “If you’ve never been to the Atlantic International Film Festival, this is the year to take the plunge,” says program director Jason Beaudry. Things kick off at opening night […]
Posted inBest of Halifax
Best Female Film / TV Actor
Gold Winner Jackie Torrens Silver Winner Cathy Jones Bronze Winner Susan Kent “Can you please spread the rumour that Ellen Page and I are in a nasty feud now that I have dethroned her?” asks Jackie Torrens. She’s joking, but there’s nothing funny about the steady and serious work she does as social worker Drucie […]
Posted inArts + Music
Surrealist 7 Stories
Tom Barnett, Murray Furrow and Jackie Torrens take a leap of faith. “It’s like taking a calm bath.” This is the surprising answer that actor Jackie Torrens gives when asked what it’s like to have to endure multiple, speedy costume changes to play several very different women in Neptune’s production of 7 Stories. “I just […]
Posted inArts + Music
Daniel MacIvor explores a love unlimited
Daniel MacIvor found inspiration for his latest play, A Beautiful View, in the sex lives of people in their 20s. The writer-director found that 20-somethings were more polyamorous and less likely to define their sexuality than older generations. “That shows some sort of social evolution,” says MacIvor. “People are just more open to a living […]
Posted inArts + Music
Channelling Jonathan Torrens
“The challenge with making a show in Canada,” says TV’s Jonathan Torrens, “is that everything you shoot goes on the TV, so people are watching your learning curve week after week after week.” In conversation with one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian television about his new show, TV with TV’s Jonathan Torrens, the […]