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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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Made for TV with Cinema 902

Cinema 902 Saturdays on Eastlink TV, 11pm repeating Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday Often you have to wait for a film festival or one-off screening to catch locally made movies, but Cinema 902‘s been offering up a slate of Halifax-created features since January. And beginning at the top of this month, the program—airing on Eastlink TV at […]

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Always say Namas-DIE

A few years ago, a couple of local horror filmmakers entered a Quentin Tarantino contest with a fake grindhouse-inspired trailer. The entry ended up winning, and that honour scored financing and development for one of Halifax’s most well-known film productions, 2011’s Hobo with a Shotgun. This year, a couple of local horror filmmakers entered the […]

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