Atlantic Film Festival
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| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.atlanticfilm.com/ |
The Atlantic Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada since 1980.
Events
The Atlantic Film Festival Association (AFFA) holds four events throughout the year. The Atlantic Film Festival is a 10-day event, screening films from Canada and around the world, and showcasing Atlantic Canadian films and artists. During the first three days of the Festival, AFFA simultaneously runs Strategic Partners, an international co-production market focusing on film & TV and early stage projects that is limited to 200 top industry players from around the world. In the spring, the AFFA holds the ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth, a 5-day event designed to engage, entertain and educate young people. The AFF Outdoor Film Experience, (formerly alFresco filmFesto) is the AFFA's outdoor summer film series held on the Halifax waterfront.
Attendance
The 2005 festival experienced a 24 per cent attendance increase from the previous year with 29,400 in overall attendance, including 28 sold-out screenings and events.[1] In 2007 attendance was up 18 per cent over 2006, with a record-setting 33,500 people taking part in the 27th annual event.[2]
Awards, Premieres, and Gala Screenings
2016 Atlantic Film Festival
Maudie was awarded Best Atlantic Feature and Ashley MacKenzie won Best Director for Werewolf. This year's selections included Weirdos, Theatre Of Life, Juste La Fine Du Monde, Manchester by the Sea, Perfume War, and Exit Thread.
2015 Atlantic Film Festival
Across the Line (Previously titled Undone) was awarded Best Atlantic Feature.
2014 Atlantic Film Festival
Cast No Shadow was awarded Best Atlantic Feature and Best Director (Christian Sparkes).
2013 Atlantic Film Festival
There Are Monsters was awarded Best Atlantic Feature and Best Director (Jay Dahl).
2012 Atlantic Film Festival
Blackbird was awarded Best Atlantic Feature and Best Director (Jason Buxton). This year's festival also featured the premieres of Roaming, the first film produced through Telefilm Canada's First Feature Program, The Disappeared, and Paul-Émile d'Entremont's documentary Last Chance.[3]
2011 Atlantic Film Festival
Charlie Zone won Best Atlantic Feature and Best Director (Michael Melski) and Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst won the People's Choice Audience Award. A number of high-profile actors, including Brenda Fricker, Billy Boyd, Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk and Famke Janssen, were in attendance. The opening film was Rollertown, the closing film was Mike Clattenburg's Afghan Luke, and the CBC Shorts Gala featured short films by Cory Bowles and Christian Sparkes.
2010 Atlantic Film Festival
Films that were screened included Bruce McDonald's Trigger, Evan Kelly's debut feature The Corridor, and Paul Andrew Kimball's debut feature Eternal Kiss.
2009 Atlantic Film Festival
The opening film was Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day.
2008 Atlantic Film Festival
Down to the Dirt won Best Atlantic Feature and Jason Eisener received the award for Best Editing for his short film Treevenge.
2007 Atlantic Film Festival
The opening film was Shake Hands With The Devil and The Bodybuilder and I was named best Canadian documentary.
2006 Atlantic Film Festival
The opening film was The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, directed by Zacharias Kunuk, and the closing film was Susanne Bier's After the Wedding.
2005 Atlantic Film Festival
The opening film was 3 Needles, directed by Thom Fitzgerald, and Jason Eisener's short The Teeth Beneath premiered.
2004 Atlantic Film Festival
The opening film was Wilby Wonderful, directed by Daniel MacIvor.
2003 Atlantic Film Festival
The opening film was The Event, directed by Thom Fitzgerald.
References
- ↑ "AFF 2005 attendance". Atlantic Film Festival. 2005-10-04. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
- ↑ "Atlantic Film Fest big success". Halifax Daily News. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
- ↑ "Film dealing with persecution of gays to be available on NFB website". Canadian Press. CTV News. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.