AFCOOP Updates - April 24th, 2025

Visiting filmmaker with screening tonight and talk Saturday! GM next week!

April 24, 2025

Hello! Big week at the cooperative. Final FILM 5 shoots this week — congrats to all the teams so far! Filmmaker Ethan Eng is visiting this week, with a screening TODAY and artist talk on Saturday. Spring GM is next week. Put it in your calendar!

Don’t forget to vote this week people.

Voting Election 2020 GIF by Jelly London

BREAKOUT CANADIAN FILMMAKER ETHAN ENG VISITS FOR SCREENING AND CONVERSATION THIS WEEK

Toronto filmmaker Ethan Eng used his college funds to make a feature film with footage he shot in high school for a yearbook video. It’s scrappy, nostalgic, and takes an experimental approach in making “the last high school movie.” If you watched Jackass and skate videos growing up, you’re going to love Therapy Dogs. The film premiered at Slamdance in 2022, when Eng was 20, where he became the youngest director to ever premiere a feature at the festival. Upon its release it also became a New York Times Critics Pick.

Fleapit Cinema is hosting a screening on Thursday, April 24th at 7:30pm. There will be a Q&A after the show with Eng.
Location: Carbon Arc Cinema

Ethan Eng, photographed by Andrew Michalko

AFCOOP PRESENTS IN COLLAB WITH FPC: AN IN-CONVERSATION WITH ETHAN ENG, moderated by Sean Maheux Galway

Saturday, April 26th 2pm
NSCAD Academy, Room 208

Join us in a conversation with visiting filmmaker, Ethan Eng as he delves into DIY/low budget creation!

WHAT’S SCREENING THIS WEEK?
CARBON ARC CINEMA

THERAPY DOGS
Ethan Eng | Canada, Ontario | 2022 | 83m

Toronto teens Ethan and his best friend Justin are trying to make sense of their high school existence. In what will be the last chapter of their adolescent lives and the beginning of adulthood beyond, they decide to make the ultimate senior video in the search for answers. Exploring teenage suburbia in a no-brakes adventure, questions arise whether there’s more to their lives than simply growing up.

Screening times:
TODAY @7:30 PM

Misericordia (Miséricorde)
Alain Guiraudie | France, Spain, Portugal | 2024 | 102m

Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) returns to his rural village for the funeral of his former boss, the local baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man’s widow.

Screening times / Horaires de projection:
Saturday, April 12, 6:00 PM / Samedi 12 avril, 18h00
Friday, April 25, 6:30 PM / Vendredi 23 avril, 18h30

Armand
Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel | Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden | 2024 | 118m

Norwegian with English subtitles

When something disturbing happens between grade school classmates, parents, teachers, and administrators are drawn into a twisted psychodrama where madness, desire, and obsession arise.

Screening times:
Sunday, April 27, 5:30 PM

UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES & SUBMISSIONS

AIFF Industry is hiring two Industry Assistants!

One through the Canada Summer Jobs program (must be under 30, attending or going to attend school in the Fall, and live in Halifax, NS) and one through the JCP (Job Creation Partnership program). This is a great opportunity for someone interested in event planning, and learning about the film & television industry!

Working with the Industry Manager and Industry Coordinator you will help plan and execute the Atlantic International Film Festival's Industry Programs, including: AIFF Partners, AIFF Partners Presents, AIFF Industry Public Programming and the AIFF Filmmaker Lab.

Interested candidates can email: [email protected]

Apply by May 5th!

Submissions for the 45th Atlantic International Film Festival are open!


Accepting Canadian and international films, feature and short length. AIFF screens in Halifax, NS from September 10-17, 2025.

Alumni discount available, contact [email protected]

The Parrsboro Film Festival [PFF] is inviting Atlantic Canadian filmmakers to submit films for the 15th Annual Parrsboro Film Festival short film competition.


PFF will take place this year from Friday, October 3rd to Sunday, October 5th, 2025.

There are two categories of films to choose from:

  • Short films under 6 minutes

  • Short films from 6 to 20 minutes

Films must have been completed within the past 24 months.

All genres of film will be accepted.

 

The short film competition will take place Saturday morning, October 4th, between 9am and 1pm.

The audience will vote for their favourite film at the end of each category.

Cash awards for The Audience Favourite in each of these two categories will be presented Saturday at the end of this portion of the Film Festival.

Submission deadline is Monday, August, 4th, 2025.

Applicants will be advised by Monday, September, 8th, 2025 if their submissions were selected or not.

Short films will be jury selected.

SENDING FILM FOR PROCESSING?

AFCOOP mails a package to our partner lab on the first Tuesday of every month!

You can drop the film off anytime to our technical coordinator, Cody at anytime! The next mail day is May 6th!

For more information on getting your film processed, email Cody: [email protected]

AFCOOP’s Filmmakers Job Board is a place to connect with filmmakers and film crews looking for work, or volunteers looking to gain experience in Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada.

Submitting to the AFCOOP Job Board is totally free! All posts are subject to approval by AFCOOP staff and will be reviewed before they appear on the site.

Note: You don't have to create an account to post a job. If you wish, simply enter your email to sign up at the time of job submission.

See it all HERE!

ABOUT AFCOOP: Established in 1974 the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is a non-profit, community organization dedicated to supporting the production and presentation of independent film and moving-image-based work in a collaborative, learning environment.

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