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- AFCOOP Updates - January 30th, 2025
AFCOOP Updates - January 30th, 2025
GM TONIGHT 6:30 PM! SEE YOU THERE đź‘‹
AFCOOP’S WINTER GM TODAY! Brave the cold and come say hello. We’ll have hot chocolate, beer, wine, and snacks. Looking to become a full or lifetime member or know someone who is? Reach out to Henry, [email protected] before 5!
For those unable to make it to the GM in-person, we are providing a virtual option:
FALL GM - Zoom link
Time: Jan 30, 2025 06:30 PM Halifax
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87006595491?pwd=z3V6W40oL96pKL0dJqpZTkwfNJqSQK.1
FILM 5 trainee workshops are on the go! First aid on set this weekend. Register below.
3378 is back in stock. Buy a roll and capture some of this beautiful winter weather ❄️ 🎞️
REGISTRATION LIVE!
The FILM 5 Trainee Program is a hands-on training program for aspiring technical crew. Paralleling the Creative Team component, the trainee program provides participants with high-quality classroom training*, practical on-set instruction and networking opportunities. To become a trainee crew member, you must take the required workshops for your desired position, pay the application fee (which includes the mandatory Set Etiquette Course), come to the Trainee/Team Meet and Greet and submit a resume, cover letter and application form.
On the FILM 5 sets, trainees work under key crew-members from the local film industry. Keys are industry professionals responsible for running their departments, and for providing guidance and leadership to the trainees. Trainees leave the production having networked with industry crew, with practical experience and resume references.
This year, each FILM 5 production is required to have a minimum of seven trainees on set. FILM 5 productions will take place from approximately late March to late April.
To register as a trainee, please complete the APPLICATION FORM and send it to Henry at [email protected] along with your resume and cover letter.
Pay ($60) registration fee HERE
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
FILM 5 2024/25 Trainee Schedule
Saturday, February 8 – 1st Aid on Set Workshop – 10am – 5pm ($75)
Instructor: Brent Macrae
Register here
Sunday, February 9 – Assistant Directors Intensive – 10am – 5pm ($75)
Instructor: Nicole Close
Register here
Weekend, February 15 & 16 – Camera Assistant Intensive – 10am – 5pm ($150)
Instructor: Kevin Kumar-Misir
Register here
Weekend, February 22 & 23 – Art Department Intensive – 10am – 5pm ($150)
Instructor: Jessica MacDonald
Register here
Weekend, March 1/2 – Lighting & Grip Intensive – 10am – 5pm ($150)
Instructor: Stuart Rankin
Register here
Have questions? Contact the programs coordinator, Henry at [email protected]
Check out this awesome Nova Scotia retrospective Carbon Arc Cinema has lined up!
FOR ENTRY + FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
 | The TIFF Next Wave Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the Young Creators Showcase, a shorts programme featuring films made by young and emerging filmmakers from across Canada. Submit your short film if you’re between the ages of 14-26. Selected films will screen in person and online as part of the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival, April 10-13th, 2025. DEADLINE: Submit your film by January 31, 2025. |
Submissions for the 45th Atlantic International Film Festival are now open! Accepting Canadian and international films, feature and short length. AIFF screens in Halifax, NS from September 10-17, 2025. Early Bird Deadline: March 21st, 2025 Alumni discount available, contact [email protected] |  |
Call for Submissions: Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival
HIFF SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! Apply now on Film Freeway!
 | Call for Submissions: Animation Festival of Halifax |
SJIWFF36 Submissions are Open
Submissions for the 36th St. John's International Women's Film Festival are open! Women (trans and cisgender) and gender-diverse people from anywhere in the world are welcome to submit their short and feature-length films for consideration via Film Freeway.
Submission Deadlines
Opening Date: January 20
Earlybird Deadline: March 17
Regular Deadline: April 21
Late Deadline: May 19
Extended Deadline: June 2
FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Sending your film for processing? AFCOOP mails a package to our partnered 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 February 4th!
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.
AFCOOP acknowledges that we are located and operate in Kjipuktuk, in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq, Wəlastəkwiyik (Maliseet), and Passamaquoddy Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1726. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaw and Wəlastəkwiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations. We are all treaty people.