AFCOOP Updates - January 9th, 2025

Happy New Year! Find out what's coming up.

January 09, 2025

Welcome back filmmakers! We hope you all had a lovely and inspiring winter break. Looking to get more involved at AFCOOP in this new year? The FILM 5 trainee workshops are starting later this month and run until early March. It is a great introduction to film sets or a way to learn more about specific departments!

AMP Lab scanner artist, kay slauenwhite, has an opening tonight! CFAT @ 6 PM! đź’— See you there!

REGISTRATION NOW 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

Weekend, January 18 & 19 – Production Managers Intensive – 10am – 5pm ($150)
Instructor: Tieran Hawkins
Register here

Saturday, Jan 25 – Location Sound Intensive – 10am – 5pm ($75)
Instructor: Taber Crosby
Register here

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: TBD
Register here

Have questions? Contact the programs coordinator, Henry at [email protected]

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
Animation Festival of Halifax #14 • May 8-10 2025
Submissions are OPEN. They’re programming new animation, independent Canadian short films and international feature films. Learn more here.

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.