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AFCOOP Updates - May 1st, 2025
Spring GM today @ 6:30pm! 🌷🪻📽️
The Spring General meeting is today! Come hang out, talk about projects, and snack on chips, cheese, & prosciutto! We’ll give you an update on everything going on around the co-op and welcome in new members. If you’re looking to become a member, reach out to Henry ASAP - [email protected]. |  |
WHAT’S SCREENING THIS WEEK?
CARBON ARC CINEMAVILLAGE KEEPER Screening times: THE HERMIT OF TREIG A meticulous diarist and avid photographer, Ken has spent the past 40 years in the Scottish Highlands, living alone in a log cabin near Loch Treig, aka 'the lonely loch'. Filmed over 10 years, this film captures the profound, spiritual relationship Ken (now in his 70s) has with the wilderness. | LE DERNIER REPAS (THE LAST SUPPER) *GUEST IN-ATTENDANCE French and Haitian Creole with English subtitles A former Haitian political prisoner who lived through the Duvalier dictatorship is dying. He wishes to share his last meals with his daughter. Each meal consists of a traditional Haitian dish and evokes a moment from the island's past.  |
ANIMATION FESTIVAL OF HALIFAX STARTS MAY 8TH!
The 14th edition of the Animation Festival of Halifax begins Thursday, May 8th and goes until Monday, May 12th. There is so much in store at this year's Animation Festival: Open Animation Studios, Family Friendly Screenings, Industry Panels, Theatrical Premiers, Artist Q&As and even an 8-piece ensemble performing new music to some of the earliest surviving animations!  Black Animators short program collaboration between Mayworks and AFX playing Thursday, May 8th! |  Still from the Canadian animated doc ENDLESS COOKIE, nominated for the Grand Jury Price at Sundance 2025. Playing AFX Saturday, May 10th. AFX is always a very collaborative event. It is a project of Carbon Arc Independent Cinema Co-Op, co-presented with 3 other venues: Halifax Central Library, Wonder'neath and Bus Stop Theatre. AFX 14 also contains partner events with Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax Festival of Working People and the Arts, Halifax Public Libraries' Mini-Con and NOVAFest. The passion and contribution of much volunteer effort from the local community has tied together a fantastic 14th edition of AFX that remains 90% either free or PWYC for the community to attend. Check out their AMAZING line-up of events, screenings, and artist talks on their website: |
HALIFAX INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
The Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival is back for its 19th annual edition from May 28–31, 2025, at the Bus Stop Theatre! They’ve got four days of incredible film screenings, Q&As and artist talks with visiting filmmakers, and nightly soirees once the screenings are over at the Bus Stop Theatre bar. You can check out the full lineup at hiff.ca, which includes heavy hitters like THERE, THERE from our own Heather Young, acclaimed baseball comedy EEPHUS from Carson Lund, sensitive slowburn drama BLUE SUN PALACE from Constance Tsang, and to close the festival, the 4.5-hour megafilm CASTRATION MOVIE, with director Louise Weard in attendance.  BLUE SUN PALACE dir. Constance Tsang, playing May 28th. |  THERE, THERE dir. Heather Young is the opening night film, playing May 28th. Best of all, AFCOOP members get a special discount on all pass and ticket purchases! Use the discount code AFCOOPDISCOUNT2025 for $10 off passes (MAKING THEM $35!) or $2 off our already low, low ticket prices. Finally, would you like to volunteer with HIFF? They need your help! Lend a hand to your friendly annual celebration of arthouse cinema -- reach out to [email protected] to get involved. See you at the movies! |
 | Wonder'neath's Forever Home Art & Experience Auction is now live! Forever Home celebrates the vital role of arts in our communities and is our most important fundraiser to support Wonder'neath's Open Studio, an accessible and inclusive community art program that inspires a world of creative possibilities, connections, and hope! Check out the amazing items here: |
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!
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.
There are two categories of films to choose from:
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.
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.