The FIN Atlantic International Film Festival is a celebration of film and media from around the world that turns Halifax into an international mecca for the arts, a buzz with movie-lovers and filmmakers alike. The festival offers a variety of local, national and international films that explore all corners of life, culture, entertainment and the global human experience. This year’s event will have over 120 film screenings and a full slate of special events, to be presented over eight days in Halifax starting September 12th through to the 19th. The much anticipated Opening Night Gala returns to the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at the Dalhousie Arts Centre with the debut of Murmur, a feature film from award-winning Halifax filmmaker Heather Young. Murmur captures the quiet, contemplative story of a woman who, grappling with alcohol dependence and loneliness, struggles to find a way to ease the pain. Starring a cast of Nova Scotian non-professional actors, many of whom are playing themselves in the film, Young skillfully crafts an enduring story of aging and the human-animal connection. Following the Opening Night Gala film presentation Murmur is the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival’s Opening Night Celebration, this is one of Halifax’s most anticipated parties of the year. The red-carpet event will take place this year at the The Waegwoltic Club and it is an event not to be missed. The festival runs through to September 19th when the Closing Night Gala takes place with the showing of The Lighthouse, which was directed by Robert Eggers (The VVitch). Eggers chose Nova Scotia’s Yarmouth and Cape Forchu as the place to shoot this dark and stormy tale of two men stationed on an off-shore lighthouse for four weeks in the late
FIN ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL F LM FESTIVAL – Turning Halifax into Hollywood ▶
by Jamie Barrie H alifax has been home to the Atlantic International Film Festival, an eight-day celebration of film and mediafromaroundtheworldsince1982.However, the not-for-profit organization FIN, actually began as a small, grassroots operation in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1981, relocating to Halifax the following year. The FIN Atlantic International Film Festival has evolved over the past 38 years into one of Canada’s premier film festivals hosted in the nation’s ocean playground. Whether you are a film-lover, curious onlooker, or member of the industry itself, FIN offers waves of opportunities to engage through the celebration of film.
”The Atlantic International Film Festival has always been about discovery of awesome films from around the world, and wow are we setting the bar this year.”
54
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2019
55 SEPTEMBER 2019 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker