HIFF Dailies • Day Four
Well, here we are—the final day of HIFF 2020 is upon us! Fortunately we've got an amazing slate of screenings, awards, and filmmaker discussions to send this year's festival off on a high note.
The annual Linda Joy and Helen Hill Animation awards will be presented in an online ceremony at 11 a.m., hosted by AFCOOP's Iain MacLeod. Tune in to see the winners!
At 12 p.m., we're thrilled to welcome So Pretty director Jessica Dunn Rovinelli to discuss her films and filmmaking process at her HIFF Artist Talk. Register HERE to get the Zoom link.
Thank you everyone for your incredible support through this wild year, bringing HIFF into your homes and keeping this festival's spirit alive online.
Here's what is screening on HIFF's closing night:
AVAILABLE ACROSS CANADA
At 7 p.m., we're thrilled to bring you the Emerging Lens 10-Year Retrospective, a lineup of remarkable shorts from the Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival's first decade, with films from Cory Bowles, Asna Adhami, Jarrett Shaw and more!
AVAILABLE IN NOVA SCOTIA
Closing out our 14th annual festival at 7 p.m. is Belonging, Turkish director Burak Çevik's remarkable docu-fiction feature examining the bizarre circumstances surrounding his grandmother's murder. After the screening, Burak Çevik joins us for a revealing virtual Q+A.
WATCH HERE
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
11 AM • Linda Joy and Helen Hill Animation awards
12 PM • HIFF Artist Talk with Jessica Dunn Rovinelli (SO PRETTY)
REGISTER HERE
7 PM • Emerging Lens 10-Year Retrospective
9 PM • Belonging
dir. Burak Çevik • 2019 • Feature • 73 mins.
DAY THREE HIGHLIGHTS
"I always ask myself, can this film be told in another medium or is this a story that has to be told through cinema." —Julian Ross, International Film Festival Rotterdam
At the HIFF Programmers Panel, programmers from some of the most celebrated film fests in the world joined us to discuss the tactics behind shorts programming and the dos and don'ts to consider when submitting a film.