ATLANTIC AUTEURS

SHORTS PROGRAM

MAY 30, 2025 • 9:00 PM
@ THE BUS STOP THEATRE
(2203 GOTTINGEN STREET, HALIFAX)

93 mins

A Q&A WILL FOLLOW THE SCREENING

The Atlantic Auteurs program returns with an enthralling lineup of nine short films by filmmakers in our region. Though far-ranging in style and perspective, many of these shorts are united in their exploration of self-mythmaking as a means to orient oneself within the universe, and in turn, propose a new universal order.

The sensuous cosmos of Glory’s Hole Antiverse is birthed into existence at the whims of a celestial being, with pixels, molecules, and silver halide crystals fusing and splitting as Kay Slauenwhite experiments with analogue, digital, and transfer technologies.  In egosurfing, Andrew Deveaux uses his own genealogical history to trace the construction of and re-write identities, narratives, and meanings within a colonial past and present. In A. Laurel Lawrence’s Pan and Syrinx, a reimagined ancient Greek myth metamorphs a bucolic queer romance into something seductively dangerous and existential.

Catch these and more at HIFF 2025’s showcase of innovative voices from the Atlantic region. —Kelly Li

PROGRAM LINEUP

Pan & Syrinx
dir. A. Laurel Lawrence
Nova Scotia / 15 mins 

Glory’s Hole Antiverse
dir. Kay Slauenwhite
Nova Scotia / 8 mins

Secret Handshakes
dir. Jenna Marks
Nova Scotia / 3 mins

Looking for Michael
dir. Walker MacDonald
Prince Edward Island / 16 mins

Anita Louise and the Wild Women
dir. Arena Alamino
Nova Scotia / 12 mins

An Impression of Everything
dir. Millefiore Clarkes
Prince Edward Island / 5 mins

Ink for Scars
dir. Haqq Brice Adéoyé
New Brunswick / 10 mins

Marrow of My Bones
dir. Karly McCloskey
Nova Scotia / 2 mins

egosurfing
dir. Andrew Deveaux
Nova Scotia / 22 mins