The fourth and final day of HIFF 2023 is here! It's been a genuine pleasure gathering in the Light House Arts Centre, discovering films and celebrating this wonderful community with you. Many thanks to everyone who joined us for HIFF this year, and a special shoutout to our engaging and inspiring visiting filmmakers, who took part in every conceivable element of this year's fest and made HIFF 2023 something special.
Read MoreFilm lovers the city over are joined in one common refrain—"TGIF"—and there's no mistaking why: it's Day Three of HIFF, and we've got a lineup of films that will have you wondering at the possibilities of the cinema space long into the night.
Read MoreIt's time for the first full day of HIFF 2023, with three more films and back-to-back afternoon Artist Talks on the way. Lina and Romanne will join us in the Light House this afternoon, each with an Artist Talk that will dive deep into their filmmaking processes. Admission is free!
Read MoreWe're very excited to get things started with So Much Tenderness, a heartrending and hopeful drama from Canadian-Colombian filmmaker Lina Rodriguez. Lina will join us in the Light House with producer Brad Deane after the screening for an audience Q+A.
Read MoreHere's everything you need to know to get the most out of this year's fest:
Read MoreThe queer Halifax-based animator James MacSwain has been making films for nearly 50 years. HIFF is proud to present a selection of work spanning his career, some in their original analogue formats.
Read MoreHIFF Day Two begins with our Lei Lei Retrospective, a career-spanning shorts program featuring the diverse, endlessly imaginative work of LA-based animator Lei Lei.
Read MoreHIFF begins on June 21 with So Much Tenderness, the latest feature from visionary Colombian-Canadian filmmaker Lina Rodriguez.
Read MoreThe Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival is looking for a Festival Assistant to join the team planning this year's festival, which takes place June 21-24 in downtown Halifax. This position is funded through the Job Creation Partnership Program and candidates must be eligible for that program in order to be considered.
The HIFF Festival Assistant will be responsible for assisting with the planning and implementation of the 17th annual Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, including helping with sponsorship, programming, print traffic, and event logistics.
Read MoreAfter an inspiring and energizing Day Three, HIFF's Closing Day is here.
Today, we'll ride out the humidity in the Light House Arts Centre for two final screenings. At 1 p.m., catch this year's Canadian Shorts program, featuring a diverse lineup of wild and wonderful works from some true visionaries across the country. At 3 p.m. we'll present The Crossing, the mesmerizing paint-on-glass masterpiece from French animator Florence Miailhe. Tickets are still available online and at the door for $10!
Read MoreWhat a wild and wonderful Day Two!
After an intimate Artist Talk with Islands filmmaker Martin Edralin at the AFCOOP office, we camped out in the Light House Arts Centre for a Friday night double bill of Amalia Ulman's El Planeta and the Ryan Steel Retrospective.
Then we packed Good Robot's speakeasy space for a sold-out late-night screening of Jane Schoenbrun's We're All Going to the World's Fair.
Read MoreHIFF 2022's opening night was truly a blast. The fest made its return to in-person screenings to a packed-house presentation of Martin Edralin's Islands, followed by an insightful and genuinely moving Q+A with the filmmaker. Then we basked in the dreamy beauty of Rhayne Vermette's Ste. Anne before wandering off into the night.
Read MoreThe 16th annual Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival makes its triumphant return to in-person screenings TONIGHT at 7 p.m. We're very excited to kick things off with ISLANDS, the celebrated feature debut from Martin Edralin, who will join us for a live Q+A after the screening.
Read MoreWe're just one day away from HIFF 2022!
Read MoreHIFF Day Three will begin with Short Vacation, Seo Han-sol and Kwon Min-pyo's story of four middle-school girls in search of the end of the world. They hop on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway line with just backpacks and disposable cameras, and what starts as a whimsical class project soon becomes a quietly moving ode to facing the unknown. This gentle, wise-beyond-its-years debut forgoes narrative conflict to produce a cinema of pure joy, packed with moments as blissful and unstructured as summer break.
Read MoreOn HIFF Day Two, we’re thrilled to present EL PLANETA, Amalia Ulman’s stylish debut drama, which hearkens back to the pre-code comedies of the 1930s while carving out a fresh, effervescent filmic sensibility that's entirely its own.
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