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News Today: Journalist wins award, Halifax Film Festival, and new judge for shorts at TIFF

(via PRNewswire) Egyptian Photojournalist Eman Helal is well known for documenting sexual harassment stories and her pitch for a documentary on Egyptian society has won the Portenier Human Rights Bursary. Atlantic Film Festival has rolled

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AFF Awards, The Magicians, and Savvy Girls

Belated congratulations to the winners of the 35th Atlantic Film Festival awards, who were announced on Sunday. Best Atlantic Short went to Ashley McKenzie’s 4 Quarters while Strange and Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island, by 

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Hyena Road in Halifax and More

The Atlantic Film Festival opens tonight at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax  with Hyena Road, Paul Gross’ story of three very different men — a sniper, an intelligence officer, and an Afghan warrior —

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