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

July 25, 2016July 25, 2016Today's Top StoriesAtlantic Film Festival, Eman Helal, Eman Helal doc pitch, Portenier Human Rights Bursary, Priyanka Chopra, Strategic Partners 2016

(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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Adjusting to TV, Advertising on Twitter, Award for Efforts

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016Today's Top StoriesAtlantic Film Festival, CRTC, Dramatic Television Incubator, Laura Mackenzie, Strategic Partners 2016, Twitter, Vehicular Romanticide

It can be a learning curve to transition from feature films to TV — even for experienced producers. Strategic Partners 2016, presented by the Atlantic Film Festival, offers help with its Dramatic Television Incubator. Returning

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Mostly VIFF

September 25, 2015September 25, 2015Today's Top StoriesAtlantic Film Festival, canada film industry news today, Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema, Runaway Princess, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF, VIFF Industry

As the 35th Atlantic Film Festival wraps, thanking its sponsors, team, and audience, the 34th Vancouver International Film Festival is just beginning –– look for Nick’s coverage of the opening screening of Brooklyn later today.

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AFF Awards, The Magicians, and Savvy Girls

September 22, 2015January 18, 2022Today's Top StoriesAshley McKenzie's 4 Quarters, Atlantic Film Festival, canada film industry news today, DHX, Family Channel, Katherine Knight and Marcia Connolly, Savvy, Strange and Familiar, The Magicians, TIFF, tv, Vancouver

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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Festivals All Over Canada

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015Today's Top StoriesAtlantic Film Festival, Beeba Boys, Calgary International Film Festival, Gotta Minute, Len Blum Resident, Stephen Dunn, TIFF Bell Lightbox

Congratulations go out to Stephen Dunn, the first ever Len Blum Resident. The screenwriter and filmmaker has been selected for “the opportunity to live, work and be mentored at TIFF Bell Lightbox.” Dunn, born in

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Hyena Road in Halifax and More

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015Today's Top StoriesAccessible Media Inc. (AMI), Atlantic Film Festival, Hyena Road, Paul Gross, Saskatchewan Media Production Industry Association, St. Nickel, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF

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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