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2024 Atlantic International Film Festival

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2024 Atlantic International Film Festival
Opening filmSharp Corner by Jason Buxton
Closing filmAnora by Sean Baker
LocationHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Founded1980
Festival dateSeptember 11–18, 2024
Websiteatlanticfilmfestival.ca
Atlantic International Film Festival
2025

The 2024 edition of the Atlantic International Film Festival, the 44th edition in the event's history, took place from September 11 to 18, 2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] The first films in the program were announced on July 25,[2] with the full program announced on August 14.[1]

The event was scaled back to an extent from previous years, with a program of 96 features and shorts compared to almost 200 in the years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Festival chief Martha Cooley attributed this decision both to residents of the Halifax area still having a greater reticence in returning to large scale public events after the pandemic than people in other parts of Canada, and to the perception that as Halifax has a smaller population than cities like Toronto or Vancouver, audiences were being "pulled too thin" by past programs that were approaching the size of TIFF or VIFF.[3]

The festival opened with Jason Buxton's film Sharp Corner, and closed with Sean Baker's Anora. The Atlantic Gala slot featured Melanie Oates's film Sweet Angel Baby.

Awards

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Award winners were announced on September 17, 2024.[4]

Award Film Recipient
Gordon Parsons Award for Best Atlantic Canadian Feature Sharp Corner Jason Buxton
Best Atlantic Canadian Director
Joan Orenstein & David Renton Award for Outstanding Performance in Acting The Kitchen Sink Mary-Colin Chisholm
Skeet Sean Dalton
Monica's News Polly Gallant-McLean (honorable mention)
Best Atlantic Documentary Seguridad Tamara Segura
Best Atlantic Short Documentary welima’q shalan joudry
Best Atlantic Short Film Pearls Mike Simms
Best Atlantic Short Animation Bloody Mess Megan Wennberg
Michael Weir Award for Best Atlantic Screenwriting Sweet Angel Baby Melanie Oates
Best Atlantic Cinematographer Skeet Nigel Markham
Best Atlantic Editor Monica's News Kimberlee McTaggart
Best Atlantic Original Score Lakeview Siobhan Martin

Official selections

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Gala Presentations

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Anora Sean Baker United States
Sharp Corner Jason Buxton Canada
Sweet Angel Baby Melanie Oates Canada

Reel East Coast Shorts

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English title Original title Director(s) Province
Back to Camp 41 Greg Hemmings Canada
Bedlamer Alexa Jane Jerrett
Hairy Legs Andrea Dorfman
An Impression of Everything Millefiore Clarkes
The Kitchen Sink Olivia King
Paper Charles Wahl
Permit Garden Jenny Yujia Shi
welima'q shalan joudry

World Cinema

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Bird Andrea Arnold United Kingdom
Can I Get a Witness? Ann Marie Fleming Canada
Caught by the Tides 风流一代 Jia Zhangke China
The Count of Monte Cristo Le Comte de Monte Cristo Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière France
Darkest Miriam Naomi Jaye Canada
Flow Straume Gints Zilbalodis Latvia, France, Belgium
Grand Tour Miguel Gomes Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China
Lakeview Tara Thorne Canada
Matt and Mara Kazik Radwanski Canada
The Outrun Nora Fingscheidt United Kingdom, Germany
Paying for It Sook-Yin Lee Canada
Presence Steven Soderbergh United States
Reinas Klaudia Reynicke Switzerland, Peru, Spain
Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson Canada, Germany
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof Iran, France, Germany
Skeet Nik Sexton Canada
To the Moon Kevin Hartford Canada
Universal Language Une langue universelle Matthew Rankin Canada
When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France

Narrative New Waves

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
40 Acres R. T. Thorne Canada
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Boxcutter Reza Dahya Canada
Do I Know You from Somewhere? Arianna Martinez Canada
Girls Will Be Girls Shuchi Talati India
Monica's News Pamela Gallant Canada
Pierce Nelicia Low Taiwan
Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn Canada
To a Land Unknown Mahdi Fleifel United Kingdom, Greece, Netherlands, France, Germany, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Young Werther José Lourenço Canada

Late Night Visions

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Girl with the Needle Pigen med nålen Magnus von Horn Denmark, Poland, Sweden
My Mother's Eyes Maimazāzuaizu Takeshi Kushida Japan
The Substance Coralie Fargeat United Kingdom, United States, France

In Focus

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Heartbeat Andrea Dorfman Canada
How to Be Alone Andrea Dorfman Canada

Documentaries

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
7 Beats per Minute Yuqi Kang Canada
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee Canada
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō Japan, United Kingdom, United States
Curl Power Josephine Anderson Canada
Dahomey Mati Diop France, Senegal, Benin
Disco's Revenge Omar Majeed, Peter Mishara Canada
Grand Theft Hamlet Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane United Kingdom
Luther: Never Too Much Dawn Porter United States
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger David Hinton United Kingdom
Never Look Away Lucy Lawless New Zealand
A Photographic Memory Rachel Elizabeth Seed United States
Seguridad Tamara Segura Canada
Standing Above the Clouds Jalena Keane-Lee United States
The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal Mike Downie Canada

Shorts

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
8 Times Adam Mbowe Canada
73 Seconds Stacy Gardner Canada
Bloody Mess Megan Wennberg Canada
Bust Angalis Field United States
Cart Girls Katelyn McCulloch Canada
Carved from Stone Tyler Burr Canada
Circle Yumi Joung South Korea
Cold Soup Sopa Fria Marta Monteiro Portugal, France
The Distance Between Us Qu'importe le distance Léo Fontaine France
Every Other Weekend Mick Robertson, Margaret Rose Canada
Eye Piece Kate Solar Canada
Freedom Scott Jones Canada
Gaslit Anna MacLean Canada
Gigi Cynthia Calvi France
Good Grief Megan Chumbley United States
Hello Stranger Amélie Hardy Canada
Himalia Clara Milo, Juliette Lossky Canada
Holiday House Alex Heller United States
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Inkwo à la défense des vivants Amanda Strong Canada
Julian and the Wind Connor Jessup Canada
Maybe Elephants Kanskje det var elefanter Torill Kove Norway, Canada
Mother Tongue Lea Tupu'anga Vea Mafile'o New Zealand
Motorcycle Mary Haley Watson United States
Moving Water Kaia Singh Canada
Nola Aisha Evelyna, Natalie Novak Remplakowski Canada
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris Canada
Panadrilo Marcela Heilbron Panama
Pearls Mike Simms Canada
Percebes Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves France, Portugal
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine Canada
Santa Maria Kyoko Guil Sela, Felix Loizillon France
Terminally Ill Chris Cole United States
Things Behind the Sun Giran Findlay Canada
What Good Canadians Do Stephanie Joline Canada
Where My Branches Stem Teresa Kuo Canada
The Wolf Le Loup Theodore Ushev Canada
Wouldn't Make It Any Other Way Hao Zhou United States

References

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  1. ^ a b Sean Mott, "Atlantic International Film Festival reveals lineup for September". CTV Atlantic, August 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Kelly Townsend, "AIFF unveils three world premieres for 2024 festival". Playback, July 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Barry Hertz, "Halifax’s Atlantic International Film Festival sharpens programming and size to stand out in shadow of TIFF"]. The Globe and Mail, August 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Brendyn Creamer, "All the winners of the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival". The Coast, September 17, 2024.