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FIN AIFF 2022 preview: a chat with the festival’s executive director
Once again, it’s that wonderful time of the year with back-to-back arts festivals in Halifax! Like many others that represent the Halifax art scene from September through November, the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) is back. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be held in person.
Read MoreThree words, eight letters
Is the fear of saying “I love you” to someone a universal experience? Sarah Bahbah’s new short film I__ You inspects why it’s so hard to be vulnerable. Sarah Bahbah Sarah Bahbah self-identifies as a Palestinian/Jordanian-Australian artist and director. She has an instantly recognizable style, revealing her thoughts and emotions through pastel-embraced cinematic stills and…
Read MoreReviving an age-old story
Walking into a foggy theatre, audiences already knew this play was going to capture them with its design. While the story of The Woman in Black isn’t a new one, the play is based off a novel written in 1983, the Neptune Theatre’s take on this chilling story is one that’s worth the time. Neptune is running the show from…
Read MoreBehind the scenes with Wayne Carter
Wayne Carter believes, “If you work around something you love it’s never really work.” Carter has been the Executive Director at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival for the last decade. Being in the film industry over the years Carter’s career started with managing a film theatre in the late 1970s, when he was in high school. …
Read MoreFIN’s top films
Wildhood Directed by Bretten Hannam Country: Canada Every year, FIN Atlantic International Film Festival is the best place for cinephiles in Atlantic Canada to discover new films from our backyards and film industries around the world. The programming team at FIN couldn’t have chosen a better film than Wildhood for its opening night gala. To its core,…
Read MoreThe evolution of an artist
Shelley Thompson is a Canadian actress turned writer-director and one of the featured directors at FIN this year. According to her Twitter bio, she is a “writer, filmmaker, actor, fierce mother, agnostic gambler, LGBTQ+ ally and warrior. All that and more.” However, all the labels aside, she says, “trying to encapsulate who you are seems to always be tongue…
Read MoreCreativity, personality and community
Shauntay Grant is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and professor at Dalhousie University. Her work is “mainly rooted in local stories and local histories,” Grant says in an email to the Dalhousie Gazette. All of her current and published projects are “inspired by local stories.” This includes Africville, The City Speaks In Drums and Up Home, which are all set in communities around…
Read MoreFall reads
The fall season can mean a lot of things to different people. Regardless of personal feelings, its shorter days and brisker winds make it a great time to start a new book. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (1890) First published in 1890, this classic is the perfect book to kick off spooky season. The Picture…
Read MoreThe kids aren’t all right
There’s no doubt everyone wanted to leave the chaos, unpleasantries and bad news behind in 2020. However, it does not seem like 2021 got the memo. Even with vaccinations rolling out throughout the world, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect students’ lives. International students may have the extra burden of sitting through classes, completing projects…
Read MoreDalhousie Poets: aftershock
This piece was written after the earthquake in Izmir, Turkey on October 30, 2020.
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