Becka Barker's Animated Short BOUY at the 2018 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival

Becka Barker is one of the filmmakers at the 2018 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, which runs from September 13 - 20. 

Her “crowd-sourced” hand-drawn animated short Buoy is in the Atlantic Shorts Program 2 lineup that screens September 15 and 17. 

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative commissioned Becka to make a short animated film about the Halifax explosion to mark the 100th anniversary in 2017. 

As she dug into her research, she found footage posted online by the Nova Scotia Archives that was shot just two days after the disaster. She was astounded to see so many ordinary Haligonians assisting in rescue efforts and helping where they could.

From Becka: “This is what hit me hardest. Not just because of their grit in the face of such devastation, but because this felt like the Halifax I know. We rely on each other so much to get things done around here. Often, it feels to me like that's the only way. After all, when you live in a depressed economy on the edge of a continent, you simply can't go it alone. This footage and this thought gave me a spark for my project.”

Becka Barker. Photo: CFAT

Becka is known for her use of hand-crafted processes in her film and video work, and Buoy is no exception. She invited members of the public to trace frames she printed from the film footage, and used those to illustrate the tactile way people interacted with the explosion and the century-old images of the aftermath. Buoy is the result of that exploration.

In addition to her Talent Trust scholarships for film studies, Becka's work has been supported by the National Film Board of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia, and the Halifax Regional Municipality. 

She’s been regular part-time faculty at NSCAD University since 2005, and was visiting foreign faculty in the Film and Animation Department at SoonChunHyang University in South Korea from 2008-2012.

Buoy screening details 
Atlantic Shorts Program 2

September 15, 2018
Begins at 1:00 p.m.

September 17, 2018
Begins at 9:10 p.m.

To learn more about Becka and her work, visit beckabarker.info.

Ariella Pahlke's documentary about Suzanne Gauthier screens on September 20, 2017 at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival

Ariella Pahlke's film Suzanne Gauthier: one thing leads to another screens as part of Program 7 at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival on

Photo: FIN website

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 9:15PM 
Park Lane, Theatre 3 

Encore: Thursday, Sept. 21, 8:30PM
Park Lane, Theatre 2

From the FIN website:
Filmmaker Ariella Pahlke weaves the life and work of Suzanne Gauthier into a poetic narrative that encapsulates the curiosity, joy and perseverance underlying the creative impulse of an artist.

For more information and tickets go to
http://www.finfestival.ca/event

Chris Spencer-Lowe's short film 'Aleatoria' will show on September 18, 2017 at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival

Chris Spencer-Lowe's short film Aleatoria will screen as part of Program 5 on 

Photo: FIN website

Monday, September 18 
at 9:00 PM 
Park Lane - Theatre 4

and

Wednesday, September 20 
at 8:30 PM
Park Lane - Theatre 2

From the FIN website:
Aleatoria, disorder incarnate, the lady of the wheel. Spinning and churning the stuff of chaos. Created through random processes, chance and the unpredictability of being are at her command.


For tickets please go to:
http://www.finfestival.ca/event

Gwyneth Christoffel shows her short film 'Torture by Sound' at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival - September 17, 2017

Photo: FIN website

Gwyneth Christoffel's short film Torture of Sound will be shown on

Sunday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m.

 

Reel East Coast Shorts Gala

at Park Lane Cinemas, Halifax

From the FIN website:

For people with misophonia, everyday sounds can leave them in immense pain. Torture By Sound explores the emotional and psychological impact this condition has on the lives of its victims..

Tickets can be purchased at:

http://www.finfestival.ca/event/7ef84f83025171d2005fa3aed80b4d28

Gwyneth Christoffel won the 2013 NSTT Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Award and the 2013 Shelagh Mackenzie Award. 

Ariella Pahlke's docomentary at the Atlantic Film Festival

Ariella Pahlke, filmmaker
Ariella will show her documentary Mi'kwite'tmn (Do You Remember) about artist Ursula Johnson at the Atlantic Film Festival on September 22 at 9.15 p.m. at the Reel East Coast Shorts Program. More at Atlantic Film Festival
 
Photo credit: Still from film (Ursula Johnson) Atlantic Film Festival website.

Congratulations Lukas Pearse for winning Best Atlantic Original Score at the 2015 Atlantic Film Festival

Lukas Pearse @ https://soundcloud.com/lukas-pearse

Former NSTT scholarship recipient Lukas Pearse with Mike Ritchie won the Best Atlantic Orginal Score at the 2015 Atlantic Film Festival for North Mountain.

This award is sponsored by Hideout Studios and entails $500 cash and $5,000 services.

Lukas Pearse is a Bassist/ Media Artist/ Composer / Sound Editor  in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lukas is the musical director of Upstream Music and has done video and sound scores for dancers, theatre work, and film. http://lukaspearse.ca/

Lukas will perform with guitarist Geordie Haley and drummer Damien Moynihan for the delegates at the Canadian Art Therapy Association Conference held in Halifax from October 16-18.

Congratulations to all the Atlantic Film Festival winners. You can find them at: http://atlanticfilm.com/media/archive/winners-35th-atlantic-film-festival-announced#sthash.ulUwAkN0.dpuf

Gwyneth Christoffel's film 'LIV' at the Atlantic Film Festival

Gwyneth Christoffel wrote and directed 'LIV' while in her last year at UAT. The film will screen at the Atlantic Film Festival as part of the NextGen Shorts on

Monday, Sep 21 at 9:30 p.m. and
Thursday, Sep 24 at 4:30 p.m. at

Cineplex Cinema Park Lane in Halifax.

More information about Gwyneth can be found at her website: http://gwynethchristoffel.com/
or for tickets go to: http://www.atlanticfilm.com/festivals/atlantic-film-festival/2015-program-guide

Corinne Dunphy's film 'Chase the Ace' at the Atlantic Film Festival

Corinne Dunphy's film will be shown at the Atlantic Film Fest Reel East Coast Gala which is a part of the Atlantic Film Festival.

Chase of Ace can be seen on
September 20, 2015 and
September 24, 2015

at Park Lane Cinema in Halifax


Synopsis:

There's no job too big for the volunteers at the Havre Boucher community centre. This short gives the viewer a glimpse into the exciting 50/50 fundraiser that became all the buzz in eastern Nova Scotia this year. CHASE THE ACE is a slice of life film shining light on the community, and believing you're only 1 number away from that dream home, boat or trip!

For more information please go to http://atlanticfilm.com/festivals/atlantic-film-festival/2015-atlantic-canadian-program

The Disappeared by filmmaker Shandi Mitchell - Tonight at the Atlantic Film Festival

The Atlantic Film Festival’s Outdoor Film Experience: 

The Disappeared,

Shandi Mitchell www.thedisappearedthefilm.com.

writen and directed by Shandi Mitchell

7:45 PM Tuesday, September 16 

at the Ferry Terminal Park by the Alderney Ferry Terminal in downtown Dartmouth. 

Admission is free and the film is rated 14A for coarse language.

On Tuesday, October 7, The Disappeared on DVD and Bluray on Amazon will be released in select stores across Canada. The Disappeared on DVD and Bluray includes video extras such as director's commentary, French subtitles and English closed captioning and behind the scenes documentaries. To get your copy of The Disappeared ask at your local video store or purchase it directly from the films team at www.thedisappearedthefilm.com.

Ariella Pahlke's short films at the Atlantic Film Festival

Ariella Pahlke (photo: www.burningrubber.ca)

Ariella Pahlke's films What you did before you were born and Strategies of Hope will be shown at the Atlantic Film Festival as a part of the Atlantic Shorts 4 on Sunday, September 14 at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, September 16 at 4:30 p.m. at Park Lane Cinemas in Halifax.

From the Atlantic Film Festival's website:
Strategies of Hope is a 26-minute documentary featuring patients, staff, and family at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre's Acquired Brain Injury Program. Participants collaborated with a filmmaker and worked with a variety of art forms to explore the impact of a stroke or brain injury and to share strategies for recovery.

What you did before you were born: A video letter to her son about his prenatal existence, What you did before you were born? links family history--in Serbia and Acadia--to Ariella’s Pahlke’s seaside house near Halifax to complete the journey to birth of her son. Leavened by humour, humility and a sense of community, this is a motion picture diary that translates life into pure delight.

 You can find more about Ariella at http://www.burningrubber.ca/htm/CREDITS.htm

Gwyneth Christoffel's short film at the Atlantic Film Festival

Gwyneth Christoffel's short film

Gwyneth at work.

'The Last Leaf' will be shown at the Atlantic Film Festival 
Friday, September 12 
at 4:30 p.m.
as a part of the Atlantic Shorts 1 and on 
Monday, September 15 
at 12:30 p.m. 
both at Park Lane Cinemas.


You can find the full schedule here: http://atlantic.festivalgenius.com/2014/schedule/week


Gwyneth Christoffel is the winner of the 2013 Shelagh Mackenzie Award and 2013 Lieutenant Governor’s Award.
More of Gwyneth work can be found on her website: www.gwynethchristoffel.com