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26-497: Atlantic Film Festival Gemini Awards Genie Awards Hot Docs Yorkton Film Festival , Golden Sheaf Awards For additional awards - see Red Queen Productions Atlantic Film Festival The Atlantic International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada since 1980. AIFF is the largest Canadian film festival east of Montreal, regularly premiering

52-424: A 24 per cent attendance increase from the previous year with 29,400 in overall attendance, including 28 sold-out screenings and events. In 2007 attendance was up 18 per cent over 2006, with a record-setting 33,500 people taking part in the 27th annual event. The opening film was The Event , directed by Thom Fitzgerald . The opening film was Wilby Wonderful , directed by Daniel MacIvor . The opening film

78-739: A family of orphans. The film has won awards for cinematographer Tom Harting as well as Fitzgerald's direction at the Atlantic Film Festival, and it garnered Fitzgerald a Director's Guild nomination for Best Direction of a Feature Film. The director received promotional support from the United Nations' Global Media AIDS initiative, and the film was released on December 1 ( World AIDS Day ), 2006, in selected theaters and on Showtime Network. In 2010, Fitzgerald's first full-length play Cloudburst debuted in Halifax at Plutonium Playhouse. Critics called

104-765: A first-time director, the FIPRESCI European Critics Prize, Best Canadian Film Prize at the Atlantic Film Festival, Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Festival, Best Screenplay at the Mar del Plata Festival, and a number of other awards. The film made its U.S. debut at the Sundance Film Festival. His second project, which was in progress before The Hanging Garden , was the muscle magazine docu-comedy Beefcake (1999). The story of fitness photographer Bob Mizer (played by Daniel MacIvor ) and

130-499: Is a digitally shot ensemble drama set in contemporary Bucharest. The stories involve a reluctant dogcatcher ( Mihai Calota ), a diplomat with prostate cancer ( David Hayman ), and a touring pornographer (played by Thom Fitzgerald). Rachel Blanchard and Alberta Watson co-star. The Wild Dogs debuted at the Toronto Film Festival. Along with three Genie nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Hayman, The Wild Dogs won

156-582: Is an American-Canadian film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright and producer. Fitzgerald was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His parents divorced when he was five years old. He moved with his mother and brother, Timothy Jr., to Bergenfield, New Jersey, where he was raised and graduated from Bergenfield High School . While pursuing his university degree in Manhattan at the Cooper Union for

182-528: Is held simultaneously with the first three days of the Atlantic Film Festival. The 25th edition of the event will take place in September 2022. Every year, the AIFF Partners organizers accept a robust and curated roster of delegates from around the world, in a bid to provide a 'one-stop shop' for film and TV producers and early-stage projects. Similar in format to International Film Festival Rotterdam's Cinemart,

208-517: Is reserved specifically for films from the Atlantic Canada region. It also does not generally bill most of its screenings as "galas", as many larger film festivals do; apart from the opening and closing films, the only other screenings to be billed as galas are the "Atlantic Canadian Gala", highlighting a film made within the region, and the "Reel Coast Shorts" gala, highlighting short films by Atlantic Canadian directors. The 2005 festival experienced

234-594: The Advancement of Science and Art, he spent a semester as an exchange student at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design , and permanently moved to Halifax after completing his studies. Fitzgerald continues to reside in Nova Scotia. He has described himself as a "struggling Catholic". In Canada, Fitzgerald worked extensively as a trio with performance artists Renee Penney and Michael Weir for several years as

260-655: The Atlantic International Film Festival. AIFF holds multiple events throughout the year. The Atlantic International Film Festival is an 8-day event, screening films from Canada and around the world, and showcasing Atlantic Canadian films and artists. During the first three days of the Festival, AIFF simultaneously runs AIFF Partners, an international co-production and co-financing market focusing on narrative feature film and series, which brings together producers and industry decision-makers from Canada and around

286-763: The Best Canadian Film Award at the Atlantic Film Festival and the Emerging Master Award at the Seattle International Film Festival . The Event (2003), tells the story of Matt, a New Yorker with AIDS ( Don McKellar ) who has died mysteriously. Parker Posey plays an attorney who takes her investigation personally, pushing his family ( Olympia Dukakis , Sarah Polley , Dick Latessa ) and friends ( Brent Carver , Rejean Cournoyer , Jane Leeves ) into stark confessions about

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312-543: The Canadian equivalent of SAG. Wolf Girl (2001) was a Halloween special for the USA Network starring Tim Curry , Victoria Sanchez , Lesley Ann Warren , Darlene Cates , Grace Jones , Shelby Fenner and Shawn Ashmore . Penned by novelist Lori Lansens , the story spins the werewolf genre in reverse, as cosmetic treatments render a furry side-show performer (Sanchez) progressively more psychotic. The Wild Dogs (2002)

338-539: The Charlatan Theatre Collective. He launched his career in film, releasing his debut feature The Hanging Garden in 1997. It starred Troy Veinotte, Chris Leavins and Kerry Fox . That film won several Genie Awards , including acting awards for Peter MacNeill and Seana McKenna , and a screenplay award for Fitzgerald. It also garnered Fitzgerald the Claude Jutra Award for best feature film by

364-685: The European Film Market's co-production forum, and Independent Film Week's No Borders, AIFF Partners is Canada's premiere film and television co-production event. While the event attracts a strong core attendance from Canada, the US and the UK, it also focuses on an annual group of spotlight countries. 2020/2021: Benelux , Germany , and the United States 2018/2019: United Kingdom , the Republic of Ireland , and

390-474: The Festival. It also won the Audience Award for Best Film at Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Canadian Indie Film at Edmonton International Film Festival , Top Ten Canadian Film at Vancouver International Film Festival , and Best Film at Image+Nation Montreal Film Festival. It won a Best Canadian Film Award at Victoria Film Festival . It won a Grand Jury Prize at

416-641: The People's Choice Audience Award. A number of high-profile actors, including Brenda Fricker , Billy Boyd , Adam Sinclair , Kristin Kreuk and Famke Janssen , were in attendance. The opening film was Rollertown , the closing film was Mike Clattenburg 's Afghan Luke , and the CBC Shorts Gala featured short films by Cory Bowles and Christian Sparkes . Blackbird was awarded Best Atlantic Feature and Best Director ( Jason Buxton ). This year's festival also featured

442-687: The United States 2016/2017: Nordic countries and the United States 2014/2015: Latin America and the United States 2013: India and United Kingdom 2012: United States and the United Kingdom 2011: South Africa , United States and Australia 2009: Germany and Ireland 2008: Argentina , Brazil and Mexico 2007: France 2006: Australia , New Zealand and South Africa 2005: Germany 2004: Ireland Thom Fitzgerald Thomas "Thom" Fitzgerald (born July 8, 1968)

468-423: The award for Best Editing for his short film Treevenge . The opening film was Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day . Films that were screened included Bruce McDonald 's Trigger , Evan Kelly's debut feature The Corridor , and Paul Andrew Kimball 's debut feature Eternal Kiss . Charlie Zone won Best Atlantic Feature and Best Director (Michael Melski) and Thom Fitzgerald 's Cloudburst won

494-478: The global HIV pandemic. In the first, Lucy Liu stars as a blood smuggler who unleashes havoc on a farmer's family. In the second story, a second rate porn actor in Montreal ( Shawn Ashmore ), hides his HIV status from his mother ( Stockard Channing ). In the third story, three Christian missionaries ( Chloë Sevigny , Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh ) barter with a South African plantation owner ( Ian Roberts ) to help

520-439: The play "a knock-out" and "the best thing to happen to the Halifax theatre scene in a decade" Cloudburst won the 2011 Merritt Award for Best New Play. Fitzgerald shot a film version of Cloudburst in 2011 starring Olympia Dukakis , Brenda Fricker and Ryan Doucette . The film debuted at the 2011 Atlantic Film Festival and won an Atlantic Canada Award for Best Screenplay and the People's Choice Audience Award for Best Film of

546-492: The premieres of Roaming , the first film produced through Telefilm Canada's First Feature Program, The Disappeared , and Paul-Émile d'Entremont 's documentary Last Chance . There Are Monsters was awarded Best Atlantic Feature and Best Director (Jay Dahl). AIFF Partners (formerly known as "Strategic Partners") is an annual international film co-production market, held in Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada . The event has been held annually since its inception in 1998, and

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572-878: The reality of Matt's demise. Thom appeared in the film as Vagimar Director. The low-budget film debuted at Sundance Film Festival , opening to praise. It received numerous awards, including the Siegessäule Reader's Award, the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival , an ACTRA Supporting Actor Award for Rejean Cournoyer, the Outfest Jury Prize for Best Actress for Dukakis, a Best Supporting Actress Genie nomination for Dukakis, and Atlantic Film Festival Awards for Fitzgerald, writers Tim Marback and Steven Hillyer, and actress Joan Orenstein . 3 Needles (2005) tells three short stories about

598-559: The region's top films of the year, while bringing the best films of the fall festival circuit to Atlantic Canada . In 2017, the festival rebranded itself as the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival , with the FIN blending a dual reference to a fish's fins due to Halifax's connection to the ocean fisheries, and the conclusion of a film. In 2023, the festival dropped the "FIN", and returned to its previous branding as

624-533: The wave of fitness magazines in the 1950s, it was commissioned for television by Channel 4 in the UK and Arte in France and Germany. However, the movie was too racy for North American television in 1999, and instead was released theatrically by Strand Releasing . The film debuted at Sundance and garnered four Genie Award nominations. Jonathan Torrens won the Best Supporting Actor Award from ACTRA ,

650-514: The world. In the spring, AIFF holds AIFF Kids (formerly Viewfinders: Atlantic Film Festival for Youth ), a touring event designed to engage, entertain, and educate young people. AIFF Outdoor (formerly Outdoor Film Experience ) is AIFF's outdoor summer film series held in various locations across the Halifax Regional Municipality. Although the festival screens films from across Canada and internationally, its principal awards program

676-559: Was 3 Needles , directed by Thom Fitzgerald , and Jason Eisener 's short The Teeth Beneath premiered. The opening film was The Journals of Knud Rasmussen , directed by Zacharias Kunuk , and the closing film was Susanne Bier 's After the Wedding . The opening film was Shake Hands With The Devil and The Bodybuilder and I was named best Canadian documentary. Down to the Dirt won Best Atlantic Feature and Jason Eisener received

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