{"id":98584,"date":"2022-06-06T11:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=98584"},"modified":"2022-06-06T11:16:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:16:54","slug":"halifax-independent-film-festival-celebrates-its-sweet-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/halifax-independent-film-festival-celebrates-its-sweet-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Halifax Independent Film Festival celebrates its Sweet 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, the Halifax Independent Film Festival (HIFF)<\/a> is celebrating sixteen years of showcasing a variety of films from all around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

HIFF is also going into their first ever hybrid festival and will be relocating to a brand new venue at the Lighthouse Arts Centre<\/a> as opposed to their usual location at the Scotiabank Theatre<\/a> in Halifax.<\/span><\/p>\n

HIFF Festival coordinator Tara Thorne said the festival is starting next weekend and shared what film enthusiasts can expect.<\/p>\n

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El Planeta, a comedy drama film, was written and directed by Amalia Ulman and her mom. Photo contributed.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"June 9 is when we open, Thursday evening and then we run until June 12. We have a couple of sweet afternoon screenings on Sunday to close out those Canadian shorts followed by The crossing, an animated film from France.\"<\/p>\n

Thorne said thousands of audiences attend the festival annually, and full festival passes with access to all screenings are available.<\/p>\n

\"The full festival pass is $35, and you can see all the films that are at the festival. There are eight features and three short programs.\u00a0 Individual screenings are $10 and they're all at the lighthouse.\"<\/p>\n

Thorne said one of HIFF's objectives is to grow and foster the local film scene.<\/p>\n

\"We provide workshops and mentorship opportunities. We like to see how that manifests itself in the form of art that our members make. Local films are incredibly important to have.\"<\/p>\n

The process for choosing which film premiere is simple, programmers scour all kinds of different sources whether online or from other film festivals.<\/p>\n

\"(Our programmers) are combing the world to find films, we have films from South Korea, France, Nigeria this year, they're from all over.\"<\/p>\n

Some of the films playing in this year's festival are This is my desire<\/em>, from Nigeria; The Crossing, <\/em>an animated film from France; Short Vacation<\/em> from South Korea; and Islands<\/em> a Filipino-Canadian movie, and more.<\/p>\n

The full list of movies is available on the HIFF website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival will take place in their new venue, the Light House Arts Centre from June 9 to June 12. Photo contributed.<\/p><\/div>\n

Listen to the full interview below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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