COMMUNITY SCREENINGS
The Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) is a celebration of the art of film and storytelling, offering year-round opportunities for connection and collaboration through partnered Community Screenings program. AIFF is proud to partner with a range of local organizations and initiatives to present impactful screenings tailored to communities across the region. Past partners include the NSCAD Film Festival, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, and Movies Under the Stars with Africville Museum Grounds.
AIFF is committed to collaborating with members of our community to present screenings across the HRM throughout the year as well as offering free screenings of our Classics/Restored and In Focus films during the main festival.
Upcoming: stay tuned!
Past:
SUGARCANE
December 3-10, 2024 | Free Online
Presented in partnership with the NS Human Rights Commission
SUGARCANE premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. The film focuses on an investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school, which ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children experienced at these segregated boarding schools was brought to light, sparking a national outcry against a system designed to destroy Indigenous communities. Set amidst a groundbreaking investigation, SUGARCANE illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.