AIFF and Music Nova Scotia Presents…
Submit your music video for a chance to be featured at the 45th Atlantic International Film Festival!
Submissions are now open for the Sonic Cinema Pre-Show program, presented by Music Nova Scotia.
The Atlantic International Film Festival has partnered Music Nova Scotia and the to create a showcase of innovative, boundary-pushing music videos to be included in the 2025 Festival pre-show.
With priority given to Atlantic Canadian filmmakers with a strong cinematic voice, bold new voices, and experimental approaches to filmmaking, the program seeks innovative, boundary-pushing music videos by Nova Scotian artists to be featured in AIFF 2025’s pre-show festival programming. The chosen participants will have their music video projected during multiple screenings of the 2025 AIFF program. Both musicians and filmmakers will be given an AIFF Filmmaker Festival Pass, which will grant them access to all screenings and industry programs during the festival. Filmmakers will receive an additional $75 screening fee.
For your music video to be considered, it must follow these guidelines:
Music video must have been released after January 1st, 2024.
Musician must be a Nova Scotia resident
The music video must be under five (5) minutes long
Please submit your music video to AIFF Development Manager Tori Fleming (torif@atlanticfilm.ca) with the subject line: “SUBMISSION: Sonic Cinema Pre-Show”
Deadline: July 28th, 2025, at 11:59pm AT.
