AIFF Partners Special guests Matthew Rankin and Sook-Yin Lee and more to be part of the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival program of events.

Even if you haven’t seen Edward Yang’s films, there’s a good chance you’ve absorbed some of his images — a young boy eating a Happy Meal beside his exhausted father, a couple’s silhouettes backlit by a neon Fujifilm sign.

This year AIFF was thrilled to welcome back our team of programmers, members of the film community whose dedicated and thoughtful work has shaped this fantastic program.

AIFF is proud to announce the 2024 program, showcasing 96 feature and short films at Halifax’s Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane from Wednesday, September 11 to Wednesday, September 18.

In my mind, content brought to you by a film festival is like being shown a tray of assorted valuable gems. Urgency exists in witnessing their brilliance before they are ushered away.

This article aims to answer the question: what is the loudest and quietest movie snack?

Alongside three Atlantic Canadian feature films, we are excited to announce free events, the revival of SCRIPTS OUT LOUD, and EARLY BIRD pricing for passes and ticket bundles, now available online.

Roger Ebert once said that cinema was “...a machine that generates empathy” and if that’s the case, queer cinema is a polished, well-oiled machine that is able to represent a collective by tenderly examining the individual. It can make you feel the love and warmth of your community even while shivering from the icy air-conditioning of the movie theater.