YOUTH FILM COMPETITION
FINALIST SCREENING | MAY 25, 2025
Finalist Screening
Free Event | May 25, 11 AM | Cineplex Cinemas Part Lane
Join us for a special FREE screening to celebrate the finalist films and creative teams! This in-person screening is a fun and exciting opportunity for Finalists to showcase their work on the big screen. Join us on Sunday May 25, 2025, 11 AM, Cineplex Park Lane Halifax, to celebrate the creativity, originality, and unique vision of Atlantic Canada’s youth creators. The Juried Youth Competition Awards will be announced following the screening.
The in-person premiere will be followed by an online premiere on the AIFF YouTube channel (May 26-June 1)! All finalist films will be eligible for the Audience Award, so remember to vote for your favorite! Juried winners will be announced following the in-cinema screening on Sunday, May 25 and the Audience Award will be announced on June 2.
2024 Finalist Films
Please note: although all selected finalist films are made by youth, the films may not be suitable for all ages. There are instances of implied violence, mature subjects, and course language
The Advocate: Nature's Voice
Director: Joshua MacLaughlin
Thief of Time
Director: Tim Seoul
Disconnected
Directors: Emmie Wang, Elena Mason
Past Echoes
Director: Easton Goodwin
Who's That
Director: NA
Home For Dinner
Director: Rose Hanada
Our New Home
Director: Clara Flanagan
Woo Yong Jung
Director: Kelly Kim, Siqi Zhao
Decision
Director: Kevin Ge
November Moon
Director: Desmond Henry Robert Smyth
The Perfect Wrap
Director: Austin Gerard Marks
Red Herring
Director: Elizabeth Merrimen
I Am Still Here
Director: Noah Tan Rafuse
Country: Noah Rafuse, Elizabeth Sircom, Lennon Lang
DogPile
Director: Adam Deans
Dino Opera
Director: Aurelia Elizabeth Jackson
Time Trapped
Director: Oliver Hubley-Faye