Tautuktavuk (What We See) Permit Garden Dogleg Lulu Keating Retrospective Atlantic Auteurs The Sweet East Foragers The People's Joker Canadian Shorts Open Pit When Adam Changes Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
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HALIFAX INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL

SUBMISSIONS FOR HIFF 2025 NOW OPEN

We're seeking bold, boundary-pushing independent cinema from new and unique voices. Selected films will screen at the 19th annual Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, taking place May 28–31, 2025, at the Bus Stop Theatre.

Send us your latest work in the following categories:

Atlantic Canadian Shorts
Canadian Shorts
Canadian Features

HIFF 2024 FILM PROGRAM

 TAUTUKTAVUK

dir. Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk

OPENING NIGHT FILM • WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 AT 6:30 PM

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PERMIT GARDEN

dir. Jenny Yujia Shi

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 AT 6:30 (SHORT BEFORE TAUTUKTAVUK)

CREATED THROUGH HIFF’S OPEN FIELD GRANT

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DOGLEG

dir. Al Warren

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 AT 9:00 PM

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 LULU KEATING RETROSPECTIVE

THURSDAY, MAY 30 AT 7:00 PM

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 ATLANTIC AUTEURS

SHORTS PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MAY 30 AT 9:00 PM

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THE SWEET EAST

dir. Sean Price Williams

FRIDAY, MAY 31 AT 6:30 PM

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 FORAGERS

dir. Jumana Manna

FRIDAY, MAY 31 AT 9:00 PM

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 THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

dir. Vera Drew

LATE NIGHT SCREENING — FRIDAY, MAY 31 AT 11:00 PM

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 CANADIAN SHORTS

SHORTS PROGRAM

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 AT 11:00 AM

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OPEN-PIT

dir. Felipe Esparza Pérez

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 AT 4:00 PM

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 WHEN ADAM CHANGES

dir. Joël Vaudreuil

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 AT 6:00 PM

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DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

dir. Radu Jude

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 AT 8:00 PM

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