HIFF GUIDE 2023: HOW TO HIFF
HIFF is here!
Halifax's annual celebration of independent cinema kicks off tomorrow! Join us June 21–24 in the Light House Arts Centre (1800 Argyle Street) in downtown Halifax.
You can see it all with a HIFF Festival Pass ($40/$30 for AFCOOP members) or catch films with single tickets for $14 ($12 for AFCOOP members). Click the film listings below to purchase single tickets. All screenings are FREE for students (with a valid student ID)!
Here's everything you need to know to get the most out of this year's fest:
HIFF TIPS
• Picking up your pass: HIFF passholders can pick up their passes at the box office in the lobby of the Light House Arts Centre on your way into your first screening. They'll be available for pick-up for the duration of the fest.
• Bring layers: It looks like we'll have a heat wave on our hands for most if not all of HIFF, but we won't know it in the Light House Arts Centre thanks to the ice-cold A/C. Consider bringing a sweater to navigate the temp changes comfortably.
• Plains vs. The Plains: HIFF 2023 includes screenings of two features whose titles are separated only by a definite article, but the resemblance ends there. Plains is the docufiction debut of Romanne Walker, which follows a couple seeking a better world through technology on Nova Scotia's South Shore. It will cap off our opening night screenings on June 21 at 9 p.m. The Plains is the wildly ambitious slow-cinema feature from Australian filmmaker David Easteal, following the increasingly intimate kinship between two commuters on Melbourne's Monash Freeway. It will screen on Saturday, June 24 at 3 p.m.
• Artist Talks: While our post-screening Q+As give us a chance to hear from filmmakers immediately after seeing their work, our series of Artist Talks allow us to sit down with filmmakers in an intimate setting and go in-depth on their artistic journeys and processes. Plus, admission is totally FREE. Don't miss this opportunity to chat directly with some of the most exciting new voices in cinema.
