HIFF DAILIES — DAY ONE
HIFF DAILIES•DAY ONE
HIFF is here!
Halifax's annual celebration of independent cinema begins this evening, and runs June 21–24, in the Light House Arts Centre (1800 Argyle Street) in downtown Halifax.
We're very excited to get things started with So Much Tenderness, a heartrending and hopeful drama from Canadian-Colombian filmmaker Lina Rodriguez. Lina will join us in the Light House with producer Brad Deane after the screening for an audience Q+A.
Prior to So Much Tenderness, we're thrilled the present the very first screening of I'm Just Trying to Have Fun, a dark and daring short from Halifax filmmaker Henry Colin, and the second film to be produced through HIFF's Open Field Grant.
Up next is Plains, the debut work of docu-fiction from Toronto via UK filmmaker Romanne Walker. The film follows Jonathan Carroll and Cat Bluemke, a couple seeking a more honest future through technology on Nova Scotia's scenic South Shore. Romanne, Jonathan and Cat will all be in attendance after the screening for a live Q+A.
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)!
DAY ONE SCHEDULE
JUNE 21
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.