News & Updates
Film Festival Programmer Info Session
Jan. 6th – 6pm – 7:30pm Zoom Join local festival programmers Tori Fleming (Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival), Tara Taylor (Emerging Lens Film Festival) and Emily Orr (FIN Atlantic International Film …Read More »Plants on Film: Handmade Film Call
AFCOOP in collaboration with the Handmade Film Collective invites filmmakers to respond to the theme of plants on film through a call for proposals for the Plants on Film: Handmade …Read More »Weekend Holiday Film Challenge Screening
Weekend Holiday Film Challenge Screening Event Date: Wednesday, December 16th at 7pm Come see the films created through the Weekend Holiday Film Challenge! Vote for your favorite and the winner will …Read More »Rentals on Pause
Effective November 25th until further notice, AFCOOP’s gear rentals will be on pause due to recent increases in COVID-19 cases in the HRM. We apologize for any inconvenience. For questions …Read More »Grants for Filmmakers Deadline Extended
AFCOOP’s filmmaking grants support the production of local independent films through in-kind equipment and resources. There are grants that are open to the public as well as some that are …Read More »Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival – Programming Committee Call for Applications
AFCOOP is accepting applications from the community for one seat on the HIFF Programming Committee 2021. The Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival (HIFF) is a 4-day festival dedicated to showcasing bold, …Read More »Weekend Holiday Film Challenge
Registration Deadline: Friday, December 4th at 5pm Event Date: Friday, December 4th – Monday, December 7th Cost: Free for members / $10 non-members AFCOOP is bringing the year to a …Read More »AFCOOP Fall General Meeting
AFCOOP’s Fall General Membership Meeting Another season, another online General Membership Meeting! Please join AFCOOP staff, board and membership for our Fall GM, Oct. 22nd @ 6:30pm on Zoom. At this meeting, …Read More »Equipment Rentals Resuming! Oct. 2nd
Rental Bookings Re-opening We’re pleased to announce that starting Friday, Oct. 2nd we will once again be accepting bookings for equipment rentals. Our COVID-19 procedures are still in place and …Read More »FILM 1 Program Announcement!
Announcing the Participants in the 2020/21 FILM 1 Program Modelled on our former, and long-running, One-Minute-Film Program, FILM 1 is a participatory filmmaking program for first time/emerging filmmakers. In the …Read More »FILM 5 Program Call for Applications
FILM 5 Program Call for ApplicantsNova Scotia’s renowned training opportunity for emerging filmmakers.Deadline for Applications: Monday October 5th, 2020 11:59pm The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative invites emerging Nova Scotia filmmakers to apply …Read More »Sequestered Screenwriters Group
AFCOOP’s Monthly Online Screenwriters Group The group meets online the last Monday of every month to read and discuss each other’s short film scripts. In advance of the meeting, participants …Read More »
AFCOOP acknowledges that we are located in Kjipuktuk in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq, Wəlastəkwiyik (Maliseet), and Passamaquoddy Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1726. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaq and Wəlastəkwiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations. We are all treaty people.