Congratulations to the recipients of AFCOOP‘s latest round of Grants for Filmmakers!
ANALOGUE FILM GRANT
Nicole C. Holland | The Late Moon
After discovering the body of her young daughter on the edge of the family farm, gossip quickly spreads within a small community as Jacqueline is put to the test by a host of relatives and prying neighbours.
FEEDBACK LOOP
Ryan Kressall | The Door
One by one, nine strangers, held against their will in a strange room, are escorted out to an unknown fate that awaits them on the other side of The Door.
FIRST THING GRANTS
Anuj Tiwari | This Is Life
Sam crosses the bridge of time to find the ultimate truth of life.
Kate Lightstone | The Nature of Inspiration
Female skaters have slowly made themselves a space in the skateboarding world, with small collectives and groups of women popping up around the Maritimes. Using a mixed-media approach of 8mm film and digital footage, NoS: The Nature of Inspiration will dive into the world of female and non-binary skateboarders in the Maritimes while exploring their relationship with art, themselves and their place in a heavily male-dominated space. How different could skate culture become if women were given more space, more opportunity, and more access to skating in the ways they want to, living expressively, creatively and holistically as themselves?
INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS GRANT
Gwydion Morris | Monsters
A distraught husband and wife go to desperate lengths as they seek answers to their family’s tragedy. But their search for answers only continues the cycle of pain and violence that’s torn their family apart.
SUPER 8 BURSARY
Odessa Spore | Life Is Like a Tree