“I was really blown away when I got home by the film community in Nova Scotia, and that’s a big part of why I stayed,” said Johnston.
Category Archives: Film
Leah’s next short, Creature HE, is moving into development phase of the AFCOOP FILM 5 program
Leah’s film Some Things Won’t Sleep took home the prize for Best Horror
All of Leah’s shorts were shown back to back in the inaugural Truro Film Festival.
We are very excited to announce that My Younger Older Sister will be showing at Atlantic Film Festival this September.
After a 3 day shoot, we have picture wrapped Bravofact short, Ingrid and the Black Hole!
Leah nominated at Yorkton Film Festival for her work on Some Things Won’t Sleep
Some Things Won’t Sleep received a nomination for Best Short & Best Leading Actress
SOME THINGS WON’T SLEEP wins a Special Jury Prize at Worldfest Houston!
Some Things Won’t Sleep took home the award for Best Production Design at the Canadian Film Fest
Johnston was just awarded a $35,000 BravoFACT prize to go toward the filming of ‘Ingrid and the Black Hole.’
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Some Things Won’t Sleep. The film will screen at Worldfest Houston the beginning of April!
We are so excited to be having the Toronto premiere of ‘Some Things Won’t Sleep‘ at Canadian Film Fest at the end of March!
Our film will have it’s U.S. Premiere in Florida as part of the Love Your Shorts Film Festival
Another Man won both the Jury’s Choice and Audience Choice Awards for Best Short at Parrsboro Film Festival.
Very cool to have both of my short films screening in the Parrsboro Film Festival on October 25th: Another Man in the under 5 minute category, and Some Things Won’t Sleep in the 5-20 minute!
Leah Johnston has won a Joy award for her upcoming film, My Younger Older Sister.
We were honored this week to present our film in the CBC Shorts Gala as part of the Atlantic Film Festival.
Some Things Won’t Sleep will be screening next as part of The Island Media Arts Fest in P.E.I. on Oct. 24th…
Our movie will be showing in Halifax as part of the CBC Shorts Gala at AFF…
In celebration of our upcoming premiere at Montreal World Film Fest this month, we’ve released the trailer…
We are so pleased to finally announce that Some Things Won’t Sleep will be premiering next month at the Montreal World Film Festival as part of the Focus on World Cinema program. The festival runs from August 21st- September 1st, and we hope to be there promoting for it’s premiere on the weekend of August […]
IT IS DONE! Fini!! Terminado! Two months behind schedule…. but we finally finished the film!!! What happened to…
You heard it right, film funders! We are moving into the final stages of post-production with our film. After a brief but much needed Christmas break, we came back full-force in the new year, with our editor, Shawn Beckwith and I moving into picture-lock less than a week ago. For […]
Principle photography on Leah’s second short film, ‘Some Things Won’t Sleep’ has just wrapped after shooting October…
After a 30 days sprint, Leah’s short film, Some Things Won’t Sleep, has reached and surpassed it’s Indiegogo funding goal.
A lovely article about Leah’s upcoming short film, Some Things Won’t Sleep, in the news. Click the image below to read the full article.
3rd Film Festival acceptance for Leah’s first short film, ANOTHER MAN! It will be screening at St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival on October 23rd at 7pm! For more information or to get tickets, please click here. 🙂
Leah’s screenplay for her upcoming short film, ‘Some Things Won’t Sleep’, was chosen as the annual awards sponsor by The Brian Linehan Foundation. Every year, four filmmaking teams from across Canada are selected into the National Screen Institute Drama Prize Program, and of those teams, one is selected for sponsorship […]
Another film acceptance for Another Man! The short will be screening in a segment featuring films from the Atlantic Provinces at the 2013 Atlantic Film Festival, happening in Halifax at Park Lane Cinema, September 16 @ 4:30pm & September 18 @ 10:15pm. For more information or to buy tickets, visit […]