Mother’s Skin will be broadcast in Canada on CBC on March 18 at midnight as part of the Reel East Coast program. But for those of us not tuning into CBC at midnight, you can watch the film now streaming on CBC Gem (Season 3, Episode 9)! Watch the episode […]
We are so honoured that Mother’s Skin has been awarded Best Atlantic Short at Atlantic Film Festival and that our lead actress Briar Ainslie has also taken home the Joan Orenstein Award for her Outstanding Performance in the film!
The annual program offers roughly five months of training for writers, directors, producers and editors. The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has selected 18 filmmakers for its 2023 Norman Jewison Film Program. The program runs about five months and supports emerging to mid-level film and TV sector professionals with workshops, sessions, […]
Filmmaker Leah Johnston traveled to China for the Shanghai International Film Festival, where her latest short film Mother’s Skin will have its international premiere. SHANGHAI, CHINA – Filmmaker Leah Johnston traveled over 10,000 kilometres from her home in Halifax to Shanghai, China. While she’s certainly having plenty of fun in […]
The film will premiere in the Golden Goblet Competition at the A-list festival in June. Johnston will be traveling to Shanghai to present the film in person.
This was happiest moment in the entire process of making and releasing our movie!
By the fall of 2021, the local film biz was roaring back to life after a series of COVID-related shutdowns: Things we moving, sets were cropping up all over, and Screen Nova Scotia was announcing an industry-wide boom. Local filmmaker Leah Johnston was both an example of the buzz and […]
More exciting news for our film! MOTHER’S SKIN will be screening at Festival du nouveau cinéma – FNC as part of the Compétition Nationale!
I am so excited to finally share that MOTHER’S SKIN will be premiering at Vancouver International Film Festival next month! We faced more challenges than I ever thought possible during the making of this movie and it nearly destroyed me. But seeing the heart-breaking performances from Briar Mosher, Rhiannon Morgan […]
Ingrid and the Black Hole is now streaming as part of National Screen Institute’s 36 year anniversary celebration. https://nsi-canada.ca/genre/36-for-36/
Half of the features in the line-up are directed by women and this year marks Frontieres’ first project from Ukraine. The complete roster will be announced in June. The event follows the Frontieres Platform in Cannes this weekend, where attendees are seeing proof of concept presentations of projects in […]
The Canadian Academy today announced six female content creators selected to take part in the inaugural Apprenticeship for Women Directors. This year’s participants reflect Canada’s diverse and rich talent from across the country: Anna Cooley (Calgary, AB), JJ Neepin (Winnipeg, MB), Reem Morsi (Toronto, ON), Aisling Theresa Chin-Yee (Montreal, […]
We were pleased this week to learn that Ingrid & the Black Hole is officially in the 2018 Oscar race for Best Live Action Short Film after qualifying for the long list. Usually somewhere between 100-130 short films make the long list from which they are narrowed down to […]
Writer/Director Leah Johnston had a blast presenting Ingrid & the Black Hole last night at Reel Shorts Film Festival in Grand Prairie. Next, it screens as part of the Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre -then in Italy at Shorts International Film Festival! And after that, […]
We wish to extend a big congratulations to Molly Dunsworth for taking home the ACTRA Maritimes award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Film or Television Series for Ingrid and the Black Hole. Molly Dunsworth is a lifelong veteran of the screen, with notable performances ranging from […]
Congratulations cast and crew!! Ingrid & the Black Hole took home 4 awards at Vancouver Island Short Film Festival last night for Best Editing, Best Technical, Best Writing and Best Film!! We are especially excited that the film was awarded Best Technical as this recognizes all the crazy hard work and amazing […]
Thank-you Silver Wave Film Festival for awarding Ingrid & the Black Hole Best Canadian Short this weekend! I’m so glad that people are appreciating this film. It was a real labour of love on the part of the amazing cast and crew! Kudos also to Jenna Marks and Lisa Rose Snow also nominated in this category. Great to […]
Our team was overwhelmed to learn Ingrid and the Black Hole won Best Canadian Short at Edmonton International Film Festival this weekend. Congratulations to the entire cast and crew!
Ingrid & the Black Hole will screen at a total of 5 festivals in October!
Leah’s 2015 short, MY YOUNGER OLDER SISTER will be broadcast Sept 19 at midnight on CBC Reel East Coast Shorts program, hosted by Jonathan Torrens!
We are pleased that Ingrid & the Black Hole is already getting lots of play, screening in official selection at 5 different film festivals in the next two months, starting with a spotlight in the CBC Gala at Atlantic Film Festival, then going on to screen at Festival de Cinema de la Ville Quebec, Edmonton International Film Festival and Charlottetown Film Festival.
We are pleased to announce tht Ingrid and the Black Hole will have it’s World Premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival
Ingrid & the Black Hole will be representing Canada abroad once again at the Canadian Embassy in Paris during this special screening, June 7th! The film still hasn’t technically had it’s World Premiere, so it’s cool it’s already gotten some momentum!
Leah has been nominated by ACTRA maritimes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her part in My Younger Older Sister, a short she also wrote and directed.
Excerpt taken from CBC Nova Scotia Leah Johnston’s film Ingrid and the Black Hole will be played at the Cannes Film Festival in France. (Paul Palmeter/CBC) Nova Scotia filmmaker’s new project to be highlighted at Cannes Leah Johnston’s film Ingrid and the Black Hole will be played at the Cannes […]
INGRID & THE BLACK HOLE has been selected to be part of the 6th edition of Canada: Not Short on Talent at Cannes.
After a successful festival run, Some Things Won’t Sleep is now available to stream online on vimeo. Check it out and let us know what you think!
We are now releasing to the public this mini-doc about the “making of” the film. Follow us along on our journey into making the film and then tune in on on March 14th to watch the whole movie online- for free!
“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.
