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!
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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.
At the National Screen Institute, we’re blessed to see firsthand the difference training makes in the lives of storytellers. On our website throughout December we’re sharing impact stories from many of our talented alumni who’ve told us how NSI training transformed their lives and careers. Today’s featured alumna is writer/director […]
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 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.
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!
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 […]
“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.
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
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.
Leah Johnston has won a Joy award for her upcoming film, My Younger Older Sister.
Some Things Won’t Sleep will be screening next as part of The Island Media Arts Fest in P.E.I. on Oct. 24th…
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…
Dear Supporters of our short film, Some Things Won’t Sleep: Well, it’s officially been two weeks since shooting, so I think it’s high time I give you all an update about the project. After the shoot, while André was busy tying up loose ends- returning equipment, rental trucks, paying bills- […]
Principle photography on Leah’s second short film, ‘Some Things Won’t Sleep’ has just wrapped after shooting October…
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 […]
Synopsis: Anika and her husband have the perfect marriage. Or so it seems. But flashes from a gruesome future scene seem to hint that something is about to go terribly awry. When a secret is revealed and the marriage begins to fall apart, Anika attempts to do the most horrific thing possible to salvage her relationship. Unfortunately, some secrets won’t stay buried for very long.
Producer: Andre Pettigrew