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!
We are glad to share with you that 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑺𝒌𝒊𝒏 by Leah Johnston is part of the 9 shorts in the international competition of Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba Int’l Film Festival in Brazil! Congrats! 💚 🏁: Competitiva Internacional, curta-metragem 📅: June 14-22 2023
Thank you to Screen Nova Scotia and WIFT-Atlantic for recognizing MOTHER’S SKIN with nominations in the categories of Best Short and Best Director. And a very special congrats to our lead actress, Briar Ainslie, the youngest performer ever nominated for an ACTRA Maritimes Award for Outstanding Performance! So very proud […]
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/
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 […]
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 […]
We were thrilled to learn that Ingrid and the Black Hole has been nominated for Best Short Subject at the Yorkton Golden Sheaf awards. The awards will be given during the festival held May 25-28.
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 […]
We are quite excited that as of January 1st, 2017 our film will be available on-demand on all domestic and international Air Canada flights for 3 months! So hurry up and book that vacation you’ve been saving for! We promise this six minutes of entertainment on route will make […]
We were happy to have the opportunity to showcase Ingrid and the Black Hole in Toronto for the first time, at Blood in the Snow Film Festival. We are warmed by the positive reviews and coverage, including this one by Fern TV calling Ingrid & the Black Hole “a small miracle.” […]
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
The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) handed out the latest round of awards in its NSI Online Short Film Festival recently, awarding Leah Johnston with the Corus Fearless Female Directors Award for best direction by a female for Some Things Won’t Sleep; All winners also receive a complimentary Friend membership to the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. […]
