#nova scotia film

[ghoulbones]

Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) directed by Jason Eisener

Go the fuck home, everybody. And don't forget to wash your dicks.

[rosechata]

filmontoast

[andre-seewald-art]

Abstract art is everywhere I look ….. I’m constantly inspired

[feral-violet]

[richardarmitagefanpage]

The Boy In The Woods will be screened at Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax on September 19, 2023.

Get your tickets here.

[strangerscrag]

8 years ago at least.

[hooby-film]

Nova Scotia film | Sept/Oct 2023

[beatler]

Expensive Lawn Ornament 🏚️ Amherst, NS 🎞 Auchan 100, Expired 2007 📷 Canonet 28

[evoration]

More Kejimkujik National Park

[hell-is-otherpeople]

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

[jontheblogcentric]

VIFF 2024 Review: There, There

A young home-care nurse (played by Katie Mattattall) and her elderly patient (played by Marlene Jewell) form an unlikely friendship in There, There. One thing at the VIFF is that it’s known for showcasing works from various filmmakers from Canada. There, There is the latest film from Nova Scotia director Heather Brown. It tells of an unlikely friendship of two people. Ruth is an elderly woman…

[paddysnuffles]

Hey @allthecanadianpolitics, this isn't exactly news, but I came across a really neat (Canadian) short animation about the Halifax Explosion that I think fellow Canadians might enjoy:

For context, when the explosion happened, some people were thrown several blocks away and somehow ended up perfectly alright (albeit naked).

[bantarleton]

To commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, a short thread of photos colourised by DBColour (Colourising History on Facebook). Descriptions run from top-to-bottom.

Piper Bill Millin, seen here landing on Sword Beach with his bagpipes with Lord Lovat’s Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade. IWM B 5103.

Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade after landing on Queen Red beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944. British Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. LCI(L) 135 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla carrying personnel of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada en route to France on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN Nº. 3205043) Film still from the D-Day landings showing commandos aboard a landing craft on their approach to Sword Beach, 6 June 1944.

LCA (Landing Craft Assault) containing soldiers from the Winnipeg Rifles head for the Normandy Juno beach - June 6, 1944.

Commandos approach Sword Beach in a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). Ahead, the beach is crowded with tanks and vehicles of 27th Armoured Brigade and 79th Armoured Division.

Troops of 3rd Infantry Division on Queen Red beach, Sword area, circa 0845 hrs, 6 June 1944. In the foreground are sappers of 84 Field Company Royal Engineers. Behind them, medical orderlies of 8 Field Ambulance, RAMC, can be seen assisting wounded men.

A Horsa glider near the Caen Canal bridge at Benouville, 8 June 1944. No. 91 (PF800), carried Major John Howard and Lieutenant Den Brotheridge of No.1 Platoon, 'D' Co., 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the early hours of D-Day. © IWM B 5232

[chaosandstardust]

so there's a lot, A LOT, I could say about James Somerton's apology, such as his avoiding discussing things like misinformation and his misogyny, his insane justification for his plagiarism (as a person who makes history content I often copy-paste things over into a word doc because I get tired of switching between tabs, and I have NEVER mistaken something for mine because the FONT is often different but also, even if the font is the same, I know my own writing style well enough to know when something isn't mine), the mentioning of his poor family background ("my dad is illiterate because he had to drop out when he was 7...you know, which is usually around the time that kids have already been taught how to read, RIGHT! I'M GOING WITH THAT!"), etc, etc, etc.

The thing I do want to talk about is his "filmmaking dreams". Mostly because as another Canadian filmmaker, his excuses are bullshit. If James Somerton actually wanted to be a filmmaker, to just make movies, he already would've made at least several shorts. And yes, it is completely possible. It would be difficult, and they probably wouldn't have been masterpieces, but it is absolutely possible. If his support system was as good as he says it was in Nova Scotia, if he had as many other creative minds around him, he would've been out shooting stuff. Hell, I've spent the last few months mapping out a new script, that I'm literally starting to shoot NEXT WEEK. If he wanted to make something, HE WOULD.

And even so, his justifications for continuing to change projects are also batshit. Let's say that I write a script in November, and I want to shoot in June, which is apparently the situation that he found himself in. That is about 7 - 8 months. That is plenty, PLENTY, of time to finish a script, find a crew, nail down some locations, secure some more funding, and cast. Plenty. This idea that he had to change because his film required a summer element and he had to change because of the weather is crazy to me.

Not only that, but there are plenty of film support groups in Canada, focused on producing Canadian content. For example, there's Telefilm, which will give you money, even match your crowdfunding up to a certain number, as well as plenty of other groups. If he had actually wanted to make movies, he would've been asking them for money. You know, groups who will LEGALLY hold you accountable if a film isn't made.

All of this to say is that James Somerton doesn't want to make movies. I doubt he gets any actual joy out of the process of creation at all. He wants to be admired. He wants the glitz and glam of being a filmmaker without doing any of the hard work. He's a lazy creator at the end of the day, and he will find any justification, ANY, to not do the work, whether it's stealing from other creators to "raise their voice" or switching projects again and again and again in an attempt to justify keeping the money that his fans gave him.

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1191

Jerry Juhl had originally presented the idea for Lighthouse Island, the half-hour film in the second episode of The Jim Henson Hour, to Jim Henson with John Ross in November of 1971.

Sources:

Lighthouse Island. In The Jim Henson Hour. Episode 102, "Oceans." April 21, 1989.

“10/12-13/1988 – ‘In Peggy’s Cove – Nova Scotia Filming “Lighthouse Island”’ | Jim Henson’s Red Book,” October 10, 2013. https://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2013/10/1012-131988/.

[richardarmitagefanpage]

Director Rebecca Snow spoke about The Boy in the Woods at the Atlantic International Film Festival. (September 19, 2023)

🎥: atlanticfilmfest