The Atlantic International Film Festival announces full festival program

The 44th Atlantic International Film Festival has announced the 2024 program, showcasing 97 feature and short films at Halifax’s Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane from Wednesday September 11 to Wednesday September 18.

Program highlights include the Atlantic-made feature film SHARP CORNER, directed by Nova Scotia’s Jason Buxton and starring Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders; THE TRAGICALLY HIP: NO DRESS REHEARSAL, the four-part documentary directed by Mike Downie; the highly anticipated body-horror THE SUBSTANCE featuring a stand-out comeback from Demi Moore; and Cannes hit and Palme d’Or winner ANORA closing out the festival.

This year, AIFF boasts an outstanding number of films directed and made by women, non-binary and BIPOC filmmakers with approximately 61% of the festivals’ films listed as directed and made by women-identifying and non-binary filmmakers.