Lights, Camera, Inclusion
For the video series East Coast in Focus, the CMF’s Gaëlle Essoo travelled to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to meet filmmakers and industry leaders across Atlantic Canada. Over the course of four episodes, we explore what it means to build a creative career away from Canada’s major industry hubs, why regional stories matter, and how collaboration shapes one of the country’s most resilient screen ecosystems.
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Episode 1: Connecting at the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF)
East Coast in Focus, our new video series, opens at the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) in Halifax. In this first episode, host Gaëlle Essoo meets with creators, industry leaders, and community builders, who reflect on what makes Atlantic Canada such a unique, collaborative, and increasingly influential production hub.
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Episode 2: Halifax – four creative forces shaping the screen
The second episode of East Coast in Focus stays in Halifax, where host Gaëlle Essoo hears from four key creators redefining Nova Scotia’s screen sector. These filmmakers and producers reveal how compassion and a mosaic of many voices are at the heart of regional storytelling, and why Atlantic stories are essential to Canadian culture.
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Episode 3: Inside the Lunenburg Doc Fest
In this third episode of East Coast in Focus, we travel to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage town by the ocean that hosts one of the region’s most beloved screen events: the Lunenburg Doc Fest. We meet with filmmakers, industry leaders, and emerging creators to learn about the creative momentum behind Atlantic Canada’s documentary scene.
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Episode 4: FICFA: Spotlight on francophone voices in Moncton
For the final episode of East Coast in Focus, we stop in Moncton at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA). This hub for francophone filmmakers in the region brings together passionate creators whose stories are rooted in language, memory, and Acadian identities.
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