Film North – Huntsville International Film Festival
| Film North - Huntsville International Film Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | International, environmental |
| Date(s) | September 18-20, 2014 |
| Location(s) | Huntsville, Ontario |
| Years active | 4 |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Website | |
| http://www.filmnorth.net | |
The Film North – Huntsville International Film Festival (HIFF) is a film festival that takes place annually in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Held in September, the festival's mandate is to create a user-friendly environment for emerging Canadian and International Filmmakers. Film North 2014 tookplace at the Algonquin Theatre, Huntsville, Ontario from September 18 to 20. The program was announced in August. Film North is a charitable organization.
The Film North - Huntsville International Film Festival was founded by Lucy Molnar-Wing in 2009, and held in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.
Film North presents a Retrospective Program each year as part of their film studies focus. Film North takes place at the Algonquin Theatre, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.
The festival's inaugural dates were Thursday, September 23 to Saturday, September 25, 2010. Film North presented 39 short and feature films from around the world, including Canada, the United States, Peru and Belgium. Notably, the film In the Wake of the Flood, Ron Mann's documentary on Margaret Atwood's interactive book tour for her novel The Year of the Flood, was screened at the 2010 event.
West Wind: A Vision of Tom Thomson opened the 2011 Film North 2 festival on September 22, 2011. This documentary explores Tom Thomson's extraordinary contribution to Canada's artistic development, and was directed by Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont.
The Lifetime Achievement Bull's Eye Award 2011 recipient, Michael Snow, requested screening his 1967 film Wavelength in its original format. Film North found 1600 feet of original film and projector, and drove these up to Huntsville to screen Wavelength.
2012, the third season of Film North included 43 films, of which 31 were Canadian and 15 were world premiers: Dolime Dilemma: Water Proof, Morning Zombies, Sisters In Arms, I Was a Boy, 2 Knocks, One Night Stand, The Ballerina and the Rocking Horse, Angelfish, The Etiquette of Sexting, From Nomad to Nobody, Waiting For Summer,Ostichcized, Zen and the Arts of Distraction, 'Missing' Artist:Unknown, and 6 Canadian Premiers: Fish, Powerful: Energy for Everyone, Duck, Spaghetti fur Zwei, La Cosa in Cima Alle Scale, and Algonquin.
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