Our 2023 slate of Artist Talks will kick off on Thursday, June 22, when we discuss blending fiction and reality with Plains director Romanne Walker.

Romanne Walker is a Franco-British writer and director based between Toronto, ON and London, UK. The docufiction feature Plains is her first film.

Join us for our in-depth Artist Talk with SO MUCH TENDERNESS director Lina Rodriguez.

Lina is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker and co-founder (with Brad Deane) of the Toronto-based production company Rayon Verde. Her feature films have been showcased in festivals and cultural venues including the Berlinale, TIFF, Locarno, NYFF, the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Harvard Film Archive, the ICA in London, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, Film at Lincoln Center and Tabakalera Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea.

Third spaces for artists and community members to come together are rapidly shrinking, especially in New York City. The Locker Room was set up to be a flexible local space, allowing for interdisciplinary cross pollination. Likewise, the film itself has also traversed through various exhibition spaces. First at Untitled Art Fair at Art Basel Miami, then at IFFR. The magic lies within the in-between and we're striving to expand and explore these spaces at a local and institutional level.

Join the team behind Residency for an important Artist Talk on creative third spaces at HIFF 2023.

Halifax film legend James MacSwain will discuss his incredible career on Saturday, June 24 at the final Artist Talk of HIFF 2023.

Join in for an in-depth discussion of James’ work and its part in shaping Halifax’s film landscape.