| Opening film | At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik) by Bretten Hannam |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Kiss of the Spider Woman by Bill Condon |
| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Festival date | September 10–17, 2025 |
| Website | atlanticfilmfestival |
The 2025 edition of the Atlantic International Film Festival , the 45th edition in the event's history, is scheduled to take place from September 11 to 18, 2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [1]
The first films in the program were announced on July 25, with the full program announced on August 13. [2]
The festival will open with Bretten Hannam's film At the Place of Ghosts (Sk+te’kmujue’katik) and close with Bill Condon's Kiss of the Spider Woman , with Andy Hines's Little Lorraine serving as the centrepiece Atlantic Gala. [2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the Place of Ghosts | Sk+te’kmujue’katik | Bretten Hannam | Canada |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | Bill Condon | United States | |
| Little Lorraine | Andy Hines | Canada | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis | Akshay Shirke | Canada | |
| The Muse | Wanda Nolan | ||
| A Place to Wait and Watch | Vaida Nairn | ||
| A Soft Touch | Heather Young | ||
| talking to humans about the end of the world | Millefiore Clarkes | ||
| Wolverine and Little Thunder: An Eel Hunting Adventure | Alan Syliboy | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blue Trail | O Último Azul | Gabriel Mascaro | Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands |
| Blueberry Grunt | Sherry White | Canada | |
| Dancing on the Elephant | Julia Neill, Jacob Z. Smith | Canada | |
| Dreams (Sex Love) | Drømmer | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway |
| Hangashore | Justin Oakey | Canada | |
| The History of Sound | Oliver Hermanus | United Kingdom, United States | |
| It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف ساده | Jafar Panahi | Iran, France, Luxembourg |
| The Love That Remains | Ástin Sem Eftir Er | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France |
| Lovely Day | Mille secrets mille dangers | Philippe Falardeau | Canada |
| The Mastermind | Kelly Reichardt | United States | |
| Mile End Kicks | Chandler Levack | Canada | |
| My Son Came Back to Disappear | Mon fils ne revint que sept jours | Yan Giroux | Canada |
| Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie | Matt Johnson | Canada | |
| Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | France | |
| Peak Everything | Amour Apocalypse | Anne Émond | Canada |
| A Poet | Un poeta | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia |
| A Private Life | Vie Privée | Rebecca Zlotowski | France |
| Raptures | Rörelser | Jon Blåhed | Sweden, Finland |
| Sentimental Value | Affeksjonsverdi | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Sound of Falling | In Die Sonne Schauen | Mascha Schilinski | Germany |
| Steal Away | Clement Virgo | Canada, Belgium | |
| The Things You Kill | Alireza Khatami | Turkey, Poland, France, Canada | |
| What We Dreamed of Then | Taylor Olson | Canada | |
| Wrong Husband | Uiksaringitara | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Heron | Sophy Romvari | Canada | |
| DJ Ahmet | Georgi M. Unkovski | North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia | |
| Follies | Folichonneries | Éric K. Boulianne | Canada |
| For Worse | Amy Landecker | United States | |
| Lucky Lu | Lloyd Lee Choi | Canada, United States | |
| Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) | Joel Alfonso Vargas | United States | |
| My Father's Shadow | Akinola Davies Jr. | United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria | |
| Pinch | Uttera Singh | India | |
| Sleepless City | Ciudad sin sueño | Guillermo Galoe | Spain, France |
| A Useful Ghost | ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany |
| Vermillion | Amy Trefry | Canada | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Bunch | Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli | Canada | |
| If I Had Legs I'd Kick You | Mary Bronstein | United States | |
| Portal to Hell | Woody Bess | United States | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne of Green Gables | Kevin Sullivan | Canada | |
| Closet Monster | Stephen Dunn | ||
| Parsley Days | Andrea Dorfman | ||
| Shadow Men | Nos hommes dans l'ouest | Renée Blanchar | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agatha's Almanac | Amalie Atkins | Canada | |
| Another Light on the Road: Robert Frank and June Leaf's Canadian Home | Katherine Whalen, John Parlante | Canada, United States | |
| The Dating Game | Violet Du Feng | United States, United Kingdom, Norway | |
| The Eyes of Ghana | Ben Proudfoot | United States | |
| Folktales | Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | United States, Norway | |
| Ghosts of the Sea | Les enfants du large | Virginia Tangvald | Canada, France |
| John Candy: I Like Me | Colin Hanks | United States | |
| Life After | Reid Davenport | United States | |
| Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery | Ally Pankiw | Canada | |
| Niñxs | Kani Lapuerta | Mexico, Germany | |
| The Pitch | Michèle Hozer | Canada | |
| Shari & Lamb Chop | Lisa D'Apolito | United States | |
| Videoheaven | Alex Ross Perry | United States | |
| Yanuni | Richard Ladkani | Germany, Brazil, Canada, United States, Australia | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| And, Scene | Brianna Russell | Canada | |
| Anita Louise and the Wild Women | Arena Alamino | Canada | |
| Astro | Tim Ewalts | Netherlands | |
| A Bear Remembers | Linden Zhang, Hannah Knight | United Kingdom | |
| Beneath Which Rivers Flow | Ali Yahya | Iraq | |
| Bread Will Walk | Alex Boya | Canada | |
| Brenda and Baxter | Leah Johnston | Canada | |
| Debaters | Alex Heller | United States | |
| Dike Bar | Amy Siegel | Canada | |
| Disco Fever | Kevin Hartford | Canada | |
| Dish Pit | Anna Hopkins | Canada | |
| Eel | Wayne Burns | Canada | |
| Elvira | Sarah Segal-Lazar | Canada | |
| Feed | Nancy Urich | Canada | |
| (for once I dreamed of you) | Kate Solar | Canada | |
| Hypersensitive | Hypersensible | Martine Frossard | Canada |
| Imprint | Duncan Major | Canada | |
| The Loon | Le Huard | Paula Bourgie | Canada |
| La Mayordomía | Martin Edralin | Canada | |
| More Than Happy | Wei Keong Tan | Singapore | |
| Mourning Rituals | Annaka Gale | Canada | |
| No Matter the Weather | Beau temps, mauvais temps | Florence Lafond | Canada |
| Oh Yeah! | Nick Canfield | United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland | |
| Oliver | Andrew Strickland | Canada | |
| An Ongoing List of Things Found in the Library Book Drop, Usually Being Used as Bookmarks | Kayla Abuda Galang | United States | |
| Orbits | Orbites | Sarah Seené | Canada |
| Ordinary Life | Futsu no seikatsu | Yoriko Mizushiri | France, Japan |
| Paradaïz | Matea Radic | Canada | |
| Power | Jordan Canning | Canada | |
| Promise in the Ground | Ally Bowes, Ariel Mackenzie, Linus Mulherin | Canada | |
| Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts | Shervin Kermani | Canada | |
| RAT+CAMMIE=FOREVER | Marissa Sean Cruz | Canada | |
| Retirement Plan | John Kelly | Ireland | |
| Rumble | Pidikwe | Caroline Monnet | Canada |
| Scars We Love | Les Belles cicatrices | Raphaël Jouzeau | France |
| She Raised Me | Ben Lewis | Canada | |
| The Spin Disturber | L'Empêcheuse de tourner en rond | Hélène Lebon | Canada |
| Susana | Amandine Thomas, Gerardo Coello Escalante | Mexico, United States | |
| Sweetie | Taylor Olson | Canada | |
| Le Tour du Canada | John Hollands | Canada | |
| Year of the Dragon | Giran Findlay-Liu | Canada | |
| Zari | Shruti Parekh | United States, India | |