| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Website | http://www.atlanticfilmfestival.ca/ |
The Atlantic International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada since 1980. AIFF is the largest Canadian film festival east of Montreal, regularly premiering the region's top films of the year, while bringing the best films of the fall festival circuit to Atlantic Canada.
In 2017, the festival rebranded itself as the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, with the FIN blending a dual reference to a fish's fins due to Halifax's connection to the ocean fisheries, and the conclusion of a film.[1] In 2023, the festival dropped the "FIN", and returned to its previous branding as the Atlantic International Film Festival.[2]
- ^ Rebecca Dingwell, "The Atlantic Film Festival is FIN it to win it". The Coast, June 21, 2017.
- ^ Kyle Shaw, "Halifax film festival jumps on the rebrand wagon". The Coast, July 26, 2023.