Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative Afcoop Movies

In the fall of 1939, more than 600 fishermen and fish handlers in the tiny town of Lockeport, Nova Scotia walked the picket line in front of the...

A woman deciphers a message received in her dreams, sent by a colony of bees.

This Docu Poem narrates a game played by time, time itself being a card played, that makes human existence both a tragedy and a comedy.

Short film made during the COVID-19 pandemic about two estranged former lovers spending Christmas Eve together in isolation.

The Agnostics follows freshly-relapsed alcoholic Suzanne and her father Mark to an Easter gathering, which they hope will result in a much-needed...

A co-production between the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and the Winnipeg Film Group, this documentary shows children and youth speaking frankly...

Filmed 2 years before his death, this documentary portrays New Brunswick folk artist Joseph Sleep (1913-1978) in his later life. He was born at sea...

The year I turned nine I became pathologically afraid that my parents would die. I stopped letting them leave the house at night, even for a walk...

A woman celebrates the 187th anniversary of her period.

A young man overwhelmed by humdrum mechanized life chooses something different.

Short film by Sandi Mitchell showing footage of the ruins of the NFB's Halifax office after it was destroyed in a fire in 1991.

YGGDRASLL,(ig-dra-sil), The World Tree has always been, will be, and is. In this tour, its very roots will show us the nine worlds of old and,...

Crushed by a messy unrequited love, a young queer poet, through the confidence of their best friend and the truth of their art, finally reckons with...

Mello, Judd, & Tooth Floss is a slice of life short about two friends who sit in their car by the ocean on their lunch break as they make up stories...

The film examines what it means to be Black in Nova Scotia - from the history of racial segregation in the province, to the frustration of being from...

A beautiful and vital film that tells the story of a young woman's fight with death.

A young woman leaves the comfort of her small rural community to pursue opportunities in a big Canadian city. She encounters obstacles that almost...

When an older woman begins to experience anxiety and depression she isolates herself inside her small apartment. Embarrassed and alone, she relies on...

Alyssa and her friends make their way home from school and spend another afternoon in the suburbs, navigating the new pressures they face while...

Two Black Nova Scotians are pulled over by a white cop while on their way to do a CBC radio interview about police racial profiling.