Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative Afcoop Movies

A woman celebrates the 187th anniversary of her period.

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

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...

Regular life is still a struggle for John years after his fall from grace. If he was marvelled at by the world again, life wouldn't be so bad.

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

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.

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

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 young man overwhelmed by humdrum mechanized life chooses something different.

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 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...

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.

Revelations with age

A depressed archaeologist is banished to work in Nova Scotia as punishment for taking too many drugs.

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

A fiddler's hand creates its own choreography is music is performed. This film is an attempt to share the dance. In the tradition and spirit of a...

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...

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

A blood-red sky. A man descends into darkness.