48 Hour Film Project
Island teams succeed in challenge with numerous awards
Five PEI filmmaking teams took the Atlantic Canada 48 Hour Film Project 2021 (48HFP) challenge last November and their short films—made in only 48 h...
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12 Days of Christmas TV
Holiday Viewing | BY Sean McQuaid
Christmas TV often focuses on beloved classics that people watch every year, like Charlie Brown and the Grinch; but there’s plenty of less famous TV...
Looking back and 4Ward
Applications for 2022 short film fund are open
Applications for the Film4Ward program’s 2022 stream of short film production funding is open. Short films are often considered the calling cards of...
Aww Shucks
PEI’s newest TV show available on Bell Fibe TV1
Aww Shucks is a narrative comedy TV series created and filmed on PEI. Megan Stewart stars as Steph, the mayor of Toronto-By-The-Sea, who holds a cooki...
Amanda Muirhead competes on GCBS
The fifth season of CBC’s The Great Canadian Baking Show (GCBS) returned in October and features Amanda Muirhead of Westmoreland, PEI, as one of the...
Racing against the tide
PEI’s Abe Waterman and Seattle’s Sue McGrew take top prize
PEI’s Abe Waterman and Seattle-based sand sculptor Sue McGrew have won the inaugural season of CBC original series Race Against the Tide, knocking o...
Justin O’Hanley wins a FIN
PEI filmmaker Justin O’Hanley was the RBC Script Development Winner at the 2021 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival for his film, The Secret of...
Charlottetown Film Fest
Screenings shine a light on PEI films and filmmakers
The 7th Annual Charlottetown Film Festival (ChFF21)—the little film festival of big dreams—will once again take place at City Cinema, PEI’s only...
Changes for Indian River
Festival planning a brand refresh after 25 years
After 25 years, Indian River Festival (IRF) is looking ahead to the next chapter in its Island concert series. Recent changes to IRF’s operations—...
Two Island NFB titles at FIN
Island filmmakers screen shorts at Atlantic International Film Festival
Susan Rodgers debuts her short film Then Sings My Soul, and Millefiore Clarkes screens her award-winning documentary Love in Quarantine this Septembe...
A Small Fortune at FIN
Island film to debut at Atlantic International Film Festival
The largest budgeted P.E.I. Feature ever is set to premiere at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival in September. A Small Fortune, written and d...
DiverseCity Festival
Watch/stream live performances recorded this summer
DiverseCity Festival PEI’s live performances from this summer will be broadcast on Eastlink Community, September 8, 11, 18 and 25, and streamed on t...
Film PEI project at AITO
Contemporary media showcase of digital art
Film PEI will present a signature project at Art In the Open (AITO) on August 28 showcasing the works of ten acclaimed digital artists and animators, ...
Film PEI artist in residence
Film PEI will welcome Teresa Kuo as artist in residence this summer. Teresa will be creating an experimental animation for the Film PEI Experimental S...
New fund supports PEI film industry
The Province is launching a new film fund to grow the film and television industry on PEI. The goal of the PEI Film Production Fund (PEIFPF) is to: g...
Market-ready producers
Meet the inaugural participants
The National Screen Institute— Canada (NSI), in partnership with FilmPEI and Creative PEI, welcome five producers from PEI who recently began traini...
Invisible Hand
Sierra Club Atlantic Canada Chapter host online screening
The Sierra Club Atlantic Canada Chapter is hosting an online film screening of Invisible Hand, a documentary on the Rights of Nature movement, followe...
Women in film
Watching Interesting Films Together at City Cinema
PEI’s chapter of Women in Film and Television Atlantic (WIFT-AT) will present Island director Harmony Wagner’s feature film Singing to Myself on M...
Blood and Salt Water
Lennie Gallant’s video by filmmaker and fan Susan Rodgers
Lennie Gallant released the music video for his song “Blood and Salt Water” on April 7 of this year. The video was shot late last summer by a smal...
Islanders involved in Halifax Homicide
PEI actors featured in new true-crime documentary
Filmed in Lower Sackville, NS with an entirely local crew, Halifax Homicide focuses on major crime in the Halifax Regional Municipality and tells thre...
Queer film classics
First public Island screening for many titles at City Cinema
Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen is a new initiative of Pride PEI that brings six queer film classics to City Cinema in Charlottetown for their f...
PEI Screenwriters’ Bootcamp
Something new for 2021
The 2021 PEI Screenwriters’ Bootcamp will be held May 25–June 4 at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. FilmPEI is able to offer many levels o...
Film 4ward 2021 projects
FilmPEI recently selected four locally-produced film projects from a diverse slate of filmmakers for the 2021 Film 4Ward program. Keara Higgins and S...
Film Fest Wrap
The 6th Annual Charlottetown Film Festival (ChFF20), which took place in October, showcased close to 60 works from all four Atlantic provinces—both ...
Before Grindr
Gay and lesbian history of PEI series launches December 1
Before Grindr: The Secret Social History of Gay & Lesbian PEI, a six-part interview series, will launch online December 1. The series begins the p...
Lost in Dreams
Dylan Menzie’s weekly podcast is now streaming
PEI-based songsmith Dylan Menzie launched the Lost in Dreams Podcast in September. Over the course of 10 weekly episodes Dylan will sit down with Can...
The Story of the I’m Alone wins at TIFA
The Story of the I’m Alone, produced by Penumbra Press, was recently selected as the winner in the Animated Short category at the Toronto Independen...
Public domain
Stray Shorts Stories | by Sean McQuaid
Already a dwindling rarity by the time of your hoary historian’s youth, animated cartoon shorts were a fixture of movie theatres for decades, flouri...
Double Feature
The Brackley Drive-in
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So says the oft-quoted line from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities; and it feels pret...
Charlottetown Film Festival
6th annual event is a go for 2020
The Charlottetown Film Society wasn’t convinced it could honour its core commitment to provide a film festival for Island filmmakers and film buffs ...
Island Drive-In Festival
Pre-recorded shows pop-up on screen across PEI
The Island Drive-In Festival, a project of Small Halls Inc., is a twist on the classic drive-in experience. It will feature over 30 Island artists and...
Solastalgia is streaming
Film by Millefiore Clarkes and Tanya Davis on CBC’s GEM
The short, lyrical film Solastalgia from director Millefiore Clarkes and poet Tanya Davis premiered online on CBC’s GEM streaming platform (gem.cbc....
And Yet I blame Hollywood
Many thanks to Mr. Dave Stewart for his cartoon contributions to The Buzz for the last 22 years. See you at the movies!
DiverseCity@Home Festival 2020
The PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada is presenting the DiverseCity Festival in a new format this year. DiverseCity@Home will bring many element...
Charlottetown Film Society
It has been a busy few months for The Charlottetown Film Society, having achieved registered charity status, purchased City Cinema, obtained a license...
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