Young Filmmakers Share Community Pride

Stacey - Sep 21, 2009

If you were to capture your hometown through the lens of a camera, what would you want to capture on film? As part of the "My Story, My Home" ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth Master Class I had the chance to work with three groups of amazing Nova Scotia youth as they decided exactly what special stories they wanted to tell about their homes.

Youth from Cheticamp, Halifax and Spryfield were mentored by professional filmmakers through all the stages of production – from script development, to directing, camera work, sound design and editing.

After two busy days shooting their films, each group ended up with the beginnings of the stories of their Nova Scotia hometowns. They worked so hard to edit their footage into three unique films. While all the stories are very different, one thing remains the same – every hometown in Nova Scotia has a story worth telling. What’s your story? How do you want to make it Come to life?

By Guest Blogger:

Courtenay Kyle, Viewfinders Co-ordinator, Atlantic Film Festival Association

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Thinking outside the box – quite literally – has put Sampling Technologies Incorporated (STI) of Lower Sackville, NS, on the map. Today, the company is working with eight of the top 10 pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in Canada, and its president and co-founder, Bill Adams, is nominated for a 2008 Manning Innovation Award.

As STI’s executive vice-president Mike Uberoi explains, the company offers an alternative to traditional medication sampling through an innovation developed by Adams called SmartSample®.

“The quality of the workforce, the quality of life and work-life balance, and the ability to be just as innovative and competitive as anybody else in the world because of our links not only to Europe, but within North America. You know, with the information technology and the infrastructure we have here, you can do pretty well anything, anywhere. And one thing that’s great is the people. When you work with people from here, or have a staff from here…it’s like a family.”

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About Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is located on the east coast of Canada. With 7,400 km of coastline it is almost completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia is a place that offers a rare experience to the people who live in, do business in, and come to visit the province.