About Us
Our Programmers
Matthew McCarthy
Senior Progammer
Matthew McCarthy lives in Mi'kma'ki/Halifax after moving here from the uk. He used to program film events in his house, then gigs and clubs, then libraries and then open air venues for community screenings, before coming to LDF in 2020. You can find him in the deep deep background of most local films and tv shows. His favourite documentary film today is either Penelope Spheeris’s The Decline of Western Civilisation part 1: The Metal Years, or Wang Bing’s Crude Oil.
Matthew McCarthy
Senior Progammer
Matthew McCarthy lives in Mi'kma'ki/Halifax after moving here from the uk. He used to program film events in his house, then gigs and clubs, then libraries and then open air venues for community screenings, before coming to LDF in 2020. You can find him in the deep deep background of most local films and tv shows. His favourite documentary film today is either Penelope Spheeris’s The Decline of Western Civilisation part 1: The Metal Years, or Wang Bing’s Crude Oil.
Matthew McCarthy
Senior Progammer
Matthew McCarthy lives in Mi'kma'ki/Halifax after moving here from the uk. He used to program film events in his house, then gigs and clubs, then libraries and then open air venues for community screenings, before coming to LDF in 2020. You can find him in the deep deep background of most local films and tv shows. His favourite documentary film today is either Penelope Spheeris’s The Decline of Western Civilisation part 1: The Metal Years, or Wang Bing’s Crude Oil.
Tara Thorne
Senior Progammer
Tara Thorne is a recovering journalist, occasional filmmaker, and arts admin worker in Halifax. She spent 20 years with The Coast and CBC before moving into the non-profit arts sector, where she has coordinated the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival and produced the Making Waves conference for WIFT-AT, where she is now the operations manager. She has written and directed two features, Compulsus and Lakeview, the latter of which is making its way through the queer festival circuit.
Photo: Heather Young
Tara Thorne
Senior Progammer
Tara Thorne is a recovering journalist, occasional filmmaker, and arts admin worker in Halifax. She spent 20 years with The Coast and CBC before moving into the non-profit arts sector, where she has coordinated the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival and produced the Making Waves conference for WIFT-AT, where she is now the operations manager. She has written and directed two features, Compulsus and Lakeview, the latter of which is making its way through the queer festival circuit.
Photo: Heather Young
Tara Thorne
Senior Progammer
Tara Thorne is a recovering journalist, occasional filmmaker, and arts admin worker in Halifax. She spent 20 years with The Coast and CBC before moving into the non-profit arts sector, where she has coordinated the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival and produced the Making Waves conference for WIFT-AT, where she is now the operations manager. She has written and directed two features, Compulsus and Lakeview, the latter of which is making its way through the queer festival circuit.
Photo: Heather Young