The Coast: This year’s Atlantic International Film Festival will showcase homegrown and international talent
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Other local highlights include Mary Walsh’s Dancing on the Elephant, a comedy-drama that celebrates resilience, friendship and the joy of aging boldly. Walsh, the celebrated actor and comedian, stars alongside Sheila McCarthy in a story about two women in a seniors’ home who refuse to stop chasing adventure.
“It was great to be transported to Cape Breton while we were in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and we were prepping for our film. Halifax is like my second home. It is always fun to be back,” Walsh said.
“It is a very hopeful and somewhat inspirational film, and when you are an old woman in Canada you tend to believe that there are no older women around, but in Canada we have been late in the game to recognize older women on the screen. It feels good to be that representation. It is going to be refreshing for people to see actresses above the age of 40 in a film, and the best part is they are Canadian, and they represent Canada.”
