ACTRA Maritimes - Outstanding Performance ✨
Grateful to get to do this work. Thank you @actramaritimes & @screen_ns for a lovely evening and to my whole team on @whatwedreamedofthen 🙏
Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who helps me keep this family alive, emotionally regulated, hydrated, dressed properly, and occasionally on time.
You bring so much joy, sparkle, chaos, love, patience, and fun into our lives. Tumaini, Hope, and I are the most lucky to have you. I could not imagine doing this big life with anyone else.
Grateful to the @sunscreenffstpete for the warm welcome 🌊
@whatwedreamedofthen has been nominated for Best Feature Film, Best International Feature, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.
Honoured to be screening alongside so many wonderful films. Thank you for having us.
🍻 A pub table in Halifax might not seem like the place to map out a film & TV career… but here we are.
With Taylor Olson, Bob Mann & Adam DeViller, it’s all real talk — between bites of a spice bag and a lot of laughs 😂 — about what it actually takes to build something from scratch in Nova Scotia 🎬
🎭 No acting gigs? Write your own roles.
🎬 Want control? Start directing.
✂️ Comedy not landing? Edit until the silence hits just right.
We dive into the rise of Hey Halifax, the boost from Bell TV1, and how TPB Plus is helping local stories reach way beyond the city 🌍
Then it gets real…
💸 Cost of living
📉 Arts cuts
🚪 Talented people being pushed out
Because the truth is — the arts aren’t a side hustle. They’re jobs, businesses, and a huge part of what makes a city worth staying in.
We also get into Taylor’s feature What We Dreamed It Then 🎥
🎟️ Festival runs
🏠 Impact screenings on houselessness
🇺🇸 Breaking into the U.S. market
If you care about Halifax comedy, Nova Scotia film, and Canadian creators grinding it out — this one goes deep.
Thank you to our sponsor:
@kimianejat.realtor - EXIT Realty Metro
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Honoured to have a number of projects recognized at the @screen_ns Awards this year. Huge love to the local cast and crew who show up, go all in, and make these things what they are. None of this exists without you. ✨
• Best Feature Film - @whatwedreamedofthen
• ACTRA Maritimes Outstanding Performance - Taylor Olson (What We Dreamed of Then)
• ACTRA Maritimes Outstanding Performance - Taylor Olson (King & Pawn, Season 3)
• ACTRA Maritimes Outstanding Performance - Christian Murray (King & Pawn, Season 3)
• ACTRA Maritimes Series Ensemble - King & Pawn, Season 3 @sleepybearproductions
• ACTRA Maritimes Series Ensemble - @heyhalifaxhellotoday
• Best Editing - Shawn Beckwith (What We Dreamed of Then)
Getting to make work here, with people we love, and have it seen is lovely. Congrats to everyone who make film & tv in NS last year. 🙌
VOTING CLOSES APRIL 13th! Hey Academy voters! Our tiny grassroots comedy show, ‘Hey Halifax Hello! Today!’, got nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards. We’re honoured to be nominated, and we’re up against the bigwigs like This Hour has 22 Minutes, Canada’s Got Talent, and other multi-time winners, so we’re not supposed to win this. But if you’re an Academy voter and like to shake things up…please consider voting for the underdog!
#canadianscreenawards #CDNComedy #canadianfilm #womeninfilm #actra
Somehow our grassroots micro-budget TV show ‘Hey Halifax Hello! Today!’, was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards. We’re going to lose, but we’re honoured to be nominated. How can we win when we’re competing with This Hour has 22 Minutes, The Juno’s, and Canada’s Got Talent? By shamelessly asking Academy voters to consider the underdog, that’s how. If your vote is undecided, please check us out. How crazy would it be to see a tiny little show make it big? Isn’t that the dream for all of us?
#canadianscreenawards #actra #DGC #inkcanada #wgc
We made a show with almost no budget, and we got nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards. We’re up against giants like This Hour has 22 Minutes and Canada’s Got Talent, so it’s an honour to be nominated. But if you’re an Academy voter and want to make things interesting…please consider tossing your vote to the little guys!
#canadianscreenawards #CDNComedy #trailerparkboys #robbwells #thetrades
Hey everyone! Thanks to the gracious voting members of the @thecdnacademy , our little show “Hey Halifax Hello! Today!” is nominated for two awards at the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards! It’s an honor just to be nominated, but it’d be an even bigger honor to win! So please vote for us, like, and share! We’ll love you forever!
#canadianscreenawards #sketchcomedy #canadianfilm
