Alum feature film hits local theatre - Alumni Relations | NSCC

In 2021, Stephanie Joline (Radio Television Arts’ 04) gave herself a year to focus on her filmmaking career, to make a project and call herself a producer.

Within those 12 months, the Indigenous writer, director and producer achieved major career milestones, including a documentary and upcoming feature film.

Through her work and commitment to the industry, Stephanie is undoubtedly helping get Nova Scotia back on the map for film. “I love Nova Scotia.

I think it is great.

I mean, Halifax is a small city, but it’s so supportive in the arts, and there are a lot of great talented musicians and filmmakers and artists and writers here,” says Stephanie.

Starting on April 8, Stephanie’s first feature film, Night Blooms, plays for a week at Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane in Halifax.

Written and directed by Stephanie, Night Blooms is a coming-of-age story set in the 1990s starring Nick Stahl, Jessica Clement and Alexandra McDonald.

For her work on Night Blooms, Stephanie was long-listed as Discovery Award Director 2021 by the Director Guild of Canada.

Stephanie wasn’t always sure of her path toward writing, directing and producing.

It wasn’t until Stephanie enrolled in NSCC’s Radio Television Arts (now Radio Television Journalism) program in 2002 that she realized her passion for storytelling and film.

For a time, Stephanie was working at a coffee shop in her hometown of Yarmouth, NS, without any concrete career plans. “I had a very small world view of what careers existed,” says Stephanie.