BEING STILL
CBC 2026
DIR. JOE BENDER · SCOTT MUNN
PROD. JOE BENDER · SCOTT MUNN
DIRECTOR · PRODUCER · WRITER · CINEMATOGRAPHER · EDITOR · COLORIST
On the docks of Lunenburg, NS, photographer Alanah Corriea makes old-time tintype portraits, developed on the spot. In Halifax, software trainer Allen Crooks looks back on a childhood where being an artist felt out of reach. In uptown Saint John, photojournalist Chris Donovan documents communities in the shadow of the Irving oil corporation on rolls of black and white 35mm film. In Sackville, artist Karen Stentaford photographs the tides of the Bay of Fundy on glass plates coated with water drawn from the bay itself. Through their eyes, Being Still reveals how material processes can make hidden worlds visible and point to richer, more sustaining ways of connecting with the world around us. In a world of distorted truths built by AI and spread on social media, their quiet activism offers a saner way to navigate modern life.