{"id":64225,"date":"2026-05-04T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=64213"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:38:32","slug":"little-lorraine-sells-out-in-sydney-plays-at-theatres-across-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=64225","title":{"rendered":"Little Lorraine sells out in Sydney, plays at theatres across Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-56501\" style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-56501 ml-slider ms-theme-default-base nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Mini Header 1\" data-height=\"200\" data-width=\"600\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_56501\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_56501\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-63456 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2026-03-30 13:24:56\" data-filename=\"Mini-Header_Amy-Seymour200x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royallepage.ca\/en\/agent\/nova-scotia\/enfield\/amy-seymour\/56178\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mini-Header_Amy-Seymour200x600.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-56501 slide-63456 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Mini Header_Amy Seymour200x600\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-61393 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-12-31 14:34:23\" data-filename=\"Banner-Ad-Lightworks-2-600x200.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightworksbookkeeping.ca\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Banner-Ad-Lightworks-2-600x200.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-56501 slide-61393 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Banner Ad Lightworks 2\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-56502 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-07-06 03:55:38\" data-filename=\"Laker-Ad-2025-600-x-200-px.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barracudamechanical.com\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Laker-Ad-2025-600-x-200-px.png\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-56501 slide-56502 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Laker Ad 2025 (600 x 200 px)\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> Nova Scotia\u2019s film industry has another success story, with Cape Breton-shot Little Lorraine filling local theatres and now playing across the country.<br><br>The feature-length crime drama sold out all but one of its screenings during its red-carpet opening weekend in Sydney April 17-19, which followed a successful festival run across Canada and the United States.<br><br>The film, about three Cape Breton coal miners who transition to lobster fishing and become entangled in drug smuggling, marks the directorial feature film debut of Nova Scotia\u2011born filmmaker Andy Hines.<br><br>\u201cI couldn&#8217;t be more proud of my friend, Andy Hines, who captured Cape Breton Island in all its beauty. The story, the characters, and the spirit of Little Lorraine are why supporting our Nova Scotian filmmakers is so important to me,\u201d said Premier Tim Houston. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m thankful to people like Andy who are committed to building up the film industry here in Nova Scotia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-56526\" style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-56526 ml-slider ms-theme-default-base nav-hidden nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"In Story Ad 1\" data-height=\"200\" data-width=\"600\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_56526\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_56526\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-56529 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-07-06 10:50:06\" data-filename=\"Brian-Wong-Advert-780-x-250-600x200.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brianwongmla\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brian-Wong-Advert-780-x-250-600x200.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-56526 slide-56529 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Brian-Wong-Advert-780-x-250\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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It filmed mainly in Sydney and Louisbourg.<br><br>The production was the first to benefit from the Province\u2019s Distant Location Incentive, launched in 2024 to encourage filming in rural and remote areas. The incentive is part of the Nova Scotia Film &amp; Television Production Incentive Fund.<br><br>Provincial funding for Little Lorraine totalled more than $850,000. Telefilm Canada invested $250,000 in post-production funding, as well as additional support through its Telefilm Marketing Program.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Producers Tim Doiron, James van der Woerd and Vanessa Amodeo with Wango Films of Hamilton, along with Michael Volpe of Halifax\u2019s Topsail Entertainment, say they plan to return to Nova Scotia for a future project.<br><br><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><br>\u201cIt has been beautiful and overwhelming seeing the theatrical success and impact of my debut film. This reception has further deepened my passion for telling Maritime stories and folklore through a genre I call Easterns. 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the Cape Breton opening weekend festivities included Keep The Light On: A Cape Breton Community Celebration hosted by Little Lorraine and supported by Telefilm Canada, with performances by The Men of the Deeps, Uncle Hector Baldwin, Amy Smith and Nova Scotia musician Adam Baldwin, whose song Lighthouse in Little Lorraine inspired the film<br>&#8211; at the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival, Little Lorraine won the Michael Weir Award for Best Atlantic Screenwriter (Andy Hines, Adam Baldwin) and the David Renton Award for Outstanding Performance in Acting (Stephen McHattie)<br>&#8211; more than 4,000 tickets were sold in Cape Breton in the first week, and the film continues to sell out in theatres<strong><br><\/strong>&#8211; the filmis currently playing in Cineplex theatres across Canada<br>&#8211; the cast includes Stephen Amell, Auden Thornton, Sean Astin, Stephen McHattie, Matt Walsh, Rhys Darby, Stephen Lund, Joshua Close, Hugh Thompson, Kaelen Ohm and global music icon J Balvin <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-56509\" style=\"max-width: 600px; 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