Halifax’s Ben Proudfoot lands Academy Award nomination

Ben Proudfoot stands with his mother, Madine VanderPlaat, at the family residence in Halifax on Monday, March 15, 2021. Proudfoot has earned an Oscar nomination for co-directing the documentary short "The Last Repair Shop". THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

By Dan Ahlstrand

Posted Jan 23, 2024 11:08:55 AM.

Last Updated Jan 23, 2024 11:08:58 AM.

There will be some Nova Scotia content in this year’s Academy Awards.

The 2024 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning, and Nova Scotia’s Ben Proudfoot heard his name called in the Best Short Documentary Category for his work co-directing “The Last Repair Shop”.

This is not Proudfoot’s first go-around with Oscar.  The Halifax-based filmmaker won an Academy Award in 2021 for the documentary short subject category for The Queen of Basketball.

The Last Repair Shop won the award for Best Documentary Short Film at the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.

The 96th Academy Awards will air on March 10th.

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