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- A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.
- When a desperate man finds a bag of lost money off the shores of Prince Edward Island, his decision to keep it secret turns his quaint fishing village into a growing crime scene.
- Laura Noseworthy returns home to outport Newfoundland to settle the estate of her estranged father. When her sister's killer is found dead, Laura must scramble to unravel the truth before everything spirals out of control.
- A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.
- An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.
- The lives of 5 people with meetings at different ends of a coffee shop become the headline in tomorrow's newspaper.
- Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he steals her father's ashes right out of his urn.
- When Vegas, a disillusioned artist turned taxi driver, picks up an unassuming stranger, things take a drastic turn when it is revealed not everything is as it appears. Bold and electric, Vegas is a film about the beauty of living ones most expansive and authentic self.
- An eccentric old man in a local pub tells tales too tall to be true.
- An insecure up-and-coming pianist fights to replace her injured childhood idol as the lead soloist at the most prestigious orchestra in the country.
- Luke Laghari has been veering between panic and numbness ever since losing his wife to thyroid cancer. In a last-ditch effort to feel something, anything, he attends a bereavement counseling meeting at a nearby outreach center. When it's time for Luke to talk, he admits that he's angry with his dead wife, sparking a debate and a series of flashbacks that examine relationships, love, and anger.
- Conceived, written and shot in Newfoundland, this study in grief and adolescent longing is a sure sign of local filmmaker Adriana Magg's huge potential. The plot centers on Crystal Janes, a young girl with an odd relationship to her dead brother. Typically moody and self absorbed, Crystal is nonetheless sensitive and smart. Growing up is hard enough in average families, let alone one still working through its grief and guilt. A strong performance by Marthe Bernard as Crystal helps to anchor the story in a strong sense of realism, ghostly presences and all.
- A person who hates all their clothes struggles to decide what to wear to a house party. At the party they see their ex-it's-complicated with a new partner. A tense interaction sparks a nascent lifestyle change.
- A simple man does not have a simple past.
- Margaret Moores, a novelist, gets herself cloned so the clone can pump out pages and do the housework while she spends time with her family. The problem is that fun-loving Maggie the clone is a more creative writer and the family likes her better!
- The first day of the Battle of the Somme sent hundreds of Newfoundland's famed Blue Puttees straight into the maw of machine gun fire that wiped out most of the regiment. Of more than 800 soldiers who went over the top that day, just 68 answered roll call the next morning. It was just one of the most horrific First World War campaigns that still haunt Canada's easternmost province. When the Boys Came Home asks the question: what happened to those young men who survived such carnage?
- Four Feet Up is an intimate portrayal of child poverty in Canada by award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Nance Ackerman. Twenty years after the promise of the House of Commons 'to eliminate poverty among Canadian children,' 8-year-old Isaiah contemplates what 'less fortunate' means as he finds his voice through his own magical drawings and photographs. Four Feet Up invites us into the lives of this determined family, revealing an intimate and touching experience of child poverty in one of the world's richest nations.
- An elderly woman recounts the disturbing history of Mummering in 1920's Newfoundland. Eve witnesses a murder; her only escape is into the woods. Mysterious pursuers and unrelenting terror press her journey as a darker truth comes to light.
- The White Balloon tells the story of a young boy who comes across a white balloon while walking with his father in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland.
- Phillip Early recounts the months spent investigating a cold case. A police interrogator presses him for answers while trying to decode the role of a retired detective/successful author in the mystery.
- The Needle and the Damage Undone is a gritty, provocative story that explores the impact harm reduction has on the lives of people who use injection drugs in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- When Jack begins to forget, he visits Keystone, an organization with an unlikely mandate: making your most important memories truly 'unforgettable.' When Jack begins to recount moments from his life in an interview, he reveals the bond he formed with one particular woman, and the importance he has placed on their story.
- A man returns home to attend the funeral of a past love. When he receives a package she left for him, it takes him down a road of long-forgotten memories and a classic haunting romance.
- Casey's mother ensures her daughter receives the education, protection, and loving care little girls need. But an altercation with some local schoolgirls reveals that Casey's life is based on a lie.
- Jamie runs away from home following a fight with his father. Deep in the woods, he befriends a strange girl - but is she really what she appears to be?