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- An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
- A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
- A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.
- In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who's destined for the convent.
- A struggling writer emerges from rehab and reunites with his estranged brother, but soon descends into a tragic love triangle and is forced to confront a devastating reality.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plus-sized Lexie Ivy is a feisty B&B owner who desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding.
- A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.
- A whisper through sprawling forests and highway towns - a reclusive trapper and a heartsick mother-to-be are stalked by violent outlaws.
- When Keith and Natasha's relationship goes rotten, Natasha runs away to Halifax. Keith makes it his mission to track her down, only to learn things about himself that he never realized before.
- A fable about a group of kids who befriend a monster they find in the woods.
- Honey Reddigan has just published her first romance novel. In walks Edmund Goobie, a TV personality, and they begin a hot affair that quickly approaches relationship status.
- After 30 years of salt beef and baloney, the instinctively vegan Isabel hops a bay bus to the city supermarket. But a nosy stock boy, a cashier with his laminated flip book of produce codes could wreak havoc with her newfound confidence.
- An itinerant cook survives a shipwreck, paddles himself to an island in a stock pot, and finds himself on a surreal journey through his past to discover the ineffable connection he has with a clown living a desultory existence in a dilapidated lighthouse.
- 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.
- 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!
- A young women craving attention in her relationship, finds a lump in her breast.
- B'ys means buddies in Newfoundland. MerB'ys however, means men in sparkly mermaid tails trying to do something good in their community.
- A diver devotes himself to cleaning up the ocean floors in Newfoundland's harbours, one tire at a time. As he edges closer to financial ruin in his effort to save the planet, his good deeds don't go unnoticed.
- 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.
- Henry lives alone on his farm growing rhubarb in a dark cellar when his friend Emmanuel arrives to collect the harvest.
- The biggest snowstorm of 1988 leaves Tom stranded in a tiny basement apartment with his worst nightmare.
- 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.
- A tragic story of the death of a little girl, and the sister who thought she killed her.
- Two people spend an evening together in North America's oldest city, contemplating their relationship as well as their surroundings.
- Raw, revealing and honest, Just Be Gemma explores the subject of gender transformation by telling the personal story of St. John's, Newfoundland activist Gemma Hickey.
- The St. John's sketch comedy troupe, Mom's Girls - Liz, Ally, Andie, and Stef- dive into the Floordrobe - an eclectic collection of clothes and toys on the floor of Ally's messy room- to find bright and fun outfits and props to re-enact the story, performing various characters and inanimate objects. This is a bright comedy for young ones. Tackling themes of interest to kids, they insert representation into classical stories that don't express a female perspective, learning some lessons, and having a whole lot of fun while they're at it.
- "Hostologist," Andie, investigates a different "ology" every episode from paleontology, ornithology to things that Andie thinks should be an ology.
- 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?
- Gerry Rogers, a filmmaker in Newfoundland, documents her personal battle with breast cancer. With her partner Peggy and lots of support from family and friends, she makes her way to recovery.
- A look at Canadian bullfighter Carolyn Hayward.
- The film accompanying the album "Closer to the Bone" by Ian Foster.
- 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.
- Caitlyn's therapist convinces her to try a new form of hypnosis that allows her to communicate with her anxiety.
- Vallis lives in his 76 Chrysler. Nancy is a single mom and desperate. The two cruise the shadowy streets of Newfoundland's biggest city bringing us their darkly comic observations, while plotting the best way to take down the 24 hour Bingo Extravaganza.
- Alice, a bus tour guide in St. John's Newfoundland with a broken heart unexpectedly tells her tales of love and loss to a group of life-weary tourists and realizes the power of the moments she has experienced in the city.
- A high-strung reporter, hot on the tail of a rampaging murderer, returns home to find his partner hosting some old friends. He's already started to unravel, leaning on alcohol to calm himself, but as the gathering gets bigger, and louder, while he gets drunker, things get terribly out of hand.
- A group of youngsters discover that Mr. Templeton has 40 grand hidden in his home. They figure they can get their hands on the cash by masking themselves as Newfoundland Mummers.
- Of the Essence tells the story of a couple, Tom and Emily, who, after a chance encounter at a grocery store, have a fight which could end up being the last time they speak. Through alternating time lines between a frantic Tom racing through downtown St. John's and the catalyst encounter, Tom discovers that some battles are truly worth fighting, while others are insignificant in the grander scale.
- 'Jacob1234' is a short action-comedy about a young man's struggle to navigate a bizarre world in order to find a important treasure.
- Every winter in St. John's, a group of women meet once a week to play recreational ice hockey, learn new skills and forge friendships.
- A world-famous chess grandmaster is led into a game of psychological cat and mouse when he accepts a challenge from an overzealous fan.
- Dennis Smarten leads a simple life. He has a job in a plastic bag factory, an apartment in his sister's basement and a predisposition for psychosis.
- Gerald S. Doyle was one of the first collectors of Newfoundland folk songs. He was also an avid cinematographer who left a collection of 12 hours of colour film, shot in outport Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's.
- Mike Jones and his siblings Andy and Cathy travel by helicopter from rural Newfoundland to a gala to make speeches congratulating TIFF on its anniversary.
- An incisive nuanced look at a family crumbling after their father returns from a war. Before the war showcases Tamara's love and understanding of the human heart.
- Absolutely Newfoundland and Labrador presents a documentary by Peter Walsh on the return of the Santa Maria Manuela to St. John's.
- Hungry Month of March features fourteen short films profiling ten suppliers who do the kind of work that almost everyone in Newfoundland used to do. These men and women connect us back in time to a cultural identity forged in the heart of a hungry winter.