Lawrence Barry

Cracker Barrel

Dealing with trust issues triggered by a drug addiction, John must deal with the aftermath of his own actions.

Rare Birds

A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure bird watchers to their small Newfoundland town and increase tourism by announcing the presence of a rare duck.

The Death of Winter

The Death of Winter: In 1830s Newfoundland, a woman is on trial for the murder of her husband. While innocent of the homicide, she is hanged for having an affair.

Sweetland

The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.

Flankers

On the eve of a storm in rural Newfoundland, feuding fishermen are forced to set their conflicts aside when an emergency arises.

Black Conflux

The seemingly separate lives of an anxious, disillusioned teen girl and a troubled, alienated man converge fatefully.

A Fish Story

An eccentric old man in a local pub tells tales too tall to be true.

Grown in Darkness

Henry lives alone growing rhubarb in the dark when his friend Emmanuel arrives to collect the harvest. Together, they tentatively explore the boundaries of their relationship community spaces in a tender and touching film about loneliness and longing.

Riverhead

A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.

Away from Everywhere

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.

Maudie

Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.

The Grand Seduction

A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.

Body & Bones

Diminished by grief, 18-year-old Tess (Kelly Van Der Burg) is moving through her life like a ghost. The one thing that comforts her is listening to the music of Danny Sharpe (Joel Thomas Hynes), a local legend who left home almost 20 years ago. Tess is stunned when she wakes up one day to find him in her kitchen, igniting a spark of life in her that grows out of control.

Skeet

After being released from prison, Billy Skinner returns to his low-income neighbourhood feeling like a fish out of water; the area has changed dramatically, and what was once a predominantly white neighbourhood is now mostly occupied by refugee families.

Some Other Time

Theresa and Lewis navigate the reality of Lewis' declining health, amidst their Son Cole's increasing absence from their lives.

Kneaded

It's been 16 years since Rosemary returned home to her tiny tight-knit Newfoundland community following the untimely death of her husband. Through death, loss, and years of self-sacrifice she gives until it is time to give up the ghost.

Pearls

A young man is forced to confront his past traumas following his first day of work on a logging camp in the 1930s.

Yellow Bird

Fayette and Roy are an elderly couple in a dysfunctional relationship. Roy is dependent on Fayette for the basics in life, such as cooking and cleaning, yet he is always yelling at her that she can't even do these things right. To add what she considers a little sunshine in her life, Fayette buys a canary, which she initially hides from Roy. The yellow bird will eventually fundamentally change the nature of Fayette and Roy's relationship.