An elderly woman recounts the disturbing history of mummering in 1920s Newfoundland. Eve witnesses a murder; her only escape is into the woods as a darker truth comes to light.
The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.
When Jeannie lost her father, he is waked at home, his pine box laid across two chairs in the parlour; he has long lived inside a box. Based on the poem by Agnes Walsh comes a story of finding a use for everything.
A group of humans arrive on Sirius 6-B to investigate an SOS signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as "screamers." Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost.
When a single mom, facing eviction, is offered a night’s work, she unsuccessfully seeks a babysitter for her two small children. Desperate, she reaches out to the last person she wants to ask for a favour.
A whisper among the sprawling forests and mill towns of central Newfoundland. A body found on the side of a river brings together a reclusive fur trapper and a heartsick mother-to-be. Scott is lonely and desperate to give himself meaning. Mona is strong-willed, but frustrated by her fragility. As a reluctant dependence blossoms the pair find themselves wading into violence, answering for the debts of a dead man. Stalked by outlaws, they plan an exit.
5 months after the internet has stopped working, Aley, a misguided internet entrepreneur battles depression and suicide. As she discovers a new internet, she reflects on the connections she has lost and the connections we need.
The film accompanying the album "Closer to the Bone" by Ian Foster.
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.
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.