Amanda Foote

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.

Mummering Legends

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.

Little Orphans

The wedding of their youngest sister, Janet, brings Gwen and Kay home to St. John’s, Newfoundland. While Janet struggles to hide her family’s dysfunction, Kay can’t help but create chaos wherever she goes and Gwen finds herself paralyzed by a past secret. The complicated web of relationships between the sisters, their Aunt Maureen, their absent mother, and Kay’s young daughter Billie, is only illuminated by the wedding. Gwen’s attempts to get Kay to take responsibility for her daughter highlights her own abandonment of her ex, Tom, leading them all to a not-so-perfect storm of a reception.

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.

Always Going Never Gone

A folklorist is summoned by the last living soul of a forgotten community to witness a folktale transform into a terrifying reality.

Incredible Violence

A hack filmmaker wastes the money lent to him by a mysterious organization, and so has to take matters into his own hands by locking a cast of actors in a house and becoming the villain in his own slasher movie.

Crown and Anchor

When James Downey returns home to Newfoundland for his mother’s funeral, he is faced with all the haunting family issues he thought he had left behind. He channeled his own inner demons from an abusive father into being a police officer but his cousin Danny’s childhood trauma has exploded into a cycle of drugs, crime and violence. James must confront his tortured past, decide who he really is, and deal with his cousin before it’s too late.

Lamenting Pluto

A young woman goes through a breakup at the same time that Pluto loses its status as a planet.

Malignant

A young women craving attention in her relationship, finds a lump in her breast.

Casey

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.

Snowstorm Roulette

The biggest snowstorm of 1988 leaves Tom stranded in a tiny basement apartment with his worst nightmare.

Matchstick

Caitlyn's therapist convinces her to try a new form of hypnosis that allows her to communicate with her anxiety.

Closet Monster

A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.

Long Term Care

A father and son duo, Charlie and Sam Pike, come to grips with admitting war-vet Charlie, who suffers from dementia, into a long-term care home.

Pitter Patter Goes Her Heart

Melody, a young woman with a genetic heart condition, escapes her bleak existence with Alto, her canine confidant. After Melody's heart falters, Alto seeks the help of a Good Samaritan to rescue her.

Examination of Conscience

Set against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1960's, 'Examination of Conscience' follows two brothers of questionable morals. This snapshot of their lives shows how they and their peers cope with the pressures of their time.