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A fictional autobiography about an insecure, awkward and lonely actor who goes on an unwitting journey of self-love in the midst of an eating disorder relapse.
A dedicated family man becomes obsessed with saving the lives of the car accident victims on the sharp corner in front of his house – an obsession that could cost him everything.
Jamie (Taylor Olson) works a wood processor, clear-cutting for pulp in small-town Nova Scotia. At the end of each shift, he walks through the destruction he has created looking for injured animals and rescues those he can. Adapted from a play by Nova Scotian author Catherine Banks, Bone Cage is an impressive first feature from Halifax actor/filmmaker Taylor Olson that sensitively excavates the tragedy of how young people in rural communities, employed in the destruction of their environment, treat the people they love at the end of their shift.
WOLF is a short narrative film that explores feelings of isolation in new motherhood. It follows a new mother, Kate, desperately trying to survive the early months of breastfeeding and finding her parenting feet, while also being a friend, a partner, a daughter, and ultimately - a new version of herself. Fragmented storytelling expresses the jagged edges and soft places that exist in total juxtaposition every day.
