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Everyday in Halifax, a ceremonial blast fires from a canon. The Noon Gun sends a rattle through the old wooden homes of the North End. Within one of these homes, an elderly woman dotes over her graffiti writer grandson. An interracial couple walk tensely down a side street. A recovering alcoholic cop lectures his street-wizened young partner as they walk the beat. On one day in particular, the Noon Gun blast ties these groups into a sequence of events. As these events unfold, each group’s perspective grows, obscuring reality and ultimately effecting each other’s lives.
Dawn returns home to Nova Scotia to mourn the death of her mother and repair the estrangement with her father, John Andrew. An ancient tractor becomes the focus for the mechanically-minded Dawn, but her father’s long-simmering resentments heighten tensions. Watching his daughter work to restore the tractor, he realises that reclaiming this relationship depends on his own coming out: supporting Dawn publicly and fighting malicious small-town transphobia.
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.
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.
A feminist Nova Scotian monster movie.
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.
While shooting a film in a small town, a famous actor puts his personal life and career in jeopardy by starting an intense affair with another man.
Your Money or Your Wife is a sidesplitting comedy that follows the story of Lionel, your everyday average “Man of Inaction”. When, one night out of the blue, his girlfriend dumps him, the normally cautious Lionel goes drinking and ends up the victim of mistaken identity. This leads to his participation, as an unwilling robber, in an incompetent home invasion where he meets and falls for the homeowner, Annie… Featuring hilarious performances from Craig Brown (Everyone’s Famous), Meredith MacNeill (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Brian MacQuarrie (Picnicface) and an amazing supporting cast, Your Money or Your Wife is sure to take you hostage.... with laughs!
A group of childhood friends, now in their twenties, reunite and explore their experiences over the years.
Ariyah, an ambitious young animator, reluctantly gets involved with a club photographer, Tristan. The film follows the couple as they struggle through the ups and downs of a modern romance and an unplanned pregnancy.
Joe and Megan have to work through a rejection before they can move on to breakfast.
Two single-parent divorcees try their hand at getting married - again. They have no idea how wrong they're doing it.