Finding Mary March

Finding Mary March 1988

1

This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian Lake area of Central Newfoundland. A young girl, Bernadette Buchans, believes that she is related to Mary March. Throughout the whole film, Bernadette and her father Ted are searching for the grave of her mother. An archaeologist/ photographer, Nancy George, accompanies them and she also believes that she has family connections to the Beothuks.

1988

Elapse

Elapse 2024

1

A young man who is riddled with dread about identifying his calling in life seeks the advice of an older man who is all too familiar of the insidious tragedy that connects the both of them in the claustrophobic space they occupy.

2024

Pillowtalk

Pillowtalk 2005

1.00

When two halves of a young couple can't get to sleep one night, a petty argument starts over nothing. As their frustration grows and the fight escalates, it becomes clear that what they aren't telling each other is what's really bothering them.

2005

An Untidy Package: Women and the Newfoundland Cod Moratorium

An Untidy Package: Women and the Newfoundland Cod Moratorium 1997

1

An Untidy Package sets out to dispel the popular misconception that Newfoundland women weren’t major players in the cod fishery before the moratorium, and that the federal compensation they received was only added to their husband’s claims to increase their family’s allowance. We learn at the outset that one third of the 35,000 workers displaced were women. Using the viewpoint of some of these women, this video examines the cod crisis and its social implications for families.

1997

Spoiled

Spoiled 2008

1

A young girl named Pearl tries to help her father navigate the world of online dating.

2008

When Ponds Freeze Over

When Ponds Freeze Over 1998

1

Mary recounts to her daughter Eva the childhood story of when Mary and her father fell through the ice on a frozen pond.

1998

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood 1986

8.50

Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.

1986

Bounce

Bounce 2022

1

When a boy from Darcy's cadet corps insists she attend the Trampoline Social, she sets off for a dramatic evening of self-acceptance and sweet backflips.

2022

Casey

Casey 2017

1

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.

2017

Clipper Gold

Clipper Gold 2014

1

It's a fine, frail line between fantasy and reality when the doleful, downtrodden state of a couple's relationship unfurls against the backdrop of a feed of moose sausages and tea. Sexual frustration, co-dependency, domestic despair and just a hint of missing male libido all play out within the crestfallen subtleties of opposing table manners and passive aggressive tea-brewing rituals.

2014

Dolly Cake

Dolly Cake 1976

1

A Codco documentary turned improvised drama about a woman named Dolly who, fed up with taking care of a group of ungrateful layabouts, runs away. The story is intercut with footage from another Codco project called "Borkin the Spineless Servant."

1976

Moving On

Moving On 2016

1

In this hilarious tale about facing adult responsibility, a young couple with relationship troubles must choose between talking things through or using their newly acquired magic wands to resolve their issues.

2016

Attar of Roses

Attar of Roses 2023

1

A man returns home to attend the funeral of a past love. When he receives a package she left for him, it takes him down a road of long-forgotten memories and a classic haunting romance.

2023

Hey Elvis!

Hey Elvis! 1988

1

Mock documentary about Elvis' iconic status in America

1988

The Gaze

The Gaze 2023

1

Ginok Song, a South Korean artist living and painting in a small fishing village in Newfoundland, explores what home is, who she was, and where she is now. Ginok examines the choice to become an artist as a need to explore self-expression, an intimate journey to know herself through the female gaze.

2023

R-Rated

R-Rated 2002

1

A teacher attempts to teach his students to properly enunciate the letter 'R'.

2002

Slipway

Slipway 1978

1

A young man receiving medical treatment in the hospital reminisces about fishing in the small dory his grandfather owned.

1978

The Door

The Door 2023

1

Struggling to deal with the loss of her husband, Mary has not yet been able to enter the room in which he took his own life, let alone even open the door. After starting to hear tormenting voices and strange noises coming from inside, Mary must finally confront the reality of her situation and open The Door.

2023

Pretty Big Dig

Pretty Big Dig 2003

6.00

Three excavation vehicles move together with impressive grace to a contemporary classical score, gently inviting us to re-examine the way we view dance and technology.

2003