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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.
Jun 2005
The third film of David and Paul Pope's "Pope Trilogy" alongside Offstage Line and Slipway.
Jan 1975
When Newfoundland locks down during the COVID-19 pandemic, a former dancer becomes further trapped in a toxic relationship with her emotionally abusive husband. Increasingly isolated and with only a goldfish as a friend, she is forced to choose between placating her husband and freeing herself.
Sep 2022
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.
Oct 2014
A young man receiving medical treatment in the hospital reminisces about fishing in the small dory his grandfather owned.
Oct 1978
An unemployed man desperate for work wanders around St John's, Newfoundland searching for a job.
Sep 1976
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.
Jun 2025
When a rising-star chef known for his signature use of garlic is bitten by a vampire, he must learn to reinvent himself in time for the most important review of his career.
Sep 2025
It's 1986, Shannon Crane means to be bound for a future she cannot know, on a day filled with possibility and hope. In her 7th grade class, Shannon has to reckon with the ordinary calamity of being herself after a simultaneous incident of being bullied, is caught between the extraordinary catastrophic event of the space challenger disaster, leaving a debris of searching, questioning.
Sep 2024
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.
Oct 2022
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.
Oct 2017
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."
Ann and Amy are sisters with a positive relationship, despite being very different people. They have been separated for the last two years due to Covid and work/ life situations. They are finally together to reconnect and share their lives as new moms. They are both in for a surprise.
May 2023
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.
Jan 2015
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.
Jun 2023
The morning after a drunken romp, Henry and Evelyn reveal that they have shared more than just a simple night.
Jun 2008
A person who hates all their clothes struggles to decide what to wear to a house party. At the party they see their ex-it’s-complicated with a new partner. A tense interaction sparks a nascent lifestyle change.
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.
Jun 2016
A young man struggles with the death of his parents. He connects with a psychic to find answers.
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.
Nov 2024