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A chance meeting of an art activist and a pompous Sunday painter at a public statue of Winston Churchill turns into a public event of insults in this political satire.
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Ryan and Gwen are new to Newfoundland and find their St. John's home to be, well, let's just say 'pre-occupied'. Luckily for Ryan and Gwen, the question they haven't had the nerve to ask gets answered.
Aug 2012
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
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
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.
Jun 2023
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.
Sep 2023
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."
Sep 1976
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
A young man struggles with the death of his parents. He connects with a psychic to find answers.
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.
The morning after a drunken romp, Henry and Evelyn reveal that they have shared more than just a simple night.
Jun 2008
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
A daughter returns home to be with her mother as she prepares to make a choice that generations before her were never allowed to make.
A dad spends nine months rocking his baby to sleep nightly to keep her from crying. In the process, he loses weight because he is doing exercises as he rocks the baby.
Jun 2001
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 short film about two friends who have different personalities and it is because of their different personalities they are best friends.
Nov 2014
A comedy about a fairly neurotic fella waiting in his car for his new girlfriend as they make a 3 minute pit stop on their way to a movie, and all that goes through the poor guy's head.
Jan 2010
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
In May 2015, Janet Edmonds was informed that despite two years of surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation, her stage-1 breast cancer had metastasized to stage-4. It was a devastating diagnosis, and one which thousands of women and men face every day. For Janet, the diagnosis was a harsh reminder that no one knows what lies ahead and that every day of your life is truly precious. Janet began sharing her thoughts and experiences with friends on social media, having chosen to cope publicly with her diagnosis with humour, optimism, and grace. This is a film about embracing life after a devastating medical diagnosis; of appreciating each day and living life to the fullest as much as you possibly can. Janet is a talented theatre and film actor who has delighted local audiences for more than 30 years.
Aug 2019
The lives of 5 people with meetings at different ends of a coffee shop become the headline in tomorrow's newspaper.
Jan 2020