Rare Birds
Sep 09, 2001A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small Newfoundland town.
Comedy
Andy Jones
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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
Jan 02, 1986Faustus 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.
Comedy
Dolly Cake
Sep 20, 1976A 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."
Comedy
Rain, Drizzle, and Fog
Jan 01, 1998St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refuge in the middle of the treacherous North Atlantic. For 300 years of its history it was an actual crime to try and settle--Newfoundland was the private preserve of British fishing merchants. But people stayed, despite the colonial masters, despite the lack of law and order, despite hellish weather and raging seas. And the city grew--lurching through centuries of crisis, disaster, privation. For filmmaker Rosemary House, "This is still a hard rock land, a dirty old town at the back of beyond. And yet the St. John's townie is so proud, you'd swear we lived in Paris." In this documentary, she explores her city with the help of six locals, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones, Anita Best, Brian Hennessey, Ed Riche, Des Walsh, writers and performers all. (Source: National Film Board)
Documentary
Extraordinary Visitor
Sep 02, 1998As the new millennium approaches, God considers pulling the plug on the planet unless St. John the Baptist finds a reason to spare humanity. John travels to the Newfoundland city that bears his name where he becomes entangled in the lives of talk-show host Marietta, her husband Rick. (Toronto International Film Festival)
Comedy
Congratulations
Jan 01, 2000Mike Jones and his siblings Andy and Cathy travel by helicopter from rural Newfoundland to a gala to make speeches congratulating TIFF on its anniversary.
Comedy
Tommy... A Family Portrait
Jan 01, 2001A tribute to Canadian comedy icon Tommy Sexton (1957-1993). A founding member of the Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO Tommy died of complications from AIDS on December 13, 1993.
Documentary
The Bingo Robbers
Mar 02, 2001A woman (Lois Brown) who thinks money will solve her problems enlists the help of a homeless friend (Barry Newhook) to rob a bingo hall.
Crime
How To Be Deadly
Sep 12, 2014In Newfoundland, an unemployed minibike rider enters a minibike competition to win back his girlfriend.
Comedy
Giga Shadow
Sep 11, 1997To resupply the protoblood that sustains Kai's life, the crew of the Lexx travel back to the Cluster but find the planet deserted. The population was killed in "The Cleansing", in preparation of the birth of the Giga Shadow, the last survivor of the insect wars and sworn enemy of humanity. The crew try to destroy the Giga Shadow with the help of Yottskry (played by guest star Malcolm McDowell), a defecting priest of the Divine Order.
Science Fiction
Le Phare des secrets
Aug 30, 2008Un homme ensanglanté au volant de sa voiture et en compagnie de sa fille Katelyn est arrêté par la police. Le cadavre de sa femme se trouve dans le coffre de sa voiture. Vingt ans plus tard, Katelyn reçoit une lettre du maire-adjoint de la ville, Drew Cabot, pour assister à une réunion municipale concernant le projet d'aménagement du phare. Cette lettre est en fait envoyée par le Père Hendry, curé de la paroisse qui souhaite que Katelyn Sparks s'oppose à ce projet. Alors que d'inquiétants phénomènes se produisent, le Père Hendry révèle le secret du phare et tente d'aider Katelyn, Drew et Eric à mettre définitivement fin à la malédiction
Thriller
Grown Up Movie Star
Oct 20, 2009The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.
Drama
Crown and Anchor
Aug 24, 2018When James Downey returns home to Newfoundland for his mother’s funeral, he is faced with all the haunting family issues he thought he had left behind. He channeled his own inner demons from an abusive father into being a police officer but his cousin Danny’s childhood trauma has exploded into a cycle of drugs, crime and violence. James must confront his tortured past, decide who he really is, and deal with his cousin before it’s too late.
Crime
Preludes
Nov 15, 2000Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in September 2000, the "Preludes" program consisted of ten short films by Canadian directors which were inspired in some way by the festival. Each film screened as a prelude to a feature film in the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival program. The full "Preludes" anthology was screened on the web in November 2000, and was given theatrical retrospectives at the TIFF Lightbox in the subsequent years.
Drama
When Ponds Freeze Over
Sep 16, 1998Mary recounts to her daughter Eva the childhood story of when Mary and her father fell through the ice on a frozen pond.
Drama
Canadian Pie
Aug 20, 2004Lorsqu'il apprend qu'un producteur de musique tourne autour de sa fiancée, partie travailler à Toronto pendant l'été, Nick décide de traverser le Canada afin de la rejoindre et de reconquérir son coeur. Accompagnée par ses amis, pour un voyage en voiture qui réservera bien des surprises.
Comedy
Random Passage
Jan 27, 2002This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of rough-and-tumble Newfoundland in the early 1800s. Escaping attempted rape and abuse, Mary moves on with her infant daughter to find shelter at a remote fishing station run by Thomas Hutchings (Colm Meaney). In a time and place where life and death are a hair's breadth apart, Mary joins the community's struggle for survival against sickness and starvation. All of the Cape's people are fugitives of one kind or another, but by pulling together through hardships and tragedies, they forge a new life of hope - and even love.
Drama
Beat Down
Aug 03, 2012Beat Down is an irreverent comedy about wrestling, family and following your dreams no matter how painful that can sometimes be. Fran Whiteway (Marthe Bernard, Republic of Doyle) is eighteen and a real firecracker. More than anything, Fran dreams of becoming a professional wrestler. Her single-father Whitey (Robb Wells, Trailer Park Boys) is a former-pro, aka White Lightning, with broken dreams of his own and is dead set against Fran wrestling. Fran is determined though and when Whitey's old rival Dark Thunder (Tony Nappo, Saw II) comes to town, she runs away to join his tour. Whitey is devastated and while he tries to get his daughter back, Fran learns the ropes of the wrestling game and of life itself.
Comedy
Pour quelques minutes de bonheur
Jan 12, 2003La photographe Natalie Haddad accepte sans s'en apercevoir un contrat de pige provenant de son frère lointain Roy, un puissant propriétaire d'une agence de publicité de Boston qui éprouve des troubles importants de santé. Snob et manipulateur, Roy s'efforce d'exercer un curieux contrôle sur Nathalie pour lui faire affronter plusieurs souvenirs douloureux de son enfance.
Drama
Hold Fast
Jul 01, 2013Two teenage boys escape an unhappy home, embarking on a perilous journey of self-discovery that takes them deep into the Newfoundland wilderness.
Drama
Drôle d'Enquête pour Jeune Inspecteur
Apr 06, 2007En 1947 à Terre-Neuve, un malheureux garde forestier est envoyé dans le petit port isolé de Swyer’s Harbour pour enquêter sur une simple histoire de mutilation de mouton. Il se retrouve alors confronté de très près à un meurtre odieux qui le dépasse totalement.
Comedy
Sweetland
Oct 19, 2023The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.
Drama
Grown in Darkness
Sep 12, 2022Henry lives alone growing rhubarb in the dark when his friend Emmanuel arrives to collect the harvest. Together, they tentatively explore the boundaries of their relationship community spaces in a tender and touching film about loneliness and longing.
Drama
It Could Be You
Sep 16, 2017A depressed man learns that fortune comes in many forms, and at any moment it can slam into you like a speeding car. Or in this case, an SUV.
Comedy
Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Sep 09, 2008When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.
Drama
Paint Cans
Sep 13, 1994
Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy
Apr 02, 1996Un scientifique pharmaceutique crée une pilule qui fait que les gens se souviennent de leur plus beau souvenir, et bien que ce soit un succès, cela a des effets secondaires malheureux.
Comedy
The Story of Faustus Bidgood
Nov 24, 2023This is the story of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, a surreal comedy about a lowly bureaucrat and his fantasies of becoming president of an independent Newfoundland, that was released in 1986. A cult classic in Canadian cinema, the film is well known for the marathon it took to even get made. Principal photography on the film began eight years earlier, in 1978. Written and directed by comedy legend Andy Jones and his brother, Mike Jones, the movie was made on a shoestring budget, is packed with familiar faces and helped pave the way for Newfoundland and Labrador's vibrant film industry. And it was the first film ever both filmed and produced, from start to finish, in Newfoundland.
Documentary
Secret Nation
Jan 02, 1992A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland join Canada.
Drama
The Elf
Jan 01, 1996The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
Jan 02, 1986Faustus 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.
Comedy
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
Jan 02, 1986Faustus 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.
Comedy
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
Jan 02, 1986Faustus 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.
Comedy
Lexx
Apr 26, 2002A bord du vaisseau spatial insectoïde Lexx, un équipage de quatre saugrenus personnages vogue de planète en planète, fuyant Sa Divine Nécrose, créature étrange régnant sur la Ligue des 20 000 planètes...
Comedy
Le Loup-garou du campus
Apr 27, 2002Tommy Dawkins est mordu par un loup-garou une semaine avant de faire sa rentrée en dernière année au collège. La seule personne avec qui Tommy peut partager le secret de sa double identité est Merton J. Digle, adolescent gothique et passionné par le fantastique. Les deux garçons vont alors devoir affronter les créatures les plus étranges qui peuplent le campus (momies, vampires...), tout en essayant de trouver un remède pour empêcher les transformations de Tommy.
Action & Adventure
Les repentis
May 02, 1998Mac Ramsey et Li Ann Tsei ont été élevés ensemble aux côtés d'un parrain du crime organisé. Mais un jour, ils décident de quitter le milieu. Leur tentative ayant échoué, Li Ann est arrêté, et Mac laissé pour mort... Pourtant bel et bien vivant, Mac atterrit dans une obscure agence gouvernementale qui lutte contre la mafia. Il y retrouve Li Ann, devenue l'amante de son co-équipier Victor, un ex-flic. Chacun devra oublier ses rancoeurs quand la Directrice de l'agence les oblige à former un trio de choc...
Action & Adventure
Dooley Gardens
Apr 07, 1999
Hudson et Rex
Apr 30, 2024Le détective Charlie Hudson s'associe avec ce qu'il appelle son "animal hautement qualifié pour le maintien de l'ordre", un berger allemand nommé Rex, avec lequel il préfère faire équipe, car il ne dit rien.
Drama
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
Mar 13, 2006In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town parish pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address from the pulpit. Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation where his idealism runs into powerful opposition from the wealthy and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader that would transform Canada.
Drama
Republic of Doyle
Dec 10, 2014Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
Comedy
