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- Smoulder is a film about a teenage girl, Jacquelyn, who has a very controlling, conservative mother and struggles with her sexuality. Jacquelyn uses her friend's bonfire party to break free of her mother's control and explore having fun as a teenager and her desire for her best friend, Vivian; but, Jacquelyn's mother haunts her subconscious and small town mentality oppresses who she really is further. Jacquelyn is a shy, repressed person, while her best friend is popular, mature, and individualistic. The people at the party also overshadow Jacquelyn, and she must build up her confidence. She makes a move on Vivian, reveals her feelings, and crosses a line in their friendship upon which she can't return from. The film approach is surrealistic.
- A schizophrenic young man struggles to separate terrifying hallucination from reality in an attempt to gain control over his illness.
- A group of pals who scuba dive in the Halifax Harbour.
- The film 'What Happened to Esther' highlights the story of a poor African-Nova Scotian midwife and what happened to her the day of the Halifax Explosion. As she walks into the city she realizes that this is her last day on earth and, inspired by her Baptist roots, feels blessed to join her husband in heaven.
- Patrick's brother is arrested for robbery. Under pressure Patrick is forced to commit a criminal act.
- Everything meaningful in Vanessa's life is falling apart. She is a failing actress and on a career path to nowhere; she proposes to a man she thought loves her, but is swiftly rejected, only finding out later he has a wife. She is alone, her career is failing, and she is becoming financially unstable. She makes a new friend who coaxes her to take step in a new direction. Vanessa uses her acting skills to reinvent herself completely in an effort to find confidence and cure her loneliness. She finds herself taking a daring step into a lifestyle unknown to her as her new self, Ivy.
- Milo is not ready to be a father. But his girlfriend, Anna, is due any day now and it looks as though Milo's carefree days and dreams of cross-country adventure are over. All of Anna's thoughts are set on their impending parenthood, but Milo just wants his life to go back to the way it was: two people in love with one big world in front of them to explore. With the arrival of a tempting, otherworldly presence in his life, Milo gets more than he bargains for. He soon realizes that he must make a choice: live the life he's always dreamed of or face the responsibilities of growing up.
- Isabelle's mother had Multiple Sclerosis. Faced with confusion and new responsibilities, she seeks to understand and accept her mother's MS.