Stephen Oates

Reeling from the trauma of an abusive husband and father of her son, a mother has fearfully locked away and hidden any sense of it in the basement from her young son. Inevitably, when the boy suddenly discovers it, his juvenile and unguided spirit is tempted to set it free.

A Gothic period piece set in Newfoundland during 1888, concerning the meeting between a mysterious, wealthy woman and a lowly man from the streets.

An artist chases the ghost of her father to the remote island of Newfoundland.

A Man sits at a desk, typing. Another Man sits across from him in a chair, sleeping. Outside, beneath them, reality plays out, as it has forever. Today, however, that changes.

Kevin is an Irish Moss farmer committed to his traditional way of doing things at the expense of a more lucrative life for himself and his pregnant wife. When he finds a bag of money washed up on the shores of Prince Edward Island, his decision to keep it secret turns his quaint fishing village into a growing crime scene as the money’s owners come calling. Adapted from Adam Perry's award-winning short film A Blessing from the Sea.

A high-strung reporter, hot on the tail of a rampaging murderer, returns home to find his partner hosting some old friends. He’s already started to unravel, leaning on alcohol to calm himself, as the gathering gets bigger and louder.

A hack filmmaker wastes the money lent to him by a mysterious organization, and so has to take matters into his own hands by locking a cast of actors in a house and becoming the villain in his own slasher movie.

The lives of a disillusioned teen and an alienated man converge in 1980s Newfoundland.

A whisper among the sprawling forests and mill towns of central Newfoundland. A body found on the side of a river brings together a reclusive fur trapper and a heartsick mother-to-be. Scott is lonely and desperate to give himself meaning. Mona is strong-willed, but frustrated by her fragility. As a reluctant dependence blossoms the pair find themselves wading into violence, answering for the debts of a dead man. Stalked by outlaws, they plan an exit.

A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.

A young man is forced to confront his past traumas following his first day of work on a logging camp in the 1930s.

A dark comedy about two men who live their lives for two reasons.

There is no ‘best thing’ about having terminal cancer, but for forty-year-old Joe, being welcomed back into his childhood home, feeling the warmth and support of his sister and her husband and observing his young niece’s blossoming emotional maturity seem to give new meaning to a life he feels he had wasted. With unexpected humour, stark realism and quiet insight, Under The Weather is an uplifting meditation on one man’s graceful surrender to the inevitable and the palpable impact his passing has on those he leaves behind.