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Darrell Varga
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NRThis 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.
The Story of Faustus Bidgood
2023
7.0Documentary profile of people with unique odd collections
Hunters and Gatherers
1994
NRStories of work and play, of love and loss...and bread. Bread has been at the center of human life and creativity for at least the last ten thousand years - it is in our bones and a witness to history. This essay documentary brings bread to the front of the line and explores its relation to politics, poetry and pleasure. The loaf of bread is the vehicle through which we explore stories of sex and death, immigration and refugees, social justice and the counter-culture, and of art, work and pleasure.
Bread in the Bones
2020
NRThere are alien invasions in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but the aliens are us. Steamboat Willie and Bertrand Russell are along for the ride, a journey of hope and fear, a cold fish, and the relentless turning of the doomsday clock.
Three Kicks at the Can (A Love Story)
2026
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7.0Documentary profile of people with unique odd collections
Hunters and Gatherers
1994
NRStories of work and play, of love and loss...and bread. Bread has been at the center of human life and creativity for at least the last ten thousand years - it is in our bones and a witness to history. This essay documentary brings bread to the front of the line and explores its relation to politics, poetry and pleasure. The loaf of bread is the vehicle through which we explore stories of sex and death, immigration and refugees, social justice and the counter-culture, and of art, work and pleasure.
Bread in the Bones
2020
NRStories of work and play, of love and loss...and bread. Bread has been at the center of human life and creativity for at least the last ten thousand years - it is in our bones and a witness to history. This essay documentary brings bread to the front of the line and explores its relation to politics, poetry and pleasure. The loaf of bread is the vehicle through which we explore stories of sex and death, immigration and refugees, social justice and the counter-culture, and of art, work and pleasure.
Bread in the Bones
2020
NRThere are alien invasions in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but the aliens are us. Steamboat Willie and Bertrand Russell are along for the ride, a journey of hope and fear, a cold fish, and the relentless turning of the doomsday clock.
Three Kicks at the Can (A Love Story)
2026
