Christian Sparkes

After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.

A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.

One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.

The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.

An itinerant cook survives a shipwreck, paddles himself to an island in a stock pot, and finds himself on a surreal journey through his past to discover the ineffable connection he has with a clown living a desultory existence in a dilapidated lighthouse.

Margaret Moores, a novelist, gets herself cloned so the clone can pump out pages and do the housework while she spends time with her family. The problem is that fun-loving Maggie the clone is a more creative writer and the family likes her better!

As an elderly man struggles with the loss of his wife, he confronts his own own mortality by helping others - one parking meter at a time.

When Jeannie lost her father, he is waked at home, his pine box laid across two chairs in the parlour; he has long lived inside a box. Based on the poem by Agnes Walsh comes a story of finding a use for everything.

Vocation is a documentary on artists who knew from a very early age they wanted to be an artist. A decision that for them was instinctual and some may even say it is 'a calling' based on faith and perhaps even fate alone. Artists Andy Jones, Deepa Mehta, Marie Brassard, Christopher Pratt, Brad Peyton and Bif Naked are committed to creating work in theatre, literature, music, film and performance based on an innate desire to succeed while working in the precarious profession of art.

This feature film uses Michael Crummey's seminal piece of Newfoundland literature to examine cultural change and modern relationships.

An intimate meditation on the relationship between a recently widowed husband and his young daughter.

Short film by Christian Sparkes. Disturbing and poignant story that dives deep into the unconscious side of pain, grief and love.

For two best friends, Kathy and Selena couldn't seem more different. Kathy is confident, mysterious and alluring, while Selena is shy and inexperienced, forever standing in Kathy's shadow. However, when Selena is invited over the Kathy's house for the first time, hidden parts of Kathy's life are revealed, and her wall of confidence begins to crack. As brewing tension leads to a bitter face off between the girls, Kathy and Selena must choose between saving face and saving their friendship.

When two halves of a young couple can't get to sleep one night, a petty argument starts over nothing. As their frustration grows and the fight escalates, it becomes clear that what they aren't telling each other is what's really bothering them.

Lou our guide takes us to the dark and flooded underground corridors of the vast and abandoned mining complex that lies beneath the surface of "Bell Island" in Newfoundland.

A lonely Doctor forms an unlikely relationship with a family of vampires.

Alex struggles with the consequences of her fractured childhood. Will she move forward to self-fulfillment or fall back on old self-destructive patterns?

A dark fable about a group of kids who befriend a monster they find in the woods.