Marcia Connolly

Spring & Arnaud

Marcia Connolly, Katherine Knight

The love between Canadian artists Spring Hurlbut and Arnaud Maggs is tested by impending illness.

Strange and Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island

Marcia Connolly, Katherine Knight

Todd Saunders, Zita Cobb

Architect Todd Saunders’s buildings on Fogo Island, Newfoundland embrace the excitement of being on the edge of nature and contemporary design while fulfilling the goal of doing ‘new things with old ways’. Saunders and commissioner, Zita Cobb, provide a personal account of the ideas and traditions that inspire this bold and socially ambitious architectural venture. Gorgeously photographed over the Island’s seven seasons, the film is a flowing, visual narrative that unfolds over time as the principal stage of the project, the Fogo Island Inn, approaches completion.

Parsley Days

Andrea Dorfman

Megan Dunlop, Michael LeBlanc

A young woman mulls how to terminate her unwanted pregnancy and whether to leave her boyfriend.

Swerve

Andrea Dorfman

Marcia Connolly, Shannon Cunningham

A taut drama set in a travelling pickup truck about an all-female love triangle, Swerve is an unsettling examination of contemporary love and friendship.

Never Too Old

Marcia Connolly

Olive Bryanton

Never Too Old follows 81-year-old PhD candidate Olive Bryanton as she navigates the final year of her doctorate program at the University of Prince Edward Island. Her research involves her peers, ten women between the ages of 86 and 91, living in rural PEI. As a life-long activist for the rights of seniors, Olive always worked for change but never liked writing. As she prepares her thesis, she struggles with procrastination and self-doubt.

Film-Landscape-People: an Exquisite Corpse

Marcia Connolly, Angela Joosse

Exquisite Corpse: 100ft of film, exposed three times and hand-processed in one day. This in-camera triptych documents the landscape, people and filmmaking process at Phil Hoffman's legendary experimental film camp.