Taylor Olson
2021
Noon Gun
Caley MacLennan
Taylor Olson, Igor Shamuilov
Everyday in Halifax, a ceremonial blast fires from a canon. The Noon Gun sends a rattle through the old wooden homes of the North End. Within one of these homes, an elderly woman dotes over her graffiti writer grandson. An interracial couple walk tensely down a side street. A recovering alcoholic cop lectures his street-wizened young partner as they walk the beat. On one day in particular, the Noon Gun blast ties these groups into a sequence of events. As these events unfold, each group’s perspective grows, obscuring reality and ultimately effecting each other’s lives.
Noon Gun
You Ruined Our Life
Ian MacLeod
Bob Mann, Jordan Poole
Bob Tearman (Bob Mann) is 42 with a bullet. No wife, no kids. Zero accomplishments. His life has not turned out the way he thought it would. So much so, that's he's seriously wondering if he should even carry on living. And then one morning, through some kind of magic he doesn't understand, he finds the 12 year-old version of himself, Bobby (Jordan Poole) asleep in his apartment. When Bobby sees how badly their life has turned out he is determined to put things right. His plan to do this involves going after the bullies from junior high, now adults like Bob, and...wait for it...killing them. As things spiral out of control, Bob has his hands full, first with Bobby's crazy dreams of revenge and later the bullies themselves when the dreams become reality. At that point, to quote Bad Boys 2, the **** gets real.
You Ruined Our Life
Dawn, her Dad & the Tractor
Shelley Thompson
Robb Wells, Maya Henry
Dawn returns home to Nova Scotia to mourn the death of her mother and repair the estrangement with her father, John Andrew. An ancient tractor becomes the focus for the mechanically-minded Dawn, but her father’s long-simmering resentments heighten tensions. Watching his daughter work to restore the tractor, he realises that reclaiming this relationship depends on his own coming out: supporting Dawn publicly and fighting malicious small-town transphobia.
Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor
Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer
Michael Nankin
Sean Kleier, Эшли Уильямс
When Chris Watts stoically yet smirkingly pleaded to television cameras for the safe return of his missing pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters, dark secrets loomed just beneath the surface.
Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer
Your Money or Your Wife
Ian MacLeod
Meredith MacNeill, Craig Brown
Your Money or Your Wife is a sidesplitting comedy that follows the story of Lionel, your everyday average “Man of Inaction”. When, one night out of the blue, his girlfriend dumps him, the normally cautious Lionel goes drinking and ends up the victim of mistaken identity. This leads to his participation, as an unwilling robber, in an incompetent home invasion where he meets and falls for the homeowner, Annie… Featuring hilarious performances from Craig Brown (Everyone’s Famous), Meredith MacNeill (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Brian MacQuarrie (Picnicface) and an amazing supporting cast, Your Money or Your Wife is sure to take you hostage.... with laughs!
Your Money or Your Wife
Bone Cage
Taylor Olson
Taylor Olson, Amy Groening
Jamie (Taylor Olson) works a wood processor, clear-cutting for pulp in small-town Nova Scotia. At the end of each shift, he walks through the destruction he has created looking for injured animals and rescues those he can. Adapted from a play by Nova Scotian author Catherine Banks, Bone Cage is an impressive first feature from Halifax actor/filmmaker Taylor Olson that sensitively excavates the tragedy of how young people in rural communities, employed in the destruction of their environment, treat the people they love at the end of their shift.
Bone Cage
Ariyah & Tristan's Inevitable Breakup
Koumbie
Koumbie, Taylor Olson
Ariyah, an ambitious young animator, reluctantly gets involved with a club photographer, Tristan. The film follows the couple as they struggle through the ups and downs of a modern romance and an unplanned pregnancy.
Ariyah & Tristan's Inevitable Breakup