Justin Simms Movies

A feature documentary about the life of former Newfoundland Premier, Danny Williams

An incisive nuanced look at a family crumbling after their father returns from a war. Before the war showcases Tamara's love and understanding of the...

After 30 years of salt beef and baloney, the instinctively vegan Isabel hops a bay bus to the city supermarket. But a nosy stock boy, a cashier with...

Karen attempts to grapple with the fleeting nature of romance through filmmaking, only to run into conflict with her surrounding cast and crew. You...

Deanne Foley profiles fellow Newfoundlander Mary Walsh, the Great Warrior Queen of Canadian comedy, musing on time wasted as an object of desire and...

Alice, a bus tour guide in St. John's Newfoundland with a broken heart unexpectedly tells her tales of love and loss to a group of life-weary...

After Raam, an international student, moves to Newfoundland to pursue his dreams and education, his housemate Joseph loses his job amidst the global...

When Newfoundland locks down during the COVID-19 pandemic, a former dancer becomes further trapped in a toxic relationship with her emotionally...

The Death of Winter: In 1830s Newfoundland, a woman is on trial for the murder of her husband. While innocent of the homicide, she is hanged for...

A folklorist is summoned by the last living soul of a forgotten community to witness a folktale transform into a terrifying reality.

A glimpse into the life of a woman who, desperate to board a plane home, deals with unlikely foes: her own shoes.

In the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland's rugged Fogo Island, "people of the fish"—traditional fishers—catch cod live by hand, one...

Through a tapestry of reflection, rare footage and her own home, Inuk filmmaker Holly Andersen tells the little-known story of the forced relocation...

A woman looks past her insecurities in a time of change, self doubt and uncertainty.

When a boy from Darcy's cadet corps insists she attend the Trampoline Social, she sets off for a dramatic evening of self-acceptance and sweet...

Casey's mother ensures her daughter receives the education, protection, and loving care little girls need. But an altercation with some local...

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...

Margaret is a grandmother serving out a sentence in a minimum security prison. Daniel, her grandson, is a gifted classical guitar student who loves...

A short film by Jacqueline Hynes made through Nifco's First Time Filmmaker Program.

Henry lives alone growing rhubarb in the dark when his friend Emmanuel arrives to collect the harvest. Together, they tentatively explore the...