Pretty Big Dig

Rosemary House's first film, shot in her backyard, addresses "sex, death and crazy women" in 11 minutes.

Mary recounts to her daughter Eva the childhood story of when Mary and her father fell through the ice on a frozen pond.

As the new millennium approaches, God considers pulling the plug on the planet unless St. John the Baptist finds a reason to spare humanity. John travels to the Newfoundland city that bears his name where he becomes entangled in the lives of talk-show host Marietta, her husband Rick. (Toronto International Film Festival)

An exploration of the unique culture of Newfoundland's outports, the film revisits the PR coup that launched the animal rights movement onto the international stage: the 1977 Newfoundland visit, orchestrated by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, of French actress turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot to protest the area's ancestral sealing activities. Soon, inhabitants of the island's northern outports we're being introduced to the world as the epitome of brutality.

An old flame dredges up family secrets. Will four sisters finally put their jealousies and misconceptions to rest?