Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat
2013 · 9 min · Documentary
A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search for happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap.
Directed by Kevin A. Fraser
Your Rating
Cast
- D David Welsford David Welsford
Make it a double feature
1h 30m togetherBoth from Kevin A. Fraser.
More from Kevin A. FraserSee all →
Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille · 2022Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille
★ 8.02022
MovieDocumentary
In this offbeat whodunit, Bernie Langille sets out to uncover the truth around the strange circumstances of his grandfather (and namesake) Bernie Langille's death. Fifty years after the fact and with the help of meticulous miniatures, he reconstructs the bizarre events of one fateful winter night in 1968. What exactly precipitated the shocking discovery of Grandpa Bernie, dead in his own bed? The labyrinthian task of answering this question leads Bernie to interview a range of characters, including forensic experts and family members. Along the way, Bernie entertains increasingly absurd scenarios—including the possible involvement of Agent Orange. His obsessive musings, just like the constantly changing miniature sets, never get old. Ultimately the film provides a quirky yet thoughtful look at family ties, the fault lines of memory and intergenerational trauma.
I Am Syd Stone · 2020I Am Syd Stone
★ 7.02020
MovieDrama
While shooting a film in a small town, a famous actor puts his personal life and career in jeopardy by starting an intense affair with another man.
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun · 2011More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun
★ 6.52011
MovieActionDocumentary
A behind-the-scenes documentary about Jason Eisener's grindhouse exploitation film Hobo with a Shotgun.
Paper · 2024Paper
★ 6.02024
MovieDrama
Follow interweaving stories about the vicious cycle of debt and desperation: a widow who has fallen behind on life’s expenses, a professional debt collector with his own expensive habits and a loan shark’s enforcer trapped within his own obligations.
I Am Syd Stone · 2014I Am Syd Stone
★ 5.92014
MovieDramaRomance
Lights, Camera, Action! When a much-desired Hollywood heartthrob returns back to his home town for a reunion of sorts, he expects to rekindle an old closeted relationship. But soon he learns that things aren't as they seem and secrets always catch up in the end.
Little Grey Bubbles · 2019Little Grey Bubbles
★ 5.22019
MovieDrama
Devastated by her best friend Marlon's death, Kim travels from NYC to Canada to attend his funeral. There she meets his family and friends for the first time and awkwardness ensues as she tries to explain how she never met him in person because their friendship had been exclusively online.
Keyboard Fantasies · 2021Keyboard Fantasies
★ 5.02021
MovieDocumentaryMusic
As a sci-fi obsessed woman living in near isolation, Beverly Glenn-Copeland wrote and self-released Keyboard Fantasies in Huntsville, Ontario back in 1986. Recorded in an Atari-powered home-studio, the cassette featured seven tracks of a curious folk-electronica hybrid, a sound realized far before its time. Three decades on, the musician – now Glenn Copeland – began to receive emails from people across the world, thanking him for the music they’d recently discovered.
Play Your Gender · 2017Play Your Gender
★ 5.02017
MovieDocumentary
Juno Award-winning musician Kinnie Starr is on a quest to find out why only 5% of music producers are women even though many of the most bankable pop stars are female. What does it take for a woman to make it in music?
Boys on Film 12: Confession · 2014Boys on Film 12: Confession
★ 4.72014
Movie
Boys On Film's twelfth collection of gay short films exposes private lives, uncovers secrets and presents a choice — to conceal or to confess? Volume 12: Confession features nine new stories, including: Robert Hawk's "Home From The Gym" starring Jake Robbins; Samuel Leighton-Dore's "Showboy" starring Lucas Pittaway and Malcolm Kennard; Bobby de Groot and Arjan van Meerten's animated "Cruise Patrol"; Denis Theriault's "I Am Syd Stone" starring Gharrett Patrick Paon and Michael Gaty; Dustin Shroff's "Deflated" starring Carson Trinity Haverda and Greg Baglia; Filippo Demarchi's "Age 17" starring Fabio Foiada and Ignazio Oliva; Christophe Prédari's "Human Warmth" starring Thomas Coumans and Adrien Desbons; Dominic Haxton's "Tonight It's Me" starring Jake Robbins, Caleb James, and Christian Patrick; and Peter Knegt and Stephen Dunn's "Good Morning" starring Peter Knegt and Oliver Skinner.
Tin Can · 2022Tin Can
★ 4.42022
MovieScience FictionHorror
As the world faces a deadly plague, humanity's hope for a cure lies with a scientist who awakens imprisoned in a metal chamber. She desperately works to escape her confined cell to save the last of humanity.
Bone Cage · 2020Bone Cage
★ 4.02020
MovieDrama
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.
I Am Syd Stone · 2020I Am Syd Stone
★ 3.42020
SeriesDrama
While shooting a film in a small town, a famous actor puts his personal life and career in jeopardy by starting an intense affair with another man.
BabyBaby
MovieComedy
Baby Bagnell is fourteen years old. She has two dead parents and one adult boyfriend. A 1980s coming-of-age story about death, dysfunction, and resilience on roller skates.
Cold DipCold Dip
Movie
Cold Dip is about Jessica Wiebe, an interdisciplinary artist with a fascinating daily self-care practice, cold water dipping throughout Nova Scotia. While the visuals of Jessica's cold dips are stunning, the story that led her to the ice is even more remarkable.
Bystanders · 2023Bystanders
2023
MovieDrama
A group of childhood friends, now in their twenties, reunite and explore their experiences over the years.
Dancing on the Elephant · 2025Dancing on the Elephant
2025
MovieDrama
Faced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna attempt to break out of the 'fox farm' and find a life worth sticking around for.
More Like This
Dolphin Reef · 2018Dolphin Reef
★ 6.82018
MovieDocumentaryFamily
Echo is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-or give in to her silly side and just have fun. Dolphin society is tricky, and the coral reef that Echo and his family call home depends on all of its inhabitants to keep it healthy. But Echo has a tough time resisting the many adventures the ocean has to offer.
Winged Migration · 2001Winged Migration
★ 7.62001
MovieDocumentary
This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of miles and navigating by the stars. These arduous treks are crucial for survival, seeking hospitable climates and food sources. Birds face numerous challenges, including crossing oceans and evading predators, illness, and injury. Although migrations are undertaken as a community, birds disperse into family units once they reach their destinations, and every continent is affected by these migrations, hosting migratory bird species at least part of the year.
Deep Water · 2006Deep Water
★ 7.22006
MovieDocumentaryAdventure
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
The Cove · 2009The Cove
★ 8.02009
MovieDocumentary
The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries were only the tip of the iceberg.
