Movies by Stephen Oates
Pearls
A young man is forced to confront his past traumas following his first day of work on a logging camp in the 1930s.
A Fire in the Cold Season
A whisper among the sprawling forests and mill towns of central Newfoundland. A body found on the side of a river brings together a reclusive fur trapper and a heartsick mother-to-be. Scott is lonely and desperate to give himself meaning. Mona is strong-willed, but frustrated by her fragility. As a reluctant dependence blossoms the pair find themselves wading into violence, answering for the debts of a dead man. Stalked by outlaws, they plan an exit.
Riverhead
A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.
Hangashore
An artist, haunted by visions, leaves Iceland to chase the ghost of her father.