Watch the Reel East Coast Season Finale!

Experience Outstanding Atlantic Canadian Talent

Join Jeff Douglas for exceptional Atlantic Canadian shorts, and new to this season, conversations with select filmmakers. You can binge all four episodes of Season 10 for free on CBC Gem, including the season finale! This final episode features work from a REC alumni, animation from an emerging NS artist, a musical exploration of place, and a compelling portrait of rock climbing enthusiast, alongside a conversation with filmmaker Tyler Burr.

73 Seconds

It’s 1986, Shannon Crane means to be bound for a future she cannot know, on a day filled with possibility and hope. In her 7th grade class, Shannon has to reckon with the ordinary calamity of being herself after a number of simultaneous incidents.

Director: Stacy Gardner
Province: Newfoundland

Permit Garden

A dreamlike parable about immigration, Permit Garden follows a nameless child as they toil to gain exit from the Garden. But as time goes on, they wonder if escape is even possible.

Director: Jenny Yujia Shi
Province: Nova Scotia

You Move Me (Tu Me Mouves)

From the album Mouvance, Tu me mouves combines the text of Sarah Marylou Brideau, the voice of Suzie LeBlanc, and the music of Jérôme Blais, taking us on a journey to the elusive Isle of Caraquet in New Brunswick

Director: Stéphane Lévesque
Province: New Brunswick

Carved From Stone

Brooke Carten has been rock climbing for long enough that it’s hard to imagine who she’d be without it. How has climbing shaped the person she’s become?

Director: Tyler Burr
Province: New Brunswick