Bruce Sweeney

Last Wedding (2001)

Three couples in Vancouver navigate their relationships: first jobs, first crises, professional jealousy, an affair, and lack of communication. Noah and Zipporah marry after a brief courtship. She wants to be a singer and stalls out when she fails. He's working ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Molly Parker  •  Frida Betrani  •  Ben Immanuel  •  Babs Chula

Three couples in Vancouver navigate their relationships: first jobs, first crises, professional jealousy, an affair, and lack of communication. Noah and Zipporah marry after a brief courtship. She wants to be a singer and stalls out when she fails. He's working ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Molly Parker  •  Frida Betrani  •  Ben Immanuel  •  Babs Chula

The Dick Knost Show (2015)

Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding) directs this keenly observed and wickedly funny media satire about a self-absorbed sports-radio shock jock whose controversial social-media missive makes him the target of network scrutiny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Tom Butler  •  Jillian Fargey  •  David Lovgren  •  Tom Scholte

Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding) directs this keenly observed and wickedly funny media satire about a self-absorbed sports-radio shock jock whose controversial social-media missive makes him the target of network scrutiny.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Tom Butler  •  Jillian Fargey  •  David Lovgren  •  Tom Scholte

Dirty (1998)

Disparate characters are connected by loneliness and a desire for human interaction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Babs Chula  •  Ben Immanuel  •  Tom Scholte  •  Nancy Sivak

Disparate characters are connected by loneliness and a desire for human interaction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Babs Chula  •  Ben Immanuel  •  Tom Scholte  •  Nancy Sivak

American Venus (2007)

Jenna Lane is a young woman trying to escape family pressure to become an Olympic athlete and define her own individuality. Her mother is Celia, a deeply disturbed woman with addictions to emotional abuse and handguns. As she attempts to manipulate Jenna and feed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Rebecca De Mornay  •  Jane McGregor  •  Matt Craven  •  Anna Amoroso

Jenna Lane is a young woman trying to escape family pressure to become an Olympic athlete and define her own individuality. Her mother is Celia, a deeply disturbed woman with addictions to emotional abuse and handguns. As she attempts to manipulate Jenna and feed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Rebecca De Mornay  •  Jane McGregor  •  Matt Craven  •  Anna Amoroso

Crimes of Mike Recket (2012)

Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding) returns to the Festival with this neo-noir police procedural — set against the backdrop of economic hard times — about a failed real estate agent (Nicholas Lea, in a bravura performance) whose recent attempt to turn things around makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Nicholas Lea  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Paul Skrudland  •  Nancy Sivak

Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding) returns to the Festival with this neo-noir police procedural — set against the backdrop of economic hard times — about a failed real estate agent (Nicholas Lea, in a bravura performance) whose recent attempt to turn things around makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Nicholas Lea  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Paul Skrudland  •  Nancy Sivak

Kingsway (2019)

A single car mechanic's suspicions that her sister-in-law is having an affair prompts their small circle of family and friends to confront their own stalled routes to romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Camille Sullivan  •  Jeff Gladstone  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Colleen Rennison

A single car mechanic's suspicions that her sister-in-law is having an affair prompts their small circle of family and friends to confront their own stalled routes to romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Camille Sullivan  •  Jeff Gladstone  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Colleen Rennison

Live Bait (1995)

A 23-year-old slacker tries find his way amidst the oppressive suburban environment where he was raised in this Canadian comedy-drama. Amiable Trevor McIntosh faces two major problems. He wants to get away from his overbearing mom, philandering father and his older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Tom Scholte  •  Kevin McNulty  •  Babs Chula  •  David Lovgren

A 23-year-old slacker tries find his way amidst the oppressive suburban environment where he was raised in this Canadian comedy-drama. Amiable Trevor McIntosh faces two major problems. He wants to get away from his overbearing mom, philandering father and his older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Tom Scholte  •  Kevin McNulty  •  Babs Chula  •  David Lovgren

Excited (2009)

A thirty-something single man is afraid his latest romance will be over before it starts in this independent comedy from writer and director Bruce Sweeney. Eight years after his marriage ended in divorce, Kevin is doing well in his career as the owner of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Cam Cronin  •  Laara Sadiq  •  Paul Skrudland  •  Gabrielle Rose

A thirty-something single man is afraid his latest romance will be over before it starts in this independent comedy from writer and director Bruce Sweeney. Eight years after his marriage ended in divorce, Kevin is doing well in his career as the owner of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Sweeney
CAST:  Cam Cronin  •  Laara Sadiq  •  Paul Skrudland  •  Gabrielle Rose