10/24/2026
We’re excited to close this year’s festival with Jenna MacMillan's riotous THE SNAKE, about an ungovernable wild child in her 40s whose life blows up spectacularly, leaving her newly evicted, partially single, and in bed with her best friend’s husband.
The screening opens with DOGGY DOG WORLD, a short film by last year's Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award winner, Andrea Dunne.
Jenna MacMillan is founder of Club Red Productions, Prince Edward Island’s leading independent production company. Her feature directorial debut, THE SNAKE, had its world premiere at SXSW 2026. Jenna was named one of Playback’s 10 to Watch in 2025. She produced the internationally sold thriller A SMALL FORTUNE, the hit comedy WHO'S YER FATHER (Paramount+), and the groundbreaking AMI series PRETTY BLIND. She is on the board of the CMPA, Executive Director of ANCHORFEST and a TMU alumna. Her work has earned a Canadian Screen Award, two Canadian Comedy Awards, and a digital Emmy.
Andrea Dunne is a Writer/Director/Producer based in Newfoundland, Canada. Her most recent directorial work, the short film SECOND PLACE premiered at St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival. She also produced the short film OLIVER, which premiered at Atlantic International Film Festival and has played FilmQuest and Telluride Horror Show, and won Audience Choice at Fog Fest. You can catch her TV writing work on HUDSON & REX’s upcoming season 10. Past shorts she’s written and directed, MAKEOVER and MALIGNANT, have screened across Canada. Andrea’s currently developing multiple projects for the screen with Shaftesbury (MURDOCH MYSTERIES), and writing partner Andrew Strickland.
