Polarities: A young American takes a teaching job at a university in the Canadian north where he engages in an undefined relationship with an emotionally unstable female student. As her state of mind deteriorates, their involvement moves to a sad reluctant betrayal.

Man from Mars: Christine is a plain girl in a family of slender beauties. One day, an impoverished Asian exchange student insinuates himself into her life and she actually begins to feel attractive. But when the young man's odd behaviour is called into question, the police become involved and Christine is ultimately forced to make a difficult choice.

Betty: In rural Ontario, young Alice and her family move into their small summer cottage next door to kindly Betty and her husband Fred. Before the summer is over, Fred has run off with another woman and Betty has suffered a breakdown. Years later, when an erratic Betty reappears in their lives, teenaged Alice must come to terms with the world's unfairness.

Death by Landscape: Sixty-five-year old Lois compulsively collects landscape paintings, although she never goes near the wilderness. A new painting sends her on a flashback to a summer camp of her youth, when she and her best friend, Lucy embark on a camp canoe trip. In a moment, which Lois has contemplated for over fifty years, Lucy silently disappears near the edge of a cliff, never to be seen again. Now, Lois gazes into these paintings as if her young friend might re-emerge from deep within the wilderness they depict.

Isis in Darkness: Richard, a would-be-poet in his early twenties is entranced by Selena, a talented young poet who is clearly the real thing. But when she criticizes his poetry and rejects him romantically, Richard marries another. Years later, a chance encounter with Selena pushes Richard's marriage to its inevitable demise. And still later, news of Selena's death galvanizes Richard into the fevered work that becomes a celebration of Selena's life and poetry.

Sunrise: A reclusive painter tries to maintain tight control over every aspect of her life in order to keep at bay the dark forces which threaten to overcome her. As a result she cannot engage with her subjects and her art falls short. Finally, by engaging with a seemingly dangerous young man, she breaks through her demons.
Total running time: ca. 180 min. DVD 2730

Performers: Stephen Brennan, Barry McGovern, Sam McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford, Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Milo O'Shea, Jeremy Irons, John Hurt, Sean McGinley, Gary Lewis, Susan FitzGeral, Joan O'Hara, Paola Dionisotti, Anna Massey, Sean Foley, Rosaleen Linehan, Richard Johnson, Harold Pinter, Rebecca Pidgeon, John Gielgud, Jim Norton, Timothy Spall, Hugh B. O'Brien. Keith Allen, Niall Buggy, Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Charles Simon, Jean Anderson, Pat Kinevane, Marcello Magni, Stephen Brennan, Alan Rickman, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliet Stephenson, Penelope Wilton. Originally produced in 2000. "Radio Telefis Eireann & Channel 4 in association with Bord Scannan na hEireann. DVD 1226

Separate bibliography of works about the Brontes and film

separate bibliography on film adapatations of Lewis Carroll