Sweetland is a 2023 Canadian drama film, co-written and directed by Christian Sparkes.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Crummey, the film stars Mark Lewis Jones as Moses, a retired fisherman who refuses to leave the isolated Newfoundland and Labrador outport town of Sweetland when the provincial government launches a resettlement initiative.
[1] The film premiered on September 15 at the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival,[2] and received a gala screening at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival on September 19.
He was also the winner of the award for Best Atlantic Canadian Feature, albeit for his concurrent film The King Tide rather than Sweetland.
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