Adam Butcher
9 titles
Filmography
9 results

Saint Ralph
(2005)A rebellious ninth grader suffers a family tragedy and decides to seek a miracle by trying to win the 1954 Boston Marathon with the help of a priest.

Dog Pound
(2010)After a teenager blinds an abusive correctional officer, he and two other boys land in a juvenile detention center, where they must fight to survive.

Heyday!
(2006)Set during WWII, this is the story of a teenager who deals with his suffering by escaping into a fantasy world of movie stars and romance.

Privileged
(2010)An uncomfortable conversation between the African immigrant community and the Black American community.

Debug
(2014)Six young computer hackers, sent to work on a derelict spaceship, are forced to match wits with a vengeful artificial intelligence that would kill to be human.
Temple Wood: A Quest for Freedom
(2012)Celtic Mythology student Martin becomes embroiled in a local conspiracy involving Pagan sex rituals and the Horned God himself. Set in the remote Scottish Highlands, this wacky, surrealist homage to 1970s folk horror comes complete with a synthwave score.

First Response
(2015)After a robbery gone wrong, a veteran paramedic and her partner are taken hostage and forced to treat a criminal in the back of a moving ambulance.

We're All in This Together
(2022)When a matriarch becomes a viral sensation, her dysfunctional family has to do something they never thought possible: act like a real family.

The Lesser Blessed
(2012)Premiered to critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and based on the celebrated novel by Richard Van Camp, The Lesser Blessed is an eye-opening depiction of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in today's modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, fragile and yet angry, seeking clarity clouded by confusion, seeking to belong without belonging, comes the story of three unlikely friends isolated in a small rural town discovering what they can of life and love amid racial tensions and the recklessness of youth, in a world clouded by a dark mystery from his past.