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Feature film Still Your Song, written and directed by Britany Sparrow and produced by Kayla Ossachuk, will have its New Brunswick premiere on Sunday at the Silver Wave Film Festival. But the road to this moment was a long one.

Still Your Song, made on $12,000 budget, showing Sunday at Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton

Hannah Rudderham · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 07, 2025 1:40 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

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Five people stand next to a black and yellow checkerboard road sign next to a body of water with choppy waves. Still Your Song follows five former members of the indie rock band Low Tide who return to their small town for their high school reunion. From left, Abbie McCarthy, Rylan Melles, Andrew Allen, Kaitlyn Adair and Esther Soucoup. (Jules Keenan/Submitted by Britany Sparrow)

When Britany Sparrow of Fredericton sat down 6 ½ years ago to write a movie script, she realized quickly that it required more than a short film treatment. 

“Writing and directing a feature, I feel, is sort of like a bucket list thing that a lot of aspiring filmmakers have,” said Sparrow, who has written and directed nine short films.

“I didn’t really set out to do it at the beginning, but I came home one day and started writing this script … and then I just fell in love with the story.”

Years later and the script will be making its New Brunswick debut Sunday at the Silver Wave Film Festival,

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