The Only Film in Town: How A Little Film With a Big Heart Was Made in Rural Nova Scotia

The Only Film in Town is a memoir about the making of a small-town feature film with heart. When Stuart Creswell of Simple Films Ltd. decided to make The Only Game in Town in and around Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, he did not anticipate the ups and the downs he would encounter, including the scrapping of the province’s film tax credit. Inspired by his own family, Creswell recruited young and sometimes inexperienced talent, and he forged ahead.

His film is the story of Cormack Vertue, an autist...