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, which began Thursday. The showing starts at 7 p.m. in the University of New Brunswick's Tilley Hall.

Filmmaker Britany Sparrow sat down more than six years ago to write a script that would later b

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