Hughie Hackett (Robbie Carruthers) has spent his life doing as little as possible without actually doing nothing at all, squandering his potential. Frustrated that his Uncle Angus (Daniel Lillford), known as the best Hackett fisherman in town, a reputation secured by sabotaging his competition, is about to sell off the family fishing company, Hughie forms a misguided plan to pretend that a simple-minded man is his long-lost brother, the key to his father's will.

Set in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Jiggers tells the story of an asthmatic step dancer who overcomes his disability with the help of a struggling hip hop artist.

When a boat-full of money is discovered by two Irish Moss harvesters, their decision to keep it leads them down a dark and violent path.