November 5, 2014
WFG distributed short film wins award!
James McLellan’s clever thriller Period Piece has won Best Canadian Short Film – Audience Choice Award (Gold) at the 9th annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Congratulations to James and the entire cast…
October 29, 2014
CONTEST: Name These Films!
And the winner is: Susan Algie! Congratulations to Susan for correctly naming all 6 films in our mosaic. Susan wins a copy of our book PLACE. The movies listed are:…
October 28, 2014
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Winnipeg Film Group ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014 – 6:30 PM Cinematheque – Main Floor, 100 Arthur Street AGENDA 6:30 PM 1. Call to order 6:30 – 6:35 PM 5 mins…
October 27, 2014
Winnipeg filmmakers win at imagineNATIVE!
We are happy to announce that WFG members Janelle and Jérémie Wookey won the BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY award at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival for their new film Treading Water. …
October 22, 2014
WFG member wins award!
Congratulations to Curtis L. Wiebe on winning the Best Original Music Goldie Award from the 2014 Vancouver Island Short Film Festival! Curtis and Marlon Wiebe’s short film Bome Gnomeski, about a little tree who goes…
October 22, 2014
BLOG: Reel Pride
I attended Winnipeg’s longest running film festival, Reel Pride, this past weekend and had my eyes opened. What a great festival! “Reel Pride exists to celebrate queer media arts and…
October 20, 2014
BLOG: At the intersection of iakwé:iahre and the WFG’s 40th anniversary
I recently attended the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective’s colloquium, iakwé:iahre / se remémorer / we remember, in Montreal. The conference theme was designed to consider the role and intersection of new…
October 15, 2014
Notice of Special General Meeting
As announced earlier this year, the Winnipeg Film Group’s board of directors received a request for Special General Meeting, however without a listed reason or proposed agenda item. The board of…
October 14, 2014
November/December Staff Picks
Check out some highlights of what's coming up at Cinematheque in November/December and download a PDF copy of the program guide.
October 9, 2014
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma screens WFG films
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, held Oct 8-19 in Montreal features two short films from our Distribution Catalogue: pastoral by Dan Browne and Seasick by Eva Cvijanovic. Also featured at the renowned…