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FILM CATALOGUE

Search the Winnipeg Film Group's Film Catalogue for independent Canadian films dating back to 1973.

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Archangel

By Guy Maddin | 01:23:00 | Drama, Experimental | 1/1/1990

Archangel is: a tragedy of the Great war; a dreamlike world of long ago lost love; a Goya painting etched in frost. Nestled beneath a white, fluffy blanket of forgetfulness is Archangel, a crystalline city of spires and onion domes. There is a Canadian soldier, a Belgian aviator and a Russian nurse, their minds clouded…

Berlin

By Guy Maddin | 00:01:00 | Experimental | 01/01/2008

Maddin's film incorporates found footage to provide a glimpse of wartime Berlin. Crowds of soldiers march in formation, play instruments and engage in training drills. Burning fires and a frantic pace contrast with the organized movements of the troops, perhaps foreshadowing the destructive events to come.

Careful

By Guy Maddin | 01:40:00 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/1992

Careful, described as Twin Peaks directed by Erich von Stroheim, is a tale of star crossed lovers, duels, and incestuous obsession in a repressed mountain town, filmed with a bizarre and beautiful color scheme.

It’s My Mother’s Birthday Today

By Guy Maddin | 00:05:30 | Experimental | 01/01/2008

This short biographical sketch of Dov Houle, the castrato know as the "Manitoba Meadowlark" who performed on tour withÂ Brand Upon the Brain,Â follows a man and his eggs, a birdcage, chirping birds, and dust-covered, chirping children, all shot in Houle's home during the 2008 NFL Super Bowl.

Dead Father, The

By Guy Maddin | 00:24:30 | Experimental, Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/1985

A young man, whose father has died, experiences an array of post-mortal brushes with his dead father. This grey comedy takes the dark subject matter and produces humorous results.

Nude Caboose

By Guy Maddin | 00:02:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 01/01/2006

A jovial shirtless man attempts to rouse a contingent of lethargic dancers to life in NUDE CABOOSE. His highjinks really get the deadbeats bustin' out until something unusual catches his eye. Dance floor seduction distilled into a fateful moment!

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

By Guy Maddin | 01:10:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/1988

Perhaps the most popular movie ever made in Manitoba, this dreamlike cult film is set during a smallpox epidemic in Gimli, Manitoba near the turn of the century. Gunnar and Einar, are two men who share madness, jealousy, smallpox and a small room in the Gimli Hospital. Trouble lurks because each carries a dark secret.

Odilon Redon: The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity (2008)

By Guy Maddin | 00:06:00 | Experimental | 01/01/2008

Keller, an old sub-aquatic locomotive engineer, and his son Caelum witness a train collision and rescue from its wreckage Berenice, an orphaned pre-adolescent girl-snail. Keller and Caelum adopt Berenice as a member of their family. Keller even names his beloved steam engine after his "daughter". When Berenice reaches puberty, both Keller and Caelum fall in…

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

By Guy Maddin | 01:30:00 | Experimental | 1/1/1997

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs is the dream-struck fantasia of Peter Glahn, a political prisoner returning after several hard years of incarceration, to his homeland of Mandragora where the sun never sets. While traveling by boat, he spends a few precious minutes in the enticing and rarefied company of Juliana (Pascale Bussières), a beauteous young…

FuseBoy (Workbooks)

By Guy Maddin, Jody Shapiro | 00:04:00 | Experimental | 01/01/2005

Ignorant armies of sketchy people clashing by night

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