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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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Strongest Man in the World, The

By Halya Kuckmij | 00:29:00 | Documentary | 1/1/1980

This film tells the bittersweet story of strongman and magician Mike Swistun who, for thirty days in 1923, was the strongman with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Born in Olha, Manitoba, Swistun was a Ukrainian farm boy, who, for a short moment in time, achieved fame and fortune only to lose it. Narrated…

Scarecrow

By Jeremy Milmine | 00:08:44 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/2001

While piecing together a scarecrow, a father tells his son the legend behind scarecrow. The legend states that if a scarecrow falls off its stake it comes to life. Intrigued by his fathers story the boy decides to test the authenticity of the legend. This decision proves fatal, as the fallen scarecrow comes to life…

Yodeling Farmer, The

By John Scoles, Mike Maryniuk | 00:06:10 | Animation, Documentary | 01/09/2011

The Yodeling Farmer explores the life and music of Manitoba cowboy yodeling legend Stew Clayton. This playful, animated documentary portrays the charming, yodeling farmer with humour and wit and âlooks the way yodeling sounds.â

Kathleen’s Diary

By Chrystene Ells | 00:06:28 | Animation, Documentary, Experimental | 01/04/2013

Based on actual diary entries made between 1937 and 1945 by Mrs. Kathleen Clews from Amulet Saskatchewan (now a ghost town), this film explores the beautiful and lonely yearning elicited in the filmmaker by the many lost stories in the province's history.

Price of Daily Bread, The

By John Paskievich, Mike Mirus | 00:16:00 | Documentary | 1/1/1985

Anthony Nahuliak, his wife and daughter, farm near Hodgson in the Manitoba Interlake, on land that has been in the family for generations. Now they must sell their farm equipment, house, and land to pay the bank. This movie seems one of Paskievich's harshest yet it is also one of his most tender because it…

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The Winnipeg Film Group is an artist-run education, production, exhibition and distribution centre committed to promoting the art of cinema.

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We’re located in the heart of Winnipeg's historic Exchange District in the Artspace building. We are across the street from Old Market Square at the corner of Arthur Street and Bannatyne - one block west of Main.

The Winnipeg Film Group is located on Treaty 1 Territory and on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene Peoples and in the homeland of the Métis Nation. We offer our respect and gratitude to the traditional caretakers of this land.

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