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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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Confessional

By Peter Malcolm | 00:09:43 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 2011-03-19

A ride-sharing driver picks up a client on his way to court to hear a verdict on allegations of corporate theft. Only through discussion of struggle and the pursuit of happiness does the passenger leave the vehicle a changed man.

dialogue

By Matthew Etches | 00:10:21 | Experimental | 01/01/2001

dialogue explores the creation of identity. In this case, the identity of Moira, a hauntingly beautiful and passionate young woman. This is her story: a movement from passive recipient to active creator of Moira's own identity. dialogue concludes with an explosive, and shocking decision.

Sweet Night

By Jessie Short | 00:06:53 | Narrative-Fiction | 07/10/2016

Andy is a young MÃ©tis woman living in a big city. When a friend invites Andy to accompany her to a large city park where she introduces Andy to sweet grass, it sparks a night of interpersonal exploration and self-discovery, ultimately reconnecting Andy with her Indigenous roots.

SWEAT

By Kristin Snowbird | 00:04:44 | Documentary | 21/06/2016

A sweat lodge ceremony cannot be documented. In this film, I recreate my experience and what brought me to the sweat lodge with a metaphorical and poetic interpretation of this beautiful ceremony.

Wake Up!

By Jessie Short | 00:05:58 | Documentary, Experimental | 18/10/2015

A MÃ©tis woman explores identity by transforming herself into one of the only widely known MÃ©tis icons, a man named Louis Riel, who lived over 100 years ago.

Listening at Night

By David McGregor | 00:11:23 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 20/11/2014

A woman recalls an event from her early 20s that left an indefinable but significant mark on her identity. Listening at Night explores how small moments weave themselves into our sense of self and take on greater significance as time passes.

Souvenirs: Waiting for the Parade

By Paula Kelly | 00:07:18 | Documentary | 01/09/2008

Waiting for the Parade transforms the 75th anniversary celebration of Winnipeg in 1948 into a discourse on the city's shifting identities through decades of progress and regress, cynicism and hope.This film is part of a trio of shorts (Sand and Stone, Watermarks, Waiting for the Parade) about the city of Winnipeg, which sift through the…

Choir Boy Lucky

By Ruth DeGraves | 00:17:58 | Documentary | 01/04/2010

Andrew Balfourâs story is an inspiring and triumphant one. Adoption at two months old to a loving family gave him a happy childhood. Then, after learning as a teenager that he was MÃ©tis, he struggled though years of rebellion, homelessness and served a short prison sentence. Once released he turned his life around though song…

Kwoni

By Caroline Monnet | 00:02:30 | Documentary | 01/01/2010

Part of a trilogy of experimental films, Kwoni tells the story of a young man that had to leave its remote community in northern Manitoba to access an education in the city of Winnipeg. South East Collegiate is a boarding school in Winnipeg where students have the chance to participate in the Mino Bimaadiziwin program…

dialogue

By Matthew Etches | 00:10:21 | Experimental | 1/1/2001

dialogue explores the creation of identity. In this case, the identity of Moira, a hauntingly beautiful and passionate young woman. This is her story: a movement from passive recipient to active creator of Moira's own identity. dialogue concludes with an explosive, and shocking decision.

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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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