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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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Caribou in the Archive

By Jennifer Dysart | 00:08:11 | Documentary, Experimental | 7/01/19

In Caribou in the Archive, rustic VHS home video of a Cree woman hunting caribou in the 1990s is combined with NFB archival film footage of northern Manitoba from the 1950s. In this experimental film, the difference between homemade video and official historical record is considered. Northern Indigenous women hunting is at the heart of…

Behind the Image

By Jan Zarzychi | 00:13:00 | Documentary | 01/01/1988

An allegorical documentary about Pope John Paul II's visit to Manitoba. The film blends people's material efforts and their spiritual goals into a united reflection on human life, and an examination of religion in today's world.

From the Dirt

By Carmen Ponto, Tyler Funk | 00:22:14 | Documentary | 5/01/18

A moving documentary set in rural Manitoba, we witness one couple navigate the seasons of their garden and their marriage.

Living In Harmony

By Katy Slimmon | 00:14:01 | Documentary | 05/04/2013

At look at the mysterious and often misunderstood world of Hutterites in Manitoba. Explore the lives of teachers, students, ministers and even hockey players living on the small colony of Crystal Springs. Why do those that stay on the colony enjoy the simple life and strong sense of community while others choose to leave it…

The Blessing

By Shira Newman | 00:14:52 | Narrative-Fiction | 09/04/2017

A young immigrant on an isolated Jewish agricultural settlement in the Canadian prairies falls into a deep depression after the birth of her first child. After overhearing others say she is likely possessed by the demon Lilith, she comes to believe she is a danger to the baby and must wrestle this dark force within…

Tasman Hates the Beach

By Karen Asmundson | 00:03:20 | Documentary, Experimental | 13/11/2016

Why would anyone want to go to the beach during the day? Tasman shares his disdain for beach culture over bleak and grainy Manitoba interlake landscapes.

A Right to Eat

By Janelle Wookey, Jrmie Wookey | 00:48:47 | Documentary | 02/02/2015

A Right to Eat follows regular families, living in Northern Manitoba, in their fight to put healthy food on the table. A deeply intimate look at the frightening realities of food insecurity faced by two of Canadaâs most isolated northern First Nation communities and their courageous battle against hunger, disease and dependency.

Behind the Image

By Jan Zarzychi | 00:13:00 | Documentary | 1/1/1988

An allegorical documentary about Pope John Paul II's visit to Manitoba. The film blends people's material efforts and their spiritual goals into a united reflection on human life, and an examination of religion in today's world.

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…

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.

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