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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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Sombra Dolorosa

By Guy Maddin | 00:07:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/2004

In this Maxi-Mexi-Melancolour short, the widow Paramo attempts to prevent further familial tragedy - her daughter Dolores wants to join her father, the recently deceased Don Paramo, in death - by taking on El Muerto, Death himself, in the wrestling ring. While the widow struggles in the ring with her undefeatable opponent, Doloroes jumps into…

Dreams of Mourning

By Warren Nightingale | 00:05:00 | Animation, Experimental | 1/6/2004

A man wakes, only to find himself inside a painted landscape - a moving Monet. The dreamscape is in constant flux, nature reshapes and reforms around him, in conflict, like his desire to free himself of his surreal confinement. Will he be lost forever in this never ending fancy of disappear like a faded memory?

Retired

By Bevan Klassen | 00:12:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/2007

Doug fields hundreds of customer calls every day with good humour, but when the phone rings one minute after closing on the worst day of his life, Doug's decision to answer it or not becomes a matter of life and death.

Falling Man, The

By Zarah Laszlo | 00:03:30 | Animation, Experimental | 1/1/1999

The Falling Man is a mostly black and white computer animation about suicide, travel, and windows. It is based upon many Edward Hopper paintings. In honour of "Rumblefish", there is also one orange fish in the film, set against the monochromatic colour scheme.

Playing Dead

By Erica Eyres | 00:04:40 | Experimental, Narrative-Fiction | 1/6/2004

In Playing Dead the character speaks about fake suicide as though it is a productive and fulfilling part of her life. Her dialogue has been modelled loosely around artist interviews, using self-assurance and confidence to talk about a ridiculous and disconcerting subject.

fish in barrel

By Randall Lloyd Okita | 00:08:30 | Experimental | 01/09/2009

A young man faces his demons as his struggle erupts into visions that question what lies below the surface.A live action experimental drama focused on a young man's psychological struggle that combines elements of sculpture, photography, and video to slow time and visually explore the idea of internal conflict. This struggle erupts into visions that…

gains + losses

By Leslie Supnet | 00:03:25 | Animation | 30/09/2011

Through situational vignettes, gains + losses illustrates Supnetâs thoughts on death and other personal, day-to-day anxieties. Made as a goodbye letter to a deceased beloved, the work touches on internal grief, tempered with a playful sense of humour and lo-fidelity charm.

Choked Up

By Julian Mitchell | 00:04:19 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 01/05/2012

An anonymous man in mourning deals with his grief in his own unique way.

Sex of Self-Hatred, The

By Solomon Nagler | 00:09:21 | Experimental | 1/8/2004

Its 1903, and Otto Weininger, Viennas most infamous self-hating Jew, has decided to kill himself in a room containing Beethovens deathbed. He has just published his first book Sex and Character, and has yet to witness an acknowledgment of his self-assured genius. Haunted by the damning statements within his own book, he holds a gun…

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