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RECENT NEWS: COMMUNITY
  • Thu Jul 20
    Updates From the WFG Distribution Department
    Updates From the WFG Distribution Department
    Highlights include screenings at Mirror Mountain Film Festival in Ottawa, The8Fest in Toronto, and Manitoba’s own Gimli International Film Festival!
  • Thu Jun 22
    “And a current runs through me…”: WFG presents a shorts program in recognition of National Indigenous People’s Day
    “And a current runs through me…”: WFG presents a shorts program in recognition of National Indigenous People’s Day
    Available to watch for free on VUCAVU from June 20th to 29th, the program features films by Caroline Monnet, Sonya Ballantyne, The Ephemerals, Charlene Moore, Chanelle Lajoie, and Jennifer Dysart.
  • Thu Jun 22
    Updates from the WFG Distribution Department
    Updates from the WFG Distribution Department
    Highlights include screenings at The Wild Cinema in Ola, Spain, Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary, and Midnight Madness at TIFF!
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Category Archives: Community

The Task at Hand: Four under-celebrated blue-collar Manitoba films

Mike Maryniuk has assembled some of his favourite films from both the Winnipeg Film Group and the Video Pool archives. He initially set out to find films about working class heroes and forgotten small town local legends. Both the film and video archives are jammed to the rafters with gems and both “Famous for Quality”. Watch it for free now! (60 min)

16th January 2019

The WFG is hiring!

The Winnipeg Film Group seeks a Full-Time Operations Manager to fulfill a new role in our organization. They will be a positive and important addition to our team. Deadline for applications is Monday, January 28. Download Full Job Description as PDF …

24th December 2018

2018 Manitoba Film Hothouse Award: Scott Fitzpatrick

June 6, 2018 The Winnipeg Film Group (WFG) is pleased to announce that Scott Fitzpatrick is the recipient of the 2018 Manitoba Film Hothouse Award. Scott Fitzpatrick is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker, film festival programmer and curator. His most recent work …

6th June 2018

2018 Windy Award Winners Announced – $2750 in Cash Prizes Given Out!

The 3rd annual Windy Awards were held on Saturday, April 7 at the Winnipeg Film Group’s Cinematheque in Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District. The Windy Awards are designed to provide special recognition to independent Manitoba cinema. Each winner received a glass statue …

10th April 2018

Doodling in the Margins: Manitoba Animation

To celebrate International Animation Day on Saturday, October 28 we are launching our second myCinematheque online screening program – an all animation version! Watch it for free now! (45 min)

26th October 2017

WFG Seeks New Executive Director

The Winnipeg Film Group has an immediate opening for a permanent, full-time Executive Director. The Winnipeg Film Group (WFG) is a unique and dynamic artistic cinema centre that reaches out locally, nationally and internationally in support of the art, the …

28th March 2017

Kristin Snowbird completes newest Mosaic Project film

We are pleased to announce that Kristin Snowbird’s film Sweat, commissioned through the Mosaic program, will have its Winnipeg premiere Wed Sept 28 at the WNDX Festival of Moving Image.

26th September 2016

Filmmaker Madison Thomas featured in Millennials of Winnipeg

Winnipeg Indigenous filmmaker and Millennial Madison Thomas acknowledges the impact of the Winnipeg Film Group on her career in Fresh Radio 99.1 video profile.

9th August 2016

Welcoming Syrian Newcomers

We are now accepting applications by Syrian refugee newcomers for free programming at the Winnipeg Film Group and Winnipeg Cinematheque.

8th August 2016

Production Centre Manitoba Tour

WFG Production Centre Director, Ben Williams, talks about his recent tour to rural Manitoba to deliver workshops on making movies with your smartphone (7 mins).

28th July 2016
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