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FILM CATALOGUE

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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…

Starwatchers

By Dean Naday, Dennis Valdron | 00:14:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/10/1997

A mockumentary that follows the stars of a fictional sci-fi TV series confronted by obsessed fans. Set at an actual sci-fi convention and intercut with special effects.

Triptophonic

By James Rewucki | 01:12:00 | Documentary | 1/2/2003

In July and August of 2002 an unknown band named Guerrilla Funk Monster took to the road to promote their debut double CD release. Triptophonic follows the band as they make their way across the beautiful landscape of Canada grinding out their original brand of funk rock in small clubs from Victoria to St. Johns…

Opposite of Forever

By Karl Jones | 00:26:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/2002

One relationship falls apart, while another lets go of a love that still survives. All the while a struggling artist watches on as this all unfolds before him, trying himself to come to grips with his own relationship questions through his art.

Fever of the Western Nile, The

By Deco Dawson | 00:08:00 | Experimental | 1/7/2003

Summer passings observed the enigmatic West Nile malady stel its way into the minds and forests of Winnipeg wanderers, casting its feverish amnesia spell; immobilizing wooded creatures collectively pleading to e cured and released of their infirmity. A caution wanderer disregards her own ailment to aid the others as best she can; however the forest…

East of Euclid

By Jeff Solylo | 01:28:00 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/2004

A newspaper reporter breaks a front page story that almost breaks her heart. The story involves murder, gambling, money-laundering and the kidnapping of a Finnish hockey player. Plus, she realizes that she is part of a complex love triangle involving a Russian gambler hiding from the KGB, a perogie factory girl and the daredevil news…

Cowards Bend the Knee

By Guy Maddin | 01:04:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/2003

Jam-packed with enough kinetically photographed action to seem like a never-ending cliff-hanger, Guy Maddins tremendous Cowards Bend the Knee is a Feuillade serial ultra-condensed and blenderised, as ghostwritten by Euripides. If fiction is sometimes barely disguised autobiography, Cowards is its mirror image, twisted and poisoned wish-fulfillment: the mythomaniacal Maddin casts himself (actually, Darcy Fehr) as…

Real Thing: Coca, Democracy and Rebellion in Bolivia, The

By Jim Sanders | 01:32:00 | Documentary | 1/10/2004

The Real Thing is an independently produced documentary that exposes the disturbing truth about the American led "Drug War", and now the "War on terrorism" and the impact that this foreign policy has on the indigenous peoples of Bolivia. It is a film that peels away the layers of rhetoric used to justify American policy,…

Baggage

By Kevin Nikkel | 00:06:00 | Documentary, Experimental | 1/2/2005

What percentage of Americans pretend to be Canadian while traveling abroad?

504938C

By Ervin Chartrand | 00:06:10 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 1/6/2005

504938C is about rebirth. It is the story of a young man trying to come to grips with his past as he looks towards the future. The film takes place in the mans jail cell as he prepares for his release from prison. We watch as he burns Indian medicine for strength. He flashes back…

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