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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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Actor, The

By John Paskievich | 00:29:46 | Documentary | 1/1/1990

Ken D'Cruz, originally from India, worked as a Winnipeg photographer until his death in 1990. Charmingly disheveled much of the time, he possesses such a remarkable talent for taking baby pictures that customers call him back year after year to chronicle the growth of their offspring. D'Cruz scrambles from Winnipeg suburbs to the rural outskirts…

Demons of Bars and Tone

By David Zellis | 00:08:30 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/2001

A man is tortured both mentally and physically by his television. As the man is suffering, the television plays commercials representing his life, both past and present. Based on a real life incident of a young unemployed man whose TV addiction had serious consequences (he was found dead in front of the TV one day;…

Magdalene

By Cathy Hall | 00:06:04 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/1985

The emotional and mental life of a homeless bag lady obsessed with Marlene Dietrich. A comical but sympathetic glimpse into the imaginary world of a woman who is beautiful in spirit, but sad of heart. Jarringly close to our own realities, and our own limitations in life.

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…

Alley, The

By Bill Dow | 00:17:00 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/1998

Bernie, a squeegee kid who struggles to survive in the city, finds a friend in Mo, a veteran of the streets who chooses to live and paint in the alley. The Alley is a story of friendship and compassion between two unlikely street people, an old man and a young teenager.

Shaken

By Mike Turesky | 00:09:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/12/2002

The main character faces a difficult choice, which will change what is left of his life, forever. The mysterious presence of a girl in red set the stage for tragedy, revenge, sacrifice and most importantly, love.

Exquisite Corpse (2003)

By Cindy Murdoch | 00:06:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/10/2003

A story about the absence of morals and personal responsibility in the pursuit of knowledge, told through the 19th century rise of anatomy. A physician gets caught up in his lust for anatomy and takes his work home with him.

Carrot Teen

By Mike Maryniuk | 00:05:30 | Comedy, Narrative-Fiction | 1/3/2005

A lonely man plants carrots and pulls up a young man.

Muskeg Special

By Gregory Zbitnew | 01:54:00 | Documentary | 1/5/2007

'Muskeg Special' was one of the first 'official' Winnipeg Film Group productions back in 1979 when a group of intrepid independents ventured North with a 16mm Arriflex and the curiosity to discover what life was like in small communities along the Hudson Bay Rail line. That summer also marked the 50th Anniversary of completion of…

Going going gone

By Carole O'Brien | 00:02:37 | Experimental | 01/03/2008

A young girlâs dispute with her motherâ¦ and its unexpected poetic unravelling. She waves to the camera and as her turmoil disappears, so does she. (This film was commissioned by the Winnipeg Film Groupâs Cinematheque for its 25th anniversary, Silverscope)

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