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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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Barbecue, The

By Winston Washington Moxam | 00:45:45 | Drama, Narrative-Fiction | 2/12/1994

A drama about a young black woman's encounter with her ex-boyfriend's white family. A compelling film about racism.

Open Window

By Cam Woykin | 00:08:11 | Narrative-Fiction | 01/08/2010

Maggie and Rowan attempt to hide the truth from family and friends at their son Dylanâs sixth birthday party. In a single continuous shot, Open Window intimately depicts the portrait of a family and the rising tension of the unspoken.

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…

Tashina

By Caroline Monnet | 00:04:43 | Documentary | 01/11/2010

A young Aboriginal girl's hopes and dreams are re-negotiated within the walls and tunnels of the institution of education.

Quality Time

By Darrell Varga | 00:50:00 | Experimental | 1/1/1992

A woman caught between her brother and her magician lover as they cascade through urban and rural landscapes in an effort to define themselves independent of the noise of media images.

Sorrow’s Companion

By Jody Leigh Pacey | 00:15:30 | Narrative-Fiction | 01/07/2010

A drama about a young Aboriginal man who just gets released from jail. He wants to make changes in his life but the bad choices he makes get in the way. We discover how these bad choices affect his 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…

Magus, The

By Jaimz Asmundson | 00:12:00 | Documentary, Experimental | 01/01/2011

The Magus is a multi-format, process-based experimental film that explores the root of artistic creation. The film documents visual artist, C. Graham Asmundson's body of work over a rigorous six-month period.Filmmaker Jaimz Asmundson, Grahamâs son, uses cinematography and editing as magical weapons to ritualistically birth, destroy and resurrect his father's work. Through psychedelic imagery and…

No Problem

By Eva Colmers | 00:18:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/1/1998

Marcia is determined to create a new life in Canada for her family. She tries hard to fit in and to forget about the horrors of her past. When a charming, persistent salesman knocks on her door, her gentle domestic life is threatened. Pushed to the extreme, what will she rely on?

Two Scoops

By Jackie Traverse | 00:02:55 | Animation, Documentary | 15/10/2008

Hand-drawn illustrations animate this touching personal story about the "Sixties Scoopâ of Aboriginal children into the Canadian child-welfare system.

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