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FILM CATALOGUE

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Survival Lessons

By Ryan McKenna | 00:56:33 | Documentary | 01/04/2013

The 1980s saw the birth of prairie post-modern cinema, a Winnipeg art movement that gained major international acclaim. At the centre of the movement was the subversive Greg Klymkiw, who produced, acted in and distributed all of the major works of Guy Maddin. Survival Lessons is a humorous film featuring candid interviews with Klymkiw and…

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…

On A Sunday

By Bevan Klassen | 00:16:00 | Narrative-Fiction | 1/11/2004

In a 1950s Canadian prairie town, a son's long-time desire to attend a church camping retreat with his father unearths a long-standing grudge held by a controlling church leader.

Praying Mantis Up Skirt

By Allison Bile, Jennifer Bisch | 00:02:15 | Animation, Experimental | 01/10/2007

A band of insects wreak havoc over the prairies and silly praying mantis canât seem to keep up.

Belt Buckle / Quonset Hut

By Terry Mialkowsky | 00:01:30 | Comedy, Narrative-Fiction | 01/01/2009

A picture and sound love poem to Saskatchewan. Standing firm against the harsh prairie wind and sun, determined and proud: the belt buckle and the quonset hut.

La Revue

By Coral Aiken, Eve Majzels | 00:04:30 | Experimental | 01/04/2010

Art forms have been killing each other off for centuries. In an artistic autopsy, Aiken and Majzels examine the death of vaudeville. Through dance, performance and music, this film uses the trappings of vaudeville to tell the story of its demise. With a cabaret of sad double acts, aging burlesque dancers and tired magicians, the…

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