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Plot Summary
Winnipeg is the star of Guy Maddin’s fantastical rumination on his home city—magic, whimsy and melodrama alternate with archival footage and charming animation.
Quotes
“You will be plunged into the mind of a man who thinks in the images of old silent films, disreputable documentaries, movies that never were, from eras beyond comprehension. His imagination frees the lurid possibilities of the banal. He rewrites history; when that fails, he creates it.”
-Roger Ebert
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Festivals and Awards
Berlinale, Germany, February 2008
Istanbul, Turkey, February 2008
Punto De Vista, Spain, February 2008
Mexico City International Contemproary Film Festival, Mexico, Febarury 2008
Belgrade, Serbia, February 2008
Las Palmas International Film Festival, Spain, February 2008
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, March 2008
NatFilm Festival, Denmark, March 2008
Singapore Film Festival, Singapore, April 2008
Bueonos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina, April 2008
European Media Arts Festival, Serbia, April 2008
IndieLesboa – Lisbon Internaional Indie Film Festival, Portugal, April 2008
Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea, May 2008
Midnight Sun, Finland, June 2008
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan, June 2008
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, July 2008
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, July 2008
Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, July 2008
Motovun Film Festival, Croatia, July 2008
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, July 2008
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia, August 2008
Riga International Film Festival ‘Arsenals’, Latvia, September 2008
Lund International Fantastik Film Festival, Sweden, September 2008
Athens International Film Festival, Greece, September 2008
Pacific Meridian Film Festival, Russia, September 2008
Bangkok International Film Festival, Thailand, September 2008
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, September 2008
Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2008
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya, Spain, October 2008
2morrow International Film Festival, Russia, October 2008
Vienna International Film Festival, Austria, October 2008
Cineurope Film Festival, Spain, November 2008
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, November 2008
Havana Film Festival, Cuba, December 2008
Tromso International Film Festival, Norway, January 2009
Urban International Film Festival, Iran, March 2009
*Winner: Best Experimental Documentary
Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania, May 2009
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland, September 2009
International Bruno Schultz Festival, Ukraine, May 2010
Art Musuem of Estonia, Estonia, April 2011