Branchage Festival, 25-28th September 2008, Jersey.

Director: Guy Maddin
Year: 2008
Duration: 80 min
Country: Canada
Cast: Darcy Fehr, Ann Savage

A personal portrait of filmmaker Guy Maddin's hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A documentary (or “docu-fantasia” as Maddin proclaims) that inventively blends local and personal history with surrealist images and metaphorical myths, the film covers everything from the fire at the local park, which leads to a frozen lake of distressed horse heads, to pivotal and factually heightened scenes from Maddin’s own childhood, all laced with a startling emotional honesty.

MY WINNIPEG is Maddin’s most personal film and a truly unique cinematic experience, winning the award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the opening night selection of the Berlin Film Festival’s Forum.

This screening at Branchage is in conjunction with Soda Pictures, accompanied by their shorts selection taken from their 'My Hometown' competition entitled YOUR WINNIPEG.

WHY YOU MUST SEE THIS FILM: Guy Maddin is one of the world's foremost film artists; frozen horseheads bursting from the ice is an image that'll stay with you for a long time...

PRE SCREENING ENTERTAINMENT:
Stanley Forbes (Live)

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