TALES FROM THE WINNIPEG FILM GROUP
dir. Dave Barber & Kevin Nikkel, 2017
85 mins. Canada
In English with subtitles

Presented by Matchbox Cineclub!

FRIDAY , DECEMBER 10 - 10 PM with an introduction from Matchbox Cineclub! (This event is $10.)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 - 10 PM with an introduction from Matchbox Cineclub! (This event is $10.)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 - 10 PM
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23- 10 PM

Tales from The Winnipeg Film Group is the explosive story of how a stubborn band of independent filmmakers started a film co-operative that became the most highly respected film centre in Canada.

Each screening will be preceded by:

WILL THE REAL DAVE BARBER PLEASE STAND UP?
dir. Dave Barber, 2014
4 min. Canada

In April of 2013 long time Winnipeg Cinematheque programmer Dave Barber was invited to receive the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal. It was a remarkable occasion. The awards ceremony was in a packed hall at the Legislative Building. Everything was going fine until...

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MATCHBOX CINE PRESENTS: TALES FROM WINNIPEG
We are pleased to partner with distributor and subtitler Matchbox Cine to present an updated version of the “Tales From Winnipeg” series they debuted earlier this year. This series features three features from Winnipeg directors as well as a number of shorts.

Matchbox Cine is an independent film exhibitor, specialising in the outcasts, orphans and outliers of cult cinema, and an award-winning subtitler, specialising in access provision for film exhibition & distribution. From Glasgow, Scotland, and currently based in Bristol, England, they programme, curate and promote cult film events across the UK.

Matchbox Cine’s Tales from Winnipeg debuted as an online-only programme in 2020, celebrating the work of renegade Canadian film co-op the Winnipeg Film Group. John Paizs’ seminal Crime Wave (1985) in its TIFF 2K restoration, Guy Maddin’s Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) with new, director-approved score by Ela Orleans and Dave Barber and Kevin Nikkels’ documentary on WFG, from inception to present day.