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We serve as a resource for Manitoba filmmakers and video artists, providing access to affordable training, mentorship, production funding, experimentation opportunities, production and post production equipment and facilities, and local, national and international programming and distribution.

Submissions for the 2026 MFM First Film Fund are now open!Deadline is July 15 at 11:59pm. See our website for more detai...
06/12/2026

Submissions for the 2026 MFM First Film Fund are now open!

Deadline is July 15 at 11:59pm. See our website for more details!

2026 Members’ Screening Submissions Now Open!SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, July 31st 2026 at 5:00pm CST WHEN: Fall 2026 (...
06/11/2026

2026 Members’ Screening Submissions Now Open!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, July 31st 2026 at 5:00pm CST
WHEN: Fall 2026 (date TBD)
WHERE: Dave Barber Cinematheque

Submit your film to be considered for the WFG’s annual Members’ Screening. A peer based jury will select films to screen in Fall 2026 (date TBD).

For more info and how to submit:
https://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/wfg-2026-members-screening-submissions-now-open/

Or see the link in our bio!

⭐ Recent Screening Highlights from the Winnipeg Film Group Distribution Catalogue! ⭐We're excited to share a few upcomin...
06/10/2026

⭐ Recent Screening Highlights from the Winnipeg Film Group Distribution Catalogue! ⭐

We're excited to share a few upcoming and recent screenings featuring films from the WFG Distribution catalogue:

Ācimowin Film Festival
June 3–8, 2026 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
✨ Stay Awhile (2024) by John Seymour

The Glass Art Society Film Festival
June 4–6, 2026 - Corning, New York, USA
✨Dead Horse Bay (2024) by Zachary Finkelstein

Carte Blanche program curated by Rhayne Vermette @ VISIONS CINEMA - June 11, 2026 - Montréal, Québec
✨Good Morning Native America (2006) by Darryl Nepinak

Kinoskop – Analog Experimental Film Festival
June 12, 2026 - Belgrade Serbia
✨WAR TIMES (2024) by Christian Zakharchuk

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Still 1: Stay Awhile (2024) by John Seymour

The Winnipeg Underground Film Festival kicked off last night with a wonderful opening reception!Over the course of the f...
06/04/2026

The Winnipeg Underground Film Festival kicked off last night with a wonderful opening reception!

Over the course of the festival, six films from the Winnipeg Film Group Distribution Catalogue will screen across a variety of programs.

On Friday night at 7:00 PM. Cross (1.5 min, 2026) by Sandy McLennan and Melt Music (1.5 min) by Evan Rivard will screen in the infamous 90 Second at the Dave Barber Cinematheque, where all festival screenings are taking place.

Tomorrow evening at 8:30 PM, mystery byrd's b.longing (7 min, 2025) screens as part of What Holds Us Here.

On Saturday afternoon, Olivia Norquay's softer, softest (5 min, 2025) will have its Winnipeg premiere in the program Living Container.

Later that evening, Eric Peterson's Smoke Break (5 min, 2025) and Pique-nique (9 min, 2025) by Jérémy Gagnon will also be having their first Winnipeg screenings in What We Do Is Secret, beginning at 10:00 PM.

It's shaping up to be a fantastic festival. Be sure to get out there and catch these incredible films! 🌠

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Stills (in order): b.longing by mystery byrd, Cross by Sandy McLennan, Melt Music by Evan Rivard, softer, softest by Olivia Norquay, Smoke Break by Eric Peterson, Pique-nique (9 min, 2025) by Jérémy Gagnon

⭐New to the Catalogue !🌙giiwe πρό bizhiw / bizhiw πρό giiwea short film by mystery byrd2025 | 3:33 | Documentary / Exper...
06/02/2026

⭐New to the Catalogue !

🌙giiwe πρό bizhiw / bizhiw πρό giiwe
a short film by mystery byrd
2025 | 3:33 | Documentary / Experimental | Colour, B&W | Super 8mm
"𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰, 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺."

🧩All made up: notes on make believe
a short film by Nicole Blundell
2025 | 5:00 | Experimental / Narrative/Fiction / Animation | 16mm
"𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳. 16𝘮𝘮, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥."

To find out more about these titles and for screening requests please visit our website.

Still 1: giiwe πρό bizhiw / bizhiw πρό giiwe by mystery byrd
Still 2: All made up: notes on make believe by Nicole Blundell

⭐Recent Festival and Educational Screening Highlights from the Winnipeg Film Group Distribution Catalogue!✨Festivals:Ove...
06/01/2026

⭐Recent Festival and Educational Screening Highlights from the Winnipeg Film Group Distribution Catalogue!

✨Festivals:

Over the weekend Sandy McLennan's short film Cross (1.5 min, 2026) screened at the Moviate Underground Film Festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Here in Winnipeg, Melt Music (2 min, 2026) by Evan Rivard screened at the Manitoba Emerging Filmmakers Festival on Saturday, May 2!

New Year/New Work Film Festival presented by the The Film-Makers’ Cooperative in New York, New York, USA screened Zachary Finkelstein's Red Onion (7 min, 2025) .

✨Educational Screenings and Acquisitions:

Athabasca University in Athabasca, AB has acquired a Educational Streaming License for Land of Oil and Water (42 min, 2009) and Overburden (15 min, 2009) by Neil McArthur and Warren Cariou.

École communautaire Réal-Bérard in Otterburne, Manitoba hosted a screening of A Right to Eat (49 min, 2015) by Janelle Wookey and Jérémie Wookey.

êmîcêtôsêt - Many Bloodlines (11 min, 2020) by Theola Ross was screened by the Toronto School Board in Toronto, Ontario.

To find our more about these titles and for screening requests please visit our website.

Still: Land of Oil and Water by Neil McArthur and Warren Cariou

We’re Hiring! Casual Projectionist – Dave Barber Cinematheque (Union Position)Join the WFG as we continue to grow our DB...
05/27/2026

We’re Hiring!

Casual Projectionist – Dave Barber Cinematheque (Union Position)

Join the WFG as we continue to grow our DBC operations.

POSITION: Causal Projectionist (IATSE Local 63)
This is a Union position
DEPARTMENT: Dave Barber Cinematheque
SUPERVISOR: Reports to the Box Office Manager; works closely with the Head Projectionist on technical operations
HOURS: 0 – 10 hrs a week
START DATE: As soon as possible
WAGE: $19.43/hour (per Schedule A of the WFG-IATSE Local 63 Collective Agreement)
BENEFITS: Vacation pay, overtime pay, general holiday pay (if working), professional development, free cinema tickets, auditing of WFG workshops, WFG Production film rental credits

Deadline to apply is June 10th, 2026 11:59 PM

For more information and how to apply please visit:
https://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/were-hiring-casual-projectionist-dave-barber-cinematheque/

Or see the link in our WFG bio.

⭐ New to the Catalogue !The WFG Distribution Department is thrilled to announce the addition of Clown Wanted (2 min, 202...
05/26/2026

⭐ New to the Catalogue !

The WFG Distribution Department is thrilled to announce the addition of Clown Wanted (2 min, 2025) by Mulch and Abba (2 min, 2025) by Harold Kouton to the catalogue!

Still 1: Abba by Harold Kouton
Still 2: Clown Wanted by Mulch

⭐ Screening Highlights from the Winnipeg Film Group Distribution Catalogue!We’re thrilled to share recent festival scree...
05/26/2026

⭐ Screening Highlights from the Winnipeg Film Group Distribution Catalogue!

We’re thrilled to share recent festival screenings and special presentations featuring films from the WFG Distribution catalogue:

📍 Helsinki Analog Festival
Helsinki, Finland | April 3–May 3, 2026
• A Disturbance in the Air (2026) by Clare Samuel

📍 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | April 16–18, 2026
• Pick It Till It Bleeds (2026) by Christina Dovolis and Tavis Putnam
• (for once I dreamed of you) (2025) by Kate Solar

📍 Film Fest Petaluma - World Shorts Showcase
Petaluma, California, USA | May 2, 2026
• THE SNIP (2025) by Alain Delannoy

📍 “Canada Top 10” at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Istanbul, Turkey | May 10, 2026
• My Winnipeg (2007) by Guy Maddin

📍 LimaDocs
Lima, Peru | May 14–23, 2026
• AXOMAMA by Tracy Valcárcel

📍 Fracto
Berlin, Germany | May 27–31, 2026
• (for once I dreamed of you) (2025) by Kate Solar
• Anomalies dans le paysage (2025) by Félix Caraballo

📍 “Controlled Demolition” @ XINEMA
Vancouver, British Columbia | Curated by Dominick Rivers | May 17, 2026
• Mother Nature (2026) by Coop

📍 United Unlimited - Opening Night Fundraiser
Toronto, Ontario | May 22, 2026
• Chroma-dance (2007) by James Pomeroy
• 5¢ a Copy (1980) by Ed Ackerman and Gregory Zbitnew
• Polar Express (2014) by Gwen Trutnau
• Citizens Against Basswood (2013) by Jamiz Asmundson
• Asleep at the Wheel (2005) by Mike Maryniuk

Visit our website for more details and screening highlights.

Still: Polar Express (2014) by Gwen Trutnau ❄

💀 New to the Catalogue ! The WFG Distribution Department is thrilled to announce the addition of Melt Music (2 min, 2026...
05/19/2026

💀 New to the Catalogue !

The WFG Distribution Department is thrilled to announce the addition of Melt Music (2 min, 2026) by Evan Rivard and Cruising in Gomorrah (16:02, 2025) by Coby Friesen to the catalogue!

For screening inquires, or to find out more about these titles please visit our website!

⛺ Link in bio.

Still 1: Melt Music by Evan Rivard
Still 2: Cruising in Gomorrah by Coby Friesen

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