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  • Film Series Spotlight — Manitoba Film Series!

    Our Manitoba Film Series spotlights the best filmmaking coming out of our province and this year, we have quite the line-up! Urban Eclipse: Rising Tides of Kekekoziibii (Shoal Lake 40) directed by Jesse Green & Vanda Fleury-Green follows. This film follows Green’s travels back to his home. The Shoal Lake aqueduct is a major artery piping…

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  • Film series spotlight –Icelandic Film Series!

    We’re kicking off our film series spotlights with this year’s Icelandic Film Series! GFF has always brought the best in Iceland’s contemporary cinema to the Festival and spotlighted it through a dedicated film series. This series is generously sponsored by Pharmasave Gimli. The first film in our series is The Deposit, The (Tryggð) which is director Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir first…

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  • Advice from a pro – Last year’s RBC Pitch Winner shares her experience!

    Last year’s RBC $10,000 Emerging Filmmaker Pitch Competition winner, Erika Ulrich, shares her experience preparing and pitching.   Erika is heading into production for her film, Palm House (Eternal Youth) which will premiere at the 2019 Festival! She answered a few of our questions for anyone considering submitting a pitch to this year’s competition. Submissions are open…

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  • RBC Sunset Screenings Announced!

    The 2019 RBC Sunset Screenings line-up of high school themed classic films from the ’80s – ’00s is live!  This year, the Festival opens with Amy Heckerling’s Clueless on Wednesday night followed by Rushmore directed by Wes Anderson on Thursday, July 25. The weekend kicks-off with Mean Girls written by Tina Fey and directed by Mark…

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