Winner, Best Canadian Film, 2007 Toronto International Film Festival

Opening Night Selection, 2008 Berlin Film Festival

Have you ever wanted to relive your childhood and do things differently? Guy Maddin (THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!) casts B-movie icon Ann Savage as his domineering mother in attempt to answer that question in MY WINNPEG, a hilariously wacky and profoundly touching goodbye letter to his childhood hometown. 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 lead 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. (Note courtesy IFC)

DIR/SCR/PROD Guy Maddin; SCR George Toles; PROD Phyllis Laing and Jody Shapiro. Canada, 2007, color, 80 min. RATED G

AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings of MY WINNIPEG