Guy Maddin Movies

Plot under wraps.

The mountain-village passions of a German widow and her sons unfold in the style of a 1920s expressionist movie.

Guided by the spirit of “The Cuadecuc Manifesto” (coined by co-director Evan Johnson and inspired by Pere Portabella’s 1970...

A short film in which Isabella Rossellini discusses the life and work of her father, Roberto Rossellini.

The shield maiden of Gimli yearns for the drowned fisherman Mundi while her acolytes in mourning aid her in this fact-based account of a tragic...

Film created for inclusion on "Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse", a collection of short films built around the music of indie rock band Sparklehorse.

Guy Maddin narrates a surreal animated ode to the Métis freedom fighter and founder of the province of Manitoba.

A tribute to underground filmmaker Jack Smith. The film centers around a graphic transsexual orgy.

While an opera singers sings in a snowy and cold street, we are allowed to witness a meeting between a man and a woman through blowing net curtains....

A group of drowned men arise from Lake Winnipeg to individually visit the homes of lonely women. home. After various passionate trysts, the men grab...

After a bad day at work, a fairground performer sets out to disprove the theory of heredity so that he can marry his sister.

An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.

Winnipeg, 1939: Bosnian immigrant Nihad Ademi conceives of a way to harness the power of the Aurora Borealis in order to broadcast imagery of his...

A deceased filmmaker experiences a posthumous dream in which he attempts to reunite with his wife. (Homage to Italian film director Federico Fellini...

The explosive story of how a stubborn band of independent filmmakers started a film co-operative that became the most highly respected and...

Acclaimed Canadian artist Cliff Eyland looks back on his life after a successful double lung transplant.

Guy Maddin flies to Kansas City, Missouri, in a vain attempt to save cinema as it continues to die from contempt and neglect.

Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to...

A surreal short film featuring a zookeeper with a large moustache.

A story about an aging crime family patriarch.