On Screen Manitoba

Sean Garrity's thriller Blood Pressure opens Friday, tomorrow March 8th, 2013 at the Grant Park Cinema.

Reid Dickie's new 47-minute docudrama The Lonesomes will be screened at the Portage Place IMAX on Monday, March 4 at 7pm.

The evening featuring 4 of Danielle Sturk's films will conclude with the premiere of her newest work Kyden in 7 Movements, a deeply personal profile of a five year old named Kyden who lives with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and the unique bond he shares with his mother and sister.

The following article about Winnipeg filmmaker Ryan McKenna's feature debut, The First Winter, which screens at Cinematheque this weekend, was originally published on the CBC Manitoba Scene website on January 9. 

A CAT IN PARIS

2010 | FRANCE | 70 MIN | (French w/ English subtitles)
SUN MAR 3 – 2:00 PM

IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS

1962 | USA | 98 MIN
SUN FEB 24 – 2:00 PM

Claymation is a treat for anyone. Make your own monkey and props out of clay and watch them come to life with stop motion animation. The animations will be shown after the screening!

Get inspired by Art City and create your very own city…with art! Our friends from EDGE gallery will be there to help you build your city and Freeze Frame facilitators will record your every move with pictures to make a cool animated video. The animations will be shown after the screening!

You can help create and ride EDGE Gallery’s rendition of Valcor in our Pixelation workshop. Imagine yourself flying through the sky on your very own dragon. The animations will be shown after the screening!

This time, you can’t tell your kids not to play with junk. With the help of Freeze Frame, you will create a stop motion animation videos that will give life to otherwise trashed objects. Create your very own Iron Giant! The animations will be shown after the screening!

Our Freeze Frame facilitators will finally have a perfect excuse to create an “underwater” animation that Captain Nemo would be proud of. With BIG ANIMATION you become the star and can put your creativity to work with submarine props created by you and artists from EDGE gallery. The animations will be shown after the screening!