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- An amnesiac soldier, seeking his lost love, arrives in Archangel in northern Russia to help the townsfolk in their fight against the Bolsheviks, all quite unaware that the Great War ended three months ago.
- While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told a tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the Lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofridur in a Gimli of old.
- On a secluded prairie farm, adolescent boys labor in wheat fields for a sexually predatory warden. One boy begins to receive secret visitations from a mysterious girl who promises to help him escape, but with hope comes punishment.
- The sisters of the Delta Omega sorority won a free weekend at a luxurious hotel & spa. They planned on having a fun and steamy weekend. However, things go from steamy to bloody when an escaped serial killer checks in to the hotel and crashes their party. The heat will be on at the HOT TUB PARTY MASSACRE!!!
- The bold new girl at school inspires three classmates to follow her down a blissful path of self-realization, where they stumble upon a dark truth that forever galvanizes their friendship.
- One man's materialistic pursuit of happiness is derailed on the eve of his fortieth birthday by a ghost and three spirits who teach him the value of family over adrenaline rushes and the party life
- ShortJack Brodie puts his back out rushing to a job interview with a big oil company. Unexpected turn of events puts Jack in an unconventional situation to have the Interview. He ends up landing the job but not without some shenanigans along the way.
- Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies.
- Biography of Canadian filmmaker Arthur Lipsett, who committed suicide in 1986.
- When Katrina asks Dmitri his opinion on her artwork, he scrambles to find an answer that's not going to get him in trouble. But their relationship is put to the test when Dmitri's tepid response forces Katrina to expose Dmitri's secret.
- In the most revealing Bigfoot documentary to date, the true nature of this elusive creature is unleashed on the hordes of tourists, protesters, and hunters who gather for the annual Bigfoot hunt extravaganza.
- Nick has a hard time fitting in with his suburban life and conforming to the macho stereotypes expected of him, unlike his rival, Corny Blower.
- Our hero, Frank the business man, peruses the Adult Classifieds in search of a lunch hour "quickie". He and his co-worker get more than they bargained for when they encounter a "real" dominatrix.
- Villosh is a small-time Russian gambler hiding from the KGB in a dreary perogie factory in Winnipeg. He dreams of rolling the dice in Atlantic City - but he needs a lot of money to make the move. So he concocts a scheme to kidnap a Finnish hockey star that steadily goes awry.
- Friendship comes in many forms.
- Everyone owns a "Finky." A small, rounded creature that was returned to Earth years ago aboard the first manned mission to Mars expedition. Several different species of Finky make up their race, each possessing its own distinctive characteristics by which they are named after: Resonators react to sound; Scenters spin wildly when exposed to odor; Tactiles are stimulated by touch; Reactors respond to visual movement and Pulsators do nothing but...pulsate. All is fun and games until one day the Finky's reveal a darker and more sinister side. The docile critters start to metamorphose into grotesque, slimy blobs and begin escaping...but to where? Resident scientist Dr. Harlock draws a fatal conclusion as to why this is happening. Before it's too late, Dr. Harlock, together with ten year old Willy Popcorn race against time to prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
- On his way home from school a young boy will make a choice and decide whether or not he will show his mother his failing grade.
- In the near future ceilings have been replaced by omnipresent TV's. In the mass media Cannibalism is being hyped as the latest trend in people's day to day lives.
- A lonely nurse develops an unexpected passion for her unconscious patient in a 1930s tuberculosis sanatorium.
- When the real world turns sour, ten-year old Talia finds shelter in a fantasy world of ice and snow. But as life becomes more and more difficult, Talia's daydreams become less protective and more menacing. An NSI ZeD Drama Prize film.
- 'Seven Drinks' is a romantic drama about two young men, Mitch and Bobby, who meet for coffee one afternoon and quickly fall for each other. The film follows the course of their relationship through seven scenes in a story spanning years, exploring how they come into their own identities and struggle with challenges to their relationship and future happiness.
- Three naive and colorful characters are on their way from eastern Ontario to Calgary to realize their dreams of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, fate creates a detour for the trio as they run out of gas and must make a pit-stop at a provincial campground in Manitoba. While there, they encounter a strange, quiet, unassuming fellow with which they must share a campsite with. During the stay, the three all draw a different conclusion about the individual who does nothing but eat sunflower seeds, go for walks and write constantly in his lap top is he a threat, merely an obstacle or a helping hand to their plans?
- Bunky Blum is picked on in school and bullied relentlessly by the other kids. During lunch hours, he and his mentally ill mother visit a 83 year old train, now a caged monument, in the center of a children's park.
- Insanitor must rid the world of the evil Energy Sucker who has set his sights on Insanitor's object of desire.
- The Last Moment is a multi-fractured, multi-genre narrative which uses five styles of film history; Film Noir, Dogme95, Late-era Hitchcock, Tarantino and 60's New Wave to explore the final moments of a man's life and the ill fated relationship woes that have lead up to his death.
- A series of 14 shortfilms concerning different aspects of society and the individual, as told through poems.
- Summer passings observed the enigmatic West Nile malady steal its way into the minds and forests of Winnipeg wanderers, casting its feverish amnesia spell; immobilizing wooded creatures collectively pleading to be cured and released of their infirmity. A cautious wanderer disregards her own ailment to aid the others as best she can; however the forest hosts its own fevers.
- A character study of a group of petty thieves who seem to have no specific direction or place in life.
- In the wake of his girlfriend's death, a man's sense of the real and the illusory world begins to blur when he is visited nightly by hallucinatory representations of his depression in the form of a Succubus.
- Under the pretends of a kind samaritan, a homeless youth is dragged into an underground fight club and pitted against the champ.
- If someone could tell you how your life will end # would you want to know? This is the story of Megan, a young woman with the ability to see "endings" # the moment and setting of a person's death. Her visions are activated by touch # forcing her to withdraw from other people, both physically and emotionally. When Megan's friends host a dinner party she is mortified that her "gift" becomes the topic of conversation. But not everyone is afraid of their future...
- Harold's wife just wants Harold to love her, but she has some competition. She must compete with a phone sex line to win her husbands affection. Who will Harold choose? Woman or machine?
- Tales from The Winnipeg Film Group is the explosive story of how a stubborn band of independent filmmakers started a film co-operative that became the most highly respected film centre in Canada. Packed with rare archival footage, dynamic film excerpts, and hilarious interviews this documentary traces the history of the legendary Winnipeg Film Group. Often mired in controversy the Winnipeg Film Group is acclaimed at film festivals around the world for subversive, original filmmaking. We hear great behind the scenes stories that detail the rise of acclaimed filmmakers like John Paizs (Crime Wave), Guy Maddin (Tales From The Gimli Hospital, My Winnipeg) Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan (We're Talking Vulva, Good Citizen, Betty Baker) and Caroline Monnett (Ikwe) Pioneering members such as Elise Swerhone, Allan Kroeker and Shereen Jerrett outline the beginnings in Winnipeg from its first home in the historic Bate Building in the 1970s to its later move to 88 Adelaide Street and the Artspace Building. Toronto International Film Festival CEO Piers Handling, writer and programmer Geoff Pevere and filmmaker Mike Hoolboom outline the tremendous importance and impact of Winnipeg on the national filmmaking scene.
- A circus clown challenges a brute fighter in a boxer ring using gags instead of punches in an attempt to win.
- X has been captured, and is being tortured by someone. He escapes, but the Agent is hot on his heels. In the outside world things are no better. Is he dreaming? After a series of confusing interactions and bad decisions, X finds himself in surroundings that seem familiar.
- A cinematic poem about dreams and realities, The Strangers is a film about one mans metaphoric meltdown after a brief romantic encounter.