Guy Maddin Movies

A jovial shirtless man attempts to rouse a contingent of lethargic dancers to life in NUDE CABOOSE. His highjinks really get the deadbeats bustin'...

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

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...

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...

The further adventure of Nick, Paizs' silent hero sets off to college where he meets Brock West (Winnipeg journalist and rocker Peter Jordon, aka...

short cine-essay by Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin

Maddin's film incorporates found footage to provide a glimpse of wartime Berlin. Crowds of soldiers march in formation, play instruments and engage...

An impressionistic series of images inspired by "Tales From the Gimli Hospital".

The true story of a 1920s Canadian jazz band who play their every performance gagged and almost completely immobilized by thick cords which bind them...

Only Dream Things was part of an installation at the Winnipeg Art Gallery for its centennial in 2012. Collects an assortment of Guy Maddin's own...

A murder has been committed on a balcony. But it is only one of the many balconies attached to a large apartment block. Strange things are...

A woman with an oddly hairy belly gives birth to a pair of hands in Marie Losier’s giddily inventive "portrait" of filmmaker Guy Maddin, done...

Ignorant armies of sketchy people clashing by night.

Chimney Workbook draws on the same image pile as Rooster Workbook, but through different shots. The "tunnel" in Rooster Workbook is now identifiable...

A sexually-charged short film which includes images of roosters and women.

The scene is a small paper-producing factory presided over by the shiftless Ari and his long-suffering wife Taryn. Employees include Sybill and...

A dream-inspired stream-of-consciousness download charting the trace infection lines Trump’s presence provokes in the minds of many.

Guy Maddin directed this short biopic on the castrato known as the Manitoba Meadowlark, Dov Houle, who performed on tour with the film “Brand...

Guy Maddin takes his dog Spanky out for his last walk with him at the lake.

A four minute film created for the opening of the TIFF Bell Lightbox