Matchbox Cine Presents: Tales from Winnipeg

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"We are pleased to partner with distributor and subtitler Matchbox Cine to present an updated version of the Tales From Winnipeg series they debuted earlier this year. This series features three features from Winnipeg directors as well as a number of shorts.

"Matchbox Cine is an independent film exhibitor, specializing in the outcasts, orphans and outliers of cult cinema, and an award-winning subtitler, specializing in access provision for film exhibition & distribution. From Glasgow, Scotland, and currently based in Bristol, England, they program, curate and promote cult film events across the UK.

Matchbox Cine’s Tales From Winnipeg debuted as an online-only program in 2020, celebrating the work of renegade Canadian film co-op the Winnipeg Film Group. John Paizs’ seminal CRIME WAVE (1985) in its TIFF 2K restoration, Guy Maddin’s COWARDS BEND THE KNEE (2003) with new, director-approved score by Ela Orleans and Dave Barber and Kevin Nikkels’ documentary on the WFG, from inception to present day. All Films Will Be Screened With Subtitles." —Spectacle