Twenty Nine Canadian Films were selected for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival. Two previous guest filmmakers to the Gimli Film Festival are  included.
Jody Shapiro attended the festival this year as our guest and participated in two panels. His film “How To Start Your Own Country” will have its’ World Premiere at TIFF. www.howtostartyourowncountry.com/Country/Enter.html
Sturla Gunnarsson, [...]

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(Gimli, MB) July 27, 2010 – The 10th Annual Gimli Film Festival (GFF) was a huge success with record breaking attendance at a full slate of beach screenings, feature films, documentaries, shorts, panels, workshops and parties. Attendance was up 25% overall. The Saturday night beach screenings of Passenger Side and Neil Young Trunk Show saw [...]

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On Saturday afternoon at the Gimli Film Festival, Ryan FitzGerald and seven others pitched their projects to a panel of three Industry judges in the Gimli Theatre. The competition was both fierce and exciting as the contestants vied for the $15,000 award. There were many interesting and well conceived stories and projects pitched. In the [...]

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(Gimli, MB) July 22, 2010 – The 10th Annual Gimli Film Festival (GFF) shifts into high gear Friday, July 23rd with a full slate of feature films, documentaries, shorts, panels, workshops and a huge party to cap the night off.

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(Gimli, MB) July 20, 2010 – The 10th Annual Gimli Film Festival (GFF) kicks off Wednesday, July 21, 2010 with director Caelum Vatnsdal’s “We’re the Weakerthans, We’re From Winnipeg” (Produced by Winnipeg’s FarPoint Films) on the 35-foot screen on the beach and “Short Program One: When Things Go Bad” at the Waterfront Centre.

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