Amy Stewart

Witty, surreal, irreverent and beautiful, Guy Maddin's fictional documentary is a dreamlike homage to his hometown of Winnipeg on Manitoba's windswept Great Plains. Maddin may wish to forget his upbringing in regional Canada, but My Winnipeg is testimony to the unique experiences of childhood and how they shape our identity.

A brainy ugly duckling realizes her dream of becoming a champion figure skater with the help of physics, a disgraced coach, three snooty ice princesses, a chorus of stage parents and the hunky boy who drives the Zamboni.

Constant pressure from his helicopter mom pushes a charismatic and gifted teenager into the arms of a carefree classmate who turns him on to heroin.

A shy 11 -year- old is thrilled to meet Mark Twain, the man she most admires in all the world.

It’s man against machine in this Stephen King-penned joy ride in which a small truck stop town is conquered by a mob of homicidal autonomous trucks.