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Buffalo Gal Pictures
Buffalo Gal Pictures is an independent TV and film production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The company has produced 20 feature films, 10 television dramas, 8 documentaries, and over 50 hours of television series. In 2004, it premiered the Isabella Rossellini film ''The Saddest Music in the World'' at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2013, Buffalo Gal Pictures produced '' Seances'', a lost film project by Guy Maddin, in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada. Its subsidiaries include Insidious Pictures, which focuses on horror; and Kistikan Pictures Inc., dedicated to Indigenous content for film and television, in partnership with actress Tina Keeper. The company was named "Buffalo Gal" to represent Manitoba, as well as symbolizing the western with a feminine touch. Filmography Television * 2002. ''2030 CE'' * 2008–2013. ''Less Than Kind'', seasons 1–4 * 2009–2014. '' Cashing In'' (Kistikan Pictures) * 2014–2015. ''The Pinkertons'' * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Canada
Cinema in Canada dates back to the earliest known display of film in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, in 1896. The film industry in Canada has been dominated by the United States, which has utilized Canada as a shooting location and to bypass British film quota laws, throughout its history. Canadian filmmakers, English and French, have been active in the development of cinema in the United States. Films by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. were some of the first to arrive in Canada and early films made in the country were produced by Edison Studios. Canadian Pacific Railway and other railways supported early filmmaking including James Freer, whose '' Ten Years in Manitoba'' was the first known film by a Canadian. ''Evangeline'' is the earliest recorded Canadian feature film. George Brownridge and Ernest Shipman were major figures in Canadian cinema in the 1920s and 1930s. Shipman oversaw the production the most expensive film up to that point. Brownridge's career led to '' Carry on, Sergeant!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symbols Of Manitoba
There are several symbols of Manitoba, one of the ten provinces of Canada.https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/visiting/docs/symbolsofmanitoba.pdf These symbols are designated by ''The Coat of Arms, Emblems and the Manitoba Tartan Act'', which came into force on Feb 1, 1988. Symbols } , July 27, 1993 , Granted with the augmented coat of arms by royal assent. , - , colspan=3; style="padding: 1em 10px 1em 5em;" , It is a reference to the eighth line of "O Canada". , - !rowspan="2" , Shield of arms , rowspan="2" , , Shield of Manitoba , May 10, 1905 , Granted by the Royal Warrant of King Edward VII. , - , colspan=3, The design is based on the 1870 Great Seal of Manitoba. It includes a bison, meant to represent Manitoba's Indigenous peoples who used them for both food and clothing. The red cross on white at the top of the shield is Saint George's Cross. , - !rowspan="2" , Flag , rowspan="2" , , Flag of Manitoba , June 12, 1961 , The flag was given royal approval by Her Maje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Start Your Own Country (film)
''How to Start Your Own Country'' is a 2010 Canadian documentary film directed by Jody Shapiro and written by Shapiro and Denis Seguin. Produced by Phyllis Laing and Shapiro, the film explores various aspects of micronationalism and features interviews with several prominent micronationalists. The production studios for the film are Buffalo Gal Pictures and Everyday Pictures. ''How to Start Your Own Country'' had its world premiere at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2010. Premise ''How to Start Your Own Country'' explores various micronations around the world, including the themes of sovereignty, citizenship and seasteading. It also features interviews with numerous micronationalists, academics, politicians and a representative of the United Nations. The featured micronations include the New Free State of Caroline, Republic of Molossia, Kingdom of North Dumpling, Principality of Sealand and the Principality of Seborga. Production Jody Shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locked Down (2010 Film)
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Locked Down can refer to: * Lockdown, an emergency protocol to prevents people or information from leaving an area * "Locked Down" (song), a 2003 single by Turbonegro * ''Locked Down'', a 2010 American-Canadian crime film starring Vinnie Jones * ''Locked Down'' (album), a 2012 album by Dr. John * "Locked Down", a 2018 episode of ''One Day at a Time'' * ''Locked Down'' (film), a 2021 American crime thriller set during the COVID-19 pandemic See also *Lockdown (other) A lockdown is an emergency protocol that usually prevents people or information from leaving an area. Lockdown or Lock Down may also refer to: Film and television * Lockdown (1990 film), ''Lockdown'' (1990 film) * Lockdown (2000 film), ''Lockd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Life (2009 Film)
''High Life'' is a 2009 Canadian film based on the stage play by Lee MacDougall, written by Lee MacDougall and directed by Gary Yates. Starring Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Joe Anderson and Rossif Sutherland, ''High Life'' is a comedic heist movie from the flip-side of the '80s consumer dream. Plot In 1983, a visit from his former sociopathic cellmate Bug (Stephen Eric McIntyre) has led to Dick (Timothy Olyphant) being fired from his job as a hospital janitor. Unemployed and in need of fast cash Dick gets the idea to rob one of the brand new ATMs, to "buy a little self-respect," as Dick announces to Bug and the team. Enter the charismatic, criminally-minded Donnie (Joe Anderson), and the front-man, the sexy, sleepy-eyed charmer Billy (Rossif Sutherland), and all of the pieces are in place. "It's a precision job," says Dick the night before the heist: "No violence." Things do not go according to plan and the unfolding catalogue of disasters that confronts Dick is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amreeka
''Amreeka'' is a 2009, independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam Smith. ''Amreeka'' documents the lives of a Palestinian American family in both the West Bank and Post-9/11 suburban Chicago. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and opened to critical praise at a number of other important venues. National Geographic Entertainment bought all theatrical and home entertainment rights to ''Amreeka'' after its debut at Sundance''.'' Plot Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) is a divorced Palestinian Christian mother raising her teenage son Fadi (Melkar Muallem). She works for a bank in Ramallah, part of the West Bank, Palestinian territories. Each day after work, Muna picks up Fadi from school and crosses through an Israeli checkpoint in order to get to their home in Bethlehem. She lives with her aging mother and has occasional visits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stone Angel (film)
''The Stone Angel'' is a 2007 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kari Skogland. The screenplay is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Margaret Laurence. Plot The film spans several decades in the unconventional life of feisty nonagenarian Hagar Shipley, who sets off on a journey to reconcile herself with her past when she discovers her son Marvin and daughter-in-law Doris are moving her into a nursing home. In a crumbling house she had lived in when she was first married, Hagar recalls her estrangement from her father, a wealthy Manitoba shopkeeper who disowned her when she married farmer Bram Shipley. Despite her defiance, she considered herself superior to her husband, and treated him callously as their relationship disintegrated and he became an alcoholic. Her younger son John, her favorite, eventually broke her heart by becoming involved with Arlene, a wild girl of whom she disapproved. Now in hiding, Hagar meets Leo, who enables her to confront the one secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Winnipeg
''My Winnipeg'' is a 2007 Canadian film directed and written by Guy Maddin with dialogue by George Toles. Described by Maddin as a "docu-fantasia", that melds "personal history, civic tragedy, and mystical hypothesizing", the film is a surrealist mockumentary about Winnipeg, Maddin's home town. A ''New York Times'' article described the film's unconventional take on the documentary style by noting that it "skates along an icy edge between dreams and lucidity, fact and fiction, cinema and psychotherapy". ''My Winnipeg'' began when Maddin was commissioned by the Documentary Channel, and originally titled ''Love Me, Love My Winnipeg''. Maddin's producer directed "Don't give me the frozen hellhole everyone knows that Winnipeg is", so Maddin cast Darcy Fehr in the role of "Guy Maddin" and structured the documentary around a metafictional plot that mythologizes the city and Maddin's autobiography. Plot Although ostensibly a documentary, ''My Winnipeg'' contains a series of fictional epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara Motel
''Niagara Motel'' is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Gary Yates. It was adapted by George F. Walker from ''Suburban Motel'' his series of six plays. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Caroline Dhavernas. Plot ''Niagara Motel'' features its namesake and the ongoings amongst the inhabitants of the motel and linked Riverside Grill coffee shop located in Niagara Falls. The characters include the owner and his daughter (Andrei and Fitch), their newly pregnant waitress ( Dhavernas) being recruited to star in low budget porn videos, a young couple ( Friel and Holden-Reid) with a criminal past struggling to recover their child from social services, and a middle class husband and wife ( Keleghan and Crewson) in a marriage that is disintegrating in near-record time - all led by a drunken motel caretaker ( Ferguson). Cast * Craig Ferguson as Phillie, The Motel Caretaker * Peter Keleghan as Henry * Damir Andrei a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Times Lucky
''Seven Times Lucky'' is a Canadian crime drama film, released in 2004. Directed by Gary Yates (director), Gary Yates, the film stars Kevin Pollak as Harlan and Liane Balaban as Fiona, a con man and a young student who get involved in a criminal scam. Plot When a veteran grafter (Pollak) loses $10,000 of his boss's money at the track, his talented young protégé (Balaban) devises a risky scheme to get it back. A low-budget film noir set in the underbelly of Winnipeg with plenty of twists and turns, ''7 Times Lucky'' spins a fairly clichéd yarn with some sharp dialogue. The film's cast also includes Jonas Chernick, Babz Chula and Gordon Tootoosis. Awards The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 26th Genie Awards, in the categories of Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress (Chula), Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design, Best Art Direction/Production Design (Dean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnyside (Canadian TV Series)
''Sunnyside'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian sketch comedy television series, which premiered January 9, 2015 on Citytv, City."Sunnyside a surreal new Canadian sketch-com awash in ponies" canada.com, January 7, 2015. Created by Dan Redican and Gary Pearson (comedian), Gary Pearson, the series is set in the fictional neighbourhood of Sunnyside and features sketches depicting various eccentric recurring characters living there."Wolseley-shot sketch show a bright spot on the TV schedule" '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pinkertons
''The Pinkertons'' is a Canadian Western police procedural television series which features crime cases of the Pinkerton detective agency. The show is officially licensed with the Pinkerton detective agency, and features stories based on actual cases from the Pinkerton detective agency archives dating to the 1860s. The program is produced by Rosetta Media and Buffalo Gal Pictures, in partnership with Channel Zero. Production of this first-run syndicated television show was announced in April 2014, and filming began the following August. Cast Main * Martha MacIsaac, as Kate Warne, a Pinkerton agent and the first female detective in US history. * Jacob Blair, as William Pinkerton, the founder's son and also, a Pinkerton agent. Recurring * Angus Macfadyen as Allan Pinkerton, the founder of the detective agency. * Jennifer Pudavick as Annalee Webb, proprietor of the Dubois Hotel and Saloon. * David Brown as Sheriff Lawrence Logan. * Ray Strachan as John Bell, caretaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
