''Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton'' is a 2015 Canadian short documentary film, directed by

Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film in ...

Evan Johnson ''For the Canadian filmmaker, see Evan Johnson (filmmaker).'' Evan Johnson (born August 21, 1994) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college foo ...

and Galen Johnson."NYFF Review: “Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton”"
''Movie Mezzanine'', September 2, 2015.

Summary

Documenting the making of Paul Gross's contemporaneous feature film ''

Hyena Road ''Hyena Road'' is a 2015 Canadian war drama film written, directed by and starring Paul Gross. It was shown in the Gala Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shown on 24 September 2015, at the Calga ...

'', the film also functions as a critique of the commercial excesses and glorified violence of mainstream filmmaking.

Release

The film premiered at the

2015 Toronto International Film Festival The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's ''Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naom ...

,"Toronto Film Festival’s Canadian Program Includes Ethan Hawke, Ellen Page Films"
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'', August 5, 2015. and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2015."TIFF reveals Canada's Top Ten Film Festival line-up"
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The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', December 8, 2015.

References

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* {{Guy Maddin 2015 films Canadian short documentary films Films directed by Guy Maddin 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films 2015 short documentary films Documentary films about films Documentary films about the cinema of Canada Documentary films about the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)