Buffalo Gal Pictures is an independent TV and film production company based in

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. The company has produced 20 feature films, 10 television dramas, 8 documentaries, and over 50 hours of television series. In 2004, it premiered the

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film '' The Saddest Music in the World'' at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2013, Buffalo Gal Pictures produced '' Seances'', a

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project by

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, in co-production with the

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. Its subsidiaries include Insidious Pictures, which focuses on horror; and Kistikan Pictures Inc., dedicated to

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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. ''

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'' * 2008–2013. ''

Less Than Kind ''Less Than Kind'' is a 2008–2013 Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chayki ...

'', seasons 1–4 * 2009–2014. ''

Cashing In ''Cashing In'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired on APTN from 2009 to 2014. Set in the fictional First Nations community of Stonewalker, the series revolved around the staff and customers of an indigenous-owned casino. T ...

'' (Kistikan Pictures) * 2014–2015. ''

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 ...

'' * 2015. '' Sunnyside''

Film

*2003. '' The Saddest Music in the World'' *2004. ''

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 sc ...

'' *2005. '' Niagara Motel'' *2007. ''

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 m ...

'' *2007. ''The Stone Angel'' *2009. ''

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 ...

'' *2009. '' High Life'' *2010. ''Locked Down'' *2010. ''

How to Start Your Own Country ''How To Start Your Own Country'' is a British six-part Documentary comedy, documentary comedy series aired between August and September 2005. The show was presented by British comedian Danny Wallace (comedian), Danny Wallace and followed his qu ...

'' *2011. ''

The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom ''The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom'' is a 2011 Canadian coming-of-age film written and directed by Tara Johns and starring Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows and Julia Sarah Stone. Dolly Parton provides a voice cameo. Plot Elizabeth lives in Winnipeg, Mani ...

'' *2012. ''ATM'' *2012. '' Mad Ship'' *2012. ''Silent Night'' (Insidious Pictures) *2013. ''All the Wrong Reasons'' *2014. ''Burt’s Buzz'' *2014. ''Aloft'' *2014. ''Heaven Is for Real'' *2015. ''The Forbidden Room'' *2015. '' Hyena Road'' *2015. ''Borealis'' *2016. ''Soul Sisters'' — documentary for

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*2016. ''

You're Killing Me Susana ''You're Killing Me Susana'' ( es, Me estás matando, Susana) is a 2016 Mexican romantic comedy-drama film directed by Roberto Sneider. The film tells about the self-assured handsome Eligio, who is trying to get his wife back, who for some reason ...

'' *2018. '' JT LeRoy'' *2018. '' Night Hunter'' *2018. ''Siberia'' *2018. ''Road of Iniquity'' (Kistikan Pictures) *2021. ''Seance''''''

Awards

References

External links

Official site
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