Comedy
Winnipeg Film Group. Deep in the winter of 1986. Guy Maddin is in the process of filming Tales from the Gimli Hospital and needs to rub a dead seagull on somebody's chest. Immediately, Dave Barber agrees, submitting his bare flesh to Maddin's road kill and to film history. (This film was commissioned by the Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque for its 25th anniversary, Silverscope)
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
7 1/2 Women
Momo
L.I.M.B.O
The Many Shitty Lives of Jacques Hunt
The Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary
Wasterville
200 Motels
Vinnie's House
VHYes
You Are Here
A Trip Elsewhere
Moondog Airwaves
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Help!
Remember Me?
The Chumscrubber
Road Head
The 12 Inch Pianist
Universal Language
The Howl
SIMILAR MOVIES
7 1/2 Women
IMDB 2 | Jan , 2006
A man is haunted successively by seven women who have lost their keys. He reacts to the request that he be allowed to use the toilet with increasing helplessness and despair, which is discharged in violence.Momo
IMDB 7 | Jul , 1986
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.L.I.M.B.O
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2025
When Tom shows up late to an assessment, he’s thrown into an unexpected, surreal purgatory-like place called L.I.M.B.O. Trapped in this strange, bizarre state, he’s forced to confront his habits, face the consequences of procrastination and find a way to move forward - or risk being stuck in L.I.M.B.O forever…The Many Shitty Lives of Jacques Hunt
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2025
A young Black man comes home to find 3 different versions of himself. As the multiple variants question the choices they've made in their individual lives, they use this unique opportunity to test social theories around race, class and acceptance.The Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2003
Damon Packard parodies the making of Star Wars: Attack of the ClonesWasterville
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2026
A struggling drug addict is plunged into a tortured netherworld, where he must defend his spirit from a ravenous horde of soul-addicted junkies.200 Motels
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 1971
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.Vinnie's House
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2022
Having fallen on hard times, a college student takes refuge at their rich friend’s mansion but soon finds themselves tormented by the presence of the friend’s prized stuffed bear.VHYes
IMDB 5.9 | Jan , 2020
This bizarre retro comedy, shot entirely on VHS and Beta, takes us back to when 12-year-old Ralph, over one formative week, mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents’ wedding tape.You Are Here
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1998
One-off late '90s comedy special from a cast full of up and coming comic actors and comedians.A Trip Elsewhere
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2024
During the Covid-19 pandemic, four anxious strangers take a record-breaking dose of LSD, catapulting them into a shared psychedelic dream where they must find solace and redemption before they can return to the real world.Moondog Airwaves
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2014
On the stormy night of July 5th, 1995, Trick Stuart works the graveyard shift with his plus-sized pal Meathead at the Delta Kream, a 24HR fast food joint. As they practice their brass band routine, a very unexpected visitor arrives.The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1988
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.Help!
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 1965
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.Remember Me?
IMDB 4 | Jan , 1997
A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find their lives thrown into a crisis with the unexpected arrival of one of the wife's old flames.The Chumscrubber
IMDB 6.4 | Jun , 2005
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days.Road Head
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2023
Stuck on the side of the road on their way to a social distance party, two contact-starved millennials try not to connect on an intimate level in this Reform Jewish absurd comedy about grief, changing plans, and the lengths we'll go to avoid direct communication with the people we love.The 12 Inch Pianist
IMDB 0 | May , 2025
A bar joke goes awry, unraveling into a surreal tale that explores the acceptance of self, others, and queer identity.Universal Language
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2024
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.The Howl
IMDB 4.7 | May , 1970
A young bride flees the ceremony with a stranger and, together, they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talking animals and mournful exhibitionists, converse with a discoursing rock, journey through a surrealist's psychedelic hotel, instigate a prison riot, escape from naked cannibals living in a tree, and battle a wind-up midget dictator!