Guy Maddin Movies

Set in a blazing land where the sun ceaselessly shines, this dramatic fantasy examines love’s darker aspects.

The geographical dead center of North America and the beloved birthplace of Guy Maddin, Winnipeg, is the frosty and mysterious star of Maddin’s...

A surreal short film featuring a zookeeper with a large moustache.

A short film in which Isabella Rossellini discusses the life and work of her father, Roberto Rossellini.

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.

short cine-essay by Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin

A murder has been committed on a balcony. But it is only one of the many balconies attached to a large apartment block. Strange things are...

After a bad day at work, a fairground performer sets out to disprove the theory of heredity so that he can marry his sister.

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the...

Chimney Workbook draws on the same image pile as Rooster Workbook, but through different shots. The "tunnel" in Rooster Workbook is now identifiable...

Guy Maddin directed this short biopic on the castrato known as the Manitoba Meadowlark, Dov Houle, who performed on tour with the film “Brand...

Short documentary revealing how the sound effects were created for Maddin's film "Brand Upon the Brain".

Legendary poet John Ashbery scripted this absurdist step-by-step guide to bathing, excerpted from Guy Maddin's feature THE FORBIDDEN ROOM and...

The filmmaker sends the viewers off to sleep with this 9minute descent into the netherworld.

Sailors in repose on an island paradise seemingly have no worries of war or danger — until a playful gesture is interpreted as an act of wilful...

An adaptation of an unrealized script by Jean Vigo (Les lignes de la main), starring his late daughter, the critic, programmer, and actress Luce Vigo

The scene is a small paper-producing factory presided over by the shiftless Ari and his long-suffering wife Taryn. Employees include Sybill and...

A jovial shirtless man attempts to rouse a contingent of lethargic dancers to life in NUDE CABOOSE. His highjinks really get the deadbeats bustin'...

A tale of lust and bestiality set in a zoo. Delmas, the zookeeper, is obsessively in love with a bizarre carrion-creature, while his daughter Dol...

Guided by the spirit of “The Cuadecuc Manifesto” (coined by co-director Evan Johnson and inspired by Pere Portabella’s 1970...