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Winnipeg Free Press
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
GIFF gold for Matthew Rankin, Noam Gonick
After earning six Canadian Screen Awards earlier this year for Universal Language, filmmaker Matthew Rankin's sunlit roadside memorial to communication and community took home top honours from the Gimli International Film Festival this past weekend. Told in complementary tones of voice and within shades of sandstone, Universal Language received Best of Fest honours from the grand jury and also earned Rankin the Alda Award, given to 'honour the cinematic and creative achievements of a filmmaker from Canada and the circumpolar nations.' Rankin, who also acts in the film, was presented the Alda by festival founder Janis Johnson. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Matthew Rankin's already acclaimed Universal Language took top honours at the Gimli International Film Festival. For her own efforts to usher the festival into existence 25 years ago, Johnson was presented by Gimli MLA Derek Johnson with the King Charles Coronation Medal at the opening reception. Rankin is a longtime festival regular and Winnipeg Film Group student who won short film award honours in 2004 before receiving the fest's On the Rise award for his feature debut The Twentieth Century during a pandemic-altered 2020 festival. This year's best Canadian short comes from writer-director Stéphanie Bélanger, who explores that unshakable era in Lumen, a French-language short with a clickable tagline for anyone who had access to e-tail during COVID-19: 'A 70-year-old with a compulsive lamp-buying problem goes dark when an online seller refuses her offer.' A modern-day victory for queer futures comes via Noam Gonick's doc Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance, which was celebrated as the best Manitoban film. 'An astonishingly cumulative look at Canada's history of queer activism,' wrote Randall King in a Free Press dispatch from the Hot Docs opening in April. Parade was co-produced by Winnipeg's Justine Pimlott, who shared a Peabody Award for best documentary earlier this year for Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. Two local actors earned ACTRA Manitoba best performance honours for their work in films dealing with loss, both at and of home. In griePH, Winnipeg actor Kris Cahatol stars as an introverted, non-binary Filipinx who returns home for a work trip and struggles to cope with sudden loss upon arrival. Directed by MC de Natividad, the short film had its local première at this year's FascinAsian Film Festival. In Aberdeen, Gail Maurice soars as Kookum Aberdeen in a story of forced climate displacement along the banks of the Red River. Maurice, a Métis filmmaker-producer from Saskatchewan, is the anchor of the debut feature-film directing collaboration between Peguis First Nation filmmaker Ryan Cooper and Walpole Island First Nation's Eva Thomas. Following up 2023's audience choice award-winning positivity doc I Would Like to Thank My Body, writer-director Catherine Dulude returned with Petit Mollusque, which was named best Manitoban short. Narrated by André Vrignon-Tessier, Petite Mollusque tells a story of perinatal grief through vivid animation by Annie Castiblanco and Kaya Schulz, both paid interns through the Sisler Create program. Wednesdays What's next in arts, life and pop culture. Shared worlds torn asunder by shared, translingual trauma are stitched together by a united vernacular of pain in Noam Shuster-Eliassi's Coexistence, My Ass, which won the New Voices Award, sharing a potent message in a one-woman show about Israel-Palestine. Written in English, Farsi, Hebrew and Arabic, the film was written by Rachel Leah Jones and Rabab Haj Yahya. The National Film Board of Canada write-up for Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man asks filmmaker Sinakson, Trevor Solway's question in plain English: 'What does it mean to be a (Native) man?' To find the answer, Solway returns to Siksika, not far from Calgary, where he confronts the early pressures to 'cowboy up.' For the answer the artist provides, Solway was presented with the APTN Indigenous Spirit Award. Ande Brown, whose short film Better Late Than Never won the best Manitoban short at 2024's Reel Pride Film Festival, just completed his second short, First Shave. On the strength of those works, Brown won the RBC $15,000 emerging filmmaker pitch competition. The resulting feature, Half Naked, will screen next year in Gimli. 'I want to tell stories that reflect trans experiences with humour and hope,' said Brown. 'If this film helps someone feel seen or brave enough to share their own story, that's a win.' Ben WaldmanReporter Ben Waldman is a National Newspaper Award-nominated reporter on the Arts & Life desk at the Free Press. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Ben completed three internships with the Free Press while earning his degree at Ryerson University's (now Toronto Metropolitan University's) School of Journalism before joining the newsroom full-time in 2019. Read more about Ben. Every piece of reporting Ben produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Man found dead following discovery of abandoned boat
A man was found dead over the weekend following the discovery of an abandoned boat south of Gimli, Man. RCMP began to investigate on Sunday morning after learning of the empty boat, which was found in open water near Willow Island. Mounties responded to the scene and were told by the local coast guard that a wallet and cellphone were found on the boat, but there were no people on board. A few hours later, searchers found the body of a 62-year-old man in the water. He was the only person who had been on the boat. RCMP continues to investigate.
CBC
2 days ago
- CBC
62-year-old man found dead in water near island south of Gimli: Manitoba RCMP
Police in Gimli, Man., are investigating after a 62-year-old man was found dead in the water near an abandoned boat near Willow Island on Sunday morning. Officers were called to the area, located just south of Gimli, at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday after receiving a report of an abandoned boat in open water, Gimli RCMP said in a news release. Police said the Manitoba RCMP's marine and water recovery units were at the scene. According to RCMP, the local Canadian Coast Guard officials found a wallet and a cellphone on the boat, but no one was on the vessel. Police found the body of a 62-year-old man in the water a few hours later. Officials said the deceased man is believed to be the sole occupant of the abandoned boat. Gimli RCMP are still investigating the incident, police said.
CTV News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Upcoming events at New Iceland Heritage Museum
Winnipeg Watch Julianna Roberts returns to discuss upcoming events hosted at the museum in Gimli.
CBC
20-07-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Thick wildfire smoke prompts cancellation of Gimli sailing competition
Thick wildfire smoke hanging over Manitoba has prompted the cancellation of the Sail West regional championships in Gimli. "You want to keep them safe to sail another day. We've made a prudent and wise and defendable quite frankly decision to cancel," said Eric Turner, co-chair of the 2025 Sail West competition and president of Sail Manitoba. The four-day event was scheduled to run from July 17-21, with 40 competitors taking part in the competition over the weekend at the Gimli Yacht Club. "I have no qualms whatsoever about the decision we've made today, because it's the right one," said Turner. Environment and Climate Change Canada issued warnings Sunday morning for a large swath of the province, including Winnipeg and Brandon in the south, the Interlake and Thompson in the north. Winnipeg's air quality health index remained in the "very high risk" 10+ level all weekend. The warnings advise people to limit their time outside and reschedule any outdoor activities due to the poor air quality. Turner said the decision to cancel was made Sunday morning with the help of two doctors on site who were associated with sailors who were racing. The smoke was so thick in Gimli it looked like a fog hanging over the water, he said, and what he thought was gravel dust was actually a coating of ash on his car Sunday morning. He said the volunteers and participants range from teens to seniors. "It would be extremely unhealthy and unwise to go out there, because we have people who are immunocompromised," he said. "When the medical people said 'we think we should cancel,' I said two words: 'do it.'" Turner said they're providing N95 masks to people as they try to minimize their time outside. All awards will be based on the four races that happened on Saturday — the first of two race days, following two training days. "Instead of doing the awards out on the deck where they're normally done, we're going to do them inside in the dining hall," he said. "We're trying to make the best of a bad situation, but it's extremely important that we made a prudent decision that's for the benefit of all. And of course people are disappointed, but they understand." Events shift inside, provide masks The poor air quality forced the Winnipeg Youth Soccer Association to move 12 recreational playoff matches indoors after the championship had already kicked off mid-morning Saturday. The Fringe Festival remained open on Saturday, with organizers providing masks to volunteers. Turner said this will lead to changes going forward. "We now need to have a policy on air quality. Some sports do, some don't. We should be developing a guideline so we have a basis on which to decide," he said. "We try to keep people safe, it's safety first." He added the Sail West competition typically happens every three years.
