Cinema Reignited

First released in 1988, Guy Maddin’s Tales From the Gimli Hospital has now been restored in 4K. The new release premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022. Set in the idyllic town of Gimli on the shores of Lake Winnipeg in the late 19th century, it’s a tale of jealousy, revenge, and peculiar erotic fixations. Shot in black and white on 16mm film and paying homage to both old Hollywood and surrealism, the feature draws on Maddin’s family heritage and the Icelandic immigrants that settled in the small Manitoba fishing town. Now labeled a cult classic, it marked the beginning of Maddin’s critically acclaimed, 30 year career in film. In this episode of Cinema Reignited, we go one-on-one with filmmaker Guy Maddin about the making of Tales From the Gimli Hospital, how he became a filmmaker, and the changes he made to the film during the 4K digitization.Tales From the Gimli Hospital is currently playing at select theatres. Cinema Reignited is a podcast by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, powered by Telefilm Canada.If you found this episode interesting, please share it with your network and tag @TheCDNAcademy and @sistersamah. Rate and review the podcast to help us connect with other Canadian film lovers. This podcast episode was produced by Quill

In 1966, at nine years old, Zacharias Kunuk was no longer able to live on the land with his family—the only way of life he’d known. Like many other Inuit and indigenous children, he and his siblings were required to go to school in larger communities like Igloolik in the territory of Nunavut. The community was a place of transition, where the old ways of Inuit life were being replaced by the culture and traditions introduced by christian religion and government policy. Zacharias Kunuk’s 1985 documentary From Inuk Point of View tells the story of Igloolik, its people and the changing ways of Inuit life. The film broke the race barrier by becoming the first ever Inuit or indigenous film to receive a Canada Council for the Arts grant. In this episode of Cinema Reignited, host Samah Ali speaks with Zacharias Kunuk about the creation of From Inuk Point of View and Blandina Makkik from the Inuit Art Foundation.From Inuk Point of View is currently available to stream online on Hot Docs at Home until December 29, 2022. Visit https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/from-inuk .Isuma was co-founded by Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak, Pauloosie Qulitalik and Norman Cohn. To learn more about Isuma visit http://www.isuma.tv/isuma . To learn more about the Inuit Art Foundation visit https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/ . Cinema Reignited is a podcast by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, powered by Telefilm Canada.If you found this episode interesting, please share it with your network and tag @TheCDNAcademy and @sistersamah. Rate and review the podcast to help us connect with other Canadian film lovers. This podcast episode was produced by Quill

For decades, Canadian films have been making us laugh, cry, learn, and come together as a nation united by our differences. Now, it’s time to revisit some of the films that have shaped our cultural identity. Welcome to Cinema Reignited, a new podcast by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, powered by Telefilm Canada. In each episode, host Samah Ali explores a different Canadian film that’s been digitized as part of the Canadian Cinema - Reignited initiative. By taking you on a journey through the time period during which each film was made, the historical and social context at the time, and how the film relates to broader themes in society, Cinema Reignited will help us look at the history of Canadian cinema through a modern-day lens. We hope you’ll tune in for our first episode of Cinema Reignited, dropping this October.