Industry | Canadian film and television |
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Founded | 1994 |
Founder | Phyllis Laing |
Headquarters | 440–112 Market Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0P4 |
Key people | Phyllis Laing, President and Executive Producer |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | buffalogalpictures.com/ |
Buffalo Gal Pictures is an independent TV and film production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[1]
The company has produced 20 feature films, 10 television dramas, 8 documentaries, and over 50 hours of television series.[1] In 2004, it premiered the Isabella Rossellini film The Saddest Music in the World at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 2013, Buffalo Gal Pictures produced Seances, a lost film project by Guy Maddin, in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.[2]
Its subsidiaries include Insidious Pictures, which focuses on horror; and Kistikan Pictures Inc., dedicated to Indigenous content for film and television, in partnership with actress Tina Keeper.[3][4]
The company was named "Buffalo Gal" to represent Manitoba, as well as symbolizing the western with a feminine touch.[5]
Awards | Category | Recipient |
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Gemini Awards | Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series | Less Than Kind |
2009 Cannes Film Festival | Fipresci Prize | Amreeka |
Toronto International Film Festival | Best Canadian Feature | My Winnipeg |
Method Fest Independent Film Festival | Best Feature
Best Screenplay |
Seven Times Lucky |
Genie Awards | Costumes, Editing & Music | Saddest Music in the World |
Banff TV Festival | Rockie Award | Gabrielle Roy |