Buffalo Gal Pictures

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Buffalo Gal Pictures
Industry Canadian film and television
Founded1994 (1994)
FounderPhyllis Laing
Headquarters440–112 Market Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0P4
Key people
Phyllis Laing, President and Executive Producer
Subsidiaries
  • Insidious Pictures
  • Kistikan Pictures Inc.
Website buffalogalpictures.com/

Buffalo Gal Pictures is an independent TV and film production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [1]

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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]

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards

Awards [1]
AwardsCategoryRecipient
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 AwardGabrielle Roy

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