9:15pm - 11:00pm
One of the most gifted filmmakers to emerge during the French New Wave, Jacques Demy created a fascinating body of work characterized by fate and coincidence, doomed love, and storybook romance. His frequent collaborations with composer Michel Legrand give another distinctive quality to his melancholic tales of love. These films—ranging from musical to melodrama to fantasy—are triumphs of brilliant color, exquisite framing, and elegantly choreographed camera work.
This August, the Winnipeg Film Group is excited to present The New Wave Musicals of Jacques Demy in a series of film screenings on the WAG Rooftop Sculpture Garden. Come enjoy The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) on August 1, Donkey Skin (1970) on August 15, and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) and August 29.
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About The Film
In this lovingly crafted, wildly eccentric adaptation of a classic French fairy tale, Jacques Demy casts Catherine Deneuve as a princess who must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal—from her own father, the king (Jean Marais). A topsy-turvy riches-to-rags fable with songs by Michel Legrand, Donkey Skin creates a tactile fantasy world that’s perched on the border between the earnest and the satiric, and features Delphine Seyrig in a delicious supporting role as a fashionable fairy godmother. French with English subtitles.
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Screening
Friday, Feb 13 '26
Presented by The Decolonizing Lens, join us at WAG-Qaumajuq for a FREE screening of Remaining Native.
Cannes Lions
International Festival of Creativity
Dec 19 '25 Mar 19 '26
Catch the screenings of the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity – The World’s Best Ads! The works will screen at WAG-Qaumajuq with select dates December through March.
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