Gimme Some Truth Documentary Film Festival (November 6-10, 2024)
The 15th Annual Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival kicks off November 6-10 with new world documentaries, local and Canadian shorts programs and the Gimme 10 in 30! Documentary Challenge! Featuring work by Kamal Aljafari, Mati Diop, Kier-La Janisse and Kevin Settee, and guest curators Stephen Broomer and Elizabeth Purchell.
We’ve also programmed a wonderful collection of new local and Canadian short narrative and experimental documentaries that explore personal histories, grief and transformation. We can’t wait to welcome you all back to the Dave Barber Cinematheque this November for our 15th Annual Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival.
Thank you to our funders the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, and the Winnipeg Arts Council.
Thank you to our Gold Sponsor Manitoba Film and Music.
Thank you to our festival sponsors and partners Winnipeg Indigenous Filmmakers Collective, On Screen Manitoba, DOC Manitoba, IATSE, and the Winnipeg Foundation.
Hope to see you all there!
– Gimme Some Truth Team (Olivia Norquay & Leslie Supnet)
Festival Passes
All screenings at the Dave Barber Cinematheque, main floor, 100 Arthur Street unless otherwise noted.
Advance tickets are available here, and festival passes are available here.
General Admission: $10.50 / $8 students & seniors / $6.50 Members
Festival Pass: $75 / $55 members ($10 discount until November 6!)
The festival pass includes admission to all screenings and events. Tickets, passes and class registrations are available online or at box office.
Wednesday, November 6 at 7:00 PM
Opening Night Film – Dave Barber Cinematheque
A Fidai Film
Dir. Kamal Aljafari
2024, Palestine, Germany, Qatar, Brazil, France, 78 min
Plays with UNDR
Dir. Kamal Aljafari
2024, Palestine, 15 min
Arabic with English subtitles
Wednesday, November 6 at 8:00 PM
Opening Night Reception
The Black Lodge Studio
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Invisible People
Dir. Alisa Berger
2024, France, Germany, 71 min
German, Japanese and English with English subtitles
Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 PM
True Canadian Underground
Shorts program curated by Stephen Broomer, featuring an In-Person Intro and Q&A!
Thursday, November 7 at 9:00 PM
Malqueridas
Dir. Tana Gilbert
2023, Chile, Germany, 75 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Friday, November 8 at 5:00 PM
Friday, November 8 at 7:00 PM
The Lake Winnipeg Project with In-Person Q&A with Director Kevin Settee!
Presented in partnership with the Winnipeg Indigenous Filmmakers Collective
Matheson Island
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 14 min
This episode tells the story of the Whiteways of Matheson Island, who for generations have depended on commercial fishing as a means of survival and livelihood.
Poplar River
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 10 min
This episode explores the special connection that Poplar River First Nation has to the lands and waters surrounding their community.
Camp Morningstar
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 16 min
This episode shares the story of Camp Morningstar, a sacred camp established on the east side of Lake Winnipeg that was erected in response to the proposal of a silica sand mine.
Fisher River
Dir. Kevin Settee
2021, Canada, 15 min
This episode narrows in on stories of generosity and perseverance in Fisher River Cree Nation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday, November 8 at 9:00 PM
No Other Land
Dir. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
2024, Palestine, Norway, 95 min
Arabic, Hebrew and English with English subtitles
Saturday, November 9 at 11:00 AM
Just Above the Surface of the Earth (For a Coming Extinction)
Dir. Marianna Milhorat
2024, USA, 70 min
Plays with Who Loves The Sun
Dir. Arshia Shakiba
2024, Syria, Canada, 20 min
Arabic with English subtitles
Saturday, November 9 at 1:00 PM
Coconut Head Generation
Dir. Alain Kassanda
2023, Nigeria, France, 89 min
Yoruba, French and English with English subtitles
Saturday, November 9 at 3:00 PM
Shorts Program 1: “the hills escape my gaze”
Using analogue, animation and digital filmmaking techniques, this collection of films explores memory, grief and personal transformation. (77 min)
Saturday, November 9 at 5:00 PM
Three Promises
Dir. Yousef Srouji
2023, Palestine, Lebanon, USA, 61 min
Arabic and English with English subtitles
Plays with The Diary of a Sky
Dir. Lawrence Abu Hamdan
2024, Lebanon, 45 min
Arabic with English subtitles
Saturday, November 9 at 7:00 PM
I Am My Own Woman
Dir. Rosa von Praunheim
1992, Germany, 90 min
German with English subtitles
Plays with Gendertroublemakers
Dir. Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra MacKay
1993, Canada, 20 min
Curated by Elizabeth Purchell, featuring an In-Person Intro and Q&A!
Saturday, November 9 at 9:00 PM
To celebrate Gimme Some Truth, we’ve invited Brooklyn-based queer film historian Elizabeth Purchell to select a 16mm film from her own collection.
Sunday, November 10 at 11:00 AM
Unimaginable
Dir. Terrance Odette
2024, Canada, 61 min
Sunday, November 10 at 12:15 PM
Dahomey
Dir. Mati Diop
2024, Benin, Senegal, France, 68 min
French with English subtitles
Sunday, November 10 at 2:00 PM
Shorts Program 2: “suspicion or hope?”
The films in this collection explore how stories are documented and passed down, from beadwork and tattoo rituals, to phone numbers written on a bathroom wall. (57 min)
Sunday, November 10 at 4:00 PM
Mistress Dispeller
Dir. Elizabeth Lo
2024, China, USA, 94 min
Chinese with English subtitles
Plays with 8 Times
Dir. Adam Mbowe
2024, Canada, 14 min
Sunday, November 10 at 6:00 PM
Sunday, November 10 at 8:00 PM
Closing Night Party with Karaoke!
The Black Lodge Studio
