Films We Like is proud to announce ARCHANGEL'S world premiere at the Jio Mumbai Film Festival

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Films We Like is proud to announce ARCHANGEL'S world premiere at the Jio Mumbai Film Festival

For immediate release – Films We Like is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Archangel by iconoclastic filmmaker Guy Maddin, at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival, India. The new digital 4K digital remaster was supervised by Guy Maddin and was made possible by the generous financial support of Telefilm Canada’s Canadian Cinema Re-Ignited digitization initiative. 

Following its world premiere, Archangel will be theatrically released across Canada, beginning November 14, 2023 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, with director Guy Maddin in attendance.

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Films We Like presents Guy Maddin’s ARCHANGEL - 4K Digital Remaster

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Films We Like presents Guy Maddin’s ARCHANGEL - 4K Digital Remaster

FILMS WE LIKE presents 

Guy Maddin’s

ARCHANGEL

4K Digital Remaster 


Starts November 14, 2023

 TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada with Director in Attendance

For immediate release – Guy Maddin’s surreal and visually striking sophomore film ARCHANGEL is revitalized with a stunning new 4K transfer from the original negative supervised by the director with the generous support of Telefilm Canada.

ARCHANGEL’s 4K Digital Remaster premieres November 14 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox with director Guy Maddin in attendance, followed by a theatrical release across North America by Films We Like (Canada) and Zeitgeist Films (US).

Literally a film like no other, this weird, wild and extraordinary photoplay is both melodrama and deadpan parody. With striking black and white cinematography and stylized set design, Guy Maddin tells a tale of obsessive love in the arctic Russian town of Archangel, where Bolsheviks, White Russians and German Huns converge during World War I.

To celebrate the release, Films We Like has commissioned Winnipeg-based artist and designer Galen Johnson to create a brand new poster and trailer.

Media Inquiries 
Mercy Lam mercy@filmswelike.com

 

About Guy Maddin

Guy Maddin is an award-winning filmmaker and artist based in Winnipeg, Canada with many critically acclaimed films including: The Saddest Music in the World (2003), My Winnipeg (2007), and Tales From the Gimli Hospital (1988), which was reimagined in 4K and released as Tales From the Gimli Hospital Redux (2022).


About Films We Like

Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars), Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Films We Like is committed to restoring neglected Canadian films, most recently P4W: Prison for Women, Hookers on Davie, and Calling the Shots by Janis Cole and Holly Dale.

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TIFF Special Presentation for LAST SUMMER by Catherine Breillat via Flms We Like

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