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Directed by Guy Maddin

Only Dream Things

19m

Directed by Guy Maddin • 2012 • Canada

Made as part of an installation at the Winnipeg Art Gallery for its centennial in 2012, ONLY DREAM THINGS layers home movies from Guy Maddin’s youth into a haunting, deeply personal journey through memory and the unconscious.

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