Winnipeg filmmakers take home the top prize from Toronto film critics

Veteran filmmaker Guy Maddin and his co-director Evan Johnson won the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award for their surreal outing “The Forbidden Room.”

In his acceptance speech at the January 5 gala in Toronto, Maddin joked the duo will use the moneyto bring an N-F-L franchise to Winnipeg.

Maddin was born in Winnipeg and has produced TIFF film selections such as The Saddest Music in the World and My Winnipeg.

With files from the Canadian Press