In 1989, three WFG members were nominated for Genie Awards: Ed Ackerman for Primiti Too Taa, Lorne Bailey for The Milkman Cometh, and Guy Maddin for Tales From The Gimli Hospital.
[4] In 1993, Watershed Media Trust in Bristol, England, hosted an 8-city, 4-film tour of work from the Winnipeg Film Group.
Also that year, the WFG earned a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association.
[6] Directed by Allan Kroeker, it is a pastiche of silent film tropes involving a plot wherein infant rabbits are eaten at a restaurant.
[12][13] Operated on the first floor of the historic Artspace building in Winnipeg's Exchange District, it has one screen and plays two evening shows on weekdays, and matinées on the weekends.
[14] WFG is notable for having many past staff and members attain prominent positions in the Canadian media industry.
Honorary members are appointed for their "exceptional achievement as a Manitoba filmmaker or for their extraordinary contribution to the development of the Winnipeg Film Group as an organization.