Night Mayor (2009) is the latest short film by Canadian-expressionist-surrealist filmmaker Guy Maddin. The ten-minute film will have its world premiere at the upcoming 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Set during 1939 in Winnipeg, Canada, the film follows a Bosnian immigrant who conceives a way to harness the power of the Aurora Borealis — also know as the northern lights — and the Bosnian immigrant uses the northern lights to broadcast imagery coast to coast. Continue reading this article to watch two minutes from the film and for a longer synopsis.
