While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Ainar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
| Directing | Guy Maddin | Director |
| Writing | Guy Maddin | Writer |
| Editing | Dawna Noga | Negative Cutter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna Szöke | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Clive Perry | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Guy Maddin | Cinematography |
| Directing | Kyle McCulloch | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Lorne Bailey | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Carol Pickering | Additional Camera |
| Production | Stephen Snyder | Producer |
| Writing | George Toles | Story Consultant |
| Camera | Holly Gregory | Additional Camera |
| Production | Greg Klymkiw | Producer |
| Editing | Guy Maddin | Editor |
| Art | Jeff Solylo | Art Direction |
| Camera | Alan Baker | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna Szöke | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Rick Atkinson | Modeling |
| Sound | Laurence Mardon | Sound |
