Angakusajaujuq – The Shaman’s Apprentice – produced by Nadia Mike (NSI Art of Business Management – Indigenous Edition) / WINNER Live Action Short Award
Dear Friend – directed and produced by Trevor Solway (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Disappearing Moon – directed by Micheal Auger, produced by Petie Chalifoux (both NSI IndigiDocs)
Evan’s Drum – produced by Kat Baulu (NSI Drama Prize)
Flood – directed by Amanda Strong (NSI IndigiDocs)
Gift to Give – developed through NSI IndigiDocs by writer, director, producer Erica Daniels (CBC New Indigenous Voices, Manitoba Content Creators Accelerator)
The Gift – directed by Rachel Garrick, edited by Nadine Arpin (both NSI IndigiDocs)
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again – written and directed by Courtney Montour (NSI IndigiDocs), produced by Kat Baulu (NSI Drama Prize) / WINNER Documentary Short Award
Monologue Harmonic – produced by Janet Rogers (NSI IndigiDocs)
Tik-A-Lee-Kick – directed by Anna Celestrya-Carr (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
ƛaʔUukʷiatḥ̣ (Tla-o-qui-aht) Dugout Canoe – developed through NSI IndigiDocs by writer, director, producer Steven Davies
Features
Beans – written and directed by Tracey Deer (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy – written, directed and produced by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, produced by Lori Lozinski (NSI Art of Business Management – Indigenous Edition program advisor)
Night Raiders – written and directed by Danis Goulet, executive produced by Lisa Meeches (NSI Indigenous training programs advisor and NSI Storytellers alumna) and Kyle Irving (NSI Global Marketing), associate produced by Eva Thomas (NSI Totally Television) and starring Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Portraits From a Fire – produced by Rylan Friday, cinematography by Kaayla Whachell (both TELUS STORYHIVE)
Run Woman Run – written and directed by Zoe Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), produced by Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Paula Devonshire (NSI Features First, NSI Totally Television) / WINNER Moon Jury Award
Ste. Anne – written, directed and produced by Rhayne Vermette (NSI IndigiDocs)
Digital Media
The Battle Within – directed by Janet Rogers / WINNER Experimental Audio Award
NDNs on the Airwaves Comedy Podcast – directed by Janet Rogers
The Seven Sacred Laws – directed and co-written by Erica Daniels
Stories Are in Our Bones – written and directed by Janine Windolph (NSI IndigiDocs)
Industry
Dr. Shirley Cheechoo (NSI Storytellers, Telefilm Spark Plug Program) wins August Schellenberg Award of Excellence
Filmmaking in Collaboration panel featuring Rhayne Vermette, Charlene Moore (NSI IndigiDocs) and Amanda Kindzierski (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
Building Your Team: A Conversation featuring Adeline Bird (CBC New Indigenous Voices), Jessie Anthony (NSI Art of Business Management – Indigenous Edition) and Ryan Cooper (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
iN Originals Panel featuring the National Screen Institute as mentorship partner; with Micheal Auger and Petie Chalifoux.
Shorts
êmîcêtôsêt: Many Bloodlines – developed through NSI IndigiDocs by director Theola Ross, producer/writer Alex Fisher-Bailey / WINNER Documentary Work – Short Format Award
Lichen – writer/director Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Atua – producer Pauline Clague (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative)
Les Enfants des Nomades – director Evelyne Papatie (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Ego of a Nation – writer/director/producer Janet Rogers (NSI IndigiDocs, TELUS STORYHIVE)
The Oldest Tree in the World – director Cara Mumford (NSI IndigiDocs, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Tricks are for Kiddo – director Rhayne Vermette (NSI IndigiDocs)
Last of the Nepinaks – director Darryl Nepinak (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Cyclic Roots – director Darlene Naponse (NSI Features First)
Mia’ (Salmon) – developed through NSI IndigiDocs by director Amanda Strong, producer Bracken Hanuse Corlett
Journey Through Fear – director Dennis Jackson (NSI Totally Television, NSI Storytellers)
Features
Shadow of Dumont – writer/director Trevor Cameron (NSI Storytellers), producer Anand Ramayya (NSI Drama Prize, NSI Totally Television, NSI Global Marketing)
Monkey Beach – writer/director/producer Loretta Todd (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), producer Jason James (NSI Totally Television)
Inconvenient Indian – director Michelle Latimer (NSI Drama Prize)
Industry
Emerging Producer Spotlights – includes Ryan Cooper (NSI IndigiDocs, CBC New Indigenous Voices)
DDD: Indigenous. International – moderated by Niki Little (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Supporting Indigenous Language Production: With ISO, CMF, APTN – includes Adam Garnet Jones (NSI Storytellers, NSI Diverse TV Director)
D+I Artist Talk: Healing the Future: Amanda Strong (NSI IndigiDocs)
Activism in Documentary Masterclass – with Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs) and moderator Elle Máijá Tailfeathers (former NSI IndigiDocs program advisor)
Spotlight: iN Features Screenwriting Lab – moderated by Eva Thomas (NSI Totally Television)
How to Pitch a Series – panelists include Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing) and Melanie Hadley (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI Board of Directors); moderator Deb Day (NSI Global Marketing)
Night Raiders Co-Pro Case Study – with Night Raiders’ writer/director Danis Goulet (NSI Drama Prize)
Tell Me a Story – panelist Darryl Nepinak (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Shorts
ahkâmêyimo nitânis | Keep Going My Daughter – director Candy Fox and producer Chris Ross (NSI IndigiDocs)
D.I.Y. – Taran Kootenhayoo (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Kauri – co-director Alex Lazarowich (NSI IndigiDocs)
Lake – director Alex Lazarowich
Sisters of Sorrow – Jordan Waunch (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Spirit Glitch – Mary Galloway (TELUS STORYHIVE)
Uu?uu~tah – Chad Charlie (TELUS STORYHIVE)
When the Children Left – director Charlene Moore and producer Ryan Cooper (NSI IndigiDocs)
Wildfire – producer Gharrett Patrick Paon (NSI Features First)
Zombies and Indians – writer/director/producer Keith Lawrence (NSI Storytellers)
Features
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up – writer/director/producer Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs) / WINNER the Sun Jury Award and the Audience Choice Feature Film Award
Red Snow – writer/director/producer Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers)
The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw – writer/director/producer Shelley Niro (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and producer Floyd Kane (NSI Totally Television)
Indigenous Feature Futures Forum
2 Funerals, a Round Dance and a Wedding – writer Alexandra Lazarowich
We Got This – director/co-writer Shane Belcourt (NSI Totally Television, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and producer Michelle St. John (NSI IndigiDocs)
Running Home – writer/director Zoe Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and producers Paula Devonshire (NSI Features First, NSI Totally Televison) and Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Slash/Back – producer Daniel Bekerman (NSI Features First)
Wildhood – producer Gharrett Patrick Paon
Monkey Beach – writer/director Loretta Todd (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and producer Jason James (NSI Totally Television)
Leave It On The Water – director Steve Sxwithul’txw and producer Michele Mundy (NSI IndigiDocs)
Nosisim (My Grandchild) – director Sonya Ballantyne (NSI IndigiDocs) and producer Sage (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
Cedar Tree of Life – director Odessa Shuquaya and producer April Johnson (NSI IndigiDocs)
Lost Moccasin – director Roger Boyer (NSI IndigiDocs) and producer Darcy Waite (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs) / WINNER Darcy Waite, Rising Producer Mentorship Award
You Will Go Home – director Rhonda Lucy with Damian Frazee and Cynthia Murdock (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
A Little Visit – director Micheal Auger (NSI IndigiDocs)
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) – writer/director/producer Amanda Strong (NSI IndigiDocs) / WINNER best interactive work, Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for best short work
Colour of Scar Tissue – producer Darcy Waite
FAST HORSE from director Alexandra Lazarowich (NSI IndigiDocs) / WINNER best documentarywork short format, Rising Director Mentorship Award
Laundry Day – director JJ Neepin (NSI IndigiDocs) and producer Justina Neepin (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
Looking At Edward Curtis – director Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers)
My Boy – director Sage
Out of Nothing – director Alexandra Lazarowich
Run As One: The Journey of the Front Runners – director Erica Daniels (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Make Me – director Janet Rogers (NSI IndigiDocs)
Moa Ma Le Pinko (Chicken and Bingo) – director Courtney Montour (NSI IndigiDocs) and producer Pauline Clague (Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative)
Features
Falls Around Her – writer/director/producer Darlene Naponse (NSI Features First) / WINNER audience choice award
Industry
Life & Death in the Prairies, a panel event with Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs)
Ryan Cooper (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs) and Adeline Bird (CBC New Indigenous Voices) APTN and imagineNATIVE Web Series Pitch winners
Shorts
Flat Rocks – director Courtney Montour, producer Roxann Whitebean (both NSI IndigiDocs)
From Up North – director Trudy Stewart, producer Janine Windolph (both NSI IndigiDocs)
NDNs on the Airwaves – director Jackson Twobears, producer Janet Rogers (both NSI IndigiDocs)
Dear Hatetts – director Kerry Barber (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Juliana & The Medicine Fish – director/co-writer/producer Jeremy Torrie (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), executive director Jim Compton (Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), producer Jean Du Toit (NSI Global Marketing)
Just One Word – executive producer Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing)
Kia Tau (Be at Rest) – director Michelle Latimer (NSI Drama Prize)
The Last Walk – producer Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Mikinakay: Trail of the Turtle – director Erica Daniels (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Nuuca (Take) – director Michelle Latimer
Red Card World: The Tree – director Cara Mumford (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Birth of a Family – co-writer/director Tasha Hubbard (NSI IndigiDocs) / WINNER special jury prize, Moon Jury
Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier – directors Shane Belcourt (NSI Totally Television, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) / WINNER Alanis Obomsawin award for best documentary work (long-form)
Kayak to Klemtu – director Zoe Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), producer Daniel Bekerman (NSI Features First) / WINNER audience choice award
The Road Forward – director Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers)
Industry
Spectrum – Darcy Waite and Madison Thomas / WINNER web series live pitch competition
Shorts
7 minutes – director Tasha Hubbard and producer Marilyn Poitras (both NSI IndigiDocs)
Cree Code Talker – director Alexandra Lazarowich and producer Cowboy Smithx (both NSI IndigiDocs) / WINNER best short documentary
Crash Site – writer/director Sonya Ballantyne and producers Sage Daniels and Luther Alexander (all CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs)
The Dust Bowl – director/producer Lisa Jackson (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Four Faces of the Moon – writer/director Amanda Strong and producer Bracken Hanuse Corlett (both NSI IndigiDocs)
Released developed through NSI IndigiDocs – Chantal Rondeau and Jennifer Bowen-Allen
Spirit of Birth developed through NSI IndigiDocs – Rebeka Tabobondung and Michelle St. John
Features
Fire Song – Adam Garnet Jones (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program, NSI Storytellers) and Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
imagineNATIVE’s Canadian Indigenous Film Producer Mini-Lab
Michelle Latimer
Cara Mumford (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Jeremy Torrie (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Shorts
The Underground developed through NSI Drama Prize – writer/director Michelle Latimer (NSI Storytellers) producer Kerry Swanson, executive producer Paula Devonshire (NSI Features First, NSI Totally Television,Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Danis Goulet (NSI Drama Prize) / WINNER best short drama
Alice and Kevin developed through NSI IndigiDocs – director Sam Vint (CBC New Indigenous Voices) and producer Christopher Read
L’Amendement – Kevin Papatie (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Indigo – Amanda Strong (NSI IndigiDocs) / WINNER best Canadian short drama
Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters – Amanda Strong / WINNER best music video
Leaks – Cara Mumford (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Mohawk Midnight Runners – directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), produced by Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) / WINNER best Canadian short drama award
Pilgrims – directed by Marie Clements (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) / WINNER the Shaw Media mentorship program
Wakening – directed by Danis Goulet (NSI Drama Prize), produced by Glen Wood (NSI Features First)
7 Lifetimes – produced by Laura Milliken
A Common Experience – directed by Shane Belcourt and produced by Duane Murray (both NSI Totally Television, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
I Can’t Remember – directed by Michelle Latimer (NSI Storytellers, NSI Drama Prize), produced by Laura Milliken
I Got Heart – directed by Danis Goulet, produced by Laura Milliken
Features
Alias – directed by Michelle Latimer
Empire of Dirt – produced by Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing, Telefilm Spark Plug Program)
Moose River Crossing – directed by Shirley Cheechoo (NSI Storytellers, Telefilm Spark Plug Program)
Industry
International Co-productions: The Present and Future for Indigenous Collaborations and Upping Your Game: National and International Professional Development Opportunities panel featuring Jim Compton (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
DIY Distribution: Case Studies for Success panel featuring Jeremy Torrie (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Producers Masterclass: Myster(y)ious Road Masters of Magic panel featuring Michelle Latimer and Jennifer Podemski
Directing Masterclass: Indigenous Visionaries in Conversation panel moderated by Shane Belcourt
Shorts
I for NDN – directed by Darryl Nepinak (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Barefoot – produced through NSI Drama Prize by writer and director by Danis Goulet and producer by Christine Kleckner
LIAR – directed by Adam Garnet Jones (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Snare – from Lisa Jackson (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
When it Rains – directed by Cara Mumford (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
The Floor – directed by Dion Telesky (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
The Pomegranate – directed by Cara Mumford
This Is My Time (Everyday) – directed by Michelle Latimer (NSI Storytellers)
Ghost House – directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Mr. Milkman – directed by Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Features
The Language of Love – directed by Marie Clements (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
We Were Children – produced by Kyle Irving (NSI Global Marketing) and executive produced by Lisa Meeches (NSI Aboriginal Training Programs Advisor, NSI Storytellers)
Industry
Cara Mumford pitching her TV series concept Animal Instincts at the Drama Queen! Drama Series Pitch Competition
Shorts
Inheritance – directed by Joe E. Ironstand (CBC New Indigenous Voices)
Astronoobs – produced by Cam Lizotte (NSI Storytellers)
Paper Dove – directed by Cara Mumford (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Last Song – directed by Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Free – directed by Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Pow.Wow.Wow – directed by Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Choke – directed by Michelle Latimer (NSI Storytellers)
Parkdale – directed by Lisa Jackson
The Way it Should Be – directed by Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing)
Features
Every Emotion Costs – created through the NSI Features First program by director Darlene Naponse and producer Joseph Mansourian
Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes – directed by Dennis Jackson (NSI Totally Television, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Industry
M: Stories of Women, photography and video works by Shelley Niro
Festival Programming and Strategies for Artists’ panel, moderated by Michelle Latimer
A Match Made in Heaven…? How to Make the Director-Producer Relationship Work panel featuring Dennis Jackson and Melanie Jackson (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Lisa Jackson
Greg Spottiswood (NSI Drama Prize), panel expert for DRAMA QUEEN! Drama Series Pitch Competition
Shorts
Living with Fire/From the Ashes – Shelley Niro (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
The Road Forward – Marie Clements (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
I Ain’t Learned Nothing Yet – Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
You Got it – Laura Milliken
Features
A Flesh Offering – Jeremy Torrie (Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Industry
Darryl Nepinak (CBC New Indigenous Voices), winner of imagineNATIVE Pitch Prize award for The Band Office
Shorts
The Visit – written and directed by Lisa Jackson (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Savage – written and directed by Lisa Jackson
How People Got Fire – written and directed by Daniel Janke (NSI Global Marketing)
The Winter Chill – directed and produced by Paul M. Rickard (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative)
Escape Hatch – directed and produced by Tracey Deer (NSI Storytellers)
The Maintenance Man – produced by Roger Boyer (CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI Storytellers)
Sit By My Fire – co-produced by Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing, Telefilm Spark Plug Program)
Dancers of the Grass – written , directed and produced by Melanie Jackson (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Go Get Dad – directed by Adam Garnet Jones (NSI Storytellers, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program), produced by Laura Milliken (Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program)
Wave a Red Flag – written, directed and produced by Adam Garnet Jones
Summer Day – produced by Laura Milliken
Totem – produced by Laura Milliken
Tsi tkahéhtayen (The Garden) – produced by Laura Milliken
It’s All You – produced by Laura Milliken
Kisakiin – produced by Laura Milliken
Whiskey Breath – produced by Laura Milliken
Evergreen – produced by Laura Milliken
Spring to Come – produced by Laura Milliken
Gaza Square Dance – produced by Laura Milliken
Features
Pushing the Line: Art without Reservations – written and directed by Lisa Jackson
Reel Injun – produced by Catherine Bainbridge (NSI Global Marketing)
Bearwalker – written and directed by Dr. Shirley Cheechoo (NSI Storytellers, Telefilm Spark Plug Program)
Jackpot – produced by Michelle Latimer (NSI Storytellers)
Industry
Mentorship & Training Mash-Up panel includes Shirley Cheechoo, Adam Garnet Jones and Lisa Jackson
Collective Power! The Rise and Rise of Filmmaking Collectives panel includes Tina Hahn (NSI Global Marketing)
In Conversation: The Evolution of Indigenous Filmmaking master class includes Jennifer Podemski
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