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Présence autochtone June 11th, 2009 W rite a comment on this article ! The Taking of Pelham 123 Away We Go P résence autochtone Imagine native nation Melora Koepke June 4th, 2009 The Hangover [3] Festival Présence autochtone brings the best in aboriginal O'Horten culture to the city NFB 70th birthday Easy Virtue [1] It's time again for Présence autochtone, the festival that May 28th, 2009 celebrates all the arts and culture of North American native The Brothers Bloom [1] peoples (and some from around the world). It should be 2880 Film Blitz mentioned that the film portion of this festival is at the Every Little Step heart of a more extensive festival that features some very interesting art that's worth mentioning, as well as a May 21st, 2009 festival­like atmosphere at the centre of the city, Terminator: Salvation [1] specifically at Parc Émilie­Gamelin, at the corner of Berri Night at the Museum [2] and De Maisonneuve. Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's Sikumi The Limits of Control ­ Web (On the Ice) As far as artistic events go, I'm specifically intrigued by exclusive! [2] photo: Terres en vues Fragments, a ballet by Ojibway­ choreographer Lara May 14th, 2009 Kramer. The piece, which is a premiere, is based on the The Found Footage traumatic events that happened to her mother in the residential school system. Festival There will also be a special, super­interesting­looking section on the culture of the Marquesas, Il divo [1] Tahiti and French Polynesia. Angels and Demons [1] Underground As far as the film selection goes, as in all previous years of the festival, it's spotty at best. One Film Festival ­ Web exception is Montreal documentarist 's The Last Explorer, a creation of local prod exclusive! [1] house Rezolution Pictures. The film is about the filmmaker's great uncle, George Elson, who assisted on the Hubbard expeditions of 1903 and '05. Though the film has made the rounds, and May 7th, 2009 been shown on APTN in its Cree version already, it's worth seeing because Diamond has a way Adoration [1] with lensing and it may also serve as a preview of Diamond and Rezolution's new film, , Lymelife which will come out in theatres after a (probable) festival run later this year. All you need to know Star Trek review ­ Web so far about Reel Injun is that it's about the exclusive! [1] role of native (and proto­native) actors in Hollywood movies, and the pic has a shot of April 30th, 2009 Diamond with Clint Eastwood, whom he Star Trek [2] interviewed. The Pool Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ­ Among the sampling of other docs presented Web exclusive! [1] at this year's festival there are several X­Men Origins: Wolverine fascinating stories from various tribes around ­ Web exclusive! [1] the world, including from Corumbiara, Brazil. Artistry, however, is somewhat lacking. April 23rd, 2009 All the Days Before The shorts program is a bit more promising: Tomorrow Especially worthy of mention are three Fighting shorts, each of which had something appealing and unique: Out in the Cold is Other weeks... vanguard director and playwright Colleen Murphy's Waiting for Godot­ish piece about three guys drinking in the freezing cold. Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's On the Ice begins with a violent, bloody stabbing on the snowy white Arctic landscape, with stark and gorgeous horizons all around, and Lost Tribe is a collage­mood piece about native people in the city (Winnipeg?) set to an original composition by Andew Balfour and performed by new music choir Camerata Nova.

Festival Presence Autochtone At various venues, June 11­21 For full schedule, visit www.nativelynx.qc.ca

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