Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 1 21/07/2014 5:15:05 AM On behalf of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg I would like to welcome everyone attend- First Nation community, it is my plea- ing the festival to unceded, unsurren- sure to send my greetings and a most dered ancestral Algonquin Territory. warm Algonquin welcome to everyone Please accept my best wishes for a most attending the 3rd annual Asinabka Film enjoyable and memorable week. & Media Arts Festival. Kichi migwech, This event promises to be an excellent venue for advancing works from emerg- Chief Gilbert W. Whiteduck ing and established Indigenous artists, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg both nationally and internationally. Welcome Such a festival also has the potential to help Canadian to better understand the realities of Indigenous peoples lives and experiences in this country.

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 2 21/07/2014 5:15:05 AM On behalf of Members of City As Head of Council, I want to congratu- Council, it is my distinct pleasure to late the Festival coordinators, film and extend a very warm welcome to all media artists, in addition to the sponsors those participating in the 2nd Asinabka for dedicating efforts, expertise, creativ- Aboriginal Film & Media Arts Festival, ity and resources to the successful stag- taking place in the heart of Algonquin ing of this innovative gathering. ancestral territory, from July 23th to 27th 2014. I am delighted to lend my Allow me to convey my best wishes to moral support to the Festival organizers everyone present for a productive and for providing a forum for , enjoyable Festival. Inuit and Métis filmmakers and media artists, in addition to Indigenous and Sincerely, Non-Indigenous film and media arts industry artists from around the globe, to showcase their creative talents and productions. Jim Watson, Mayor The Festival also is a valuable opportu- nity for the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, along with other Indigenous populations to bring to the forefront issues of importance to their commu- nities. Festival‐goers will also share in the celebration of the Aboriginal and Indigenous languages and arts.

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 4 21/07/2014 5:15:06 AM Opening Night @ Victoria Island Currently in our 3rd year of programming, The Festival seeks to educate people the mandate of the Asinabka Festival is to about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit issues in establish an annual Indigenous film and media Canada, and about Indigenous issues interna- arts festival in the Nations Capital that allows tionally. The Festival also provide an enter- independent artists - national, international, taining and innovative space where Indigenous Opening Night Indigenous, non-Indigenous - to share, pres- peoples can tell their own stories and see their 100 Middle St. ent, and disseminate their work. own cultures reflected back at them. Wednesday July 23 The Asinabka Festival aims to highlight works The Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival cele- 7:00 pm that examine Indigenous issues and topics, to brates and welcomes everyone to the opening support media artists and filmmakers, and to night on the beautiful Victoria Island. promote Indigenous cultures and languages.

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Decolonizing Together: It’s 1976 and every Native child is required Solidarity Assembly to attend the local residential school, a law Gallery Crawl 7:00-8:45pm gleefully and ruthlessly enforced by Popper, @ Gallery 101 the sadistic Indian Agent who runs the school. Organized by Indigenous Peoples Aila is a 15-year-old druglord whose payoffs to & Platform Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO) Popper keep her out of residential school. Gallery

Outdoor Film Screening But when her father returns from a long stint 8:45-10:30pm in prison and her drug money goes missing, Aila’s world is turned upside down and she Rhymes for Young Ghouls must defend herself – and her crew – from the ruthless Popper. Set against the stark and 51B Young St. & Director: Jeff Barnaby • Canada • 88 brutal backdrop of Canada’s residential school 51C Young St. Minutes • 2013 • English and Mi’gMaq Rated 14A system, Barnaby crafts a landmark film that Thursday July 24 strikes first, challenges conventions and takes 7:00 pm - 1:00 am *Director in Attendance! no prisoners.

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 6 21/07/2014 5:15:07 AM “Noongwa (Now/Today)” Art Exhibition Opening 7:00 pm - 1:00am

Exhibiting Artists: Erin Marie Konsmo (Michif/Cree/ ) Fiya Bruxa (Latino/Mapucha/) Ernie Paniccioli (Cree/New York) Jordan Bennett (Mi’kmaq/St. Johns) Nyle Johnston (Anishinabe/Toronto)

The title for this Art Exhibition “Noongwa (Now/Today)” is based upon an Anishinabemowin (Ojibwa) word meaning “Now or “Today”. The curatorial theme of this exhibition celebrates and examines the work that is being created by Indigenous peoples that often traverse between the space of the urban and rural, in a literal sense, but also in a “Maanpii (Here)” Art Exhibition figurative sense through connections and ties Opening 7:00pm-1:00am to their traditional lands, cultures, and com- munities. Through these artists’ works as well Exhibiting Artists: as their many contemporaries, hip-hop culture Carmel Whittle (Mi’kmaq) is turned into a vehicle for self-determination, Simon Brascoupe (Algonquin) decolonization, the embracing of Indigenous Laura Leah (Mohawk) cultural identities, and challenging the sexism, Randy Mayes (Anishinabe) racism, and homophobia that exists in society. Brad Henry (Tlinglit)

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 7 21/07/2014 5:15:08 AM Transmission of Knowledge: Short Film Program 7:30pm-8:30pm DAY 3 The title for this Art Exhibition “Maanpii (Here)” is based upon the Anishinabemowin (Ojibwa) word meaning “Here”. The curatorial Film theme of this exhibition is the Indigenous lens Screenings of contemporary urban life, and the attempts @ Club SAW Gone Too Far to indigenize the urban landscape. “Maanpii Jocelyn Formsma • Canada • 2014 • 10 (Here)” features work by all local Ottawa min • English based Artists. Juliette looks for love, only to come up empty time and again. This time she takes love into her own hands to find the one - forever. 67 Nicholas St. Friday July 25 Traditional Healing 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Raymond Caplin • Canada • 2:24 • 2013 A young woman dances in a devastated forest. Then a miracle occurs.

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 8 21/07/2014 5:15:08 AM Tide II PLACEnta Dbaajaamowin Ishkode (Fire Story)

Elisa Moar • Canada • 2:08 • 2014 Jules Koostachin • Canada • 16:00 • 2014 • Vera Wabegijig • Canada • 2014 • 22:40 • An experimental short with water movement, English English A short documentary that focuses on what the and a mesmerizing choreography of colors. The sharing between a mother and her chil- dren, and the re-discovery of First Nations element of fire teaches us about living a good traditional childbirth teachings. life while learning how to make a fire.

Uprooted: Short Film Program 9:00-10:00pm

Wigwas My Uncle Antoine

Karl Chévier • Canada • 6:00 • 2014 • English Délia Gunn • Canada • 5:42 • 2014 • Karl talks about his life philosophy through French & Anishinabe building a birch bark canoe. Delia’s uncle Antoine can only speak Ojibwa, she knows he only has a short time to live and imagines what he would say before parting. 9

Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 9 21/07/2014 5:15:09 AM Pearl When a young Anishinabe experiences racism for the first time, her mother realizes that she Elisa Moar • Canada • 2014 • 2:32 • French can’t protect her daughter from the evils of the An intimate portrayal of a young woman world. dreaming the impossible. Tired Karina Wabaquin Coon-Come • Canada • 3:25 • 2014 • English A young Cree boy runs away. He fears being placed in foster care again. The Weight

Craig Commanda • Canada • 4:05 • 2014 • Uprooted Generation English A personal reflection on how depression takes Réal Jr. Leblanc • Canada • 2014 • 7:16 • Alice and Kevin Innu & French over ones life and the journey to get out of it. A young Innu returns to the scene of the Sept- Sam Vint • Canada • 2014 • 12:20 • English Îles Residential School in an effort to encour- Alice Taylor is a life long resident of remote ager healing in his community, long haunted St. Theresa Point First Nation in Northern by ghosts of the past. Manitoba, her son Kevin has cerebral palsy. Alice is in a race against time to get Kevin the Flooding Hope care he needs at home before her own health A Common Experience problems catch up with her. Myrle Ballard • Canada • 2012 • 20:28 • Shane Belcourt • Canada • 2013 • 10:20 • English English Leaks Based on Yvette Nolan’s play “Dear Mr. Buchwald”, This film examines how the Manitoba Government permanently displaced the Lake Cara Mumford • Canada • 2:42 • 2013 • this film is a poetic reflection on what it means to English be a child of a residential school survivor. St. Martin First Nation community from their ancestral home. 10

Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 10 21/07/2014 5:15:11 AM Sean Conway is an entertainer from Curve Lake First Nation, currently residing in Peterborough, Ontario. He is an avid musical explorer bridging classic country music, rocka- billy and jazz as a guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader.

Music Night @ Club SAW Tara Williamson is a poet and provoca- 67 Nicholas St. Friday July 25 teur- the spark that ignites the flame, from 10:30pm-1:00am Winnipeg, by way of Peterborough. A First Nations singer/songwriter, her music is an Nogojiwanong (Peterborough) unflinching document of self: the truth that Spotlight hurts before it heals.

Performers: Sean Conway & his Band Sarah DeCarlo is an artist and musician from Tara Williamson Peterborough, ON. Her songwriting abilities Sarah DeCarlo are diverse, and her music is upbeat with “Nogojiwanong” is the original Anishinaabe catchy tunes, it moves across the spectrum of name for what has become the city of emotions and intensity and offers the listener Peterborough, Ontario. This Music Spotlight a vast pallet of sounds to enjoy. highlights some of the talented Indigenous Musicians who call this place home.

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 11 21/07/2014 5:15:12 AM Living Flowers: International The Oysterman Shorts Romaine Moreton • Australia • 2012 • 7:00pm-8:30pm 14:22 • English A young Indigenous oyster farmer meets a mysterious young woman when the circus comes to town. He must decide whether he will follow in his family footsteps or choose love. DAY 4

Film Screenings Timing Light @ Canadian Tamara Whyte • Australia • 2012 • 12:00 Museum of • English Nature A young Aboriginal girl lives with her emotion- Theatre ally distant grandfather, she gets a glimpse of his life growing up, and a world unlike the one she is growing up in. La Flore Que Vive

240 McLeod St. Pelagia Gutiérrez Vega • Peru • 2014 • Saturday July 26 9:56 • Spanish Pelagia has inherited knowledge of medicinal 7:00pm-1:00am plants, which she shares.

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 12 21/07/2014 5:15:12 AM Yãmîy Ucayali River, one of the main tributaries of ‪ Peruvian Amazon. Mokan Rono is a young 15:00 man who is determined to start on his own Isael Maxakali • Brazil • 2011, 15:00 • journey to become a healer. He travels along Maxakali the river to the ancient land of Canchahuaya, The yãmîys are the “spirits” of the Maxakali cradle of the Shipibo culture. There, he meets pantheon. They are many; virtually endless. Sene Nita a wise shaman who teaches him to This film introduces us to some of yãmîys, such follow a special diet in order to be initiated in as the jaguar, coati, and the wild boar. the traditional knowledge of the Ayahuasca. Finnish - Sámi - Finnish ICAROS: Feature Length Adversity: Short Film Program Documentary 10:30pm-11:45pm Ima Aikio-Arianaick • Finland • 2013 • 28 8:45pm-10:15pm mins • Finnish This film follows two Finns, Annika Pasanen and Eino Torikka, going through their feelings and experiences of what it has been like to move from Southern Finland to Samiland. With time, they have both found their place in the Sami community.

The Hunter ICAROS Margaret Harvey • Australia • 11:17 • Georgina Barreiro • Argentina • 71 2012 • English Minutes • 2014 • Shipibo Two lovers awaken an ancient creature when one Icaros explores the spiritual universe of the of them ignores a warning sign on sacred land. Shipibo indigenous people who live by the 13

Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 13 21/07/2014 5:15:13 AM Night Shift

Zia Mandviwalla • New Zealand • 14:00 • 2012 • English Salote starts another long night shift as a cleaner in an airport; she does her job and gleans her survival from what others leave behind.

Before She Came, After He Left

Marja Bål Nango • Norway • 22:00 • 2012 • Norwegian A young man on the verge of marriage ques- tions the frailty of life and the complex bonds of friendship after a recent tragedy.

Whakatiki The Orphan and the Polar Bear Louise Leitch • New Zealand • 13:00 • Neil Christopher • Canada • 8:47 • 2013 • 2012 • English English The river unexpectedly awakens a woman’s A neglected orphan is adopted by a polar bear inner spirit in this empowering tale of self-ac- elder. Under the bear’s guidance, the little ceptance. orphan learns the skills he will need to survive and provide for himself.

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Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 14 21/07/2014 5:15:14 AM Sounds Perfect Allan George • New Zealand • 6:58 • 2012 • English

Dave Dobson is a self--proclaimed ‘audio enhancement engineer’ in the adult film industry. While his uninspired workmates are happy to churn out the same clichéd slaps and squelches film after film, Dave hears a higher calling. The Amautalik Alaska is a Drag Neil Christopher • Canada • 6:49 • 2014 • English Shaz Bennett • USA • 13:00 • 2013 • English A neglected orphan and a kind little girl Up to their elbows in fish guts, fist fights and encounter one of the most dangerous land hangovers, two outsiders find camaraderie in a spirits from Inuit folktales—the Amautalik. backwards town lacking in tolerance.

Midnight Running: Short Film Interview with Einstein Program 12:00am-1:00am Velma Kee Craig • USA • 9:30 • 2012 • Mohawk Midnight Runners English Children discover their dog can talk and use Zoe Leigh Hopkins • Canada • 16:00 • their father’s film equipment to document an 2013 • English interview. What questions will they ask Einstein As homage to the death of his dear friend, Grant and what will he reveal about dog life? decides to implement positive life changes, one of which involves running naked in the middle of the night with two other friends. 15

Asinabka Booklet2014finals(final final).indd 15 21/07/2014 5:15:17 AM DAY 5 Ellen is Leaving Drunktown’s Finest Michelle Savill• New Zealand • 15:30 • Closing Night Sydney Freeland • USA • 2014 • 93 min • 2012 • English English & Navajo Before she moves oversees, Ellen recycles Outdoor Film Three young Native Americans—a rebellious much of her stuff...including her boyfriend. Screening father-to-be, a devout Christian woman, and a She decides to gift him to a new girlfriend, but promiscuous transsexual—come of age on an @ Victoria Indian reservation. can she really give him up? Island Erik and the Mystery Pack

Erik Papatie • Canada • 7:00 • 2014 • French 100 Middle St. Following the death of his dog, Eric is put to a Sunday July 27 mysterious challenge. 8:45-10:30pm

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