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NATIV E to aactionction NATIV E to Presenting Spon aactionction sor: FILM NATIVE to + MEDIA ARTS FESTI VAL OCT. 22-26, 2014 Romance imagineN Download the imagineN ATIVE Apple + AndroidATIVE App .org NATIVE to DRAMA Photo Credit: Roger Manndal WE, THE INdigENous scREEN stoRYTEllERS, UNitED IN THis NoRTHERN coRNER of ouR MotHER THE EaRTH IN A GREat assEMBLY of wisdom DEclaRE to all NatioNS WE GLORY IN OUR PAST, • when our earth was nurturing our oral traditions • when night sky evoked the visions of our dreams • when Sun and the Moon were our parents in stories told • when storytelling made us all brothers and sisters • when our stories brought forth great chiefs and leaders • when justice was upheld in the stories told. WE WILL: • Hold and manage Indigenous cultural and intellectual property. • Ensure our continued recognition as primary guardians and interpreters of our culture. • Respect Indigenous individuals and communities. • Faithfully preserve our traditional knowledge with sound and image. • Use our skills to communicate with nature and all living things. • Heal our wounds through screen storytelling. • Preserve and pass on our stories to those not yet born. We will manage our own destiny and maintain our humanity and pride as Indigenous peoples through screen storytelling. Guovdageaidnu, Sápmi, October 2011 Written by Åsa Simma (Sámi), with support from Darlene Johnson (Dunghutti), and accepted and recognized by the participants of the Indigenous Film Conference in Kautokeino, Sápmi, October 2011. Thanks to the International Sámi Film Center (Åsa Simma and Anne Lajla Utsi) for sharing this document in our Catalogue. For more information on the Center, visit www.isf.as. Presenting Sponsor: FILM + MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL #iN15th sponSors 6 openIng dAy AboUt imaginenAtIVE 8 welCome gAthering + Party 48 festival Staff 9 openIng nIgHt gAlA 49 festival venues 10 thursdAy programming 50 Festival villAgE 11 fridAy programming 63 special eventS 12 saturdAy programming 75 box office 13 2014 awardS schedUlE At A glAnCE 14 jury 86 festival greetIngS 18 awards shoW 87 FoUnders greetIngS 20 birtHdAy party 88 acknoWlEdgementS 21 sundAy programming 89 government greetIngS 22 Closing GalA 96 15th Anniversary eventS 28 IndUStRy series InternAtIonAl spotlIgHt 30 thursdAy 101 art crawl 33 fridAy 102 ExhibItIonS saturdAy 103 I:kE – I have motIon 34 mediatheque 104 ice fishing 38 IndEx recast 39 print Source 105 tRove 41 artistS 112 CommissionEd woRkS 43 CoUntRy / provinCE 115 new media woRkS 44 FEStIVAlS listIng 118 audIo WoRkS 46 5 Presenting Sponsor: Platinum Sponsor: Gold: Silver: Bronze: BC Producers’ Branch Media: 6 Public Funders: an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario Miziwe Bliik Community Partners: Mentorship Partners: No’kmaq Village Festival Hotel: Hospitality: Foundations: Individual Donors: ontario trillium Foundation Air born Productions Inc., Shelagh Rogers, gisèle gordon, dana Claxton, Cj Foundation Andre Morriseau, lisa Steele and kim tomczak, brenda darling and Ian the Mclean Foundation gilmour, Charlotte Engel, Andrew johnson, daniel david Moses, Wendy dreamcatcher Foundation Pearson, Michelle St john, louanne Chan, dennis Rudd in memory of Rebecca Schafer, jonathan bylok and all our anonymous donors. Special thank you to Milton Winberg in loving memory of his wife Florence. 7 imagineNATIVE www.imagineNATIVE.org #iN15th Film + Media Arts Festival 401 Richmond Street West, tel: +1 416 585 2333 facebook.com/imaginenAtIVE SuitE 349, toRonto, ON Fax: +1 416 585 2313 twitter.com/imaginenAtIVE M5V 3A8 CAnAdA [email protected] youtube.com/imaginenAtIVE Since our first Festival in 2000, the imaginenAtIVE Film + Founded by Cynthia lickers-Sage and Vtape with the help Media Arts Festival has programmed film, video, audio and of other community partners, imaginenAtIVE is now the new media works made by Canadian and international largest festival of its kind and an international hub for Indigenous media artists in key creative roles as producers, creative excellence and innovation in the media arts. directors and/or writers. In programming these works over the years, imaginenAtIVE has embraced works from Indigenous In addition to the Festival, the Centre for Aboriginal Media creators that push artistic boundaries to represent a diversity (imaginenAtIVE’s legal name) also presents the annual of ideas, themes and genres in our programming, seeking imaginenAtIVE Film + Video tour and the indigiFlIx Community representations of subjects that would not necessarily be made Screening Series, which extend our mandate to present available through mainstream forms of media. Indigenous-made works year round. imaginenAtIVE is committed to paying industry-standard artists fees for all our In keeping with our artistic policy, the Festival prioritizes initiatives. For more information on our mandate and the works that balance and present: unique and new perspectives organization, please visit our website. expressed within the content of the work; cultural, community and social relevance; a creative approach to form characterized imagineNATIVE is a Registered Charity by innovative expression; distinctive style; personal vision; #898938717 RR0001 and a practice of crossing aesthetic borders in terms of genre, medium and emerging content platforms. to donate, please visit: www.imaginenAtIVE.org imaginenAtIVE is a Festival that supports the diverse artistic visions and perspectives of Indigenous artists working in the media arts; works selected for programming do not need to have overt Indigenous content or themes. As identified in our mission statement, imaginenAtIVE is committed to dispelling stereotypical notions of Indigenous peoples through diverse media presentations from within our communities, thereby contributing to a greater understanding by all audiences of Indigenous artistic expression. 8 top: lindsay Monture, Audrey Rochette, jason Ryle, daniel northway-Frank, Sarabeth burns, Violet Chum left to Right: Marcia nickerson, kathleen Meek, Connie Walker, Eileen Arandiga, Shane belcourt, bottom: Medika thorpe, Soufian jalili, Amee lê, jessica lea Fleming Andre Morriseau, Charlotte Engel, Paula devonshire, Anne Pick, Adam garnet jones, Caroline Habib Board of Directors Programming Team Marcia nickerson (Chair) • Connie Walker (Vice Chair) • denise bolduc • Heather Haynes • Marcia nickerson • kathleen Meek (treasurer) • Charlotte Engel (Secretary) • daniel northway-Frank • jason Ryle • Ariel Smith Eileen Arandiga • Shane belcourt • Paula devonshire • Caroline Habib • Adam garnet jones • Andre Morriseau • Anne Pick • Denise bolduc (Vice Chair to August 2014) Design Team Festival Creative: terry lau + Heli Prajapati, beehivedesign.com Advisors year-round and Web Creative: Scott Mackay julie ouellon-Wente • Pauline Shirt • Jesse Wente trailer: Shane belcourt Web development: Scott Mackay Patrons Roberta jamieson • Rhonda kite • Frank Meawasige • Trailer Team laura Michalchyshyn • Alanis obomsawin • bill Roberts • director: Shane belcourt Carla Robinson • n. bird Runningwater • lisa Steele • Producer: Michelle St. john, daniel northway-Frank kim tomczak • Patrick Watson • Margaret Zeidler design: beehive design Sound design: Puppy Machine Sound Staff Post-Production: Urban Post Production Executive director: jason Ryle Manager, Festival Initiatives: daniel northway-Frank Publicity development Manager: jessica lea Fleming Carrie Sager, President office Manager: Violet Chum FlIP Publicity Communications Coordinator: Soufian jalili Flip-publicity.com development + tourism Coordinator: Audrey Rochette [email protected] Events Coordinator: Amee lê Awards Show/Party Producer: denise bolduc guest Services Coordinator: Medika thorpe outreach Coordinator: Sarabeth burns Programming + Industry Coordinator: lindsay Monture Volunteer Manager: Amy Rouillard Volunteer Coordinator: Saskia Rinkoff Front-of-House Manager: Victoria kucher technical Coordinator: Eyan logan Catalogue Editor: Semareh Al-Hillal French/English translation: josée tremblay, Hugo Choquette Website Coordinator: Sage Paul 9 SCREENING VENUES: Ryerson Image Centre TIFF Bell Lightbox 33 gould Street (south side on gould Street, ½ block east of yonge Street) Reitman Square, 350 king Street West Ryerson Image Centre is fully accessible. (north side on king Street, west of University Avenue; Subway Station: St Andrew) tickets & Info: + 1-416-599-tIFF (8433) 15TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION VENUE: tIFF bell lightbox is fully accessible. Hart House, Great Hall Bloor Hot Docs Cinema 7 Hart House Circle 506 bloor Street West (north side on Hart House Circle, ½ block west of queens (north side on bloor Street, east of bathurst Street; Park Crescent West; Subway Station: Museum) Subway Station: bathurst) Hart House is fully accessible. bloor Hot docs Cinema’s main floor is fully accessible. the balcony and mezzanine are not (there is no elevator). FESTIVAL HOTEL: EVENTS VENUES: Hilton Garden Inn 92 Peter Street Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (west side on Peter Street, one block north of king Street West) 16 Spadina Road (west side on Spadina Road, ½ block north of bloor St.) HOSPITALITY PARTNERS: the accessible entrance is at the back of the building. Museum of Inuit Art The Everleigh 207 queen’s quay West 580 king Street West (north side on king Street, east of bathurst Street The Strathcona Hotel & west of Spadina Avenue) 60 york Street the Everleigh is not accessible (there is a medium flight of stairs leading up to the entrance, and no Tea-N-Bannock accessible