Presenting Partner imagineNATIVE FESTIVAL CATALOGUE October 22–27, 2019 imagineNATIVE.org | @imagineNATIVE | #iN20 Proud Presenting Sponsor of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Congratulations on celebrating 20 years of Indigenous media arts excellence. 20th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival October 22 — 27, 2019 Declaration of Indigenous Cinema 2 Opening Day Code of Conduct 5 Welcome Gathering 70 About imagineNATIVE 6 Opening Night Gala 71 Schedule at a Glance 10 Opening Night Party 70 Festival Venues + Village Map 14 Film + Video Accessibility + Accessible Screenings 18 Wednesday 73 Onsite Elder and Support Workers 20 Thursday 88 In Memoriam, Trudy Stewart 21 Friday 109 Box Office 22 Saturday 130 Festival Greetings 26 Sunday 144 Proud Presenting Sponsor Greetings from Officials 28 Night of the Indigenous Devs 121 imagineNATIVE’s 20th Events 30 The Beat 128 of the imagineNATIVE A Wall Is A Screen 32 imagineNATIVE’s 20th Birthday Party 143 Talkback 33 Awards Presentation 148 imagineNATIVE’s Art Talks 34 Awards Juries 150 Film + Media Arts Festival. Art Crawl 36 Augie Award 153 Exhibitions Closing Night Gala 154 Congratulations on celebrating 20 years iNDigital Expanded 38 Delegate Bag 155 in Pursuit of Venus [infected] 40 iN20 Merchandise 156 of Indigenous media arts excellence. Constructive Interference 42 Indices gathering across moana 44 Print Source 157 spatial codifications 47 Artist Index 161 Among All These Tundras 48 Country Index 164 Listen, speak and sing 49 imagineNATIVE Board + Patron History 167 iNDigital Space 51 Festival Partners 168 Digital + Interactive Media Works 52 Audio Works 63 1 Declaration of Indigenous Cinema 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 our 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 Institute for sharing this document in our Catalogue. For more information on the Institute, visit www.isfi.no 2 ᐅᖃᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᓕᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑎᐅᔪᒍᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑕ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅᐸᓯᖕᒥ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑕ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓪᓗᑕ ᓯᓚᑐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐅᐱᒋᕐᔪᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ, • ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕗᑦ ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒃᑲᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ • ᐅᓐᓄᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᓚᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᓐᓇᒃᑐᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ • ᓯᕿᓂᕐᓗ ᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᑎᓪᓗᑎᒍᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᑎᓐᓂ • ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᒌᖕᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ • ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᓂᒡᓗ • ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ: • ᐱᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓪᓗᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᖏᓐᓂᒃ. • ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᔨᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᓴᓕᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑦᑕ ᒥᒃᓵᓅᖓᔪᓂᒃ. • ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒡᓗ • ᐱᓕᕆᒃᑲᐅᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒡᓗ. • ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ. • ᐊᓯᐅᔾᔭᐃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕗᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᑭᖑᕚᒃᓴᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ ᐃᓅᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᕆᓂᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔫᓪᓗᑕ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. Guovdageaidnu, Sápmi, ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 2011 ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐋᓴ ᓯᒻᒪᐅᑉ (ᓵᒥᐅᔪᖅ), ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑖᓖᓐ ᔮᓐᓴᓐᒧᑦ (Dunghutti), ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ Kautokeino, Sápmi-ᒥ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 2011ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᖅᐸᕗᑦ International Sámi Film Institute-ᑯᑦ ᐊᒥᖅᑳᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᑎᑭᓵᒃᓴᖁᑎᑦᑎᓂ. ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ, ᐅᕗᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖕᒧᑦ www.isfi.no Inuktitut translation by: Monica Ittusardjuat 3 APTN is proud to celebrate 20 years alongside imagineNATIVE! 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