Interest: Arts and Culture

Starlight and Other Sounds

Director Josephine Anderson
Year 2021
Run Time 5min
Genre Documentary

Governor General Award-winning composer Alexina Louie shares her process for creating her engaging and often eclectic works.

Director

Josephine Anderson

Writer

Josephine Anderson

Producer

Shirley Vercruysse

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Arts and Culture, Biography, Female Filmmaker

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

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L’innu du futur

Director Stéphane Nepton (Innu)
Year 2021
Run Time 6min
Genre Experimental

An Innu man discusses his relationship with his culture, how it was taken away from him, how he fought to take it back and what it will be like for the generations to come.

Director

Stéphane Nepton (Innu)

Writer

Stéphane Nepton (Innu)

Genre

Experimental

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Environment, Indigenous Filmmaker

Original Language

French

Ratings by Province

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Patty vs Patty

Director Chris Strikes
Year 2022
Run Time 19min
Genre Documentary
In 1985, restaurants in Toronto serving Jamaican patties went to war with the federal government over the right to call their beloved dish a “patty”.

Director

Chris Strikes

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Black Filmmaker

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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Indigenous-made Short Films

Director Shorts Programme
Genre Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Family, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
In addition to the feature films in this catalogue, we also offer a wealth of Indigenous-made short films suitable for various grade levels. They cover a variety of themes and topics, and encompass fiction and documentary, live action and animation. For the full list, check out our Short Film Programme and filter by Indigenous filmmaker. 

 

Director

Shorts Programme

Genres

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Family, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker

Original Languages

English, French, Other Language

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Don’t Tell Santa You’re Jewish!

Director Jody Kramer
Year 2010
Run Time 4min
Genre Animation
A young Jewish girl is worried that Santa will treat her differently from the other kids.

Director

Jody Kramer

Writer

Jody Kramer

Producer

Jody Kramer

Genre

Animation

Interests

Arts and Culture, Female Filmmaker

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

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Châde Wathte Yuta Wagichibi (Dancing with a Good Heart)

Director Heather Ketchemonia (Anishinaabe)
Year 2019
Run Time 3min
Genre Documentary
Students of the Morley Community School’s Pow Wow Academy reflect on the strength they’ve gained through their dancing.

Director

Heather Ketchemonia (Anishinaabe)

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Arts and Culture, Indigenous Filmmaker

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

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Turning Tables

Director Chrisann Hessing
Year 2018
Run Time 16min
Genre Documentary
Anishinaabe music producer Joshua DePerry, aka Classic Roots, uses his platform as an award-winning DJ to empower the youth in his community and examine what it means to be both urban and Indigenous.

Director

Chrisann Hessing

Producers

Chrisann Hessing, Tanya Hoshi

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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Fit to be Tied

Directors James Cooper, Jess Hayes
Year 2018
Run Time 13min
Genre Documentary
This quirky and fun short doc follows a team of professional balloon twisters as they represent Canada and compete for international glory at the World Balloon Convention in San Diego.

Directors

James Cooper, Jess Hayes

Writer

James Cooper

Genre

Documentary

Interest

Arts and Culture

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

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Bundle

Director Jamie Whitecrow (Anishinaabe)
Year 2020
Run Time 4min
Genre Experimental
 A look at the Anishinaabeg tradition of carrying a small bundle at all times containing items that are essential to maintaining spiritual and emotional wellbeing.

Director

Jamie Whitecrow (Anishinaabe)

Genre

Experimental

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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We Went Out

Director Ian Kamau
Year 2022
Run Time 12min
Genre Documentary

Poet Ian Kamau reflects on the ways he and his friends claimed urban spaces in Toronto to form a community in the 1990s.


Director

Ian Kamau

Writer

Ian Kamau

Cast

Mia-Skye Sagara, Ian Kamau, Danilo McCallum, Paul Sackichand

Producers

Dian Marie Bridge, Pip Bradford

Genre

Documentary

Interests

Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories

Original Language

English

Ratings by Province

NR
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