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My Friend the Green Horse
In her dreams, a young Alanis Obomsawin befriends a gentle creature who guides her through her Abenaki homeland, where she learns life’s most important lessons.
Director
Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)
Legendary Abenaki filmmaker Obomsawin has made over 50 documentaries on issues affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada, including Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Trick or Treaty?, Is the Crown at War with Us?, Our People Will Be Healed, and Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger. Her most recent film is the short documentary Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair. Next, she is set to appear in an episode of Marie Clements' Bones of Crows: The Series.
Writer
Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)
Cast
Simon Renaud, Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)
Producer
Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)
Genres
Animation, Family
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Environment, Female Filmmaker, Indigenous Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Yellow Sticky Notes
Director
Jeff Chiba Stearns
Producer
Jeff Chiba Stearns
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interest
Arts and Culture
Original Language
English
How To Be Alone
Narrated by Tanya Davis to beautiful hand-drawn illustrations by Dorfman, Davis’s eloquent poem is full of powerful truths. With over 9.5 million views on YouTube, the film is an online sensation.
Director
Andrea Dorfman
Dorfman’s short live action/animation collaboration with poet-musician Tanya Davis, How to Be Alone, garnered over 10 million views on YouTube and was adapted into a book published by HarperCollins, illustrated by Dorfman. They made a follow-up, the NFB animation How to Be at Home, during the first Covid lockdown. Dorfman has directed the feature films Parsley Days, Love That Boy, Heartbeat, and Spinster, and animated the NFB shorts Flawed and Big Mouth.
Writer
Tanya Davis
Producers
Walter Forsyth, Andrea Dorfman
Genres
Animation, Experimental
Interest
Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
And That’s Remarkable
Director
Linnea Ritland
Genres
Animation, Drama
Interests
Bullying, Female Filmmaker
Original Language
English
Dystopianest Dystopia Ever
Director
Jon Murray
Writer
Jon Murray
Producer
Jon Murray
Genre
Comedy
Interests
Arts and Culture, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Volta
In this gorgeously shot documentary, Ryan Mullins is guided by a former projectionist on a tour of a derelict movie theatre in rural Ghana that is now serving as a make-shift school.
Director
Ryan Mullins
Producers
Noah Dumahasi, Ryan Mullins
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences
Original Language
English
SARS-CoV-2
We have been changed in innumerable ways by the historical event of SARS-CoV-2. Ways that we haven’t begun to comprehend. In this short, an individual reflects on the chaos and monotony of the past year.
Director
Andrew Huculiak
Writer
Andrew Huculiak
Cast
Emily Schoen
Producer
Josh Huculiak
Genre
Documentary
Interest
Global Experiences
Original Language
English
Lights for Gita
Director
Michel Vo
Genre
Animation
Interests
BIPOC Stories, Global Experiences
Original Languages
English, French
Mr. Sanderson
Directors
Ray Sanderson, Terrie McIntosh (Ojibwe)
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Indigenous Filmmaker, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English
Oscar Peterson: Black + White
Director
Barry Avrich
Avrich is an acclaimed documentarian whose many directing credits include Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz, Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella, Oscar Peterson: Black + White, for which he won a CSA, and The Road Between Us, which won TIFF’s People’s Choice Documentary Award. Avrich has authored three books, and adapted several theatrical productions for the screen.
Cast
Jon Batiste, Daniel Clarke Bouchard, Measha Brueggergosman, Herbie Hancock
Producers
Barry Avrich, Mark Selby
Genre
Documentary
Interests
Arts and Culture, BIPOC Stories, History, Social Justice & Politics
Original Language
English