Join us Friday November 29th, and Saturday November 30th for Telling Stories, a weekend of film at Ociciwan!
Telling Stories is a collection of short films from local and visiting Indigenous filmmakers who have a connection to amiskwaciywâskahikan. Come cozy up in our New Media gallery and let’s watch films that work across the fields of animation, digital, and analogue. Join Tiska as she steals back a flower for her lover in a post-apocalyptic city; Follow diaristic reflections on healing, change, and care through walks and visits with friends against the backdrop of Vancouver; Uncover a letter found at the right time with an ancestral message; Revisit summer powwow season and watch regalia glitter around drum circles; Reflect on the cyclical and relational observations of nature .
Featured Shorts:
Kimotiwin: The Act of Stealing, Keara and Caeleigh Lightning (Studio Ekosi)
Did It Hurt?, Dana Justine Belcourt
My Girl, Megan Shott
Alexis Powwow Drummers, Seth Arcand
future ready: cusp, KJ Edwards
Choose between two screenings:
Friday November 29th, screening from 6-7PM
Saturday November 30th, screening from 2-3PM, & an artist talk from 3-4PM
(there is a seperate eventbrite event for Saturday)
We’ll have tea, and movie snacks! Bring yourselves, your family, friends, and any questions you have for the filmmakers.
Image in our program graphic: film still from future ready: cusp, KJ Edwards
