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Arctic Representation: A Conversation with Nyla Innuksuk
A conversation with filmmaker, producer, and writer Nyla Innuksuk. Learn more about her work here: https://imaginenative.org/artists/nyla-innuksuk/Read “On-Screen Protocols + Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories” and related publications here: https://imaginenative.org/year-round/publications/This is Episode 3 of the mini-series "Arctic Representation: Conversations with Inuit Artists," produced by Clara Wilch, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University and LENS scholar who earned a PhD in Theater and Performance Studies at UCLA. Episode cover image: photograph by Clara Wilch...
2026-03-30
32 min
Face2Face with David Peck
Red Power Rising: Tanya Talaga & Shane Belcourt
In this conversation, David Peck interviews Tanya Talaga and Shane Belcourt about their film Red Power Rising, which explores Indigenous storytelling, narrative sovereignty, and the ongoing struggles faced by Indigenous communities in Canada. The discussion delves into the importance of reclaiming narratives, the layers of history and human rights within the film, and the distinction between being a warrior and a terrorist. They also address the systemic issues within Canadian society, the need for education reform, and the hope for future generations to thrive through cultural reclamation.Tanya Talaga is an award-winning Anishinaabe and Polish Canadian journalist...
2026-03-16
35 min
ReThreading Madness
Theo Cuthand, TherapyToo, and Venge Dixon on Art, Neurodiversity, Therapy Harm vand Survival
Theo Cuthand, TherapyToo, and Venge Dixon on Art, Neurodiversity, Therapy Harm and SurvivalThis episode brings together three voices working at the intersections of madness, creativity, survivorship, and resistance, each approaching mental health from lived experience rather than abstraction. Theo Jean Cuthand is a celebrated Indigenous filmmaker, visual artist, and game creator whose work explores Queer and trans identity, Indigeneity, love, and madness. With films and installations shown internationally, from MoMA and the Whitney Biennial to Berlinale and ImagineNATIVE, Theo speaks about using experimental media and game design to make inner experience visible. His video...
2025-12-30
1h 00
Women In Media
The Kim Wheeler Effect on Indigenous Storytelling
Sarah Burke welcomes back award-winning Anishinaabe/Mohawk storyteller Kim Wheeler, whose work has helped shape the sound of Indigenous media in Canada. She is a journalist, a producer, and a writer. Kim updates Sarah on her various shows (how many shows can one woman have!?) and her recent achievements in live television. She reflects on the significance of September 30th for Indigenous communities. shares personal stories about her daughters' careers in the film industry, and highlights the importance of storytelling in preserving Indigenous languages and cultures. Kim sets up an episode drop of Words and C...
2025-09-24
49 min
Reel Indigenous
Special Guests Sabrina and Littlebear Teach us to Pitch
Get ready to get inspired! Our next gen of Native filmmakers are here and showing us how its done. We met filmmakers Sabrina Saleha and Littlebear Sanchez at imagineNative and deadCenter film fests, and just had to have them on to share their experiences as young Indigenous filmmakers going through Sundance, imagineNative, and even Tisch. Let's decolonize filmmaking together!
2025-08-05
1h 02
SWOMP
Métis alternative pop artist Robin Cisek on her self-produced debut album 'Tempered'
As National Indigenous History Month approaches, Métis alternative pop artist Robin Cisek is using her platform to ensure Indigenous women have a place in Canada’s music industry. The Edmonton-based singer-songwriter just released her self-produced debut album Tempered on May 30, a project that delves into themes of self-discovery, healing and resilience. With a creative team composed primarily of women, Cisek says the record is both a personal and political statement — a reminder to young Indigenous women that they belong in an industry that remains male-dominated. Driven by lush soundscapes and Cisek’s signature atmospheric vocals...
2025-05-30
12 min
The TAHI Podcast
Paige & Courtney from imagineNATIVE
We catch up with the incredible Paige as she has a new song out this Friday and is taking a little look back on her career to date. Courtney from ImagineNATIVE talks to Waimirirangi about her Mahi and upcoming events. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
2025-05-20
47 min
Warrior Life
January Rogers on Art, Writing & Producing
January RogersWarrior Life PodcastJanuary Rogers is a Mohawk/Tuscarora multi-media artist and writer from Six Nations of the Grand River. She has won numerous awards, including Best Music Video 2020 at the American Film Festival and Best Experimental Sound Prize 2021 at imagineNATIVE.She has been an artist, poet, and writer in residence all over Canada including UofA (2018-19), UofL (2017), OACD (2016), and a mentor for Audible Canada and Banff Centre.She currently owns and operates Ojistoh Publishing and Productions and has many publications, including:Splitting the Heart (2007)Red Erotic (2010)Unearthed (2011)Totem Poles and Railroads (2016)As Long as the Sun Shines (2018)YouTube video...
2025-05-09
1h 04
InDigital Insights
Steve Diabo
In this episode of InDigital Insights, Monique Manatch speaks with Steve Diabo, an interactive artist and creative technologist. Steve shares his journey of integrating technology with Indigenous storytelling through his art installations, like Ancestor's Gate, which won the New Artist in Digital and Interactive Award at the ImagineNative Festival. He reflects on reconnecting with his community, embracing his identity, and using digital tools to promote Indigenous culture. Steve also discusses the potential of video games as a medium to teach sustainable living and Indigenous values, highlighting his vision for a survival game that blends traditional knowledge with modern technology.
2025-03-13
1h 04
Below the Radar
Star Stories — with Lisa Jackson
On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Lisa Jackson, an award-winning filmmaker, whose work spans hybrid documentary, installation, VR, and more. Am and Lisa discuss her latest work, Wilfred Buck, a portrait of Cree Elder Wilfred Buck, an Indigenous star lore expert. They also talk about her time as an undergraduate student at SFU and her journey as a filmmaker. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/261-lisa-jackson.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/261-lisa-jackson.html Resources: Lisa Jackson: https://www.lisajackson.ca/ Door Number 3...
2025-02-04
43 min
Matriarch Movement
Cynthia Lickers-Sage: Building Creative Community
What happens when Indigenous creatives are recognized in the mainstream?Cynthia Lickers-Sage, community-building powerhouse and co-founder of the renowned ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, joins Matriarch Movement to share how a long-standing relationship to storytelling has helped create so many internationally recognized gatherings of Indigenous creators. She discusses what it meant to see the first Indigenous film festival qualify a film for Oscar consideration, how fast an artist's life can change when they’re given opportunity, and how we pay it forward to the next generation. Plus she and Shayla can’t help but dig i...
2024-11-11
38 min
Material Girls
Reservation Dogs x Production Sovereignty with Karrmen Crey
We're so thrilled to be joined by the incredible Karrmen Crey (she/her) for this episode about FX's coming-of-age dramedy, Reservation Dogs! Released via Hulu from 2021-2023, this show is notable not only for its rich storytelling and beloved protagonists (shoutout to Bear, Cheese, Elora, and Willie Jack!), but also for its entirely Indigenous creative team from the creators to the cast and crew. In this episode, Marcelle (who is a huge fan of the show) offers some insight into how Reservation Dogs came to be. We're talking co-creators Sterlin Harjo and Taiki Waititi, the success of Thor: Ragnarok...
2024-08-06
1h 07
The Legacy of Hope Foundation Presents: Indigenous Roots and Hoots
Episode 52 - Roots and Hoots Interview with Shelley Niro
On this week’s episode of Roots and Hoots, host Gordon Spence is thrilled to be joined by artist and filmmaker Shelley Niro. Shelley is a member of the Six Nations Reserve, Turtle Clan, of the Bay of Quinte Mohawk. In this interview, Shelley and Gordon discuss the evolution of Shelley’s artistic process and her recent film Café Daughter.Show Notes Six Nations of the Grand River Silent Speakers Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization (podcast)Ontario College of Art (now Ontario College of Art and Design University)Film, Café DaughterDr. Lillian Eva Quan...
2024-05-08
27 min
The Final Word
ImagineNATIVE announces 2025 festival dates
In the March 1 episode of The Final Word, we covered the presidential primary in Michigan, imagineNATIVE’s newly announced dates and long walk-in clinic wait times.
2024-03-17
29 min
N'A Caravana
N'A Caravana com Vera Balsemão #231 Arte-terapia, escola Waldorf e a família na Austrália
É uma alma criativa dedicada ao mundo das artes e ao desenvolvimento holístico. O seu percurso como mãe e as suas experiências espirituais levaram-na a fundar uma Escola Primária Waldorf na região do Algarve. Mais tarde tornou-se Arteterapeuta Antroposófica, através de projetos sociais e retiros no Centro de Retiros Monte Velho.Formou-se como Arte Psicoterapeuta e Ecopsicoterapeuta no IKON Institute e no Methavision Institute, na Austrália. Acredita no poder transformador das artes e da natureza, utilizando-as como ferramentas de cura e crescimento pessoal.Combinando trabalhos artísticos individuais, orientação...
2024-03-04
45 min
PX Whanau Radio
Queer Pasifika art collective FAFSWAG (Full Interview)
FAFSWAG in Australia“Art for Pacific people is not just a practice,it’s a lived embodied vocation that allPacific people have” -Tanu Gago (Artist and Founding member of the FAFSWAGQueer Pasifika Art collective)“You don’t need a seat at the table, just build your own Fale” - (Elyssia Wilson-HetiArtist and Producer and member of FAFSWAG)The iconic queer Pasifika interdisciplinary art collective FAFSWAG has landed in Naarm withtheir groundbreaking exhibition Alteration.PX Whanau’s Sonja Hammer has a Talanoa/Korero with three members of the collective(Tanu Gago, Elyssia Wilson- Heti and Nahora Ioane) speaking on a myriad of topics from...
2024-02-10
00 min
Seedcast
Sending Light This Winter Solstice
Here in the northern hemisphere, as the winter solstice approaches, the light is changing quickly, and the sun sits lower on the horizon with each passing day. By now, all the harvest celebrations have come to an end, but the practice of gratitude and acknowledgement for the rewards of summer’s hard work continues. As we wrap up Season 3 of Seedcast, this very special final episode is dedicated to the hard work that has gone into this podcast. We revisit the diversity of nine productions created since last autumn by different producers. Through this journey, Exe...
2023-12-20
39 min
Contra Zoom Pod
259: 2023 ImagineNATIVE
ImagineNATIVE is the world's biggest Indigenous film and arts festival. This year the fest ran from October 17-22nd in Toronto and from October 23-29th online. We discuss I'm Just Here For The Riot, Fancy Dance, Hey Viktor!, Tautuktavuk: What We See, Red, White and Brass and Inky Pinky Ponky. Listen to our review of I'm Just Here For The Riot back on episode 235: Hot Docs 2023. Read Dakota's reviews of I'm Just Here For The Riot and Tautuktavuk: What We See. Read Jeff's reviews of Fancy Dance and Hey Viktor!. Also check...
2023-11-13
1h 01
IN HER LENS
In Conversation: Naomi Johnson about 'imagineNative' festival
In this special episode, you'll get to know Naomi Johnson who is the executive director of the world's largest Indigenous film and media arts festival- imagineNative. Naomi opens up about her work at the festival and its mission; she talks about the protection and amplification of Indigenous storytelling and sovereignty.imagineNative annual festival is now streaming online now, get a pass right here: https://imaginenative.org/indigitalspace/ and you can follow their work year round on Instagram.Naomi Johnson, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Bear clan from Six Nations, has worked in the arts for...
2023-10-28
34 min
Classic Movies Live!
Losing It Over Leo, Episode 19: Killers of the Flower Moon
Losing It Over Leo is back with another Scorsese picture, and the first movie to feature both Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro since This Boy's Life! Killers of the Flower Moon tells the story of the Osage Indian Murders, a series of murders perpetrated against the Osage tribe in Oklahoma during the early 20th century. While Killers features many indigenous people both in front of and behind the camera, the film is nevertheless told by Martin Scorsese, focusing on the non-native perspective. An ideal version of this story would be told by an Osage filmmaker...
2023-10-25
00 min
Classic Movies Live!
Losing It Over Leo, Episode 19: Killers of the Flower Moon
Losing It Over Leo is back with another Scorsese picture, and the first movie to feature both Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro since This Boy's Life! Killers of the Flower Moon tells the story of the Osage Indian Murders, a series of murders perpetrated against the Osage tribe in Oklahoma during the early 20th century. While Killers features many indigenous people both in front of and behind the camera, the film is nevertheless told by Martin Scorsese, focusing on the non-native perspective. An ideal version of this story would be told by an Osage filmmaker...
2023-10-25
00 min
Spark The Genius
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival exec director Naomi Johnson
Interview with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival executive director Naomi Johnson at their press launch (Sep 15, 2023) during #TIFF23 • PR by Ally LaMere-Shedden of Route 504 PR Brought to you by:https://amazon.com/shop/sparkthegenius Please click there before every time you shop on Amazon, to support me for free!https://neo.cc/refer/G4K6B5Z9 Canadians get $50 for signing up for the free Neo cash back credit card and free high interest money account at that special link. Follow my Instagram. For a free gift car...
2023-09-24
07 min
rabble radio
Red Buffalo Nova Weipert shares a new way of Indigenous storytelling
This week on rabble radio, Stephen Wentzell sits down with Red Buffalo Nova, an Ojibwe Two-Spirit, transgender artist, filmmaker, and storyteller to talk about how their multi-layered Indigenous identity informs their creative and professional work. About Red Buffalo Nova Weipert Red Buffalo Nova Weipert (he/him/they/them) is an Anishinaabe Ojibwe, Two-Spirit and transgender interdisciplinary artist, writer, director, educator and storyteller. Nova is a proud enrolled member of the Pinaymootang First Nation located in Treaty 2 territory, and is a recent graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at Emily Carr University of Art + De...
2023-06-30
30 min
The Technically Human Podcast
Indigeneity in the Digital Age
Welcome to another episode of the "22 Lessons on Ethics and Technology" series! In this episode, I sit down with Jason Edward Lewis to talk about how Indigenous peoples are imagining the futures while drawing upon their heritage. How can we broaden the discussions regarding technology and society to include Indigenous perspectives? How can we design and create AI that centers Indigenous concerns and accommodates a multiplicity of thought? And how can art-led technology research and the use of computational art in imagining the future? Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media theorist, poet, and software...
2023-05-12
1h 21
Broken Boxes Podcast
Bright Sounds: Conversation with Laura Ortman
Broken Boxes met up with musician and composer Laura Ortman during her Artist Residency at the Institute of American Indian Arts for this episode where we chatted about her long love affair with the violin, how music has supported her in navigating the ups and downs in life and the value of the violin in contributing to collaboration and transcending art mediums. Laura reflects on how she stays centered while constantly traveling as a practicing artist and she speaks about being DIY to a fault, how she is learning to accept support from community, grants and residencies along the way...
2023-02-11
57 min
The Directors Podcast
Danis Goulet | Night Raiders & the Possibilities of Indigenous Futurism
Director Danis Goulet and Indigenous Screen Office Co-Executive Director Kerry Swanson discuss Goulet's acclaimed feature, Night Raiders. Set in a dystopic North American future, the film follows a Cree mother as she attempts to rescue her daughter from a state-run education camp. After premiering at the Berlin Film Festival and showing at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, Night Raiders is set to headline the upcoming imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Goulet and Swanson discuss the initial creative drive behind the film as well as: The freedom of genre filmmaking The possibilities of Indigenous Futurism Intense studio resistance to...
2023-02-06
1h 16
Warrior Life
Samqwan: Water
Samqwan: Water DIGIFEST TEMECULA 2023 Official SelectionECHNONATION Audio & Film Festival 2022 Official SelectionECHONATION BEST PODCAST AWARD (under 30mins) (2022)imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival 2022FLOW audio works exhibit (commission)Welcome back to a new season of the Warrior Life Podcast! Today's podcast is a special one that I created for the imagineNATIVE podcast project called FLOW. FLOW is a commission project that features six durational audio works by Indigenous artists that connect distant listeners to site-specific bodies of water. FLOW seeks to provide opportunities for Indigenous artists to explore ancestral ontologies concerning water through sonic storytelling.I am so honoured that Eastern Eagle...
2022-11-28
27 min
The YVR Screen Scene Podcast
Episode 251: Jules Koostachin
Dr Jules Arita Koostachin wrote and directed Broken Angel, a thrilling dramatic feature that premiered at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, won the award for Best Feature at the 2022 American Indian Film Festival, and screens at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival. Broken Angel is a story about healing and mental illness, family and acceptance, domestic violence and legacy, and trauma and survival. It’s also a bold narrative feature film directorial debut from Jules, and a stunning showcase for its actors, including Sera-Lys McArthur (who won the award for Best Actress at AIFF for her performance in Broken An...
2022-11-25
49 min
Surprisingly Criterion
The New World (2005)
Terrence Malick’s re-telling of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, the extended cut. It’s a doozy. Bonus Material: Indian Country Today review Imperialist Nostalgia essay Roger Ebert’s review World Socialist Today review Support: https://supportanishnawbe.ca/donate/make-a-donation/ http://www.nwia.ca/about/donate-to-nwia/ https://imaginenative.org/support/donate/ https://artscancircle.ca/ https://makemusicmatter.org/donate/ https://nctr.ca/ Music: “The Endless Scroll” by Absolutely Free courtesy of Idée Fixe Records and Arts & Crafts Music Inc. Follo...
2022-10-28
57 min
Canadian Made
The Importance of Mothers Behind the Camera with Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin
Today on the podcast I am joined by writer/director Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin to discuss the making of her new feature film "Broken Angel". We also talk about her journey in the film industry and the challenges she has faced as a mother and BIPOC woman. "Broken Angel" is a BC production that follows Angel, mother to Tanis, who escapes into the night from her abusive partner Earl (Carlo Marks) to a women’s shelter on the reservation. As the prospect of a new beginning comes to light, he tracks her down and she is forced to...
2022-10-19
40 min
Seedcast
How Stories Give Life to Knowledge and Culture: Two Decades of imagineNATIVE
When was the first time you saw yourself represented on a big or small screen? Hollywood representations of Indigenous peoples have been rare and often harmful, and that’s why Indigenous filmmakers are working to dismantle decades upon decades of negative stereotypes. In this episode, hear how Indigenous narrative sovereignty – telling our own stories – is connected to Indigenous land sovereignty – having a say in how the lands we are connected to are cared for. Also, find out how imagineNATIVE is supporting Indigenous filmmakers, improving representation on-screen and off, and honoring sacred duties to land. We talk with Cynthia Lickers-Sage (Mohawk N...
2022-10-12
27 min
The Joys of Binge Reading
Michael Bennett – Dark Kiwi Thriller
Michael Bennett is an acclaimed New Zealand screen writer and director who’s debut novel Better The Blood has already sold for translation rights in six countries. It’s a nail biting crime thriller that is also a Trojan horse for complex, difficult themes. Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading this week Michael talks about his debut novel, a serial killer investigation led by a tenacious Maori detective Hana Westerman which reveals a darker side to Kiwi paradise and highlights the truth that the past never truly stays buried. Our free book giveaway is approp...
2022-09-06
40 min
Yarning Up First Nations Stories with Caroline Kell
Tarneen Onus Browne - Growing up Blak and Queer + Social Movements
In this week's episode, Caroline is joined by proud Gunditjmara, Bindal, Yorta Yorta and Torres Strait Islander from Mer and Erub islands person, Tarneen Onus-Browne. They are a community legal educator, writer, film maker and community organiser for Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance.Tarneen’s has had a key role in supporting and advocating for Indigenous communities, even releasing a film “young mob questioning treaty”, which was screened internationally at ImagineNATIVE in Toronto and Tampere Film Festival in Finland.After recently working together, the two take the time to reflect on the courage of Aboriginal youth...
2022-07-20
58 min
Women In Media
Kim Wheeler: Auntie Up!
Kim Wheeler is a Mohawk/Anishinaabe kwe who has brought positive Indigenous stories to the mainstream and Indigenous media since 1993.A Sixties Scoop survivor, Kim shared her own story in the radio documentary “Blood Money” for CBC’s The Doc Project. This powerful, emotional, and raw documentary won her her third imagineNATIVE award for radio work. Find out more about that HERE.Currently Kim hosts her own show on SiriusXM - The Kim Wheeler Show. She was an integral part of the team that re-branded Canadian Indigenous Peoples Radio to The Indigiverse on SiriusXM. The channe...
2022-07-01
52 min
Rue Atateken
Épisode 58 avec Jason Brennan
Cette semaine, nous recevons Jason Brennan. Jason Brennan est un membre de la communauté de Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg. En 15 ans, Il a conçu, scénarisé et réalisé des émissions en tout genre (Hit The Ice, Skindigenous, La Fosse aux tigres, Vitamine C…) toutes primées et vues à travers le monde. En 2020, il entame la scénarisation et la réalisation de son premier long-métrage «L’Inhumain » dans lequel il transpose la légende du Wendigo au grand-écran. L’histoire en est une adaptation contemporaine, d’un point de vue Autochtone et met en vedette Samian dans le rôle principal. En plu...
2022-05-04
1h 30
Rue Atateken
Épisode 58 avec Jason Brennan
Cette semaine, nous recevons Jason Brennan. Jason Brennan est un membre de la communauté de Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg. En 15 ans, Il a conçu, scénarisé et réalisé des émissions en tout genre (Hit The Ice, Skindigenous, La Fosse aux tigres, Vitamine C…) toutes primées et vues à travers le monde. En 2020, il entame la scénarisation et la réalisation de son premier long-métrage «L’Inhumain » dans lequel il transpose la légende du Wendigo au grand-écran. L’histoire en est une adaptation contemporaine, d’un point de vue Autochtone et met en vedette Samian dans le rôle principal. En plu...
2022-05-04
1h 30
It's A Hawaii Thing
Alika Maikau Tengan - Director & Writer, Known for Every Day in Kaimuki
Alika Tengan is a Hapa Hawaiian/Asian filmmaker based out of Honolulu, Hawai’i. In 2017 he earned a mentorship under Joe Robert Cole (Black Panther), who oversaw the development of what would become his short, Mauka To Makai, which was awarded Best Made In Hawai’i Short at the Hawai’i International Film Festival. Alika followed up Mauka with Moloka’i Bound, which premiered at ImagineNative 2019 and won the award for “Best Short Work,” granting them Oscar Consideration for the 2021 Academy Awards and landing the film a home on the Criterion Channel. In December the feature-length script for Moloka’i Bound was se...
2022-04-25
40 min
The Poet Speaks Podcast
Your Poetry Can Change The World (ft. Jennifer Alicia)
This episode, Amanda talks to Jennifer Alicia! Jennifer is a queer, mixed Mi'kmaw and settler (german/Irish/Scottish) multidisciplinary artist originally from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk (Bay of Islands, Newfoundland), now residing in Toronto, Ontario. She is a two-time national poetry slam champion and recently published her chapbook titled "Mixed Emotions." Jennifer Alicia was published in Issue 09 of Canthius Magazine and NOW Magazine in 2021. They are currently working on a play titled Restor(y)ing Identity, and part of it was presented at the first ever Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival in 2021. An audio version of the play was presented at the Weesageechak Begins To Da...
2022-03-27
33 min
Rue Atateken
Épisode 49 avec Jesse Wente
This week we welcome Jesse Wente Jesse Wente is an Anishinaabe writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts leader. Born and raised in Toronto, he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation. Jesse is best known for his 24 years as a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning, Jesse spent 11 years with the Toronto International Film Festival, the last seven as the director of film programmes at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. An outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights and First Nations, Metis and Inuit art, he has spoken at the International Forum of Indigenous Peoples, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the Ameri...
2022-03-02
1h 13
Rue Atateken
Épisode 49 avec Jesse Wente
This week we welcome Jesse Wente Jesse Wente is an Anishinaabe writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts leader. Born and raised in Toronto, he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation. Jesse is best known for his 24 years as a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning, Jesse spent 11 years with the Toronto International Film Festival, the last seven as the director of film programmes at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. An outspoken advocate for Indigenous rights and First Nations, Metis and Inuit art, he has spoken at the International Forum of Indigenous Peoples, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the Ameri...
2022-03-02
1h 13
Industry Insights - The EFM Podcast
New Native Cinema: Indigenous Film Criticism in Focus
Industry Insights – The EFM Podcast is presented by the European Film Market of the Berlinale. Hosted by curator-producer Nadia Denton and industry analyst Johanna Koljonen, it delves deep into the rapidly evolving film industry. This episode deals with the dearth of Indigenous film critics worldwide, and how this gap in the critical landscape impacts the way in which Indigenous-led films or films with casts from these communities are commented on, scored, critiqued, released and ultimately perform at the box office. Leo Koziol is Founder and Director of the Wairoa Māori Film Festival in Aotearoa New...
2022-02-18
1h 00
Matriarch Movement
Asia Youngman: Telling Authentic Stories
In this first 2022 episode of Matriarch Movement, Shayla welcomes award-winning Cree/Métis director and screenwriter, Asia Youngman. Asia’s films have been screened at a variety of festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, the St. Louis International Film Festival, and the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival. Her latest film, HATHA, received support from the Harold Greenberg Fund and Creative BC through the BC Shorts Program and premiered at the 40th Vancouver International Film Festival. Asia is an alumna from the TIFF Filmmaker Lab, the TIFF Talent Accelerator, the Canadian Academy Directors Program for Women, the Berlinale Doc...
2022-02-14
34 min
Broken Boxes Podcast
We Circle Back To Move Into The Future: Léuli Eshrāghi and Cannupa Hanska Luger
In this conversation, artists Léuli Eshrāghi and Cannupa Hanska Luger untangle topics of Indigenous futures, science fiction, belonging, and the possibilities of language.Léuli Eshrāghi is a curator and artist of Sāmoan, Persian and Guangdong heritage with a few Marshallese, English and German ancestors, living and working in Mparntwe/Alice Springs for the past year. Cannupa Hanska Luger is a multidisciplinary artist based in New Mexico, USA. He is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, and European heritage. The written version of this peer to peer...
2022-01-24
1h 08
The Hats We Wear
Part One: What Inspired You In 2021?
This episode features:1:54 - 2:23 – Nicole Matiation2:24 - 3:19 – Jeff Newman, Nüman Films3:22 - 3:48 – Nicole Ungurian and Bill Crossman, Guppy Design3:51 - 4:11 – Julie Hackett, National Screen Institute4:14 - 4:24 – Alexandra Zarowny4:26 - 5:16 – Brad Pelman, National Screen Institute board of directors5:18 - 5:50 – Naomi Johnson, imagineNATIVE5:52 - 6:09 – Adam Garnet Jones, APTN6:12 - 6:33 – Heather Daughtry, Final Draft Screenwriting6:35 - 8:10 – John Bertrand, CBC8:12 - 8:42 – John Nues, National Screen Institute8:44 - 9:22 – Joan Jenkinson, Black Screen Office9:24 - 9:41 – Jessica Gibson, National Screen Institute9:44...
2021-12-21
16 min
Modern Minorities
Danis Goulet’s (directing) Night Raiders
“Power has never given up without a fight. Indigenous people are in a unique position to offer a warning.”Danis Goulet is the writer and director of NIGHT RAIDERS - a near future dystopian fiction that is in theaters and on-demand now. Night Raiders tells the tale of an indigenous (Cree) mother and daughter - played by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers + Brooklyn Letexier-Hart - making their way through the aftermath of a modern day civil war - where all children are being taken by the state. The film is allegory for 20th century residential school systems - North Americ...
2021-11-29
1h 03
The Final Word
The 22nd annual ImagineNATIVE film festival
October 29, 2021 - Naama WeingartenThe 22nd annual ImagineNATIVE film festival recently went down, showcasing 145 works representing 51 Indigenous Nations in 26 different Indigenous languages. We got to chat with Zoe Hopkins, who won the Moon Jury Award for her most recent film, Run Woman Run
2021-11-17
28 min
The Hats We Wear
Darcy Waite
“Find what drives you, once you find that – it doesn’t matter if it gets hard. It’s always fun.”Darcy's feature film, Ruthless Souls - produced through the Telefilm Talent to Watch program - premiered at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2019 and was part of Telefilm’s Canadian Perspectives Program in Berlinale in 2020.Darcy is an alumnus of CBC New Indigenous Voices, NSI IndigiDocs and NSI Art of Business Management – Indigenous Edition. Music provided by Blue Dot Sessions.
2021-11-09
23 min
CiTR -- Queer FM
QueerFM Featured Guests: Raven Two Feathers is a Two Spirit, Emmy award winning filmmaker/creator from the Pacific North-West/ November is a
RAVEN TWO FEATHERS (He/They) - Cherokee, Seneca, Cayuga, Comanche, is a Two Spirit, Emmy award winning filmmaker/creator based in Seattle, WA. Originally from New Mexico, they spent their childhood moving and exploring Indigenous cultures across the continent and Pacific. They returned to New Mexico to attend Santa Fe University of Art & Design, graduating magna cum laude with a BFA in Film Production. They recently released a comic-based zine, “Qualifications of Being,” about their journey of realizing they are Trans and Two Spirit. They grow and explore their practice through the people they meet, and the stories that guide them...
2021-11-02
2h 02
Moment of Truth
MOT - Niki Little & Janet Rogers (October 19, 2021)
Niki Little, Artistic Director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, October 19-24th / Plus, Janet Rogers works in page poetry, spoken word performance poetry, video poetry and recorded poetry with music. She is a radio broadcaster, documentary producer and media and sound artist and is part of the Forest City Film Festival, October 19-30th.
2021-10-20
57 min
Moment of Truth
MOT - Terill Calder & Margaret McCuuaig-Johnston and John Garrick (October 7, 2021)
(Rebroadcast) Terill Calder on her animation film Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics showing at the ImagineNative, Ottawa and Vancouver International Film Festivals/Margaret McCuuaig-Johnston, U of Ottawa with John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University on the different approach Canada and Australia have taken with China.
2021-10-08
59 min
Warrior Kids Podcast
Honour The Treaties
In Episode 5 of Season 3, we learn what treaties are and how important it is to honour the treaties made with Indigenous Nations in Canada and the USA.Please join us every Wednesday as we talk about everything Indigenous and share each other's stories about what Warrior Kids are doing to make the world a better place!Link to imagineNATIVE festival featuring Warrior Kids Podcast:https://festival.imaginenative.org/external/events/warrior-kids-podcast-the-boy-and-the-whale/For more information about our podcast, you can check us out online at https://www.warriorkidspodcast.comCheck out Warrior Kids Merch here:https://warrior-life-2.creator-spring.com/listing/get-warrior-kids-podcast?product=340...
2021-09-30
18 min
Moment of Truth
MOT - Mathew Scarfone & Terill Calder (September 24, 2021)
Mathew Scarfone, Postdoctoral Fellow, Philosophy, U of Toronto on why it may not be morally praiseworthy to drive an electric car. / Plus, (rebroadcast) Terill Calder on her animation film Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics showing at the ImagineNative, Ottawa and Vancouver International Film Festivals.
2021-09-25
54 min
Moment of Truth
MOT - Terill Calder & Cathy Loblaw (September 21, 2021)
Terill Calder on her animation film Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics showing at the ImagineNative, Ottawa and Vancouver International Film Festivals / (Rebroadcast) Cathy Loblaw, President and CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities discusses McHappy Day, Wednesday, September 22, that supports sick children and local children’s charities.
2021-09-22
56 min
Face2Face with David Peck
Beans, Bridges & Oka
Tracey Deer and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Beans, bridges under construction, storytelling and changing the world, persistence, forgiveness, how anger can guide us for good, listening well and why trauma doesn’t need to define us.TrailerFind out more about the film here and Tracey here.Synopsis:Beans is a coming-of-age story, inspired by co-writer/director Tracey Deer’s own experience as a 12-year-old Mohawk girl who had to grow up fast during the 1990 Oka Crisis, a 78-day armed stand-off between the Quebec/Canadian gove...
2021-07-30
38 min
Contra Zoom Pod
143: Celebrating Japanese Cinema - Animation
Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On part two we look at animated Japanese films. We look at the history of Studio Ghibli and the impact the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. We discuss the influence of such seminal films like Ghost in the Shell, Paprika and Akira and the debate of dubs vs subs. Joining me on the show is Naomi Wada Platt, who guested on episode 130: imagineNATIVE, a YouTuber who often covers Japanese culture and politics in both English and Japanese language videos. Make sure you check out Part One where we d...
2021-03-08
59 min
Contra Zoom Pod
141: Celebrating Japanese Cinema - Live Action
Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On this episode we look at live action Japanese films, from Seven Samurai and Godzilla, to Ringu and House up to Shoplifters. We gush about Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hirokazu Koreeda and others. Joining me on the show is Naomi Wada Platt, who guested on episode 130: imagineNATIVE, a YouTuber who often covers Japanese culture and politics in both English and Japanese language videos. Look forward to part two coming in a few weeks! Follow Naomi on Twitter and Instagram. Visit contrazoompod.com for even mo...
2021-02-22
1h 05
Filmmaking Conversations Podcast with Damien Swaby
Ep 99: The Importance of Indigenous Films - Filmmaker Loretta S. Todd
Loretta Sarah Todd | BioLoretta Sarah Todd is a visionary leader in Indigenous media, considered a true artist with entrepreneurial energy and deep cultural knowledge. Her first dramatic feature, Monkey Beach, based on the iconic novel by Eden Robinson, recently launched to strong audience and critical response, screening at TIFF (Industry Selects), opening the Vancouver International Film Festival and sweeping the Drama awards at the American Indian and Red Nation Film Festivals in the USA, including Best Film and Best Director. With international awards adding up (Venice Film Awards, 7th Art International Film Festival), Monkey Beach was the #1...
2021-01-22
41 min
The YVR Screen Scene Podcast
Episode 125: Jessie Anthony
Jessie Anthony is the filmmaking force behind Brother, I Cry. The feature film follows Jon, a young First Nations man, as he struggles to overcome addiction and avoid the multiple warrants out on him. Brother, I Cry – which won the Audience Choice award at imagineNATIVE and earned Jessie the award for Best BC Emerging Filmmaker at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival – is a story about family, addiction, and the justice system, and the ways in which people can lose themselves in all three of these competing realities. It’s evocative without being exploitative, honest without being traumatizing, and rich with e...
2020-11-06
36 min
Contra Zoom Pod
130: imagineNATIVE
On this episode we cover the 2020 imagineNATIVE film festival, which celebrates the best Indigenous filmmaking from around the world! We are joined by Naomi Wada Platt, a YouTube film reviewer who covers film in both English and Japanese. We talk about Inconvenient Indian, Monkey Beach, Brother, I Cry, The Legend of Baron To'a and Love and Fury. Follow Naomi on Twitter and Instagram. Go to contrazoompod.com for all things CZP including past shows, guest appearances, blog posts and much more. Bookmark the page as we will be updating it frequently! Listen to C...
2020-11-02
52 min
On The Land
voting - a hot take
Here’s my hot take on voting. Check out these resources for more information, thoughts, and history on voting. These podcast episodes give a nuanced understanding of many of the feels that come up when talking about voting on Stolen Land. Find our voting resource toolkit our website onthelandmedia.com and check out Native Peoples Action for more information on voting in Alaska. All My Relations Podcast "Vote(If You Want To & Can)" Sko Vote Den Series NDN Collective Code Switch, an NPR Podcast "Is Trump Really That Racist?"
2020-11-01
09 min
Face2Face with David Peck
Resistance, Art & Sonic Highways
Shane Belcourt and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Amplify, resistance, Metis history and voice, interpretation and interconnectedness, sonic highways, identity politics, music and art and what it reveals about culture and us.TrailerMore info here.Synopsis:Our Endless Resistance featuring songwriter Shane Belcourt author Maria Campbell and Métis Rights Advocate Tony Belcourt.Métis songwriter Shane Belcourt, finds inspiration looking back on interviews he did with celebrated Métis author Maria Campbell, and his father, an acclaimed Métis Rights lead...
2020-10-28
46 min
Moment of Truth
MOT - MELISSA & KAITLYN, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
[Special Web Broadcast] Melissa Johns - Festival Digital + Interactive Coordinator and Kaitlynn Tomaselli - Digital + Interactive Coordinator for the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival interactive programming running October 21 - 25, 2020 online Moment of Truth airs weeknights at 7:00 on ELMNT FM in Toronto and Ottawa and streaming online at elmntfm.ca
2020-10-23
23 min
Frameline
Festivals: PIF, RWM, TJFF, ImagineNATIVE
Reviews of the following films screening at film festivals in Oct 2020: Coral Ghosts (Planet in Focus FF); Judy Versus Capitalism, The Marriage Project (Rendezvous With Madness Festival); Breaking Bread, Shared Legacies: The African American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (Toronto Jewish FF); Shadow of Dumont (ImagineNATIVE Festival)
2020-10-23
34 min
Face2Face with David Peck
Rebellion, Memory & Radical Hope
Trevor Cameron and Face2Face host David Peck talk about The Shadow of Dumont, ex-buffalo hunters, radical hope, identity and legacy, how history and our Mother’s are connected and the need to remember.TrailerMore about the film hereAnd watch it Now!Playing at ImagineNATIVESynopsis:Living in Toronto and seeking reconnection with his Métis roots, Trevor Cameron sets out on a cross-country road trip to the homelands of Gabriel Dumont, hero and leader of the 1885 Métis upri...
2020-10-21
42 min
Face2Face with David Peck
A journey of loss, rebirth & survival
Marie Clements and Mozhdah Jamalzadah and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Red Snow, ways of seeing, things we have in common, 10,000 words for snow and how racism happens everywhere.Trailer hereMore about the film here.And watch the film on Google Play, Youtube or iTunes.Synopsis:Dylan, a Gwich'in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Kandahar, Afghanistan. His capture and interrogation by a Taliban Commander releases a cache of memories connected to the l...
2020-07-22
41 min
The Golden Thread Podcast
Native Storytelling from the Heart with Justyn Ah Chong
Justyn Ah Chong is an award-winning Native Hawaiian filmmaker from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2011, Justyn worked as a director, cinematographer and editor at ʻŌiwi Television Network, Hawaii's premiere Indigenous broadcast station. Most recently his acclaimed film “Down on the Sidewalk In Waikiki” premiered at the Maoriland Film Festival in New Zealand and won the People’s Choice Award for Best Short Drama. The film has continued to screen at festivals around the world, including the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and the 307 Film Festival in W...
2020-07-19
49 min
The Golden Thread
Native Storytelling from the Heart with Justyn Ah Chong
Justyn Ah Chong is an award-winning Native Hawaiian filmmaker from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in 2011, Justyn worked as a director, cinematographer and editor at ʻŌiwi Television Network, Hawaii's premiere Indigenous broadcast station. Most recently his acclaimed film “Down on the Sidewalk In Waikiki” premiered at the Maoriland Film Festival in New Zealand and won the People’s Choice Award for Best Short Drama. The film has continued to screen at festivals around the world, including the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, and the 307 Film Festival in W...
2020-07-19
49 min
#NOBLUEPRINT
Jessica Matten (Actress/President, Instructor Lemon Cree/Founder #N8VGirls )
Jessica Matten is of Red River Metis-Cree descent and is directly a descendant of Cuthbert Grant, the first rebel Metis leader famously known for the Battle of the Seven Oaks in Canada.Jessica recently is the star of the new Crime Drama "Tribal" on APTN Network. Jessica stars in Season 3 of Discovery Canada & Netflix's TV show "Frontier" starring Jason Momoa. She also can be seen in the new CW Network and CBC drama alongside Kristin Kruek in "Burden of Truth". Jessica also can be seen in the upcoming comic adaptation movie "The Empty Man" for 20th...
2020-07-03
1h 06
Game Breaking Feature
Episode 54: Exposition
Special Guest: Meagan Byrne is the founder of Achimostawinan Games and Digital Interactive Coordinator with ImagineNATIVE. She gives us the backstory on Exposition in Games. Can games tell stories in their own unique way? How can mechanics drive exposition? And: what’s that audio tape over there? Send your feedback to podcast@gbfeature.com or reach out @Gbfeature on […]
2020-02-11
00 min
Movie Mixtape
Movie Mixtape: imagineNATIVE, Toronto After Dark + The Whale and the Raven
October 25, 2019 - This week we look back at the Toronto After Dark Film Fest: https://torontoafterdark.com/What you can catch during the final days of imagineNATIVE:http://www.imaginenative.com/And Shirley Moore speaks to the producers of The Whale and the Raven which screened at Planet In Focus earlier this month:https://planetinfocus.org/
2019-11-11
18 min
CANADALAND
SHORT CUTS #236 - The New York Times' Trauma Porn Beat
The New York Times’ Canada bureau chief goes up to visit an Inuit community three times so she must know what she’s talking about… right? Also, podcasting is getting way too popular. Thunder Bay host Ryan McMahon co-hosts. This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks, Audible, Article and listeners like you. Please consider becoming a monthly supporter. If you want to check out Duncan McCue’s resource on Reporting In Indigenous Communities, click here. You can also find imagineNATIVE's On-Screen Protocols and Pathways here.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee om...
2019-10-31
45 min
Moment of Truth
MOT - Jon Elliot & Angelina McLeod (October 25th, 2019)
Tonight on Moment of Truth interviews with two ImagineNATIVE film festival directors. Six Nations filmmaker Jon Elliott and his film "Even in the Silence" and Angelina McLeod from Shoal Lake 40 with her documentary "Freedom Road".
2019-10-24
52 min
Thursday Breakfast
Superannuation and climate risk, Solid Air, Young Mob Questioning Treaty, lock-on laws
Acknowledgement of countryNews with Cait KellyDavid Barnden, from Equity Generation Lawyers, is running the first case against a superannuation fund in Australia for not taking climate risk into account.Anne-Marie Te Whiu and David Stavanger, editors of the new anthology Solid Air: Australian & New Zealand Spoken Word, will host the Wheeler Centre’s third event in the Group Texts series. Featuring electrifying local performers and practitioners of spoken word.Paul Gorrie speaks to us about Young Mob Questioning Treaty a documentry film he worked on that is featuring at imagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto.We speak to Jonathan Homsey & Pookie about p...
2019-10-16
00 min
No Blueprint Podcast
NBP-38 Community Storyteller (Tracy Rector)
Tracy Rector (Choctaw/Seminole) is a mixed race filmmaker, curator, community organizer, and programmer. Currently, she is serving as Director of Storytelling at Nia Tero, a non-profit committed to supporting Indigenous governance and guardianship. She has directed and produced over 400 shorts and other films including the award-winning Teachings of the Tree People, March Point, Maiden of Deception Pass, and Ch'aak' S'aagi. She is in production on her sixth feature documentary Outta the Muck with support from ITVS. As an impact producer, Tracy served on the team for the feature documentary Dawnland, which premiered on Independent Lens’ 2018/19 season to 2.1 million viewers in...
2019-08-22
00 min
CiTR -- Arts Report
Summer Fun
Today we started the show with an interview with Paisley Eva who is one of the founders of Dame Vinyl, an amazing organization that trains female identifying persons on vinyl DJing. They are performing this weekend at the Indian Summer Festival event: Conjuring the Future! Then we had an interview conducted by Margarita Galper of the Alt-Rock Band CIVILIANA, and we played one of their songs: Carry a Light! We followed these interviews with a review of Shakespeare in Love being put up by Bard on the Beach throughout the summer. Blind Tiger Comedy is offering free comedy courses throughout...
2019-07-04
1h 00
CiTR -- Arts Report
Summer Fun
Today we started the show with an interview with Paisley Eva who is one of the founders of Dame Vinyl, an amazing organization that trains female identifying persons on vinyl DJing. They are performing this weekend at the Indian Summer Festival event: Conjuring the Future! Then we had an interview conducted by Margarita Galper of the Alt-Rock Band CIVILIANA, and we played one of their songs: Carry a Light! We followed these interviews with a review of Shakespeare in Love being put up by Bard on the Beach throughout the summer. Blind Tiger Comedy is offering free comedy courses throughout...
2019-07-04
00 min
Moment of Truth
MOMENT OF TRUTH - Jason Ryle (June 24th, 2019)
Executive director of imagineNATIVE Jason Ryle discusses the organization's newly announced partnership with Netflix.
2019-06-24
45 min
Talking American Studies
Native North American Archives of the Future with K. Baudemann
Talking American Studies with Kristina Baudemann from the Europa-Universität Flensburg about her and Prof. Birgit Däwes’ new project - Knowing Tomorrow 2.0: Twenty-first Century Native North American Archives of Futurity - about Indigenous Futurisms, Indigenous Studies, and so many great articles and artworks.www.uni-flensburg.de/nativefutures http://abtec.org/Barnaby, Jeff, director. File Under Miscellaneous. Prospector Films/John Christou, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi3B2V_e8fY .Deloria, Philip J. Playing Indian, 2007.Derrida, Jacques. Archive Fever, 1995, 1996.Dillon, Grace L., edito...
2019-05-25
28 min
Movie Mixtape
Movie Mixtape: The New Romantic, You Might Be the Killer, TAD Fest and an interview with Jenn Wexler
October 19, 2018 - This week we look at all of the festivals taking place this weekend in Toronto including Rendezvous with Madness, imagineNATIVE and Toronto After Dark including a review of You Might Be the Killer and part of an interview with Jenn Wexler. Plus Shauna Cox reviews The New Romantic.Rendezvous With Madness: https://workmanarts.com/rendezvouswithmadness/rwm2018/imagineNATIVE:http://www.imaginenative.org/Toronto After Dark: http://torontoafterdark.com/2018/schedule-and-tix/The Ranger: https://www.theranger-movie.com/The New Romantic:https://www.newromanticmovie.com/
2019-03-05
13 min
Movie Mixtape
Movie Mixtape: The New Romantic, You Might Be the Killer, TAD Fest and an interview with Jenn Wexler
October 19, 2018 - This week we look at all of the festivals taking place this weekend in Toronto including Rendezvous with Madness, imagineNATIVE and Toronto After Dark including a review of You Might Be the Killer and part of an interview with Jenn Wexler. Plus Shauna Cox reviews The New Romantic. Rendezvous With Madness: https://workmanarts.com/rendezvouswithmadness/rwm2018/ imagineNATIVE: http://www.imaginenative.org/ Toronto After Dark: http://torontoafterdark.com/2018/schedule-and-tix/ The Ranger: https://www.theranger-movie.com/ The New Romantic: https://www.newromanticmovie.com/
2019-03-05
00 min
The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast
S02E50 - Abracadavers
Follow The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast http://abfilmcast.ca twitter.com/abfilmcast facebook.com/abfilmcast E-mail us hello@abfilmcast.ca Join our Fantasy Movie League https://fantasymovieleague.com/group/8337 Password: ABFILM Follow Abracadavers https://www.abracadavers.tv/ https://www.facebook.com/abracadaversseries/ https://www.instagram.com/abracadavers https://twitter.com/abracadaversweb Some words from the late Gerrick Winston "hug your loved ones...a lot, and say "I love you"...incessantly...forgive...unreservedly...laugh...by the truck loads...be gentle and kind...to everyone, even those you don't agree with...be generous...especially to those who have less than you...be at...
2018-12-15
1h 25
Red Man Laughing
Little Stories
In this episode of Red Man Laughing, we take you to the 2018 imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival for the Indigenous Creatives in Podcasting panel featuring Tiio Horn (Coffee With My Ma), Connie Walker (Finding Cleo), and Jesse Brown (Canadaland), to talk about the power of Indigenous podcasting and how this movement transforms communities. Get full access to Joke Talk Yell Write at joketalkyellwrite.substack.com/subscribe
2018-11-18
1h 03
Back to the Drawing Board
Virtual Reality, Art in the Ether, with Daniel Northway-Frank
What if we could get a glimpse into the future, even if for just a couple of minutes? In this week's episode, I sat down with Daniel Northway-Frank from imagineNATIVE, to talk about the 2167 project, in which five Indigenous artists created virtual reality experiences of what life will look like in the year of 2167. Music: http://www.purple-planet.com Subscribe to Artists Network TV for unlimited videos: https://bit.ly/2vii92D
2018-08-06
35 min
The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast
S02E37 - Adam Scorgie Part 1 - Inmate #1 The Rise of Danny Trejo
Follow The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast http://abfilmcast.ca twitter.com/abfilmcast facebook.com/abfilmcast E-mail us hello@abfilmcast.ca Join our Fantasy Movie League https://fantasymovieleague.com/group/8337 Password: ABFILM Follow Adam! https://twitter.com/AdamScoreG https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-scorgie-29469b12/ https://www.facebook.com/AdamScoreG https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6399296 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7611944 Storyhive Doc Edition Voting Now Open https://www.storyhive.com/documentary/edition/id/2018-documentary-sh14 CIFF Volunteering www.calgaryfilm.com/volunteer Space Returns to Purgatory for Season 4 of WYNONNA EARP https://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/hell-yeah-space-returns-to-purgatory-for-season-4-of-wynonna-earp/ First Full Trailer...
2018-08-04
1h 02
The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast
S02E27 - Trailblazing with Majid Koudmani
Follow The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast http://abfilmcast.ca twitter.com/abfilmcast facebook.com/abfilmcast E-mail us hello@abfilmcast.ca Join our Fantasy Movie League https://fantasymovieleague.com/group/8337 Password: ABFILM Follow Majid! https://ca.linkedin.com/in/majid-koudmani-75835152 https://www.storyhive.com/creator/profile/id/9216471 CASINO FUNDRAISER - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED http://calgarycinema.org/casino “Yard Sale” Seeking Funding on IndieGoGo Support https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/yard-sale-short-horror-film#/ Telefilm Talent to Watch Program CSIF Submission Results https://gallery.mailchimp.com/720bc1636353924f7918ef5a1/files/c99a1b21-3c8a-402f-b06a-6a629eae3d5e/CSIF_Telefilm_Submission_Results_2018.01.pdf ...
2018-05-29
1h 44
Face2Face with David Peck
Sarah Kolasky and Adam Jones - Great Great Great
Adam, Sarah and Face2Face host David Peck talk about paradox, their new film Great Great Great, why love and relationships are never linear, why nothing lasts forever and what might lie below the surface.BiographyAdam Garnett-Jones - Co-writer and DirectorAdam has written and directed a series of award-winning films that toured the international film circuit from Toronto to L.A., Sydney, Berlin and Beijing. Not content to work only in film, Adam has also distinguished himself as a television writer. He wrote scripts for the series “Cashing In” and “Mohawk Girls"...
2018-01-03
42 min
The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast
S02E04 - On Location Panel: Secrets Of Alberta's Film Locations
Follow The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast http://abfilmcast.ca/ twitter.com/abfilmcast facebook.com/abfilmcast E-mail us hello@abfilmcast.ca Join our Fantasy Movie League https://fantasymovieleague.com/group/8337 Password: ABFILM Thanks to The Calgary International Film Festival for partnering with us on these episodes. If you enjoyed it, be sure to let them know! www.facebook.com/CalgaryFilm twitter.com/calgaryfilm www.instagram.com/calgaryfilm Follow the panelists! Jason Nolan – Location Manager, TIN STAR, THE REVENANT http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634280/ Brian Dunne – Location Manager, HEARTLAND, INTO THE WEST http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242824/ Dennis Penney – Location Manager, FARGO...
2017-12-12
1h 17
The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast
S02E03 - The Making of Ice Blue
Follow The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast abfilmcast.ca twitter.com/abfilmcast facebook.com/abfilmcast hello@abfilmcast.ca Join our Fantasy Movie League https://fantasymovieleague.com/group/8337 Password: ABFILM Follow the ICE BLUE Team! Sandi Sommers https://twitter.com/sandivva Scott Lepp https://twitter.com/mslepp Jason Long twitter.com/AuthenticLong Micro-Budget Production Program becomes Talent to Watch Program https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/inside-telefilms-sea-change-to-promote-new-canadian-movies/article37078895/ Join The 2018 Mosquers Film Festival Board http://www.themosquers.com/join-our-team/ FAVA - 2018 Awards of Excellence https://fava.submittable.com/submit NSI Online Short Film Festival submissions https://filmfreeway.com/NSIOnlineShortFilmFestival CALL FOR APPLICANTS: 5TH...
2017-12-05
1h 25
The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast
S02E02 - Women Behind The Lens Panel
Follow The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast abfilmcast.ca twitter.com/abfilmcast facebook.com/abfilmcast hello@abfilmcast.ca Join our Fantasy Movie League https://fantasymovieleague.com/group/8337 Password: ABFILM Follow the panelists! Emily Andras - Showrunner, Writer & Executive Producer, WYNONNA EARP twitter.com/emtothea imdb.com/name/nm0028118 Simone Smith - Editor, SUCK IT UP twitter.com/simonesmith www.simonesmitheditor.com Sandi Somers - Director, ICE BLUE twitter.com/sandivva imdb.com/name/nm1325758 Sarah Thomas Moffat - Director of Photography, FAKE BLOOD twitter.com/cinetogmoffat www.sarahthomasmoffat.com Erin Carter - Actor/Producer, SUCK IT UP twitter.com/ErinC007 imdb.com...
2017-11-27
1h 21
The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast
S02E01 - Jason Filiatrault in The Writer's Room
Follow The Alberta Filmmakers Podcast abfilmcast.ca twitter.com/abfilmcast facebook.com/abfilmcast E-mail us hello@abfilmcast.ca Join our Fantasy Movie League fantasymovieleague.com/group/8337 Password: ABFILM This episode is part of our series with The Calgary International Film Festival. We partnered with the festival to bring you a selection of interviews and panels and we're thankful to them for making it possible. Check them out! calgaryfilm.com Learn more about Jason Filiatrault www.feelcanadian.wordpress.com twitter.com/jfiliatrault twitter.com/SarcasticRover imdb.com/name/nm3014258 calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movies/calgary-writer-jason-filiatrault-pens-offbeat-rom-com-entanglement Check out Jason's "The Calgary Screenwriter's Local" ...
2017-11-21
2h 07
Episodes | Métis In Space - Métis In Space
Métis in Space (S.4 EP#2) - The Northlander
Season 4, Episode 2 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space was recorded exactly a year ago, plucking a gem for our viewing pleasure from the 2016 Dreamspeaker's Festival! Molly and the once again hugely pregnant Chelsea, were joined by special guest Conor "the MEC Rave Room" McNally, whose own award-winning film "ôtênaw" is showing during this 2017 Dreamspeaker's and imagineNATIVE Film Festivals.Specially curated pour vous, we feasted our eyeballs upon The Northlander where, "In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above...
2017-11-08
00 min
Métis In Space
Metis in Space (S.4 EP. 2) - The Northlander
Season 4, Episode 2 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space was recorded exactly a year ago, plucking a gem for our viewing pleasure from the 2016 Dreamspeaker's Festival! Molly and the once again hugely pregnant Chelsea, were joined by special guest Conor "the MEC Rave Room" McNally, whose own award-winning film "ôtênaw" is showing during this 2017 Dreamspeaker's and imagineNATIVE Film Festivals. Specially curated pour vous, we feasted our eyeballs upon The Northlander where, "In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above...
2017-09-28
00 min
Métis In Space
Métis in Space Season 4 Episode 2 The Northlander
Season 4, Episode 2 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space was recorded exactly a year ago, plucking a gem for our viewing pleasure from the 2016 Dreamspeaker's Festival! Molly and the once again hugely pregnant Chelsea, were joined by special guest Conor "the MEC Rave Room" McNally, whose own award-winning film "ôtênaw" is showing during this 2017 Dreamspeaker's and imagineNATIVE Film Festivals. Specially curated pour vous, we feasted our eyeballs upon The Northlander where, "In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He pro...
2017-09-12
1h 05