Heart Like a Pow Wow

A beautifully poetic animated short illustrated by Chief Lady Bird and spoken by Tara Williamson, Heart Like a Pow Wow shares the evolution of grief through love from an Anishinaabe perspective.

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Presented as Part Of Short Film Program 11: Embracing Loss

A Bear Named Jesus

What does it look like to be in the presence of someone who looks and sounds like a loved one but is unrecogni...

5 min | Terril Calder | Canada | Cree, English, French

Four Nights and a Fire

A man’s spirit lingers, watching over his son as he processes his grief while keeping a sacred fire to light...

13 min | Alex Nystrom | USA | English

A Boy and His Loss

A boy carrying the heavy burden of loss decides to join the dead in order to free himself of his grief until a...

7 min | Michelle Derosier | Canada | Toronto Premiere | English

Grape Soda in the Parking Lot

This animated short paints a mosaic of Taqralik Patridge’s childhood memories and the loss of her grandmothe...

8 min | Megan Kyak-Monteith, Taqralik Partridge | Canada | English, French

I won’t remain alone

An elderly couple struggles with the decision to donate their son’s organs while coming to terms with his im...

15 min | Yaser Talebi | Iran | Persian

Fast Eddie

A film memorializing a man who lived his life to the fullest, shooting for one last adventure with the love an...

14 min | Keely Meechan | New Zealand | North American Premiere | English