Short films that make a big first impression. These films set the stage for features at the in-person festival.

What happens when Indigenous creatives are recognized in the mainstream?

This composition explores the relationship between the artist and the Roeliff Jansen Kill in Ancram, New York. It questions how a place can be known over time and if the listener can hear what the waters might be saying. The composition was created to better understand this section of the creek and to attempt to have a relationship with it.

Wînipêk explores Indigeneity on the prairies, emphasizing disconnection and longing for kinship with the Land. Through contrasting landscapes, it examines cultural dispossession, coexistence, and the enduring journey of returning home.

Wind Rabbit is based on an original poem written by January Rogers while taking a long train trip. Original soundscape by January Rogers.

Uncle Lyle is an Indigenous-based comedy that revolves around the misadventures of Lyle, a 35-year-old Indigenous man, and his teenage nephew, Billy.

A mystical gardener harvests fruits from the earth that defy everyone's expectations.

Truth before Reconciliation, hosted by Tammy G Wolfe, provides listeners with a variety of knowledgeable perspectives on both the current and historical content of Indigenous truths throughout Canada, in order to educate, inform, and encourage reconciliation through community awareness and taking action.

“To The River” is a song about redemption.

It's 2039 in Omagakii First Nation. The land has been consumed by lithium mines and 100,000 tonnes of buried nuclear waste. An Ogichidaa-Kwe survives in isolation, loving and resisting as the world sickens around her.