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To sonder is to realize that every one of the people around you is living a life full of complexity just like you.

Tiger highlights Dana Tiger — an Indigenous, award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist and Elder — her family, and the resurgence of the iconic Tiger T-Shirt Company.

After her sister Tama’s untimely passing, Birdie learns that the bond between them is stronger than life and death.

This film centers Noel-Leigh Cockney’s family and history, reflecting a reality faced by many in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Amid rapid changes across Inuit Nunangat, the path forward lies in returning to cultural roots.

An animated short adventure for kids that follows Emma, a Native Hawaiian girl in 1915 Honolulu, as she makes a special gift for the last monarch of Hawaiʻi, Queen Lili’uokalani.

Presented by The Akwesasne Freedom School, this film honours The Opening Address, a Haudenosaunee prayer of gratitude, unity, and respect for nature, fostering connection, conservation, and appreciation for all life.

A pleasant date between a man of Cherokee heritage and a Caucasian woman goes downhill when the woman flagrantly fixates on the very bane of Cherokee people’s existence: The Cherokee Grandmother phenomenon.

What seems to be a burgeoning romance between two Indigenous people takes a sinister turn as one grows suspicious of the other. When confronted, deceit turns their romantic evening into a darkly comedic nightmare.

A Cherokee woman fights to protect her niece from an unlawful adoption by her white grandparents as she reckons with feeling distant from her own culture.