NEWS RELEASES

Oct 19 '23 9:00 PM – 10:55 PM (TBLB 1 - TIFF Bell Lightbox)
FX’s Reservation Dogs is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) and Cheese (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. Join us for a binge session of the first three episodes of the third and final season, followed by a Q&A with showrunner Sterlin Harjo. New episodes of FX's Reservation Dogs stream Wednesdays on Disney+ in Canada
Oct 19 '23 (Virtual)
A leaky roof leads a Northern Cheyenne teen on a soul-stirring journey, revealing an unexpected truth and a profound bond with family and community beyond their wildest imagination.
Oct 18 '23 (Virtual)
Oct 19 '23 (Virtual)
Movements of resistance are collapsed and woven together. These are gestures that meditate on the carceral nature of the reservation system, and where sovereignty and belligerence intersect and diverge.
What does it mean to be Indigenous when you are away from home? You Know Who You Are explores connection to country and identity as diasporic Indigenous peoples across the great ocean of the Pacific. Films included: Babanil, Belonging, Plastic - A love letter to the estranged, Pasifika Drift, and The Mainland.
Big hair, big fashion, make-up, dance, drag, vogue, catwalk. Whatever way you werk it, you’ll leave grandma screaming, “That’s My Baby!” Films included: Club Kid Alley, BUTTERFLY/BATAPLAI, Ancestral Threads, Brolesque, and The Alexander Ball.
This series is crafted by Two-Spirit + Indigiqueer filmmakers, revealing the magic, vulnerability, and above all, a celebration of Queer joy. From leaky roofs to deep introspections: this short program explores themes of identity and the immense power it holds on screen and behind the camera. Films included: Headdress, Can I Love You?, pî-kiwîk, I AM HOME, Aikāne, Dear Kin, and The Roof.
Coming of age, uplifting the inherent divine connection to land, and falling back on ancestral knowledge. A Long Line of Ladies captures the strength of women upholding generational power and breaking cycles. Films included: Nisihkason Lex, Mother (EADNI), Whirlflow, Gabriela, Metal Belt, Long Line of Ladies, and Our Grandmother The Inlet.
Futuristic technologies blurring the lines of reality, apocalyptic events, alien abductions, mythological creatures and portals into other worlds; these shorts expand the realms of possibility. Films included: Memories, Ta'i, Home, Starbound, Do Digital Curanderas Use Eggs In Their Limpias?, N'xaxaitkw, and Katele (mudskipper).
Compelling experimental shorts that weave soundscapes with the evolution, formation and connection to land and water. Films included: Baigal Nuur - Lake Baikal, Drumoh, Distant, The Golden Age, kobechenonk, Ajá (Water), and Biolumin.