Year-Round Events
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imagineNATIVE presents Indigenous-made screen content all year round through the imagineNATIVE Tour, curated programming, co-presentations with partners and collaborators, and other special events. Check out our upcoming events and screenings below!
Upcoming Events
September 21, 2025 | Tour Stop Screening of the Family Shorts Program at The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Event Description
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts has partnered with imagineNATIVE to present a series of curated Indigenous films. This screening of the Family Shorts program from the imagineNATIVE Tour will be presented as part of their Come Toward the Fire festival.
Date + Time
September 21, 2025
3:00 PM
Location
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver, BC
Ticket Information
FREE admission; no tickets are required. Screening is open to the public. Learn more about this screening!
Partners
imagineNATIVE is proud to co-present this screening with The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
Accessibility Information
Learn more about accessibility on Come Toward the Fire’s FAQ page. Should you have any inquiries about accessibility, please feel free to contact chan.tickets@ubc.ca or call 1 604 822 2697.
September 30, 2025 | Tour Stop Screening of #skoden at the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library
Event Description
#skoden by Damien Eagle Bear is screening as a stop on the imagineNATIVE Tour.
Date + Time
September 30, 2025
6:00 PM
Location
Innisfil ideaLAB & Library, Lakeshore Branch
967 Innisfil Beach Rd, Innisfil, ON
Ticket Information
FREE admission; registration is required. Register now!
Partners
imagineNATIVE is proud to co-present this screening with the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library.
Accessibility Information
Learn more about accessibility at the Innisfil ideaLAB & Library, Lakeshore Branch. The Lakeshore Branch features five accessible parking spots, curbs which merge into the parking lot near the accessible parking spots, and an automatic assist main entrance. All public washrooms are accessible.
Content Warning: Triggering Historical Trauma (Residential Schools, Indian Act, Sixties Scoop), Flashing/Strobing Lights
October 10, 2025 | Drag Bingo
Event Description
We’re bringing you Drag Bingo for two fabulous evenings this October, hosted by the one and only Chelazon Leroux! Join us for a night of bingo, great food, fun prizes, a deadly drag performance, and a 50/50 draw!
Date + Time
October 10, 2025
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location
The Well, Wellington Event Venue
486 Front St W, Toronto, ON
Ticket Information
$50 admission; admission is charged separately for each night. Purchase tickets now!
October 24, 2025 | Drag Bingo
Event Description
We’re bringing you Drag Bingo for two fabulous evenings this October, hosted by the one and only Chelazon Leroux! Join us for a night of bingo, great food, fun prizes, a deadly drag performance, and a 50/50 draw!
Date + Time
October 24, 2025
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location
The Well, Wellington Event Venue
486 Front St W, Toronto, ON
Ticket Information
$50 admission; admission is charged separately for each night. Purchase tickets now!
July 6, 2025 | Co-Presentation of Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople with the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show
Event Description
The pain of growing up (or failing to) is a recurring theme for Taika Waititi, from his early independent features (Boy, Eagle vs Shark) to his recent forays into big-budget franchises (Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian). Hunt for the Wilderpeople stands out among the Māori pop auteur’s oeuvre thanks to the irresistible dynamic of its odd-couple protagonists. When an overzealous Child Services agent tries to send foster kid Ricky (the irrepressible Julian Dennison) back to the orphanage, he takes off into the wild New Zealand bush, pursued by his gruff, reluctant foster uncle Hector (the legendary Sam Neill). As the two forge an alliance, a national manhunt is declared and things start to get out of hand. Striking a delicate balance between outrageously funny and earnestly heartfelt, Ricky and Hector’s mutual coming-of-age story is a surefire crowd-pleaser.
The screening includes short film Weekends, directed by Trevor Jimenez.
Filipino-Canadian director-writer-animator Trevor Jimenez’s indie short film Weekends is a lyrical hand-animated short about a boy in 1980s Toronto caught between two homes in the wake of his parents’ divorce. Jimenez (whose animation credits also include Pixar’s Soul and Turning Red) exhibits lush artwork that imbues the story with warm humour and gentle melancholy as the young protagonist makes sense of his changing family relationships.
Date + Time
July 6, 2025
6:00 PM | Eats + Treats for Sale
Sunset (approximately 9:00 PM) | Showtime
Location
Christie Pits Park
750 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M6G 3B1
Ticket Information
FREE or pay what you can. No tickets are required; screening is open to the public. Bring your own blanket and/or chairs. Learn more about this screening!
Partners
imagineNATIVE is proud to co-present this screening with the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show.
Accessibility Information
Films are screened with captioning. Learn more about accessibility at the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show!
Content warning: This programme contains moderate violence, moderate profanity, mild sex and nudity, mild alcohol/drugs use, and scenes that may be frightening to some viewers.
July 24, 2025 | Co-Presentation of Tito Catacora + Óscar Catacora’s Yana-Wara with the Peruvian Film Festival
Event Description
Yana-Wara tells the story of a 13-year-old girl marked by fate from birth. It presents themes such as gender violence, machismo, discrimination, the condition of women in the high Andean areas, and intercultural justice in force in many places in the country, through an unusual story tinged with fantasy, mysticism, and horror.
Date + Time
July 24, 2025
9:15 PM
Location
Imagine Cinemas Carlton Cinema
20 Carlton St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2H5
Ticket Information
Learn more about the film and purchase tickets.
Partners
imagineNATIVE is proud to co-present this screening at the Peruvian Film Festival.
Be sure to keep an eye out for more exciting updates to come!