imagineNATIVE Originals

imagineNATIVE Originals are imagineNATIVE’s year-round film commissions from emerging to mid-level filmmakers across Canada, sharing a world premiere during the Festival! Thank you to LIFT, CSV, CSIF, and Capilano University for your continued partnership! Film viewing availability during the online Festival (June 9-15, 2025): E.V. Savage (available worldwide)Nancy (only in Canada)Amber Alert: A Fashion Statement for Truth and Healing (available worldwide)The Fourth World Problems Collective (available worldwide)

Tickets for screenings on TD Free Friday (taking place Friday, June 6) cannot be purchased or booked in advance and will only be available on Friday, June 6 at the on-site imagineNATIVE Box Office. There is a limit of two tickets per person. Miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to TD Bank for supporting TD Free Fridays!


Virtual

Virtual

Jun 09

HST REBATE: Status card holders are eligible to claim a rebate of the 8% Ontario portion of HST paid on qualifying goods and services. Please contact boxoffice@imagineNATIVE.org if you wish to use your Status card to purchase packages or tickets online. You can also visit the on-site imagineNATIVE Box Office during the in-person Festival and present your Status card when purchasing in-person tickets.

Presented in Multiple Parts

E.V. Savage

Raised in isolation by murderous, loving criminals, Evie Savage rebels against her parents by running away in ...
10 min | Stevie-Ray Strangling Wolf, Shelby Strangling Wolf | World Premiere | English
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Nancy

In 1911, 18-year-old Nancy Columbia Eneutseak, now known as the first Indigenous screenwriter, sees her film f...
10 min | Eva Grant | World Premiere | English
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Amber Alert: A Fashion Statement for Truth and Healing

Through fashion, testimony, and memory this short documentary honours children lost to Indian Residential “S...
10 min | Alex Manitopyes | World Premiere | English, Plains Cree
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The Fourth World Problems Collective

On a cold Toronto night, a tight-knit collective of friends embark on an unusual mission — tapping maple tre...
7 min | Kira Doxtator | World Premiere | English
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