iN Retrospect: Embargo Collective II

Commissioned in celebration of imagineNATIVE's 15th anniversary, the Festival is thrilled to present the Embargo Collective II, five short films created by five distinguished artists. Executive produced by Danis Goulet, these shorts push the creative boundaries of the participating filmmakers and invite viewers into new Indigenous cinematic landscapes. Based on Lars von Trier's The Five Obstructions, the first Embargo Collective — presented in celebration of imagineNATIVE's 10th anniversary in 2008 — was a landmark project in Indigenous Cinema and was celebrated and screened internationally. The 2014 Embargo Collective II works, each created by a female Indigenous Canadian filmmaker, cross genres and themes as they collectively explore the spirit of filmmaking. Most of the descriptions for this program are republished from the 2014 imagineNATIVE Catalogue. Film viewing availability during the online Festival (June 9-15, 2025): Roberta (available worldwide) Skyworld (available worldwide) Bihttoš (available worldwide) Intemperance (available worldwide) Aviliaq (Entwined) (available worldwide)