Short Film Program: KNEE SLAPPERS

Name: Short Film Program: KNEE SLAPPERS
Start: 2025-06-11
End: 2025-06-15
Location: Virtual

This is a Free Friday screening. Tickets are free and will be available at a first come first served basis on Friday June 6 at our in-person Box Office at the TIFF Lightbox. Healing through laughter is often a way our communities use play to engage with serious issues. These filmmakers will make you look at things with a smirk, a chuckle, or even a downright knee slap, rejoicing in the resilience of our people. Film viewing availability during the online Festival (June 9-15, 2025): Uncle Lyle (only in North America) Honey Kaha (available worldwide) Chatterbox (not online; in-person only) Happy Thanksgiving (only in Ontario) The Beguiling (only in Ontario) The Great Cherokee Grandmother (only in Canada).

Healing through laughter is often a way our communities use play to engage with serious issues. These filmmakers will make you look at things with a smirk, a chuckle, or even a downright knee slap, rejoicing in the resilience of our people. Film viewing availability during the online Festival (June 9-15, 2025): Uncle Lyle (only in North America)Honey Kaha (available worldwide)Chatterbox (not online; in-person only)Happy Thanksgiving (only in Ontario)The Beguiling (only in Ontario)The Great Cherokee Grandmother (only in Canada).

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!

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Details

Premiere Status:

World Premiere, Canadian Premiere, North American Premiere, Ontario Premiere

event types:

Short Film Program

countries:

Canada

New Zealand

USA

Running Time:

Language(s):

English, Māori, Cherokee

venue

venues:

Virtual

Credits

Director(s):

Sonny Smith, Te Waiarangi Ratana, Tainui Tukiwaho, ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby, Anthony Sneed

Available

Sold Out

Coming Soon

Limited

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.