Short Film Program: RISE UP
Stories of climate change, Indigenous solidarity, post-apocalyptic survival, and ancestral messages to empower generations of colonial resistance. RISE UP is your call to action. Film viewing availability during the online Festival (June 9-15, 2025): Entropy (available worldwide) The Moth (available worldwide) Hatarimuy: Rise Up (available worldwide) For our rights (only in North America) In my hand (only in Canada)
In-Person
TIFF Lightbox - Cinema 3
Jun 05
Virtual
Virtual
Jun 09
HST EXEMPTION: For Status card holders, please email boxoffice@imagineNATIVE.org if you wish to use your Status card to purchase packages or tickets online. Otherwise, you can visit the imagineNATIVE Box Office in person starting October 18 and present your Status card when purchasing tickets or packages.
Presented in Multiple Parts
Entropy
From the land moulded by ice, Entropy celebrates Greenlandic mythology while lamenting the nature we are losin...
| Inuk Jørgensen | Ontario Premiere | Kalaallisut/Greenlandic, English
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The Moth
It's 2039 in Omagakii First Nation. The land has been consumed by lithium mines and 100,000 tonnes of buried n...
| Michelle Derosier, Zoe Gordon | World Premiere | English, Ojibwe
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Hatarimuy: Rise Up
After being injured in a protest, a Quechua youth has a supernatural encounter that unveils his true identity,...
| Suni Sonqo Vizcarra Wood | Canadian Premiere | Spanish, Quechua
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For Our Rights
The court ruled that wind plants located in a reindeer grazing area violated Sámi human rights. In response, ...
| Johannes Vang | North American Premiere | Northern Sámi, Southern Sámi
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In my hand
In my hand is the story of the Indigenous activist Niillas Somby, which explores the personal and historical s...
| Marja Helander, Liselotte Wajstedt | N/A | Northern Sámi
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