
Short Film Program: WITCHING HOUR
Haunting, unsettling, and supernatural, WITCHING HOUR reveals to us what grows in places devoid of light. Come prepared to hold your breath in terror of who, or what, you might meet in the dark. 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. Film viewing availability during the online Festival (June 9-15, 2025): The Saint and The Bear (not online; in-person only) Uncommon Ground (available online) Uasheshkun (not online; in-person only) Settler (available worldwide) Haze Over (only in Canada) Inkwo for When the Starving Return (only in Canada)
In-Person
TIFF Lightbox - Cinema 3
Jun 06
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
Uncommon Ground
Set in the Coast Salish region of the Pacific Northwest, 150 years in the future, the true history of North Am...
| Faith Sparrow-Crawford | Ontario Premiere | English
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A father tries to save the soul of his daughter, lost in darkness....
| Normand Junior Thirnish-Pilot | N/A | Innu
Learn MoreSettler
This allegorical horror film is about a 1800s settler family on the “frontier” hoping to establish a prosp...
| Sinakson Trevor Solway | Ontario Premiere | English, Blackfoot
Learn MoreHaze Over
Musa, takes Vahid, his cousin, on pretext of wood smuggling, to a forest path, where a car accident with a doe...
| Seyed Ali Ghasemi | Canadian Premiere | Persian
Learn MoreInkwo for When the Starving Return
Dove, a gender-shifting warrior, uses their Indigenous medicine (Inkwo) to protect their community from an unb...
| Amanda Strong | N/A | English, Dene
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