Event Schedule

Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax has cared for her niece Roki by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation in Oklahoma. At the risk of losing custody to Jax’s father, the pair hit the road and scour the backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow. What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world and at the mercy of a failed justice system. This screening is supported by CBC

A Mother’s Love is resilient, strong and determined. It transcends physical boundaries. It finds a village shared among sisters and aunties, and it does it on its own. This program honours the ways motherhood can exist. Films included: istén:′a, The Sky is Very Pretty, Entre Nous Locataires (Between Us Tenants), Camping, AYKUO, Nigiqtuq (The South Wind), and He Karu He Taringa.

Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax has cared for her niece Roki by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation in Oklahoma. What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world and at the mercy of a failed justice system.Industry Screenings are only open to badge holders. Industry screenings are first come, first served and cannot be reserved in advance.

What does it mean to be Indigenous when you are away from home? You Know Who You Are explores connection to country and identity as diasporic Indigenous peoples across the great ocean of the Pacific. Films included: Babanil, Belonging, Plastic - A love letter to the estranged, Pasifika Drift, and The Mainland.This is a free NON-TICKETED event! Spots are first come first serve so arrive early!

FX’s Reservation Dogs is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) and Cheese (Lane Factor), four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. Join us for a binge session of the first three episodes of the third and final season, followed by a Q&A with showrunner Sterlin Harjo. New episodes of FX's Reservation Dogs stream Wednesdays on Disney+ in Canada

When the window for securing a ticket to the Tonga versus France Rugby World Cup game closes, Maka (John-Paul Foliaki) is forced to get creative for his chance to see his favourite team. This screening is supported by First Nations House & Office of Indigenous Initiatives, University of Toronto.

With the arrival of a mysterious nine-year-old Aboriginal boy (Aswan Reid), the lives of the denizens of a rural monastery in 1940s Australia slowly come out of balance.

Join us for the 24th annual imagineNATIVE Awards Presentation, hosted by the one and only, Michaella Montana. Featuring special performances from Sebastian Gaskin and more!

This film is preceded by the short film "He Pounamu Ko Āu" by Director Tia Barrett. When Community Sergeant “Taffy” Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), a Māori police officer, returns home, he is faced with a dilemma. Indigenous activists in the vicinity have been holding militant boot camps and are suspected of plotting to kill the country’s Prime Minister… or so the police have said. This screening is supported by Ngā Aho Whakaari.

Filmed in a startlingly fresh and hilarious mockumentary style, Cody Lightning’s directorial debut, Hey Viktor!, marks an exciting new chapter in his prolific filmography. Equal parts gut-busting comedy and existential self-inquiry, Lightning’s film takes no prisoners and, in a hyper-meta approach, looks at the absurdity that goes into making a film. This screening is supported by DGC.

After experiencing a traumatic event in Igloolik (an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut), Uyarak leaves her community and family in Nunavut to live in Montréal. When Covid-19 lockdowns close off the Canadian Arctic from the rest of the world, Uyarak is further separated from her closest friend, eldest sister, Saqpinak. This screening is supported by CBC.

Vaychiletik explores this fierce yet beautiful reality, forged from the dreams of the Mayan people of Mexico.

What will begin with satirical laughs will leave you feeling spooked and disturbed. Proceed with caution.

WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) explores how children of Indian Residential School survivors — including three generations of director Dr. Jules Koostachin’s own family — are moving beyond the burden of intergenerational trauma and into healing.