The imagineNATIVE Institute Pitch Day event will give Indigenous creatives the opportunity to present a project they have in development in front of Industry Leaders and fellow filmmakers. Each Pitch presented will receive feedback on their pitch from a jury of Industry Decisions makers.This is a free NON-TICKETED event! Spots are first come first serve so arrive early!

I'm Just Here for the Riot is a feature-length documentary that dives into the mob chaos and dramatic aftermath of Vancouver’s shocking 2011 Stanley Cup riot.

An elderly couple struggles with the decision to donate their son’s organs while coming to terms with his impending death.

Disaster strikes Kikino during the annual baseball extravaganza, forcing those that can to bunker down. Local internet celebrity Kit Kat Thompson escaped this place once before, what makes this time any different? Everyone struggles to determine what the future might hold, how to survive, and where exactly is Home.

A beautifully poetic animated short illustrated by Chief Lady Bird and spoken by Tara Williamson, Heart Like a Pow Wow shares the evolution of grief through love from an Anishinaabe perspective.

This kaupapa explores wahine Māori identity unfolding through moving image, pounamu pūrākau (storytelling), mōteatea (sung Māori poetry), and ambient sound.

This animated short paints a mosaic of Taqralik Patridge’s childhood memories and the loss of her grandmother’s Scottish Gaelic and her father’s Inuktitut languages that English had caused.