Jules A Koostachin
Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin is an award-winning Attawapiskat filmmaker, mother, writer, performance artist, and academic. With her background in community work, social justice themes emerge in her films alongside bravery,…
Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin is an award-winning Attawapiskat filmmaker, mother, writer, performance artist, and academic. With her background in community work, social justice themes emerge in her films alongside bravery,…
Multi-hyphenate actor, creator, and producer Jennifer Podemski gained recognition for her breakthrough role as Sadie in Bruce McDonald’s celebrated film, Dance Me Outside. In 1999, driven by her commitment to…
Jeff was born and raised on the Mi’gmaq reserve of Listuguj, Quebec. His work provides a bare knuckled view of post-colonial Mi’gmaq life, defying stereotypical treatments of First Nation narratives…
Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee) is an award-winning filmmaker from Holdenville, Oklahoma. Now based in Tulsa, Harjo is the co-creator and showrunner of Reservation Dogs (FX Productions), a comedy series following four…
…the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In 2019, Monkman was commissioned as the inaugural artist to make two monumental paintings for The Met’s Great Hall Commission project. In 2023, he…
…at the NFB in 1967. Companion of the Order of Canada and laureate of both the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media…
…has an MFA from York University, and attended the CFC Directors Lab, as well as the TIFF Talent Lab and Writers Studio. See Lisa’s company Door Number 3 Productions for…
Dana Claxton is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist in video, film, performance art, installations and photography….
Tasha Hubbard is an award-winning filmmaker from Peepeekisis First Nation. Hubbard’s Canadian Screen Award-winning nipawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up opened Hot Docs in 2019, and was the first-ever Indigenous-directed film…
…designing and building travelling haunted attractions and his own sideshow. A compulsive creator, Tank draws, paints, carves, tattoos, and makes tiki mugs, props, puppets, movies, and more. Tank works relentlessly…