A whimsical trek through the woods, connecting with and standing up for the earth, reconnecting with the past and present. Films included: Starlight Sojourn, Ni Wapiten (I see), NANGULVI, Follow, Nemi, The Bull of Cold, Rieban - The Fox, and Whistling Woods.

A large part of the human experience is learning how to deal with the multitude of ways we can experience and process grief. Whether the grief is deep and spiritual, steeped in love, cultural, physical, sudden or anticipated, learning to embrace loss is a life skill. Films included: Heart Like a Pow Wow, A Bear Named Jesus, Four Nights and a Fire, A Boy and His Loss, Grape Soda in the Parking Lot, I won’t remain alone, and Fast Eddie.

This film is preceded by "Sunflower Siege Engine" directed by Sky Hopinka. Observation of an important infrastructure in Amazonia: downstream on a cargo boat that brings passengers and goods to the isolated communities in the Peruvian rain forest. Cargo boats form a non-lieu, a space of transition for the travellers taking journeys that can last days, as well as for the Indigenous communities living on the edges of the Amazon River, fighting for the survival of their cultural traditions and struggling to adapt to modernity.

This hybrid feature documentary is based on the performance of James Luna, who toured a performance piece called ISHI: The Archive Performance reflecting on Ishi's story and the impact of colonization that exists today. This screening is supported by York University.

Industry Days starts off with good morning message presented by imagineNATIVE Institute coordinator Bliss to welcome Industry Days Delegates to day 1 of Industry Days. The good morning message will highlight the various offerings presented throughout the day.This is a free NON-TICKETED event! Spots are first come first serve so arrive early!

The "Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection" is the result of the Max x WBD Access Animated Shorts Program, launched to provide animators from underrepresented communities with resources to develop their original animated short films. Join filmmakers from the program as they reflect on their journey from creation to distribution.

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!

The Features Lab Panel will be a guided conversation with lab participants on each filmmaker's experience and process of developing an original feature film from concept/treatment to the final draft and plans for the projects after completing the imagineNATIVE Institute’s Screenwriting Features Lab.This is a free NON-TICKETED event! Spots are first come first serve so arrive early!

The short films that make up the Witness series are produced by Indigenous filmmakers in their own home communities. They focus on climate change and how it is affecting their everyday lives and traditional livelihoods in the Arctic.