INDUSTRY DAYS: Join us for a conversation with key individuals who have led and built imagineNATIVE from the very beginning to now. Panelists include: Danis Goulet, Naomi Johnson, Cynthia Lickers-Sage, Jason Ryle, and Kerry Swanson. Moderated by Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF.

Arctic Indigenous filmmakers share powerful first-person stories on climate change’s impact, highlighting their struggles to protect their lands, cultures, and futures in a rapidly changing world.

From the opening shot of a buffalo hide illustrating the texture and movement of the hair, the beauty of the buffalo’s exterior welcomes us into this stunning documentary about personal connection fueling a desire to return the animal back to their ancestral homelands. In addition to providing the historical background on the hows and whys buffalo populations were decimated, the film also follows the present-day quest to right the relationship between humans, buffalo, and the land. Filmed on many tribal lands across Turtle Island, filmmaker Tasha Hubbard, founding director of the International Buffalo Relations Institute, tracks the efforts of buffalo activists to return free-ranging buffalo back to their lands.

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.

Through experimenting with the form of film we see the line between living in two worlds, the changing world, the dreams of the world as it was, and trying to find a way to connect to the land again, reminding us that we are always tied to the land.

Stories of climate change, Indigenous solidarity, post-apocalyptic survival, and ancestral messages to empower generations of colonial resistance. RISE UP is your call to action.

Stories of queer joy and beauty, self-love and healing, curiosity, exploration, discovery, transitioning into strange times, and… post-apocalyptic love and intergalactic break-ups? A celebration of the many colourful facets of our resilient 2SLGBTQIA+ kin who have always been and will continue to be.

This next generation of storytellers have something to say when it comes to grounding oneself in homeland and community. These stories of return and reconnection, fulfilling our gifts to the community, healing through a crisis and picking up traditional knowledge of the land will leave you hopeful for the future.

Films that reflect the ways in which love transcends the physical body to manifest itself anew, changing us forever. It lives on through our memories, keeps watch, keeps us company, and waits to return to us again one day.

Coming of age, marriage, commitment to family and to love. A pastiche of themes, LIVING IN TWO WORLDS creates an intersection that allows audiences to better understand the duality of humanity vs nature, identity vs blood quantum, authenticity vs celebrity — a self discovery through film.