Tour Program

2024 Bookings Are Officially Open

Bookings: February 6, 2024 – July 1, 2024

The imagineNATIVE Tour programs are one of imagineNATIVE’s largest initiatives outside our annual Festival. The imagineNATIVE Tour brings Indigenous-made film works and community engagement activities to communities across Turtle Island (Canada).

The 2024 imagineNATIVE Tour programs offer a selection of Indigenous works from across Canada that were presented as part of the 2023 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. This year we are proud to present two documentary features, and three short film programs suitable for three age groups; you can find more information about the program selections below.

This year, you can book screenings to take place either in-person or online! For in-person screenings, imagineNATIVE will work with you and your viewing method to help accommodate the delivery of your screening. For online screenings, imagineNATIVE utilizes Elevent, an online ticketing system and Cinesend, a video-on-demand platform to facilitate the imagineNATIVE Tour stops.

To enhance the screenings, organizations can request an Artist Talk to accompany their booking (in-person or online), for an additional fee. Please include the artist you would like to have in attendance at the screening when you complete the Booking Form and we will do our best to coordinate schedules.

Please fill out a Booking Form to begin the process for a 2024 imagineNATIVE Tour Screening in your community, school, or workplace. This Booking Form should be completed at least two weeks before your desired event. 

Please note that as proud supporters of Indigenous artists, we charge screening fees that go directly to the artist(s) for their work. However, we are happy to negotiate screening fees with Indigenous communities, organizations, institutions, and youth programs.

For additional information, please email programming@imagineNATIVE.org or call us at 416 585 2333 x 7.

The 2024 imagineNATIVE Tour was made possible with support of the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and Toronto Arts Council. Miigwetch to all of our Tour sponsors, partners, and supporters across Turtle Island!

2024 imagineNATIVE TOUR

The 2024 imagineNATIVE Tour Programs will launch in February 2024!

The imagineNATIVE Tour is one of imagineNATIVE’s largest initiatives outside of our annual Festival. Every year, the imagineNATIVE Tour brings Indigenous-made film and video works, as well as community engagement activities to communities across Turtle Island (Canada).

After each Festival, imagineNATIVE curates a selection of Indigenous works from across Canada that will be featured as part of the upcoming imagineNATIVE Tour Programs. The Tour Programs encompass a Short Film Focus, a Documentary Film Focus, and a Dramatic Film Focus.

After each Festival, imagineNATIVE curates a selection of Indigenous works from across Canada that will be featured as part of the upcoming imagineNATIVE Tour Programs. The Tour Programs encompass a Short Film Focus, a Documentary Film Focus, and a Dramatic Film Focus.

We are excited to offer the imagineNATIVE Tour Brochure this year in an accessible format for all our viewers!

BOOK A TOUR DATE

Bookings for our 2024 Tour Open in February.

For additional information, please email tour@imagineNATIVE.org or call us at 416 585 2333.

The 2023 imagineNATIVE Tour was made possible with support of the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and Toronto Arts Council. Miigwetch to all of our Tour sponsors, partners, and supporters across Turtle Island!

Please note that the 2022 imagineNATIVE Tour Programs and 2021 Guest Curated Tour Programs bookings are closed!

For additional information, please email tour@imagineNATIVE.org or call us at 416 585 2333.

The 2023 imagineNATIVE Tour was made possible with support of the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and Toronto Arts Council. Miigwetch to all of our Tour sponsors, partners, and supporters across Turtle Island!

2023 imagineNATIVE TOUR

The imagineNATIVE Tour is one of imagineNATIVE’s largest initiatives outside of our annual Festival. Every year, the imagineNATIVE Tour brings Indigenous-made film and video works, as well as community engagement activities to communities across Turtle Island (Canada).

After each Festival, imagineNATIVE curates a selection of Indigenous works from across Canada that will be featured as part of the upcoming imagineNATIVE Tour Programs. The Tour Programs encompass a Short Film Focus, a Documentary Film Focus, and a Dramatic Film Focus. 

Once a program is selected by your organization, you can complete a Booking Form and we will do our best to coordinate schedules.

The Booking Form should be completed two weeks before your desired event. If you have any questions or concerns please connect with our Tour Coordinator at tour@imagineNATIVE.org.

Please note that as proud supporters of Indigenous artists, we charge for screening fees that go directly to the artist for their work, however, in the past we have been happy to negotiate screening fees with Indigenous communities, organizations, institutions, and youth programs.

Image: Spirit Emulsion, Siku Allooloo, 2022

We are excited to offer the imagineNATIVE Tour Brochure this year in an accessible format for all our viewers!

2024 TOUR PROGRAMS

Feature Film Focus

Tautuktavuk (What We See)

Directors: Carol Kunnuk (Inuit), Lucy Tulugarjuk (Inuit)

Canada | 2023 | 82 min | Documentary Feature

Inuktitut

Content Warning: Domestic violence; use of alcohol,
tobacco products, vapour products, or cannabis

 

Blurring the line between narrative and non-fiction, after a traumatic event, Uyarak and her eldest sister Saqpinak embark on a difficult, personal healing journey about the importance of community, culture, and family.

Intended Audience:

Appropriate for mature audiences.

WaaPaKe

Director: Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin (Cree)

Canada | 2023 | 80 min | Documentary Feature

Cree, English

Content Warning: Adult themes; intergenerational trauma; residential school trauma

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.

Intended Audience:

Appropriate for mature audiences.

Tautuktavuk (What We See)

Directors: Carol Kunnuk (Inuit), Lucy Tulugarjuk (Inuit)

Canada | 2023 | 82 min | Documentary Feature

Inuktitut

Content Warning: Domestic violence; use of alcohol,
tobacco products, vapour products, or cannabis

Blurring the line between narrative and non-fiction, after a traumatic event, Uyarak and her eldest sister Saqpinak embark on a difficult, personal healing journey about the importance of community, culture, and family.

Intended Audience:

Appropriate for mature audiences.

WaaPaKe

Director: Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin (Cree)

Canada | 2023 | 80 min | Documentary Feature

Cree, English

Content Warning: Adult themes; intergenerational trauma; residential school trauma

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.

Intended Audience:

Appropriate for mature audiences.

Feature Film Focus

Tautuktavuk (What We See)

Tautuktavuk (What We See)

Directors: Carol Kunnuk (Inuit), Lucy Tulugarjuk (Inuit)

Canada | 2023 | 82 min | Documentary Feature

Inuktitut

Blurring the line between narrative and non-fiction, after a traumatic event, Uyarak and her eldest sister Saqpinak embark on a difficult, personal healing journey about the importance of community, culture, and family.

Intended Audience: Appropriate for mature audiences.

Content Warning: Domestic violence; use of alcohol, tobacco products, vapour products, or cannabis

WaaPaKe

WaaPaKe

Director: Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin (Cree)

Canada | 2023 | 80 min | Documentary Feature

Cree, English

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.

Intended Audience: Appropriate for mature audiences.

Content Warning: Adult themes; intergenerational trauma; residential school trauma

Short Film Focus

For the Grandbabies

Starlight Sojourn, Follow, Ni Wapiten (I see), Home, Whistling Woods

Directors: Darcy Tara McDiarmid (Han/Northern Tutchone), Chantal Rousseau, Brent Owen Beauchamp (Onondaga/Anishinaabe), Julie Ottawa (Atikamekw), Noémie Echaquan (Atikamekw), Barry Bilinsky (Métis/Cree)

2022-2023 | 37 min

Anishinaabemowin, Atikamekw, Cree, English

Bring your grandbabies to see works of whimsical animations, calls for action for future generations, and lessons to listen to your elders!

Intended Audience:

Appropriate for kids and families. 

Mild coarse language and violence.

For the Youths

Starbound, Nisihkason Lex, pî-kiwîk, N’xaxaitkw, Our Grandmother The Inlet

Directors: Madison Thomas (Ojibwe), Kaayla Whachell (Ryukyan/Métis), Keisha Erwin (nīhithaw (Woodland Cree)), Asia Youngman (Cree/Métis), Kayah George (Tsleil-Waututh/Tulalip), Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos

2022-2023 | 61 min

Woodland Cree, English

See films that are out of this world, legends come to life, ties to identity, connection to community, and responsibilities to uphold for our young generations.

Intended Audience:

Appropriate for teens and young adult audiences.

Adult themes, coarse language, intergenerational trauma, MMIWG2S, use of alcohol, tobacco products, vapour products, or cannabis

For the Elders

Ancestral Threads, A Boy and His Loss, istén:′a, Redlights, The Golden Age, Nigiqtuq

Directors: Sean Stiller (Secwépemc), Michelle Derosier (Anishinaabe), KJ Edwards (Kanien′kehá:ka), Eva Thomas (Walpole Island First Nation/Tohono O’odham/Cherokee), Bawaadan Collective/Yuma Hester (Anishinaabe/Cree), Lindsay McIntyre (Inuit)

2022-2023 | 74 min

Cree, Inuktitut, English

Discover a diverse program of stories from Indigenous artists in Canada that draws connection to spirituality, identity, connection and justice in the past, present and future.

Intended Audience:

Appropriate for mature audiences.

Adult themes, coarse language, gun violence historical trauma, residential school trauma, suicidal themes, violence


Short Film Focus

For the Grandbabies

Starlight Sojourn, Follow, Ni Wapiten (I see), Home, Whistling Woods

Directors: Darcy Tara McDiarmid (Han/Northern Tutchone), Chantal Rousseau, Brent Owen Beauchamp (Onondaga/Anishinaabe), Julie Ottawa (Atikamekw), Noémie Echaquan (Atikamekw), Barry Bilinsky (Métis/Cree)

2022-2023 | 37 min

Anishinaabemowin, Atikamekw, Cree, English

Bring your grandbabies to see works of whimsical animations, calls for action for future generations, and lessons to listen to your elders!

Intended Audience: Appropriate for kids and families. 

Content Warning: Mild coarse language and violence.

For the Youths

Starbound, Nisihkason Lex, pî-kiwîk, N’xaxaitkw, Our Grandmother The Inlet

Directors: Madison Thomas (Ojibwe), Kaayla Whachell (Ryukyan/Métis), Keisha Erwin (nīhithaw (Woodland Cree)), Asia Youngman (Cree/Métis), Kayah George (Tsleil-Waututh/Tulalip), Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos

2022-2023 | 61 min

Woodland Cree, English

See films that are out of this world, legends come to life, ties to identity, connection to community, and responsibilities to uphold for our young generations.

Intended Audience: Appropriate for teens and young adult audiences.

Content Warning: Adult themes, coarse language, intergenerational trauma, MMIWG2S, use of alcohol, tobacco products, vapour products, or cannabis.

For the Elders​

Ancestral Threads, A Boy and His Loss, istén:′a, Redlights, The Golden Age, Nigiqtuq

Directors: Sean Stiller (Secwépemc), Michelle Derosier (Anishinaabe), KJ Edwards (Kanien′kehá:ka), Eva Thomas (Walpole Island First Nation/Tohono O’odham/Cherokee), Bawaadan Collective/Yuma Hester (Anishinaabe/Cree), Lindsay McIntyre (Inuit)

2022-2023 | 74 min

Cree, Inuktitut, English

Discover a diverse program of stories from Indigenous artists in Canada that draws connection to spirituality, identity, connection and justice in the past, present and future.

Intended Audience: Appropriate for mature audiences.

Content Warning: Adult themes, coarse language, gun violence historical trauma, residential school trauma, suicidal themes, violence.

Program 1

Short Film Focus

Generational Legacies

2021-2022 | 79 min | English, Kwa’kwala, Hiwatahia, Mohawk

All Ages

This program features a dynamic selection of six short films created by Indigenous filmmakers, all of which were presented at the 2022 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. This short film program reflects on the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next and honouring where you and your ancestors have come from. 

Program 2

Documentary Film Focus

Kaatohkitopii: The Horse He Never Rode

2022 | 68 min | English

All Ages

This POV documentary narrated by director Trevor Solway begins with his earliest memories of his grandfather Sonny Solway, a lifelong rancher and “Indian Cowboy.” Whether these memories are doing chores around the ranch or sipping coffee in the early hours of the morning, these memories show how “work” shaped Trevor’s relationship with his grandfather. Brought to life by present-day footage of Trevor as he reflects on his Grandpa’s ranch, archival photos and videotapes shot both by Trevor and Grandpa Sonny.

Program 3

Dramatic Film Focus

Broken Angel

2022 | 96 min | English 

14+

Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin (Cree) focuses her debut feature on Angel, the mother to Tanis, who escapes into the night from her abusive partner Earl to a women’s shelter on the reservation. As the prospect of a new beginning comes to light, he tracks her down, and she is forced to flee or fight.

Please note that the 2023 imagineNATIVE Tour Programs are closed for the season!

Keep an eye out for our new selection of tour programs after the 2023 Festival and get ready to book your Tour stop.

2022 GUEST-CURATED TOUR PROGRAMS

Take a look at the guest-curated tour programs offered for our 2022 season below. Please note both of the following guest-curated programs were also featured in our 2021 Tour Program.

Program 1A

Less Lethal Fetishes
Retrospective: Thirza Cuthand

1999-2019 | 49 min
English | CAN
Mature Audiences
Essay available (Eng)

Released over the past 20 years, the featured works present Cuthand’s voice and body prominently as both subject and object while taking up with and scrutinizing themes of queer Indigenous identity, madness, kink, and colonialism.

Curator: Ariel Smith

Program 1B

Écrans autochtones
A Francophone Indigenous Focus Screening

2015-2019 | 84 min
English/French | CAN/Great Ocean
Young/Mature Audiences
Essay available (Fr/Eng)

Featuring 11 compelling works from francophone Indigenous communities across Turtle Island and the Great Ocean, Écrans autochtones reveals the strengthening of connections, languages, and cultural practices despite colonial divisions and violences.

Curators: Dr. Léuli Eshrāghi, Mylène Guay

Audience Size + Pricing

Program 1-50 Audience Members 51-150 Audience Members 151-300 Audience Members 301-500 Audience Members

Tautuktavuk
(What We See)

$873.96

$1,026.57

$1,255.50

$1,560.73

WaaPaKe

$870.23

$1,015.40

$1,233.16

$1,523.51

Short Film Program:
For the Grandbabies

$1,496.78

$1,565.65

$1,668.94

$1,806.67

Short Film Program:
For the Youths

$1,519.12

$1,632.65

$1,802.95

$2,030.01

Short Film Program:
For the Elders

$1,823.69

$1,961.41

$2,168.00

$2,443.46

Please note: These fees take into consideration Artist Fees, platform streaming fees, and administration fees. Prices are subject to change per booking.

ACCESSIBLE PDF

This year, we are excited to offer the imagineNATIVE Tour Brochure in an accessible format for all our viewers!

Coming soon. 

The imagineNATIVE Tour programs pricing is listed below. These fees take into consideration Artist Fees, platform streaming fees, and administration fees.

Program 1-50 Audience Members 51-150 Audience Members 151-300 Audience Members 301-500 Audience Members

Program 1

$1,179.32

$1,277.96

$1,425.93

$1,623.21

Program 1B

$981.77

$1,084.14

$1,237.68

$1,623.21

Program 2

$544.39

$702.59

$939.89

$1,256.29

2023 AUDIENCE SIZE + PRICING

The imagineNATIVE Tour programs pricing is listed below. These fees take into consideration Artist Fees, platform streaming fees, and administration fees.

Program 1-50 Audience Members 51-150 Audience Members 151-300 Audience Members 301-500 Audience Members

Program 1

$1,668.1

$1,815.84

$2,036.39

$2,330.46

Program 2

$525.78

$646.76

$828.22

$1,070.18

Program 3

$547.19

$710.97

$956.64

$1,284.21

For additional information, please contact our tour coordinator at tour@imagineNATIVE.org or call us at 416-585-2333 x 7.

The 2023 imagineNATIVE Tour was made possible with support of the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and Toronto Arts Council. Miigwetch to all of our Tour sponsors, partners, and supporters across Turtle Island!