Indigenous Shorts Film Festival

Celebrate Indigenous shorts and the artists who made them in this afternoon film festival. Explore the rich tapestry of films from the NFB featuring Indigenous made short films spanning from documentaries to animation. Drop in for an afternoon of cinema at the Montalbano Family Theatre - stay for a little or buckle in for all 237 min of non-stop Indigenous shorts! The screening will start promptly at 12 pm and there will be no intermission; feel free to come and go as you please. See the full line-up, in order of screening below: Feather Fall Ossie Michelin 2024 | 22 min Inkwo For When the Starving Return Amanda Strong 2024 | 18 min Mary Two-Axe Early: I Am Indian Again Courtney Montour 2021 | 34 min Our Maternal Home Janine Windolph 2023 | 27 min Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher Heather Campbell 2023 | 15 min Evan's Drum Ossie Michelin 2021 | 14 min Camp Morningstar Kevin Settee 2021 | 16 min Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Terri Calder 2021 | 19 min Heartbeat of a Nation Eric Janvier 2022 | 20 min Being Prepared Carol Kunnuk 2021 | 9 min Arctic Song Germaine Arnattaujuq 2021 | 6 min Nalujuk Night Jennie Williams 2021 | 13 min Stories are in Our Bones Janine Windolph 2019 | 11 min My Friend the Green Horse Alanis Obomsawin 2024 | 11 min This screening is presented in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, which is Canada's only public producer and distributor of Canadian documentaries and animated films.There are more than 7,000 films available for free, online at NFB.ca. --- VPL is committed to making our programs accessible for all. If you have an access need that we have not addressed here, please email us at programs@vpl.ca. This even takes place in the Montalbano Family Theatre on Level 8. Elevator access to level 8 is available with the main elevators on level 2. The Montalbano Family Theatre has three wheelchair accessible spaces in the front row on the right-hand side. Alternate styles of seating may be available, if you require another type