In order to showcase the creativity of Indigenous artists and the importance of the issues they bring to light, the RIDM and Wapikoni Mobile are joining forces again this year to present seven short films to be screened during the first part of the National Feature Competition. These works, which explore a myriad of themes using a variety of approaches, will provide an excellent opportunity to discover new voices and celebrate the colossal work carried out by Wapikoni Mobile since 2004.
Presented in collaboration with Wapikoni Mobile.
Wapikoni
Giving voice to the women in their family, two cousins paint a surprising portrait of their grandmother, an activist who left her mark on the Odanak community.
AWANI NA NOKMES?
- Tedesso Lachapelle, Isaak Lachapelle-Gill
- 2024
- Canada (Odanak)
- s.t. English
- 7 min
Wapikoni
In this animated short, Kim Arseneault rebuilds herself and finds the courage to face her anxiety, the monster inside of her.
MADAH8DO AL8MIWI NIA
- Kim Arseneault
- 2024
- Canada (Odanak)
- s.t. French or English
- 5 min
Wapikoni
Calling the Ekuanitshiu Shipu River her sister and source of healing, Uapukun Mestokosho McKenzie makes a poetic film about and with water.
NIPI UTAIAMUN
- Uapukun Mestokosho McKenzie
- 2023
- Canada (Ekuanitshit)
- s.t. French or English
- 6 min
Wapikoni
Multidisciplinary artist Pierre Gil’s poetry is infused with his own identity, rooted in the land we travel through with him aboard a cedar canoe.
USH
- Pierre Gill
- 2024
- Canada (Mashteuiatsh)
- s.t. French or English
- 7 min
