Films and videos

Currents Building on Endless Seas 

Speech and stories are the two faces of immemorial memory. This transmitted memory is what will remain of the present in the long cycle of the history of peoples, the share of eternity linking us to the ancestors, the opportunity to leave a lasting footstep for posterity.

The films in our 2013 selection share the ability to pay a conscious role in the long haul of a narration whose upstream and downstream components are lost in the arcanes of time. A powerful current, the very identity peoples draw upon for inspiration, sweeps our fragile craft along through the years.

Thus, Paroles amérikoises, the opening film, gives centre stage to poets meeting in Ekuanshit. Rita Mestokosho has convened them on the banks of Ulamen Shipi, a majestic river soon to be caged by dams. And the singular writing of great Niitsitapii (Blackfoot) writer James Welch will come to life on the screen in Winter in the Blood, the closing film.

Listen to stories of origins (Fuimos gigantes), of unimaginible sea crossings (Point de fuite), the exploits of largerthan- life contemporary heroes (Xingu, Inacaya), or humble artesans who carry the continuation of our world on their shoulders (Karitonytch) and memories of dark times (L’Enfance déracinée). Catch a few bars of ancient melodies amidst the remains of disappearing languages (Survival Prayer), a few notes and a few more songs that find new life and are passed along (Mitchif, Congo Square), gaining strength and becoming demands (Diez veces venceremos); accounts of patient struggles (Polvo, La Belleza/Nosilatiaj) or decisive battles (Gold Fever), a lasting memory of people demanding their place in the present (Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth). All these many voices join forces to form a powerful chorus. Here is an opportunity to see and hear a torrent of voices expressing the tumultuous saga of First Peoples.

Short films
Full-length films

 

A Stranger On The Land Expérimental Canada
Anishinabe Fiction Canada (Québec)
Blocus 138 Documentaire Canada
Bury My Heart with Tonawanda Fiction U.S.A.
Congo Square lieu sacré des Houmas Documentaire Canada (Québec)
Corriger le tableau Documentaire Canada (Québec)
Diez veces venceremos Documentaire Argentina / Chile
Dü, le piège à poisson Documentaire Nouvelle-Calédonie
El último consejo Fiction Méxique
Farandole Documentaire Canada
Fuimos Gigantes Documentaire d'auteur Méxique
Fusion Fiction Canada (Québec)
Gephyrophobia Expérimental Canada (Manitoba)
Gold Fever Documentaire USA
He pwa tè diti, le creek aux aiguilles Documentaire Nouvelle-Calédonie
Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth Documentaire d'auteur Germany
How Bear Got a Short Tail Animation Canada
Huis Clos Documentaire Canada (Québec)
Inacayal Documentaire Argentina
Indian Santa Documentaire USA
Indians & Aliens: Episode 1 Télévision Canada (Québec)
Kharitonych Documentaire Russie
L'Enfance déracinée Documentaire Canada
La Belleza. Nosilatiaj Fiction Argentina
Las Dos Magalys Documentaire d'auteur Bolivie
Lecciones para una guerra Documentaire d'auteur México
Les ailes de Johnny May Documentaire Canada
Les défunts de la perle du Pacifique Documentaire Polynésie Française
Les Saphirs Fiction Australia
Liar Fiction Canada (Ontario)
Mââcelo, l'esprit de l'eau Documentaire Nouvelle-Calédonie
Marées II Expérimental Canada (Québec)
Meskano Documentaire Canada
Micta Expérimental Canada (Québec)
Mitchif l'esprit de Riel et Dumont Documentaire Canada (Québec)
My Naani Told Me Animation Canada
No hay lugar lejano Documentaire México
Paroles Amérikoises Documentaire Canada (Québec)
Perdimos y seguimos perdiendo Documentaire Catalonia - Spain
Petu weicalejiñ ñi mojeleal ta inciñ ka taiñ mapu Documentaire Chili
Pipiteu Expérimental Canada (Québec)
Point de fuite Documentaire Canada
Polvo Fiction Guatemala/Spain/Chile/Germany
Ramer d'une seule voie Documentaire Canada
Sakitakwin Expérimental Canada (Québec)
Seeking Netukulimk Documentaire Canada
Standing Bear Documentaire Canada (Manitoba)
Survival Prayer Documentaire d'auteur USA/Canada
Taaw (Haidawood Media Project) Animation Canada
The Burnt Village Animation Canada
The Smoke Shack Fiction Canada
Umätu, le chant du notou Documentaire Nouvelle-Calédonie
Wimawi Documentaire Nouvelle-Calédonie
Winter in the Blood Fiction USA
Wish Upon a Star Fiction Canada (Québec)
Xingu Fiction Brazil