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2017-12-22
Call for film submissions

(Français ci-bas – español más abajo)

28 th MONTREAL FIRST PEOPLES FESTIVAL

Call for film submissions Deadline: March 19 2018 Extended final deadline: April 2 nd 2018

The Montreal First Peoples Festival is...

2017-12-16
Terres en vues / Land InSights awarded

On December 7 2017, the ‘’Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse » (Quebec Human Ridhts Commission) has given a ‘’Droits et Libertés’’ prize to the Montreal First Peoples Festival. The commission has applauded the fact that the festival has...

2017-08-01
Montréal rapaillé

Earth and waters join forces so that, from time immemorial, fraternity among peoples has found expression here.

From the mountain’s summit, as Kondiaronk declares, the tree of peace shines, convening humans from all horizons to gather beneath its foliage....

2017-08-01
Return of the fireflies

Cruising on a bike ( See This Spirit Bike ), dancing to the lively airs of the Métis fiddle ( Hands to the Sky ) or gliding on the enchanted exhalations of dream ( Four Faces of the Moon; Johogoi Aiyy ), the Indigenous soul impetuously seeks anchorage in the present time...

2017-07-13
The First People's Festival is searching for participants for a large scale theatrical production

For the 27 th edition of the First People’s Festival, we are looking for volunteers who would like to participate in a large scale live theater show, presented as part of Montreal’s 375 th anniversary celebrations. The theatre show entitled "...

2017-06-13
Cinema and living arts at the heart of 27th First Peoples Festival August 2nd – 9th

Anniversaries are opportunities to look back, and while doing so, to re-examine legacies. The city is promoting reconciliation through the joint initiative of Mayor Coderre and AFNQL, while the Société du 375 e invite us to build bridges. First Peoples...

2017-04-13
Stanley Vollant, de Compostelle à Kuujjuaq

Merci de confirmer votre présence à la projection du 19 avril à l’adresse suivante : http://bit.ly/2ockOV0

First national broadcast of the Documentary mini-series On ICI...

2016-11-10
Remise du prix Albert-Tessier à la grande cinéaste abénaquise Alanis Obomsawin

In French only.

Terres en vues se réjouit de la remise du prix Albert-Tessier à la grande cinéaste abénaquise Alanis Obomsawin et offre ses chaleureuses félicitations à la récipiendaire.

Attentive aux voix, d’abord et avant tout, son travail...

2016-08-29
Gentil Cruz, passeur de mémoires

DOCUMENTARY STREAMING UNTIL OCTOBER 31st, 2016 (Spanish with French subtitles)

Watch the wining film for 1st Prize of the Rigoberta-Menchu Award (for social significance) at the 26th edition of the festival. Presented online by Présence autochtone -...

2016-08-10
Palmarès 2016

Among wounded beings, neglected and often despised, like flashes of light on a blocked horizon, we witness great moments of humanity and hope. For weaving the marvels of an ancient legend into the banal contemporary reality of homeless people and for understanding that,...

2016-08-04
Programmation of the 26th edition

Présence Autochtone 2016/Montreal First Peoples festival

:) Dès le 3 août! Starting August 3rd!!

Posted by Présence autochtone on Monday, July 25, 2016

2016-08-04
Full-fledged cinema

In North America, new voices are emerging in First Nations cinema, through the work of First Peoples filmmakers who nowadays no longer hesitate to take on feature-length films.

For two feature films from the USA, the city has become the décor, the habitat and...

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