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34th International First Peoples Festival Awards
34th International First Peoples Festival Awards Teueikan Creative Award First and second Prize Prizes awarded according to artistic merit to films that have shown originality in the subject matter and the mise-en-scène, relevance in their cinematographic approaches and which correspond, in substance and form, to the soul of the first peoples. First Prize The New Boy –…
Read MoreOpening of the 34th Festival, Land InSIGHTS in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation
Montreal, August 1st, 2024. Amnesty International has made the unprecedented decision to designate Likhts’amisyu Clan Wing Chief Dsta’hyl of the Wet’suwet’en Nation as the first-ever designated Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in Canada. This decision recognizes Aboriginal peoples’ challenges when defending threatened territories against powerful economic forces prioritizing financial gain over ecological concerns. Yintah, the opening film…
Read MoreLand Insights and La Guilde presents the exhibition Time and Tide – While either wait on no one, both have changed
From July 25th to September 8th, 2024 Montréal, July 25th. In partnership with the International First Peoples’ Festival, La Guilde is proud to present Time and Tide. While either waits on no one, both have changed, an exhibition featuring the captivating work of two talented artists from Kikiak/Rigolet (NL): Eldred Allen and Jason Sikoak. This exhibition presents…
Read More34th International First Peoples’ Festival : From the realm of shadows to the light of life
The 34th FIPA is about to take off. Sparkling on screen and stage, in darkened rooms and sunny squares, in the spotlight and in the radiant days of summer, Indigenous artists will dazzle with their talent, enlighten with their gaze, move with their sincerity. Native art is still, and always will be, an art of fight. The…
Read MoreInternational First Peoples Festival Awards
Trillion Grant Awarded as part of the First Peoples’ Festival to a young emerging artist in visual arts and fine crafts. With a 1500$ bursary for the winner. Winner : Catherine Boivin Best International Short Film Awarded to a short film for the quality of its cinematic expression (narrative structure, cinematography, set design, editing, sound design, direction…
Read MoreTwice Colonized by Lin Alluna opens the 33rd International First Peoples Festival Tuesday, August 8th – 7:30 pm at Cinéma Impérial Protagonist Aaju Peter in attendance
Montreal, July 27th. The 33rd International First Peoples Festival will open on August 8th at cinema Impérial with the Quebec Premiere of Lin Alluna’s first feature documentary Twice Colonized in the presence of protagonist Aaju Peter. The film is a Greenland, Denmark, Canada production (in English, Inuktitut, Danish) with French subtitles. Caroline Monnet’s short film Spring will…
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- Opening of the 34th Festival, Land InSIGHTS in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation
- Land Insights and La Guilde presents the exhibition Time and Tide – While either wait on no one, both have changed
- 34th International First Peoples’ Festival : From the realm of shadows to the light of life
- International First Peoples Festival Awards
