First Nations Film and Video Festival

Schedule:

6:30pm   

Lets Get Stronger Together - 0:20:13

AWICHA (Grandmother) (16:37)
The plot unfolds in two timelines, intertwining the life of Melchor, a child in the ancestral community of Sampaya, and his adult life as a baker in the city. Melchor is the last baker of his community, and his grandfather, also a baker in his time, passes down to him the ancestral secrets of the trade.  In the past, we see Melchor's grandfather kneading bread in the community oven while experiencing mysterious visions. The grandfather teaches him the importance of connecting with their ancestors.  In the present day, adult Melchor faces migraines and strange hallucinations in his bakery.  Melchor finds himself in conflict against an unknown horror that only he and his grandfather know. He decides to stop worshiping this entity and rebels, paying with his life for this brave revelation.

Marcelo Javier Ajpi (HUARI) (Aymara)

Living for Others (14:56)
Told in a nonlinear order, a woman about to move to Berlin for her husband's work has a bizarre nightmare, and meets a stranger with an eerily similar experience.
Simone Hile-Bassett (Anishinaabe: Fond du Lac Band of Minnesota Chippewa)

The Politics (12:08)
Lamenting her loss of community, a travelling Métis Woman encounters two unknown and bizarre personality in a lonely bus station.
Len Morissette (Mistawasis First Nation)

Ozigwan (Tail of Serpent) (7:35)   
A grandmother-grandson fishing trip unleashes the serpent people living at the bottom of the lake.
Cole Stevens (Nipissing First Nation)

Small Talk (3:46)
A music video for the song Small Talk, from the debut album of the same name by Copeland James.
Simone Hile-Bassett (Anishinaabe: Fond du Lac Band of Minnesota Chippewa)

Total: 1:11:29

Angelina Pedroso Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs