Runtime: 2 minutes

Opening video speech from Musqueam Elder Larry Grant

RATED R
Runtime: 1 hour, 47 minutes

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life – SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths – and the love that endures within their families despite the revelation of genocide.  

Nominated for Best Documentary at the 2025 Academy Awards, and winner for Best Director of a US Documentary at Sundance Film Festival.

Runtime: 44 minutes

Four family-friendly short films suitable for all ages.

Produced by imagineNATIVE, the world's largest presenter of Indigenous-made media, supporting Indigenous artists to share their voices, perspectives, and cultures.

Allison Goes Berry Picking

Directors/Writers/Producers: Allison Anderson (Trondëk Hwech'in), Georgette McLoed (Trondëk Hwëch'in)

Canada | 2024 | 5 min Hän, English | Documentary Short

Allison and Bear find the treasures of nature. Allison Anderson (Trondëk Hwëch'in) is Crow clan and a Hän language learner and teacher. She uses a variety of methods to promote the use of her language. Georgette McLeod (Trondëk Hwëch'in), Lëjit, wife, mother of two, Hän language educator, and Elderin-training. She uses a multidisciplinary approach to promote the use of her language.

Pendleton Man

Director/Writer: Doug Winnipeg (Blackfoot) Producer: Sinakson Trevor Solway (Blackfoot)

Canada | 2024 | 11 min Blackfoot, English | Dramatic Short

Three cousins are left home alone while their grandma is at bingo. As the evening progresses, a thunderstorm causes a power outage and the children's imaginations run wild. Doug Winnipeg is from the Siksika Nation. He spent his formative years in Stobart townsite and later attended the University of Calgary.

The Lemonade Stand - Making Medicines

Director/Writer: Paul O'Bomsawin (Abénaki)

Canada | 2024 | 5 min English | Documentary Short

The Lemonade Stand explores the relationship between Paul and his daughter Lyric in the context of their learning about plants and remedies. Paul O'Bomsawin is an Abénaki from Odanak. Having moved around a lot, he developed a taste for hip hop culture, dance music, and graffiti arts.

Graduation Day

Director/Writer: Charlene Moore (Cree) Co-Director/Co-Producer: Tasha Hubbard (Cree) Co-Producers: George Hupka, Jon Montes

Canada | 2025 | 12 min English | Documentary Short

Connie, a grandmother, and Sage, her grandson, celebrate a shared milestone in their Cree community in this heartfelt journey of love, showcasing resilience and the power of intergenerational dreams. Winnipeg filmmaker and member of York Factory First Nation, Charlene Raven Moore is an awardwinning writer, director, and producer living in Treaty 1 territory. Tasha Hubbard is a multi-award-winning Cree writer, director, and producer, as well as an associate professor at the University of Alberta.

My Friend the Green Horse

Directors/Writers/Producers: Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)

Canada | 2025 | 11 min English | Dramatic Short

In her vivid dream life, the young Alanis Obomsawin found her best childhood friend: the Green Horse, who embodied the spirit of kindness and celebration of life. One of Canada's most distinguished filmmakers, Alanis Obomsawin is a director and producer at the National Film Board of Canada, where she has worked since 1967.

Runtime: 52 minutes

A documentary on the creation of Hasalala Danxalax, a concert led by mezzo-soprano Marion Newman.

Joined by soprano Melody Courage, tenor Asitha Tennekoon, and baritone Jonathon Adams, Hasalala Danxalax is a sweeping program of art song, operatic arias and ensemble pieces. Members of the Kwagiulth, Stō:lo, Cree, Métis and Sri Lankan communities, they draw from a variety of genres including Indigenous musical forms that Canada’s potlatch ban made illegal from 1885 to 1951.

These dynamic artists raise their voices in song to spotlight established and emerging Indigenous composers and librettists such as Ian Cusson, Marion Newman, Yvette Nolan, Joy Harjo, and Marie Clements. With flutist Jessica McMann, violinist Parmela Attariwala, and pianist Perri Lo.

Produced by ARTICLE 11 and Marion Newman in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, directed by ARTICLE 11, concert created and curated by Marion Newman.