Red Girl Rising
Joyce Jonathan Crone—Mohawk matriarch, retired teacher, activist, humanitarian—reaches forward into her community of Huntsville, Ontario, opening hearts and bridging gaps for Indigenous education.
Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher
Part oral history and part visual poem, Miss Campbell: Inuk Teacher is the story of Evelyn Campbell, a trailblazer for an Inuit-led educational system in the small community of Rigolet, Labrador.
Dusk & Dawn
We follow Dusk & Dawn, two exes who rekindle their love on the night of their high school graduation. As they navigate the night with their friends, they get pulled into a love triangle that leaves Dawn desperate to decide: stay home and give this another shot, or move away for good and start university.
Castanho
Living in the countryside of the Amazon in Brazil, Argentinian María divides herself between two lives: in the community, where she lives with Dona Belém and her son, and on her suspicious trips.
Kakxop Pahok: As Crianças Cegas
The men of the village went hunting. A long time passed… and they did not return. The women of the village exchanged their children among themselves, so as not to be without husbands, and began to live a new life. However, one day the men returned… Spoken in their language and illustrated by the Maxakali people of Minas Gerais, Kakxop pahok is based on a traditional story of the Maxakali people (Tikmû´ûn). It forms the Hãmnõgnõy Trilogy of indigenous animations with Konãgxeka: the Maxakali flood (2016) and Mãtãnãg, the enchanted one (2019).
Roots
Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.
Organza's Revenge
Organza, a broke artist living in deep space, must travel across the galaxy to seek revenge on her ex in order to cure her mysterious illness. As she meets strange creatures such as museum curators and cyborg pop stars, she learns that perhaps vulnerability is more important than revenge, after all.
Bakish Rao: Plants in Struggle
"Bakish Rao: Plants in Struggle" is a science fiction short film that speculates on plantations and the future of planet Earth from the perspective of plants. By decentering the human perspective, this collaborative experiment brings together artistic languages, scientific debates, and Indigenous cosmologies. The film proposes a multispecies speculation to address the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, exploring forms of resistance against oil palm monocultures and ecological homogenization.
Water is Life
Elizabeth Meza Calfunao, a Mapuche teacher, introduces us to 8 teaching-learning strategies for connecting human beings with nature. Through a dialogue in the territory of Loncoche, Wallmapu, we gain an in-depth understanding of how the Mapuche people relate to their environment, especially to water.
Travelling College
Northlore
Weaving animation and live action, Northlore delves into the transformational stories of people living in Canada’s North and their deep connection to the land and its wildlife.