A wide array of Indigenous-made music videos to enjoy. These shorts programs may differentiate from the shorts programs presented at our in-person festival screenings due to the various geoblocking restraints on each film.

The Indigenous disAbility music video is a culturally respectful advocacy tool designed to raise awareness, shift perceptions, and amplify Indigenous voices within the disAbility movement. It blends artistic expression with lived experience to reach Indigenous communities, families, service providers, and decision-makers. Frances Sinclair-Kaspick is a proud Cree woman who embodies resilience, strength, and a positive outlook shaped by her experience as a congenital amputee.

Open the Door

In Cherokee/Muscogee singer-songwriter Kalyn Fay’s single “More” she’s searching for meaning outside of the routine of life’s daily grind and finds new perspective in the Oklahoma prairie . Colleen Thurston is a Choctaw filmmaker and curator from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

More

The Digital Hīkoi, a vision from future mokopuna (descendants) back to past tīpuna (ancestors), a lens from the hearts of Indigenous Peoples across the world back to Aotearoa. Te KuraHuia is a Two-Spirit neurodiverse Oceania academic and multidisciplinary artist raised by their Elders from birth. They are a natural-born educator and storyteller leading the next generation by example.

MMIWG2S+, Triggering Audio (Sirens, Firearms, Protests)

TOITŪ TE TIRITI

Nolan Wilde walks into a surreal movie theatre that plays his memories of a lost love. Marshall Leigh George is a Ojibwe/Potawatomi filmmaker from Kettle and Stony Point First Nations. His love for horror movies and music videos drives him.

I Hold On

Niwahkohmahkanis shines a light on the love children have for their grandmothers and the special relationship they share. Zoey Roy, PhD, has a passion for bringing community-based knowledge to life through collective songwriting. She believes people in the grassroots not only have the answers but that they are the answer.

Niwahkohmahkanis

In a picture-perfect suburb where a secret society is abducting people off the streets while the world turns a blind eye, two neighborhood kids rebel to remove their blindfolds. Polaris Castillo’s work blends the complimentary energies between the soul of the cosmos and the human spirit.

The Neighborhood Kids | AND THE KIDS SAY

This video celebrates the passing of family traditions through vibrant colours, dance, food, song, and inspiring youth with art. Polaris Castillo’s work blends the complimentary energies between the soul of the cosmos and the human spirit.

Milpa | Cumbia del Obrero

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