The ocean, with its colours, sounds and energies infuse with spirit and wisdom the dialogue between two young girls and their grandfathers. We, Mapuche Lafkenche, observe the ocean's Az so that we may become one with it, maintaining the balance of our relationship with this space that we call Lafkenmapu.
SELFLESS, a film by the Pander Brothers, is an existential thriller about a self-absorbed architect who’s world collapses when his identity is stolen. Dylan Gray, a rising young star in the trendy ‘green’ architecture movement, is flying high from winning a prized high-rise commission when he unwittingly plants the seeds of his own destruction during a chance encounter with a deadly stranger.… Uqalimakkanirit
Demonstration of Indianness #31 is a short experimental film based on old home movies that the artist's grandfather shot in the 50's. The film is as much a portrait of a struggle and a declaration of identity, as it is a questioning into the history of documentation and anthropology.
And Native Land explores National Identity in the tense atmosphere around Six Nations / Caledonia. What does it mean to be Canadian? What does it mean to be Native? Is it possible to be both?
An ambitious reporter is sent to interview an Indigenous elder to get some "real poetic and stoic stuff" for coverage of a conference on the environment. What she finds is a reminder that she didn't realize she needed to hear.
Combining elements of military life with street ball, Gervais creates a meshed reality where life is a proving ground and the only path to success is through grit, self resolve, and a smooth jump shot.
