Małni—Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore [Online]
The third time we're showing Sky Hopinka's poetic, experimental debut feature circling the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest.
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Kuessipan [Online]
Two girls grow up as best friends in a Québec Innu community. Adapted from the acclaimed novel Kuessipan, Myriam Verreault’s first narrative feature was co-written with the novel’s First Nation Canadian author Naomi Fontaine. Kuessipan means “your turn” in the Innu language, a title chosen to mark the notion that it is the Innu people’s turn to tell their story.
Details This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection [Online]
Cryptic, impressionistic, and informed by magical realist literature This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is one of the most esteemed African films ever to hit the international festival circuit, earning a Special Jury Prize for Visionary Filmmaking at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival!
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Presenting the Award-Winners of Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2021
Northwest Film Forum (NWFF)’s 4th Cadence Video Poetry Festival (April 16–25, 2021) has announced six award-winners from among the 60 artist teams that were selected this year. The annual festival presents screenings, workshops, and discussions on the genre of video poetry, and remains the only festival dedicated to the genre in the Pacific Northwest. To date, it has been curated by Seattle author Chelsea Werner-J…