Best of Native Spirit Festival
25th February - 13th March
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
Country: Canada
Duration: 20 minutes
Animation
A young shaman must face her first test — a trip underground to visit
Kannaaluk, The One Below, who holds the answers to why a community
member has become ill.
25th February - 13th March
The Fourfold
Director: Alisi Telengut
Stop motion
Country: Canada
Duration: 7 minutes 13 seconds
Based on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, the film explores Indigenous worldview and wisdom against the backdrop of the modern existential crisis and rapid environmental change.
25th February - 13th March
Happiness
Director: Jack Belhumeur
Experimental
Country: Canada
Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
A man is in search of happiness when he is confronted by a stranger who is offering just that in the form of a package. Can happiness really come in packages?
25th February - 13th March
In the Shadow of the Tugtupite
Director: Inuk Jørgensen
Documentary
Country: Greenland
Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds
A cinematic portrait of despair and anxiety for the Inuit of Greenland questioning the local mining prospects and how they are linked to the search for identity of the fledgling nation in a post-colonial world.
25th February - 13th March
Updated
Director: Nivi Pedersen
Drama/Sci-Fi *mature
Country: Greenland
Duration: 16 minutes 56 seconds
A couple to be married discusses if it is too risky to bring his mother with dementia to their wedding and if updating her surveillance equipment will improve everyone's lives.
25th February - 13th March
Giant Bear / ᓇᓄᕐᓗᒃ
Director: Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies
Animation
Country: Canada
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
A timeless Inuit legend about a solitary man, a giant bear, and their daunting foes: each other.
25th February - 13th March
kwêskosîw (she whistles)
Director: Thirza Cuthand
Drama/Supernatural *mature
Country: Canada
Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds
On a night when the Northern Lights are out, a 2-Spirit nêhiyaw woman is assaulted by her cab driver. Amidst the struggle, she discovers a supernatural power that may help her solve a big mystery.
