A Cree Approach follows Tristin Greyeyes to understand why Cree was not her first language, unraveling the story of her late grandmother, Freda Ahenakew. Freda, a single mother of 12 and a high school dropout, witnessed a generational divide in her family—half of her children learned Cree as their first language, while the rest grew up without it. Through interviews, archival footage, and personal reflection, Tristin delves into Freda’s legacy, uncovering the complex history behind her work and
Nominee
The Human Under the Bed
AJ, a little monster awake past their bedtime, has found a human under their bed! But humans, it turns out, aren’t actually all that scary. The two become fast friends, and while they have very different perspectives, they may have more in common than they think.
The Light in the Dark
This story is about climate disaster survivor and his comforter . I lived in Taiwan this small island, there were many typhoons and floods in my memory, earthquakes were also often happened in my dairy life. My works always focus on the survivors, including the comfort women and earthquakes survivors and the poor rains and flood survivors in many places because of the climate changing.
Okurimono
Noriko Oi returns to Japan, her native land, in the hopes of reviving her mother’s memories, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb, while preparing for her childhood home’s sale.
As I Witness (As I Witness قهر )
The act of writing collapses the past and the present into the dissonant experience of witnessing the colonization of the body.
Shaping Our Future
Inmates in a Victoria BC jail are working together on a once in a lifetime project. A chance to take their minds off of their past deeds and focus on the positive. Carving a 40 ft totem is no small undertaking but with guidance from Coast Salish carver Tom LaFortune they are about to take on this epic undertaking.