Indigital Films

New Film with filmmaker Luísa Cruz set premiere in Halifax NS and Brantford ON next weekend.

Bkej (2024) is an exploration of plants as translators and mediators of our senses of belonging to the lands we call home. Shot at Bkejwanong (Walpole Island First Nation), filmmakers Derek Sands and Luísa Cruz worked with phytograms, an analogue filmmaking technique that makes use of plant matter to develop the film; in the process, the plants imprint themselves in the film strip, yielding abstract and whimsical effects. Working with plants not only invites us to learn about their ways of being but also about each other, allowing us to have a more intimate connection with the lands we share.

One Land, Two Hearts: Celebrating the world premieres of WhereWeStand Come participate, experience and celebrate the world premieres of a novel multimedia storytelling project of identity and belonging produced by a cohort of Indigenous peoples and newcomers to Canada. Their collaborative project WhereWeStand (WWS) presents a range of creative multimedia works, from f...

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