VOTE NOW - YOUTH VIDEOMAKING CONTEST
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imagineNATIVE co-presents with TIFF this summer
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indigiFLIX Partners with Native Child and Family Services - Scarborough
A FREE Family Movie night presented by imagineNATIVE! more...
imagineNATIVE co-presents with Green Bay Film Festival
Canadian Indigenous Shorts program features award-winning works and festival favourites! more...
imagineNATIVE 2012 Call for submissions
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2012 MENTORSHIP ANNOUNCED
LIFT and imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival 2012 MENTORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT more...
2012 indigiFLIX Community Screening Series
indigiFLIX Community Screening Series kicks off at Toronto's Council Fire! Indigenous Canadian-made film screenings in Toronto more...
imagineNATIVE Goes on Tour
imagineNATIVE Film + Video Tour 2012 Screening Indigenous-made film and video works throughout Ontario, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, 7:00PM. more...
2nd Annual CSV/imagineNATIVE Residency: Apply Now!
imagineNATIVE & Charles Street Video announce 2nd Annual CSV/imagineNATIVE RESIDENCY: APPLY NOW! (For mid career to senior Indigenous artists around the GTA only) -Make a short video for imagineNATIVE2012!- Application Deadline: Friday, February 17, 2012 by 5pm more...
Make a short film with LIFT for imagineNATIVE 2012 - Submit Now!
LIFT and imagineNATIVE 8th ANNUAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: CALL FOR APPLICANTS Make a short film for imagineNATIVE 2012 Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 by 5:00pm more...
imagineNATIVE is hiring!
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Deadline: January 20, 2012 The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is currently accepting applications for a DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT (FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITION). more...
Deadline Extended to Feb. 10: Call for Interactive Digital Media Proposals
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imagineNATIVE Closes #12
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: HERE I AM, directed by Beck Cole, wins best dramatic feature at imagineNATIVE. Best Canadian Short goes to Neil Christopher for AMAQQUT NUNAAT (The Country of Wolves); and Best Doc goes to THE TALL MAN directed by Tony Krawitz. more...
iN co-presents M: Stories of Women
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Gordon Tootoosis, 1941 - 2011
imagineNATIVE acknowledges the great contributions made by Gordon Tootoosis to Indigenous film and television, as we mourn his passing on July 5, 2011. more...
Youth Video Game Workshop Registration Open
The Skins Summer Institute (SSI) is a two-week intensive workshop that combines instruction in video game design with immersion into
Aboriginal stories and storytelling techniques. more...
God's Lake Narrows, Kevin Burton
God's Lake Narrows doesn't get a lot of outside visitors. But neither does the reserve closest to you. Spend a bit of time looking at a map and it's plain to see that many reserves are within close proximity to cities and towns all over this country. more...
Happy National Aboriginal History Month!
Join us tomorrow, June 21, 10AM - 7PM, as we celebrate National Aboriginal History Month at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto! Stop by our booth and have your say on the imagineNATIVE Camera more...
Indigenous filmmaker, Taika Waititi stars in Green Lantern
Indigenous filmmaker, Taika Waititi stars in Green Lantern, which opens today! Waititi plays the role of Thomas Kalmaku, an aircraft engineer and the best friend of Green Lantern (Ryan Reynolds). more...
Congratulations Vtape!
Vtape, one of imagineNATIVE's co-founders, was honoured on June 9th with the 2011 Arts Organization Award at the 6th Annual Premiers Awards for Excellence in the Arts more...
1st Annual imagineNATIVE Radio Art Commission
imagineNATIVE is seeking proposals from Indigenous artists from across Canada for its inaugural Radio Art Commission. The selected artist will produce a short radio/sound art piece to premiere at the 12th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (October 19-23, 2011) in Toronto. more...
Steve Loft on Stagecoach
Steve Loft - Scholar, writer, media artist and curator - offers a First Nations perspective on the John Ford classic, Stagecoach, followed by the screening of the archival film print, as a part of National Aboriginal History Month. more...
Indigenous Directors Make Their Mark at Cannes 2011
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indigiFLIX presents Club Native
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Youth Winner Announced
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Call for Submissions
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iN Co-presents with Hot Docs
People of a Feather is a breathtaking journey into the remote world of the Belcher Islands Inuit people. Uniting this community's past and present is their cultural connection with the eider duck, a species now suffering massive die-offs. Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, is essential for surviving harsh Arctic winters. more...
Tour Blog - Fort Albany
We have finally arrived at the last destination of the tour. Hoorah! Luckily Keesic went a day early to set up for workshops and was able to send a grocery list to help us save a bit on our food costs - Can you believe milk is $15!? more...
iN & The City
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Vote for Your Favourite Youth-Made Video
In March and April 2011, ten Indigenous youth from four communities participated in an innovative workshop as part of the imagineNATIVE Northern Ontario Film + Video Tour. Rather than supply the equipment, the imagineNATIVE crew did something different: the youth were instructed on how to make the videos using technology already available in their communities more...
Vote for your favourite video!
As the 2011 Northern Ontario Film + Video Tour and its video-making workshops come to an end, imagineNATIVE invites the public to vote on their favourite youth-made video starting April 11. The youth video-maker with the most votes will win a trip to the 2011 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto and attend a screening of their work. more...
Tour Blog - Moosonee/Moose Factory
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Tour Blog - Timmins
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Tour Blog - Thunder Bay
We are officially heading into the second half of our tour now in TBay! Having grown up on the water, I felt really happy to see the beautiful coast every where we drove, especially when we cruised down River Street toward the sleeping giant! more...
CSV/iN Residency Announced!
imagieNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Charles Street Video (CSV) are pleased to announce that interdisciplinary artist Jennifer Dysart has been selected for the inaugural CSV/imagineNATIVE Residency. more...
Tour Blog - Sault Ste. Marie
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iN artists featured on Spanish Public TV!
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Aboriginal Women in the Arts
imagineNATIVE Is pleased to partner with the Harbourfront Centre and Planet IndigenUs to showcase Aboriginal Women in the Arts: Using Art to Reclaim Traditional Roles with Terril Calder, Lee Maracle, Cheryl L'Hirondelle and moderator, Candace Maracle. more...
Tour Blog - Parry Sound
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March 11, 2011 - Lisa Jackson's SAVAGE took home the prize for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 31st Annual Genie Awards held last night (March 10, 2011) in Ottawa. SAVAGE was commissioned by the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2009 as part of The Embargo Collective more...
Tour Blog - Wiky/Manitowaning
I hate to admit this, but I was so busy having fun on Manitoulin Island that I almost forgot to work! Between our tour of the Wiky TV5 station, cheering the teams at the Manitowaning / Wikwemikong hockey game, being chased by rez dogs and a terrible attempt at beating some champion euchre-players, more...
Tour Blog - North Bay
North Bay was our home base for the first few days of the tour. We really got into the swing of things with the help of a delicious meal at the White Owl and from our friends at Nipissing U (Lieann, Wendy, Courtney, Victoria and Steph). more...
indigiFLIX Presents Johnny Tootall Screening
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is pleased to announce Johnny Tootall as the second feature presentation in its indigiFLIX community screening series. more...
Tour Blog - Temagami
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NFB/imagineNATIVE Digital Media Project winner announced!
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) are excited to announce the selection of the ITWE Collective and their proposal DE NORT as the recipient of the inaugural NFB/imagineNATIVE Digital Media Project initiative. more...
Indigenous Film Wins Big at Berlin Film Festival!
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iN Goes on Tour!
The seventh annual imagineNATIVE Northern Ontario Film + Video tour is ready for another exciting year. The popular tour kicks off in Temagami on February 28, 2011 and will visit 11 northern and First Nations communities throughout the province. more...
imagineNATIVE and LIFT announce 2011 Mentee, Susan Blight
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that interdisciplinary artist Susan Blight, from the Couchiching First Nation, has been selected for the 7th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship more...
imagineNATIVE shorts recognized with Genie Award nominations!
The nominations for the 31st Annual Genie Awards were announced yesterday by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television at press conferences in Toronto and Montreal more...
1st Annual CSV/imagineNATIVE RESIDENCY: APPLY NOW!
Are you a mid-career or senior video or filmmaker looking to deepen your knowledge of video making? Expand your familiarity with new technologies, and work hands-on with the knowledgeable staff at CSV who will train you on how to you use new equipment... more...
indigiFLIX Community Screening Series launched
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Give the gift of imagineNATIVE
Donate to imagineNATIVE this holiday season and support Indigenous artists from Canada and beyond! more...
Youth Workshop at LIFT
Learn basic filmmaking skills and create a short film with Media Creatorz. Workshops will be hosted by Aboriginal filmmakers Miles Turner and Amanda Strong.
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Sundance announces 2011 Indigenous Shorts Program
2011 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program 81 Short Films from 21 Countries Selected from a Record 6,467 Submissions. Festival Launches Indigenous Shorts Showcase more...
Digital Media Project - Call
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Two Appointments at imagineNATIVE
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Mentorship Program - Call
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Joel George's "Memories" at Toronto Youth Shorts FF
On Friday, July 16, the festival will showcase a series of powerful and heartwarming narratives that explore physical and emotional change. The screening will feature Memories by Joel George, a short film that was screened in the 2009 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival. more...
Save the Date
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New Executive Director and Board Appointments
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ebulletin, July 9
imagineNATIVE News Advertise in the 2010 iN Catalogue Call for Submissions Toronto Urban Film Festival 32nd Rhubard Festival, Toronto Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Montana Pacific more...
Jackpot on Global TV
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FREE Movie Nights
Celebrate the first annual National Aboriginal History Month with imagineNATIVE at two FREE Movie Nights. At the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (16 Spadina Road) on June 18 and 23 at 7pm. more...
Merata Mita, (1942 - May 31, 2010)
It is with great sadness that imagineNATIVE acknowledges the passing of renowned Māori filmmaker and festival patron Merata Mita, of Ngati Pikiao and Ngai Te Rangi. more...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2010. We are currently seeking film/video/media art/new media and radio works in all genres by international and Canadian Indigenous filmmakers, producers and writers. We invite all... more...
ebulletin, May 27
imagineNATIVE News Call for Submissions Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival copresents with imagineNATIVE Call for Submissions imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts more...
Two Spirits
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ebulletin, April 16
imagineNATIVE News imagineNATIVE Copresents wth Sprockets, Toronto International Film Festival for Children Call for Submissions - Film and Video Call for Submissions Brantford Film Festival, more...
LIFT/iN Mentorship Announced
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that established dancer, choreographer and actor, Michael Greyeyes more...
Ebulletin, April 1
imagineNATIVE News Call for Submissions - Film and Video Presentation with Images Festival, Toronto Programmer (7 month contract) Presentation with Hot Docs Canadian International more...
Job Opportunity: Programmer
The duties and responsibilties of the Programmer include but are not limited to: working in conjunction with Executive Director and programming team; programming administration. Thorough knowledge of more...
ebulletin, March 19
Call for Submissions Chicago International Film Festival Call for Entry, Docs for Sale Online, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFFA) Call for Applications Call for Curating more...
Reel Injun Hits Theatres!
Reel Injun runs until Thursday, March 4! Last chance! "Funny and shocking" Brian D. Johnson, Macleans "Smart, funny, insightful and hugely entertaining." Todd Brown, Twitchfilm.net more...
imagineNATIVE Tours Northern Ontario
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Embargo Collective goes to Berlin 2010
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LIFT Mentorship Program
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New Executive Director
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ebulletin, December 11, 2009
imagineNATIVE & LIFT 6th Annual Mentorhship Program: Call for Applicants Director Helen Haig-Brown's film, The Cave (?E?anx), Canada's Top Ten more...
Call for Doc or Drama Pitches!
Do you have a great idea for a short, long or series drama, OR a short or feature documentary? Enter our competition to pitch your idea to a panel of commissioning editors and acquisitions executives more...
ebulletin, September 4
Film Snacks Competition, Discovery Channel and Planet in Focus Sweet 16: A 16MM Celebration, Cinevic Anti-Hero Trinity Square Video Themed Commission Program, TSV Images Festival more...
Support Artists to Attend imagineNATIVE!
The 10th Anniversary imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is fast approaching and we have an exciting opportunity for you to support the
Indigenous artists creating the vibrant and innovative works that will be screened more...
ebulletin, August 7
National Screen Institute (NSI) Online Film Storyville Vancouver Southern Alberta Art Gallery 2009 Crystal Awards, Women in Film and Television - Toronto (WIFT-T) Open Call: Caustic Assets videos, more...
ebulletin, July 27
Call for Submissions International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Camden International Film Festival Night at the Indies Festival Images Festival Call for Applications Filmmaker consultation with an industry expert more...
ebulletin, July 3
imagineNATIVE News Book Ad Space NOW Call for Submissions The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Montana The 6th Annual ION International Film Festival NSI Online short film Festival Call for more...
ebulletin, June 19
imagineNATIVE News Book Ad Space NOW Call for Submissions Chicago International Film Festival CSIF Outdoors Screening Project Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival Big Easy Shorts Festival & Big Easy more...
ebulletin, May 8
May 8, 2009 In This Issue (click headings below to navigate)imagineNATIVE News imagineNATIVE Call for Submissions Film + Video imagineNATIVE Call for Submissions New Media imagineNATIVE + Hot more...
ebulletin, April 24
imagineNATIVE Call for Submissions Film + Video imagineNATIVE Call for Submissions New Media imagineNATIVE + Hot Docs Co-present National Screen Institute Monument Valley Film Festival, more...
iN co-presents Alanis Obomsawin Retrospective at Hot Docs
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ebulletin, April 9
imagineNATIVE News imagineNATIVE Call for Submissions Film + Video imagineNATIVE Call for Submissions New Media imagineNATIVE + IMAGES Co-present Call for Submissions InterAccess Media more...
LIFT 2009 Mentorship Recipient Announced
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ebulletin, March 27
imagineNATIVE call for submissions imagineNATIVE + IMAGES co-present, Toronto Call for Submissions
InterAccess, Toronto Edmonton International Film Festival Monument Valley FIlm Festival, Kayenta AZ more...
imagineNATIVE returns from tour
imagineNATIVE returns from screenings in Northern Ontario experiences of the tour adventurers... John Hupfield, Artist and Tour Coordinator (February 15 - 22) Northern Ontario. What an experience. Faces more...
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imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto InterAccess, Toronto Film Festival, Manitoba Edmonton International Film Festival Monument Valley FIlm Festival, Kayenta AZ Canadian more...
Tkaronto at Toronto City Hall
SHANE BELCOURT'S TKARONTO SCREENS THIS FRIDAY IN CELEBRATION OF TORONTO'S 175TH ANNIVERSARY MARCH 6, 4PM CITY HALL, 100 QUEEN STREET WEST, COMMITTEE ROOM 1 more...
Call for Proposals
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival & Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Make a short film for imagineNATIVE '09! Deadline: Monday March 9th, 2009 more...
UPDATE: imagineNATIVE Tours Northern Ontario
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e-bulletin, January 29
In This Issue (click headings below to navigate)
imagineNATVE Culture Shock Program going to Berlin 19th Montreal First Peoples Festival, Montreal
Native Radio Theatre, Los Angeles All Roads Film more...
Record Number of Canadian films off to Berlin
GAYLE MACDONALD, From Tuesday's Globe and Mail, February 3, 2009 at 3:14 AM EST, A record-breaking 15 Canadian feature films have been selected for the 59th Berlin more...
e-bulletin, January 9
imagineNATVE Culture Shock Program going to Berlin, 19th Montreal First Peoples Festival, Montreal, Native Radio Theatre, Los Angeles, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, National Screen Institute Film Festival more...
Culture Shock programmed at Berlin
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e-bulletin, December 2
The Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival, Duncan Dreamspeakers, Edmonton National Geographic, All Roads Seed Grant WIFT-T Media Leadership more...
imagineNATIVE Pitch Winner, Blood Quantum, Goes to TIFF
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imagineNATIVE e-bulletin
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Call for Submissions - Radio and New Media
We are currently seeking new media (web-based art) and radio works by international and Indigenous new media artists/website designers and radio producers. We invite all genres and lengths and encourage submissions from first-time and emerging artists and producers.<br/><br/>Download the <a href="http://www.imagineNATIVE.org/upload/2008 new media sub form.pdf">NEW MEDIA</a> or <a href="http://www.imaginenative.org/upload/2008radiosubform.pdf"> RADIO</a> submission form and submit by July 1, 2008. more...
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imagineNATIVE e-bulletin, June 9
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e-bulletin, June 13
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imagineNATIVE e-bulletin
ImagineNATIVE is currently seeking feature length films (drama and documentary) for the upcoming annual film festival. Please spread the word and keep your ears open for any films produced by Indigenous filmmakers (writers, producers, and directors) that have made a feature length film in the past two years. more...
imagineNATIVE Ends Another Successful Year
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival came to a close last night, handing out Awards and celebrating another record-breaking year. more...
Urban Rez
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e-bulletin, Nov 14
North by Northeast, Toronto, Edmonton International Film Festival, WIFT - Toronto Executive Management Program, WIFT - Toronto Media Leadership Program, OAC, Ojibway Cultural Centre and the Woodland Cultural Centre Exhibition Assistance Program more...
imagineNATIVE in Australia
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e-bulletin, Nov 4
View Points Panel Discussion moderated by Kerry Swanson. Co-presentation with Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival. FREE Co-presentation with Regent Park Film Festival. Call for Submissions. Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers. Tribeca All Access. Americas Film Festival more...
FREE Co-Presentation with Regent Park Film Festival
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Co-Presentation with Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival
Saturday, November 8, 1:00pm
Workman Theatre, 1001 Queen Street West
$10 or pay-what-you-can more...
View Points at Planet IndigenUs
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Co-Presentation with Toronto Palestine Film Festival
Tomorrow Night, Wednesday, October 29, 9:30pm at the Revenue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Avenue. more...
Telefilm Canada and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Telefilm Canada and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network announce successful projects selected for the Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program. more...
WIN to see Xavante Strategy
"...My father came back with a very serious face and told me that I was going to have to live in another place, with the Warazu (white man)...." more...
A Creative Dynamic New Website
imagineNATIVE takes its blazingly creative dynamic online with a brand new website - a key initiative of the ninth annual ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. more...
Volunteer at imagineNATIVE!
As a non-profit charitable organization, we depend on the support of volunteers. As well as being a lot of fun, volunteering can provide a way to gain valuable experience and meet key players in the entertainment industry more...
imagineNATIVE e-bulletin
(August 15, 2008) imagineNATIVE is moving on August 25, 2008 to: 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 349 All other contact information will remain the same, however may be temporarily more...
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July 27, 2008
ImagineNATIVE is currently seeking submissions for a Documentary & Drama Pitch: Exclusive Professional Training & Pitch Sessions. Do you have a great idea for a short (23 min or less) documentary or short drama more...
e-bulletin, July 11
ImagineNATIVE is currently seeking feature length films (drama and documentary) for the upcoming annual film festival. Please spread the word and keep your ears open for any films produced by Indigenous filmmakers (writers, producers, and directors) that have made a feature length film in the past two years.
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