We acknowledge the financial support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival would like to thank our public and foundation partners for their ongoing support:
Karla Hartl, Sylvie Lacroix (Canadian Heritage); Ian Reid, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, Gerri Trimble, Michèle Stanley, Noël Habel, Sandra Bender, Kelly Langgard, Guy Charbonneau (Canada Council for the Arts); John Brotman, Sara Roque, Pat Bradley, Mark Haslam, Myles Warren, Carolyn Vesely, Natalie De Vito, Lisa Wöhrle (Ontario Arts Council); Claire Hopkinson, William Huffman (Toronto Arts Council); Robert Sweeting (Ontario Ministry of Tourism); Paul Roch, Nicole Saunders (Trade Routes); Ernest Labreque, Michael O’Byrne (Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade); Patricia Jarosz, Alex Sosa (Telefilm Canada); Nancy Martin, Eileen Meawasige (Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment & Training); Ev McTaggart (The McLean Foundation); Mima Cassola (Ontario Ministry of Culture); Kathy Mair (Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres).
We would also like to send a special thank you to our corporate partners and individual donors:
Sarah Crawford, AJ Popko, Kim Rapagna (CTV Globemedia); Rob Braide, Sylvie Morissette (Astral Media Radio); Karen Clout, Lauren Wilson, Stephen Finney (Canwest); Wanda Bradley, Ron Suter, Angie Lee (NBC Universal); John Galway, Andrea Langford, Genevieve Parent (Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund); Valerie Creighton, Betsy Chaly, Ahpy Bokpé (Canadian Television Fund); Nancy Boyle, Alison Gee-Liphardt, Shelagh O’Donnell (CBC) Andrew Johnson (CBC Newsworld); Wayne Clark, Bonnie Rockthunder, Cheryl Slater, Monique Rajotte, Desiree Single (APTN); Stan Ford, Mark Branch, Kim Aitchison (Deluxe); Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk, Cynthia Hicken (IsumaTV); Lynda Yuen, Kimberley Perdue (Movieola); Sherry Lawson (Casino Rama); Mary McCran (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation); Sadia Zaman, Michelle Jones (Women in Film and Television – Toronto); Jamie Hill (Aboriginal Voices Radio); Gary Williams, Gerald Auger (SAY Magazine); Stephanie Buchack, Becke Gainforth (NOW Magazine); Cecilia Konney, Gail Thomson (Vision TV); Michelle Siu (National Post); Cynthia Tommasi, Peter Vamos (Playback); Justin Lovell (Frame Discreet); Sebastjan Henrickson (Niagara Custom Lab); and our individual donors Elizabeth Anne Meek, Robert Meek, Shannon Meek, Peter White, Lindsay Knight, Don Felstead, and Jacquie P. Carpenter.
And a BIG thanks to our indispensable colleagues and community partners:
Chief Brian Laforme, Elder Rose Logan, Marisha Roman; Ingrid Hamilton, Charlene Coy (GAT Publicity); Terry Lau (Beehive Design); Ryan Rice; Roy Mitchell, Aubrey Reeves (Trinity Square Video); Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Rebecca McGowan (A Space Gallery); Steven Loft (National Gallery of Canada); Doina Popescu (Goethe-Institut); Bruce Bailey, Gillian Atkins (Bailey Fine Arts); Elizabeth Weatherford, Amalia Cordova (Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian); Lisa Steele, Kim Tomczak, Wanda Vanderstoop, Deirdre Logue, Erik Martinson (Vtape); Ben Donoghue, Karl Reinsalu, Renata Mohamed (Liaison on Independent Filmmakers of Toronto); Chanelle Routhier, Nathalie Courville, Moira Keigher, Kristine Collins, Cindy Witten (National Film Board); Larry Frost, Nancy Jocko, Lana Morissette, Stacia Loft (Native Canadian Centre of Toronto); Adam Garnet Jones, John Hupfield (7th Generation Image Makers); Shane Smith (Spafax Canada); Rachel Fulford (Blueprint Entertainment); Laura Milliken, James Kinistino and everyone at Big Soul Productions; Greg Woodbury, Ross Turnbull (Charles Street Video); Mike Maryniuk (Winnipeg Film Group); Robin Smith (Kinosmith); Penny McCann (SAW Video); Harmony Rice (Spirit Magazine); Shannon Cochrane (FADO/Toronto Free Gallery); Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins (Message Sticks Film Festival); Sally Riley (Australian Film Commission); Kulbinder Saran, Melissa Watson, Scott Caldwell, Connie Walker (CBC); Bird Runningwater (Sundance Film Festival); Liisa Holmberg (Skábmagovat Film Festival); Paul Rickard, Fred Rickard (Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival); Andre Dudemaine, Mary Ellen Davis (Terres En Vues); Scott Berry, Pablo de Ocampo (Images Festival); Brett Hendrie, Lynne Fernie (Hot Docs); Deanna Wong, Patricia Lee, Christina Sit Yee, Heather Keung, Chris Chin (Reel Asian Film Festival); Rick Harp, Tim Fontaine (Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival); Sandra Laronde (Red Sky Performance); André Morriseau (NAAF); Everyone at the Urban Shaman Gallery; Eric Goldstein, Angie Stillitano, Rob Gibbons, Tamsynn-Lee Isaacs (Miles Nadal JCC); Joe Saturnino (Revival); Stacey Donen (Royal); Victoria Dobbs (Bloor Cinema) Crystal Watts (Hard Rock Café); Darrell Dennis; Heather Rae; Richard Story; Lisa Meeches, Duke Redbird, Debbie King (Wasauksing); Adrian Kahgee (Saugeen); Johna Hupfield (Perry Sound High School); Jordan Bighorn (Southeast Collegiate), Eddy Robinson; Cotee Harper; Theo McGregor; Eva Tabobondung; Amye Annett; Deborah Day; Millie Knapp; Rita Deverell; Benna Brown, Mike Moody (401 Richmond), Stan Olthuis (Sharpshooter); Trudy Mascher (Clarke-Way Travel); Sonia Waite (Holiday Inn); 2008 Festival jury members, and all of our incredible volunteers.
Special thanks to festival founder Cynthia Lickers-Sage and co-founder VTape
