WOW Film Festival 2023

Land : Language : Life

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7 films in package
The Creation of The World (Hant Quij Cöiipaxi Hac)
The creation myth adapted into an animated short film made by Seri Indigenous children and Elders.
Bimaadiziwin (The Language)
The Anishinaabemowin language and its importance in the preservation of the Wiikwemkoong culture, history, and identity.
Names for Snow (Katatjatuuk)
An Inuk woman around Kangirsuk learns the 52 Inuktitut words for snow.
Iskwew-Ishkueu
A young woman recounts her journey that led her from her home community to the city and to reflect on the subject of belonging to more than one place.
Northern Comfort: A Drive Around Town
Biraciality and trilingualism bring certain questions on the social dynamics between Crees and non-Natives.
The Future Innu
An ode to the land in relation to the filmmaker’s double identity as an urban Indigenous person.
Soli Bula
In an alternate reality Fiji, a new Drua (ship) is about to be put to sea.
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Curated by Native Spirit Festival director Tweed, we celebrate narrative sovereignty with a programme of seven short films highlighting seven native nations and Indigenous languages in three different countries.


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Names for Snow (Katatjatuuk)


An Inuk woman around Kangirsuk learns the 52 Inuktitut words for snow.

  • Year
    2018
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Country
    Inuktitut, Canada
  • Note
    Subtitled
  • Director
    Rebecca Thomassie
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