imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Celebrating innovative works by Indigenous artists in film, audio, and digital media.

Two new Watch to Win prizes are here! Earring trees featuring handcrafted earrings by Indigenous artisans.🎟️ Attend 5 or...
06/05/2026

Two new Watch to Win prizes are here! Earring trees featuring handcrafted earrings by Indigenous artisans.

🎟️ Attend 5 or more screenings to enter our giveaway!

When you attend an in-person Festival screening, scan the Watch to Win QR code inside the theatre and complete the corresponding form for a submission in our system. Attend and submit for 5 in-person screenings to be entered into our giveaway for your chance to earn prizes. Additional screenings attended after the first 5 will offer an opportunity to earn 1 extra entry!

🔗 Visit imagineNATIVE.org/festival/watch-to-win to see the full list of rules and prizes!

06/05/2026

Insights on Indigenous languages in filmmaking and kids programming from Isaac Murdoch, director of Nenaboozhoo, as part of our lively Short Film Program: Families by the Fire Q&A.

Friday, June 5, 2026, is TD Free Friday! Join us for free screenings all day.Short Film Program: Families by the FireFri...
06/05/2026

Friday, June 5, 2026, is TD Free Friday! Join us for free screenings all day.

Short Film Program: Families by the Fire
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 10:30 AM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 3

Short Film Program: Love Has No Gender
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 1:00 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 2

Ceremony
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 2:00 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 3

Short Film Program: Survivance
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 3:30 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 1

The Colleano Heart
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 5:00 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 2

imagineNATIVE Originals
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 6:00 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 3

Mārama + KINKU
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 7:45 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 1

Short Film Program: Witching Hour
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 10:00 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 2

View the full festival schedule at imagineNATIVE.org/schedule.

06/05/2026

Come see the iNdigital Space + Arcade for yourself, completely FREE to explore!

06/04/2026

Jason Baerg shares insights behind exhibition aen nistwayr mayshkotoonikayhk: Story Exchange, on now at A Space Gallery.

Live Performace: Gaskačázis📆 Friday, June 5, 2026 | 2:00 PM📍 TIFF Lightbox, GalleryGaskačázis is a live audiovisual perf...
06/04/2026

Live Performace: Gaskačázis
📆 Friday, June 5, 2026 | 2:00 PM
📍 TIFF Lightbox, Gallery

Gaskačázis is a live audiovisual performance by composer and musician Markus Johnsen Thonhaugen, known as iDJa, and visual artist Eili Bråstad.

The title is a Northern Sámi word that refers to the space beneath the surface. This idea is at the centre of the work. Through sound, image and live improvisation, Gaskačázis invites the audience into hidden layers of the landscape, into what is usually too small, too quiet or too overlooked to notice.

Using contact microphones, field recordings, joik, electronic sound and microscopic imagery, the artists create a meditative encounter between the organic and the technological. Sounds and images that are normally invisible or inaudible are brought forward, opening up another way of sensing the land.

The work also reflects on a landscape under pressure. Across Sápmi, nature and ecosystems are changing because of human intervention. Gaskačázis does not approach this through direct explanation, but through attention, presence and sensory detail. It asks the audience to slow down, listen closely and notice what is changing around us.

The performance unfolds live. Sound and image respond to each other in real time, creating an expression that is constantly moving. Joik ties the work together, improvised in the moment as a response to what emerges between sound, image, place and audience.

The project is supported by the Sámi Parliament of Norway, Arts Council Norway, and Nordland County Council.

06/04/2026

Let's see if our eligible bachelors are here for the right reasons 👀

We're hosting a real life dating game here at the Festival to celebrate APTN's new reality show, REZervations for Two!

06/03/2026

"I hope you feel really proud. Especially if you're a young Nish. Feel proud. You should. 'Cause people stand up."

– Tanya Talaga, Producer/Writer of Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising

06/03/2026

A heartfelt message from Kuʻulei Keakealani, Co-Director of He Moʻolelo Wahi Pana (A Storied Landscape) during the Short Film Program: On the Land Q&A.

Bring home a Festival keepsake!Shop our 2026 festival merchandise, including:☀️ 2026 Festival Tote Bag☀️ 2026 Festival T...
06/03/2026

Bring home a Festival keepsake!

Shop our 2026 festival merchandise, including:

☀️ 2026 Festival Tote Bag
☀️ 2026 Festival T-Shirt
☀️ 2026 Festival Water Bottle

You will find these along with hats, stickers, crewnecks, and other items from previous collections. Every purchase from the imagineNATIVE Store directly supports our organization and the work we do to amplify Indigenous artists and celebrate their work.

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