“The 14th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival returns October 16-20, 2013 in downtown Toronto with some of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe. imagineNATIVE is the world’s largest Indigenous media arts festival and celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples at the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media.
Each year the Festival shines a spotlight on an Indigenous nation outside Canada. After successful spotlights on Nepal (2009), Taiwan (2010), South Africa (2011) and the Mapuche (2012), in 2013 imagineNATIVE will showcase the Māori nation from New Zealand with groundbreaking feature films, two shorts programs, and radio works, to be presented at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
“This is an exciting focus on a group of artists whose work is a shining beacon of creative, cultural and commercial success,” said Jason Ryle, Executive Director of imagineNATIVE. “The entire Festival reflects the diversity of the world’s Indigenous nations and illustrates the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.”
The 2013 Festival will see the launch of the indigiTALKS Video Essay Project. Taking place at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, indigiTALKS challenges three Ontario-based Indigenous artists to each produce a 10-minute video essay and give a public presentation on a new thesis of artistic discourse in Indigenous-created film and video work. The three selected recipients for 2013 are Wanda Nanibush, Rachelle Dickenson and Ariel Smith.
The Beat, with presenting sponsor Slaight Music, is one of imagineNATIVE’s most popular events. The Beat is both a showcase of Indigenous music that includes live performances and a professional development mentorship for emerging musicians. This year imagineNATIVE co-presents with The Music Gallery’s X Avant New Music Festival to present 2013 Polaris Prize nominee A Tribe Called Red (ATCR) at The BLK BOX Theatre at The Great Hall. In addition, ATCR will act as mentor to Nelson Tagoona, a young beatboxing throat singer from Iqaluit.”
-from imagineNATIVE press release, FLIP PUBLICITY
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