Button Blanket 2009, Canada
Director: Zoe Leigh Hopkins
credit to: imagineNATIVE, Button Blanket & NFB

“The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will celebrate its 11th year with the festival running October 20 – 24, 2010 at the Al Green Theatre and various other venues in downtown Toronto. imagineNATIVE celebrates new works by Indigenous people on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media.

imagineNATIVE is situated at the intersection of ideas, issues, narratives and contemporary realities of Indigenous peoples from around the world,” states Executive Director, Jason Ryle. “What these film and media makers are doing is constructing history in engaging, entertaining and beautiful ways.” (from Homepage)

For more information on the workshops and the festival, download imagineNATIVE’s 2010 Catalogue.

“Oct 21-23
WORKSHOPS & PANELS
PRESENTED BY ASTRAL’S HAROLD GREENBERG FUND
Miles Nadal JCC, 3rd Floor
Free to all attending delegates and the public, imagineNATIVE’s industry series aims to strike a balance between the art, business and craft of filmmaking from an Indigenous perspective. Come and learn how to improve your skills and learn from the most respected and talented members of the world’s Indigenous community.” (from imagineNATIVE’s 2010 Catalogue.)

-submission thanks to Ingrid Hamilton, GAT