lex Heeney picks 8 must-see short films at TIFF 2024 from around the world.
Indigenous
Interview: Ivan Sen on Limbo
Indigenous writer-director-cinematographer Ivan Sen discusses his film Limbo (2023), a detective drama set in Coober Pedy, Australia.
Film Review: Carol Kunnuk and Lucy Tulugarjuk’s Tautuktavuk (What We See)
Inuk filmmakers Carol Kunnuk and Lucy Tulugarjuk’s Tautuktavuk (What We See) is a film about female friendship and how women talk about and around trauma.
Film Review: Jules Koostachin’s WaaPaKe (Tomorrow)
Cree filmmaker Jules Koostachin’s WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) collects testimonials from residential school survivors, their children, and grandchildren to illuminate intergenerational trauma and how Indigenous people are working to heal.
TIFF 23 Film Review: Ivan Sen’s Limbo
Ivan Sen’s latest foray into the detective genre, Limbo, places a white cop at the centre of an investigation to re-open a twenty-year-old case about the disappearance of an Indigenous teenage girl.
Sundance 2023 Ep.4: Indigenous Films, from Bad Press to Twice Colonized
We delve into the Indigenous Film programming at Sundance 2023, including Twice Colonized, Bad Press, Murder in Big Horn, and Fancy Dance.