Wapikoni: First nation's genre cinema

83 mins 21 films Quebec, Canada
Sun July 23, 2023
3:30 PM

Cinéma du Musée

The Fantasia festival, in association with Wapikoni mobile, presents a program of Indigenous genre films. To this end, the festival's programmers have delved into films made between 2016 and 2022 to assemble a selection of tales, legends, fantasies, and animated films, to create a array of genre shorts with a distinct flavour and sensibility. Several of the directors will be in attendance.

Discover the following films:

Anim-o-rama
Cache-cache
Carrousel
Les ciseaux
Extotic
Fursona
God’s Park (Le parc de dieu)
Gros Chat
Happiness
Ka tatishtipatakanit
Kakatshat
L’origine du capteur de rêve (The origin of the dreamcatcher)
Le roi des oiseaux
Micta
Mitshishuss (Petit aigle)
Projet Lapin
Red Sky
Sneak Up
Troubles
Un après-midi vert douteux
La visite rare

Anim-o-rama

Réalisation collective Réalisation collective

Animation attempt. On the menu: a duel, bureaucracy, and a champion!

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 1 mins

Cache-cache

Louisa Papatie

Projections on the trees in a forest, inviting us to play hide-and-seek with a kokom (a grand-mother) and her grand-children.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 3 mins

Carrousel

Élisa Moar

Embark on a carousel ride and let yourself be dazzled by a sequence of images and textures accompanied by impactful sound effects.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 3 mins

The Scissors

Katia Kurtness

At the sound of cardboard being cut, Annette remembers the first time she cut out animal silhouettes and passes on this talent to her daughter Katia.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada, Quebec 3 mins

Extotic

Alexandre Tooma

Four absurd comedy sketches featuring teenagers. Take 2.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 3 mins

Fursona

Alyssia Labbé-Hervieux

The Furry community is made up of people who use drawing and costumes to bring animal characters with human characteristics to life. “Fursona” depicts the universe of Aly, a member of this community.

Jul 21 20:30
Jul 23 15:30
Canada, Quebec 5 mins

God's Park

Martin King

The unusual story of an invisible man who must find a way to get his body back.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 6 mins

Gros Chat

Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush

Pakueshikan FM radio host Siméon Malec welcomes Marie-Soleil Bellefleur on the air to discuss new salmon net regulations.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 6 mins

Happiness

Jack Belhumeur

An unhappy young man meets a stranger who offers to solve all of his problems with a simple package. But can happiness be given and received?

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 6 mins

Kakatshat

Eve Ringuette

In 1829, while portaging, a young man abandons his kukum (grandmother). Years later, him and his son are camping by the haunted spot where she was abandoned.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 8 mins

Ka tatishtipatakanit

Isabelle Kanapé

A man spreads rumours about a local elder. To be forgiven, he will be put to the test. Ka tatishtipatakanit (Ethereal) is a poetic lesson about respect.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 3 mins

The Origin of the Dreamcatcher

Donavan et Cassandra Vollant et Ambroise St-Onge

Haunted by an evil spirit that keeps him awake, a hunter discovers the secret power of dreamcatchers.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 4 mins

The King of the Birds

Donavan Vollant

Birds get together to choose their royal representative. The loon and the eagle both want the job but they'll have to prove themselves first.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 4 mins

Micta

Meky Ottawa, Élisa Moar

"And since it is beautiful, it is truly useful" -The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 2 mins

Little Eagle

Christopher Grégoire-Gabriel

A little eagle dances as his brother films him. An encounter between two artists, filmmaker-composer Christopher and powwow dancer John-Philip.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 2 mins

Projet Lapin

Milan Ishpatao, José Mestenapéo

Have you heard the legend of the killer rabbit? It would seem that a man, thought to be dead, is prowling the community cemetery... wearing a strange rabbit costume.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 3 mins

Red Sky

Ethan Corston

In an alternate earth, the apocalypse has wrecked havoc on Tyler’s whole reality.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 5 mins

Sneak Up

Raymond Caplin

Through song and dance, traditional dancers tell stories with rhythmic movement and chants, body language perpetuating our culture and stories, I,v chosen to animate a recurring traditional song from my po...

Jul 23 15:30
Canada, Quebec 3 mins

Troubles

Érik Papatie

A mysterious blue rock keeps bothering Érik who's trying to carry on his daily routine. He soon discovers that it has magical powers that can cause a lot of trouble.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 6 mins

A Strange Green Afternoon

Alexandre Tooma

Four absurd humorous sketches featuring young teenagers.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 3 mins

The Rare Visit

Alexandra B-Dominique

Late one evening, around the fire, a guest appears. Hearing him cry out in pain, Alexandra comes to his aid. A science-fiction movie made by good friends.

Jul 23 15:30
Canada 4 mins

Showings

Sun July 23, 2023
3:30 PM

Cinéma du Musée