2012 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Oct 17-21

The 13th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival begins tonight with a gala screening featuring the world premiere of Alanis Obomsawin's The People of Kattawapiskak River at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (506 Bloor Street West). Beforehand, the festival will officially launch with a Welcome Gathering, a free event held at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto.

The closing night presentation will be Anita Doron's The Lesser Blessed, which recently had its premiere at the 37th annual Toronto International Film Festival.

In addition to many other screenings, the festival will host their always-memorable music night The Beat at Lee’s Palace, and many industry events including the ROCK YOUR DOC! Documentary Pitch Competition and the DRAMA QUEEN! Drama Series Pitch Competition.

The 13th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival continues to October 21, mostly at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.


2012 imagineNATIVE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17

2:00 pm
Opening Event, Free Event
Welcome Gathering
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto

7:00 pm
Opening Gala Screening
The People of Kattawapiskak River
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

9:00 pm
Opening Event
Opening Night After-Party
The Brant House

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

9:15 am
Workshop or Panel
Public Funder Roundtable Talks
TIFF Bell Lightbox

10:00 am
Industry Event
MEDIATHEQUE
TIFF Bell Lightbox

10:30 am
Workshop or Panel
Distributor Roundtable Talks
TIFF Bell Lightbox

10:30 am
Screening
Tweet This! Youth Shorts Program
TIFF Bell Lightbox

11:45 am
Workshop or Panel
Buyer Roundtable Talks
TIFF Bell Lightbox

1:00 pm
Workshop or Panel
Festival Programmer Roundtable Talks
TIFF Bell Lightbox

1:00 pm
Screening
The Tundra Book
TIFF Bell Lightbox

2:30 pm
Workshop or Panel
Music in Film & TV: A Guide for Filmmakers and Musicians
TIFF Bell Lightbox

4:00 pm
Screening
Unsettling Sex
TIFF Bell Lightbox

4:15 pm
Workshop or Panel
Navigating Transmedia
TIFF Bell Lightbox

5:30 pm
Artists Talk, Free Event
WBOMSAWINNO: LES ESTAMPES DE / THE PRINTS OF ALANIS OBOMSAWIN
Open Studio

7:30 pm
Screening
We Were Children
TIFF Bell Lightbox

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

10:00 am
Workshop or Panel
ROCK YOUR DOC! Documentary Pitch Competition
TIFF Bell Lightbox

11:30 am
Workshop or Panel
DRAMA QUEEN! Drama Series Pitch Competition
TIFF Bell Lightbox

12:00 pm
Screening
The Grandmother's House Away From Home
TIFF Bell Lightbox

1:30 pm
Workshop or Panel
Micro Meetings
TIFF Bell Lightbox

2:00 pm
Spotlight Event
International Spotlight on the Mapuche Nation I
TIFF Bell Lightbox

4:30 pm
Screening
Turning Points: Shorts Program I
TIFF Bell Lightbox

5:30 pm
Artists Talk, Free Event
CONCEALED GEOGRAPHIES
A Space Gallery

7:15 pm
Screening
Canned Dreams
TIFF Bell Lightbox

9:15 pm
Screening
Charlie Zone
TIFF Bell Lightbox

11:30 pm
Screening, Free Event
The Witching Hour Shorts Program
TIFF Bell Lightbox

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

10:30 am
Screening
Alternative New Media On Screen
TIFF Bell Lightbox

12:00 pm
Screening
Dung
TIFF Bell Lightbox

1:00 pm
Workshop or Panel
Alternative Audiences and Interactive Storytelling: Infusing Indigenous Art and Issues into the Public Consciousness
TIFF Bell Lightbox

1:30 pm
Screening
Water Journey
TIFF Bell Lightbox

2:00 pm
Spotlight Event
International Spotlight on the Mapuche Nation II
TIFF Bell Lightbox

4:30 pm
Screening
Young Lakota
TIFF Bell Lightbox

5:00 pm
Screening
Mothers and Daughters: Shorts Program II
TIFF Bell Lightbox

7:00 pm
Screening
Toomelah
TIFF Bell Lightbox

7:30 pm
Screening
Smoke Traders
TIFF Bell Lightbox

9:00 pm
Screening, Performance
THE BEAT CONCERT FEATURING GEORGE LEACH
Lee's Palace

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

1:00 pm
Screening
Silvestre Pantaleón
TIFF Bell Lightbox

3:15 pm
Screening
Rising Tides: Environmental Program
TIFF Bell Lightbox

6:00 pm
Closing Gala Screening
The Lesser Blessed
TIFF Bell Lightbox

8:00 pm
Closing Event
CLOSING AWARDS SHOW
Mod Club Theatre