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New digital fund gives voice to B.C. storytellers’ film shorts
- Announced in June 2018, Creative BC and CBC each contributed $150,000 to the fund.
- The submission period for applications ran from June 25-October 15, 2018.
- All qualified projects were reviewed by CBC for assessment on a first come, first served basis.
- Funding was limited to genres that qualify for British Columbia’s domestic motion picture tax credits.
For more information on Creative BC, visit: https://creativebc.com
For more information on the CBC Gem streaming service, visit: https://watch.cbc.ca/
Filmmaker: Jules Koostachin
A follow up to her previous short documentary, NiiSoTeWak, this follows 12-year-old Cree twins Tapwewin and Pawekin as they journey to their ancestral homeland of Attiwapiskat for a ceremony celebrating the cutting of their hair.
Director: Cat Mills; producer: Joella Cablu
Six strangers are brought together when a bottle containing the message “Biker Bob, if you find me turn me loose” washes up on Vancouver Island. At the bottom of the bottle: human ashes.
Producer/director: Michael Hamilton
Inside an Athlete’s Head: Season 2 takes viewers on thought-provoking and candid journeys into the minds of Canada’s most compelling professional and amateur athletes.
Producers: Carl Bessai and Munire Armstrong
A short-form scripted pilot focusing on the mosaic of new Canadians who interact with a refugee settlement agency in Vancouver.
Producer: Kent Donguines
Indigenous tattoo artists connect with their culture and heal others by resurrecting their ancestors’ practices.
Filmmaker: Amanda Strong
In this short stop-motion animation Biidaaban sets out to harvest sap from sugar maples from an urban Ontario neighbourhood. This suburb is primarily inhabited by Settlers. The practice of harvesting sap goes back to time immemorial for the Anishinaabe people. Biidaaban works in continuum with this practice, accompanied by her friend Sabe and other spirit beings that once lived in this area. The neighbourhood acts as both nemesis and provider. The fear of being
caught plays up against the bravery it takes to continue ceremony and practice on occupied lands. Biidaaban: The Dawn Comes was nominated for a 2019 Canadian Screen Award for best animated short.
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