[Indigsol] Today-Sunday: Asinabka Film Festival

[ipsmo at riseup.net]

Reminder:

The Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival starts this evening,
and runs through Sunday, at different venues in Ottawa


Full info is at the website:
http://www.asinabkafestival.org
and on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/373971172725484/

The schedule of what films are on what days and where, is at:
http://www.asinabkafestival.org/Schedule.html
and a printable version of the schedule is here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/154975207/Festival-Schedule


And here are some previews as presented by various media outlets:

http://www.mediaindigena.com/waubgeshig-rice/arts-and-culture/asinabka-artistry-ottawa-festival-back-for-second-straight-year

http://apt613.ca/asinabka-2013-brings-films-exploring-indigenous-issues-to-the-capital-algonquin-region/

http://eventfulcapital.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/special-feature-ottawa-welcomes-the-2013-asinabka-film-media-arts-festival-between-july-24-and-28/



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Subject: Asinabka Film Festival Press Release
From:    ipsmo at riseup.net
Date:    Thu, July 11, 2013 1:13 pm
To:      indigsol at lists.resist.ca
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Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival comes to Ottawa for the second year!


The Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival - http://asinabkafestival.org - is
bringing powerful and thought-provoking art and film to Ottawa for another
summer. The Festival, to be held July 24-28, provides an opportunity for
Indigenous peoples to tell their own stories and showcase their rich and
vibrant culture in the National Capital Region.

This year, the Festival will feature a wide array of programming, including
a series of films that examine deep spiritual connections to the land and
the important role that women play in Aboriginal communities. The Festival
will also focus on human rights and sovereignty issues raised by the Idle
No More movement.

The Festival will revolve around strong programming with over 10 film
screenings, including a delicious pre-festival “Dinner And A Movie” night
at Mitla Café, an outdoor opening and film screening on Victoria Island,
film programs at the National Gallery of Canada and Club SAW, and a
“Gallery Crawl” with curated art exhibitions at Gallery 101 and Fall Down
Gallery.


Highlights of the Festival include:

• A screening of the documentary “The People of the Kattawapiskak River”
that exposes the housing crisis faced by 1,700 Cree in Northern Ontario.
Director Alanis Obomsawin will be in attendance and participate in a Q & A
session led by Journalist Waubgeshig Rice.

• An opening night outdoor screening on Victoria Island, showing the
critically acclaimed film “The Lesser Blessed” by Director Anita Doron and
award winning Writer/Producer Richard Van Camp.

• A “Gallery Crawl” event including the opening of two person art
exhibition “In-Digital” at Gallery 101 with the artists Jason Baerg and
Christian Chapman in attendance, followed by a “Misko (Red) Party” at Fall
Down Gallery with artwork by local and emerging artists, and an evening of
multi-disciplinary performance with spoken word, live painting,
experimental video-art, and live music.

• A “Dinner & A Movie” Night at Mitla Café (July 18 & 19), serving
authentic Oaxacan Cuisine prepared by Chef Ana, and screening Director
Roberto Olivares Ruiz’s film “Silvestre Pantaleón”.

• A weeklong video production program called “Video Works”, facilitated by
Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations (ICMI), and held at the SAW Video
Media Art Centre. Work produced during the program will be screened on the
final night of the Festival.

• A “Late Night” film program at Club SAW titled “Fabulous Fantasies”,
screening 8 short films that are quirky, humorous, dystopian, futuristic,
queer, and fabulous.


“This event promises to be an excellent venue for advancing works from
emerging and established Indigenous artists, both nationally and
internationally,” stated Asinabka Co-Directors Howard Adler and Chris Wong.
“Such a festival also has the potential to help Canadians better understand
the realities of Indigenous peoples lives and experiences.”

This year’s Asinabka Film & Media Art Festival will feature more free
programming then ever before. A large proportion of the Festival’s
programming will be offered free of charge, including three film programs
in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada and its “Sakahàn:
International Indigenous Art exhibition”. As a result, the Festival will
highlight Indigenous films not only from Canada, but also from Brazil,
Russia, Australia, and the United States.


For more information about the Festival, please go to:
http://asinabkafestival.org

For more information about the Festival, please contact Howard Adler at
asinabkafestival at gmail.com or 613.889.9559


The Asinabka Film & Media Art Festival would like to acknowledge funding
support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of
Ontario, as well as funding support from the City of Ottawa. We also thank
our Festival Partners, the National Gallery of Canada, Saw Video, Gallery
101, Saw Gallery, ICMI, Wapikoni Mobile, Fall Down Gallery and Aboriginal
Experiences.