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Congratulations to Pete and Seth Scriver whose film, Endless Cookie received the @TFCA Rogers Best Canadian Documentary award at this year’s TFCA Awards Gala! Endless Cookie was our Opening Night Screening feature at the 2025 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

Join the Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum at BANFF, a unique industry-access program dedicated to Indigenous creatives and producers working in TV, film, and digital media! Apply by January 26, 2026 at iss.PlaybackOnline.ca.

We invite you to support imagineNATIVE’s Festival and year-round programs this Giving Tuesday with a donation. Make an impact and secure your year-end tax receipt. Every gift today helps us support and showcase Indigenous artists: imagineNATIVE.org/donate

Join us and the @TorontoLibrary at the Palmerston Branch for a presentation of Damien Eagle Bear’s #skoden. 📅 November 27, 2025 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM 📍 Toronto Public Library, Palmerston Branch | 560 Palmerston Ave, Toronto, ON Stay tuned for more TPL screenings to come! 📚

Center your filmmaking practice @blackstarfest’s annual Greaves Seminar! Taking place in March 2026, artists of color will gather at Stanford University for 3 days of workshops, panels, and deep discussion. 🗓️ Early registration closes Jan 4: blackstarfest.org/seminar

November 16 is Louis Riel Day 📷📷 A time to remember, celebrate, and share Métis culture. Check out these Métis-made works and join in wherever you are!

Just two weeks left to receive a FREE imagineNATIVE toque with all orders of $50 or more at our store! 🎉 🎁Shop now: store.imagineNATIVE.org This promotion is applied automatically at checkout. Offer valid until November 30, 2025.

Catch @NFMLA’s Film Festival this November in DTLA! Featuring the annual InFocus: Indigenous Cinema program, November Shorts, and the Los Angeles Premiere of Shakti, the festival spotlights bold new talent and powerful stories. Get your tickets 🎟️at NFMLA.org/events

We're hiring a Digital + Interactive Manager! 🕹️ Join imagineNATIVE in championing Indigenous digital arts, from the iNdigital Space + Arcade to year-round programs like the iNdigital Youth Collective. To view the full job posting visit imagineNATIVE.org/employment

November 7, 2025, is International Inuit Day! We're spotlighting Megan Kyak-Monteith’s 2023 imagineNATIVE Festival interview. Megan, an Inuk artist and co-director + animator of Grape Soda in the Parking Lot, shares insights after winning Animated and Documentary Short Awards.

The 29th Toronto @reelasian International Film Festival runs November 5–15, 2025! Enjoy pan-Asian cinema with features, shorts programmes, Reel Ideas industry panels, RA:X exhibitions and special events. Purchase your tickets at reelasian.com/festival

November is Indigenous Disability Awareness Month. At imagineNATIVE, we make Indigenous cinema accessible to all. Our Festival offers captions, sensory-friendly screenings, ASL interpretation, online access, support workers, and free or low-cost programs so everyone can enjoy it.

Looking for something spooky to dive into this Halloween? 🎃🧡 Check out these Indigenous-made recommendations from the imagineNATIVE staff:

Join us for our #RWMFEST 2025 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, #skoden by Damien Eagle Bear 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 5PM Reception | 7PM Screening Tickets and more info at: workmanarts.com/rendezvous-wit… #WorkmanArts #GETMAD

Drumroll please... 🥁 Announcing the winner of our 50/50 draw from the 2025 imagineNATIVE Drag Bingo fundraising event! If you had ticket 520423, please reach out to jenna@imagineNATIVE.org for next steps to claim your prize. #imagineNATIVE #Indigenous #raffle

Unwind from your week this Friday with Drag Bingo, hosted by the fabulous and funny @ChelazonLeroux, and enjoy the chance to win incredible prizes from Indigenous brands and local businesses! 🕒 October 24, 2025, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM imagineNATIVE.org/drag-bingo

Next Friday is Drag Bingo! ✨👑 Join us for a night of bingo, snacks, prizes, a 50/50 draw, hosted by the great @ChelazonLeroux! 🕒 October 24, 2025, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 📍 The Well | Toronto, ON 💸 $50 admission (entry, entertainment, and free bingo) imagineNATIVE.org/drag-bingo

🎥 We’re excited to be co-presenting the film #skoden as part of @workmanartsto’s 33rd Annual Rendezvous with Madness Festival, happening October 23 - November 2, 2025! Learn more at: WorkmanArts.com/rwm/skoden #RWM2025 #DisruptTheFocus

Submissions are NOW OPEN for the 2026 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival! Showcase your work at the world’s largest Indigenous film and media arts festival! We're accepting submissions of Film + Video, Digital + Interactive, and Audio works. imagineNATIVE.org/submissions

Two Nights of Drag Bingo with @ChelazonLeroux! Bingo, prizes, food & a deadly drag show. Proceeds support Indigenous artists! 📅 Oct 10 + Oct 24 🕒 7:00 PM 📍 The Well, Toronto View event details and secure your ticket at: imagineNATIVE.org/year-round/eve…