Film Programs
Nika & Madison
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle without End
Brazil Spotlight
Thurs., Sept. 18,
@ Club SAW, 6-9pm
Opening Night Outdoor Film Screening. A heartwarming drama in which two young Indigenous women go on the run after a violent encounter.
Brazil Spotlight
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle without End
Brazil Spotlight
Friday, Sept. 19, 1:00pm
@ Club SAW
Two short documentaries highlighting the realities of Indigenous communities in Brazil, and their struggles for rights and recognition.
Lost Tapes: Shorts
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle without End
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle without End
Friday. Sept. 19, 2:30pm
@ Club SAW
This collections of short films has a focus on the past, telling alternative histories, stories of the land, truths, and reclaiming traditions.
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle without End
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle without End
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle without End
Friday. Sept. 19, 4:00pm
@ Club SAW
The story of a pivotal battle in the first New Zealand land wars, a battle fought with impossible odds between Māori and the Colonial forces.
Starwalker
Berries, Braids, & Bandages - Experimental Shorts
Lonely Rivers - Horror, Sci-fi, & Fantasy Shorts
Friday Sept. 19, 6:15pm
@ Club SAW.
This fabulous musical feature film weaves song, dance, and narrative, and follows an Indigi-Queer youth as they navigate their newfound interest in Drag.
Lonely Rivers - Horror, Sci-fi, & Fantasy Shorts
Berries, Braids, & Bandages - Experimental Shorts
Lonely Rivers - Horror, Sci-fi, & Fantasy Shorts
Friday Sept. 19, 8:30pm
@ Club SAW
This spooky collection of shorts includes vampires, faeries, demons, lost souls, and apocalyptic futures.
Wairoa - Maori & Pacific Shorts
Berries, Braids, & Bandages - Experimental Shorts
Berries, Braids, & Bandages - Experimental Shorts
Friday, Sept. 19, 10:00pm
@ Club SAW
A raw and authentic collection of short films curated by Leo Koziol from the Wairoa Maori Film Festival (New Zealand)
Berries, Braids, & Bandages - Experimental Shorts
Berries, Braids, & Bandages - Experimental Shorts
Berries, Braids, & Bandages - Experimental Shorts
Friday. Sept. 19, 11:30pm
@ Asinabka Office (Rm. A214)
Short experimental films at their best, full of ancestral wisdom, visual and sonic poetry, and teachings about the heart.
Cakewalks - Animation & Family Friendly Shorts
Cakewalks - Animation & Family Friendly Shorts
Cakewalks - Animation & Family Friendly Shorts
Sunday. Sept. 21, 1:00pm
@ Club SAW
This collection of shorts has something for the whole family, including animation and drama, westerns, kids on bikes, star stories, and superheroes.
For the Land - Shorts
Cakewalks - Animation & Family Friendly Shorts
Cakewalks - Animation & Family Friendly Shorts
Sunday. Sept. 21, 2:45pm
@ Club SAW
Theses short films highlight the beauty of the land, activism, Indigenous struggles for rights, as well as the traumatic nature of those experiences.
Something New - Dramatic Shorts
Cakewalks - Animation & Family Friendly Shorts
Something New - Dramatic Shorts
Sunday. Sept. 21, 4:30pm
@ Club SAW
A crooked cop meets justice, a father pressures their child to do something difficult, and a young man learns a new skill that gives him spirit.
Sweet Summer Pow Wow
Cakewalks - Animation & Family Friendly Shorts
Something New - Dramatic Shorts
Sunday. Sept. 21, 7:00pm
@ Club SAW
Closing Night Outdoor Film Screening. A young Indigenous couple get a break from their troubled lives when they find each other through a summer of love on the Pow-Wow circuit.