Whenua Shorts

aen loo pawatamihk

aen loo pawatamihk is Michif (Métis language) for Wolf dream or I dream of Wolves. In this film, the director honours the memory of what has been lost – both human and nonhuman.

In the Shadow of the Tugtupite

A poetic film questioning the rationale behind past and future mining prospects in Greenland and how they are linked to the search for identity of the fledgeling nation in a post-colonial world.

Lichen

This stunning otherworldly short film takes a deep dive into lichen, a species that confounds scientists to this day. Shot in macro 3D, Lichen offers us a look at this remarkable life form and asks what we might learn from it.

Aute

Aute explores the importance of preserving Indigenous rituals and maintaining a harmonious relationship between land and tangata whenua.

Kapaemahu

Kapaemahu reveals the hidden history of four legendary healing stones on Waikiki Beach and the mysterious spirits within them.

Rematriate: Passing the seeds

Wampum belts are used as a guide to narrate Haudenosaunee history, traditions, laws and treaties or agreements between groups. The Passing the Seeds wampum belt is a record of the agreement, relationship and story of the rematriation of a collection of heirloom seeds from the Sisters of Providence in Kingston to Ratinenhayén:thos, a group of seed savers and knowledge holders, from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

Te Wao Nui

Discover the roots of indigenous medicine in a final bid to save the last of these great trees.

The Fourfold

Based on the shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, this is a testament to the need to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.

This is the Way We Rise

An exploration into Native Hawaiian slam poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio’s creative process as her calling to protect sacred sites atop Maunakea, Hawai`i reinvigorates her art.

Vairākau Māori

Nooroa Baker goes out to collect a few ingredients to create a traditional Kūki Āirani Māori medicine that is at risk of being forgotten forever.