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Catch Editor Ryan Mullins and EP Bob Moore rolling with a huge crew at Telluride this weekend for the premiere of BLINK!

In the wake of a life-changing diagnosis, the Pelletier family embark on a breathtaking journey to see the world through new eyes. From National Geographic Documentary Films, Walt Disney Studios, Fishbowl Films, MRC, and EYESTEELFILM , directed by Edmund Stenson and Daniel Roher, BLINK captures their race against time, in a journey filled with love, discovery, and unforgettable memories.

World Premiere: Telluride Film Festival

In theatres October 4!

In Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, ‘POV’ Confronts the Colonial Sins of the Past and Looks at the Future of Indigenous Rights in the National Broadcast Premiere of Dire | American Documentary Monday, October 14, 2024 at 10pm/9C on PBS Television; Streaming Available on the PBS App Until December 13, 2024

YINTAH opens in Montreal theatres this Friday!

Book your tickets and spread the word!

🎟️Tickets: https://www.yintahfilm.com/screenings

📼Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALasZGtCa6M

YINTAH is the Opening Film of Présence autochtone / First Peoples Festival in Montreal! Join us August 6 at 7:30PM at Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin. Afterwards there will be a Q&A with directors Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell and protagonist Freda Huson!

🎟️ Purchase tickets https://tinyurl.com/yzhr5x4w

YINTAH, meaning “land”, is a feature-length documentary on the Wet’suwet’en nation’s fight for sovereignty by directors Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, and Michael Toledano. Spanning more than a decade, the film follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from the Canadian government and several of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth.

📼Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALasZGtCa6M

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MONTRÉAL!

Première montréalaise le 6 août 19h30 à Cinéplex Odéon Quartier Latin!

🎟️ Billets https://tinyurl.com/yzhr5x4w

YINTAH, qui signifie « terre », est un long métrage documentant le combat de la Première Nation Wet’suwet’en pour sa souveraineté, réalisé par Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell et Michael Toledano. Tourné sur plus de dix ans, le film suit Howilhkat Freda Huson et Sleydo’ Molly Wickham alors que leur nation réoccupe ses terres ancestrales pour les protéger contre le gouvernement canadien et plusieurs des plus grandes sociétés d’énergie fossile du monde.

📼Bande annonce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXaN7ruUi6s

Congrats to our very own Mila Aung-Thwin and our longtime collaborator and friend Alethea Arnaquq-Baril for their induction into the Academy! 🥂

YINTAH is coming to a theatre near you this summer!

https://www.yintahfilm.com

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Hi! We’re looking for a Romanian speaker to help us translate footage to English for a documentary feature film. Quebec/Montreal-based candidates preferred! Please contact [email protected] and feel free to share with your network 🇷🇴

Next stop ➡️ for the European premiere of .film !

📍Sheffield, UK
🎟️ June 15 5:30PM @ The Light Screen 6
🎟️ June 16 11:00AM @ Showroom Cinema Screen 4

The Wet’suwet’en nation are used to fighting for their land – a territory they have lived on for centuries. Now they face the construction of two government-backed gas pipelines that would divide their villages and pollute the land. As the resistance devises ways to fight against police attempts to seize the land, their non-violent opposition is met by guns and oppressive force. Filmed over the course of a decade, Yintah (‘Land’) witnesses the activism and bravery of a people fighting for their rights. Resembling a real-life thriller, Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell and Michael Toledano’s urgent and compassionate film is a gripping record of indigenous resistance and an astute chronicle of the blurred lines between colonisation, capitalism and an escalating climate crisis.

📍VANCOUVER

After two sold out screenings of .film, has added a third screening!

🎟️ Sat May 11 / 3PM / SFU Cinema

Thank you Hot Docs - and thank you especially to the rowdy members of the audience that came out to watch the Canadian premiere of YINTAH!

Just Announced!

YINTAH (d. Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano) won the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary at the Festival.

The award recognizes the top Canadian feature as determined by an audience poll with a $50,000 cash prize courtesy of Rogers.

Congratulations!

Exclusive trailer droppppppppp just went live on IndieWire! 💥

‘Yintah’ Trailer: Indigenous Documentary Showcases a Fight to Restore Land Rights More Than 10 Years in the Making Indigenous documentary 'Yintah' showcases the fight for land rights.

Vancouver Chinatown Today | The Century-Old Mon Keang School Needs Saving – And You Can Help Mon Keang School, Vancouver's oldest Chinese school, is a finalist in the National Trust for Canada's Next Great Save contest. Voting open once per day.

"In the fashion of 'Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance' and 'Blockade', YINTAH provides a key cinematic record of Indigenous resistance against the settler state in Canada. But coming three decades after Alanis Obomsawin’s aforementioned landmark, YINTAH illustrates how the Canadian government pays ample lip service to reconciliation, but continues to sideline the priorities of Indigenous groups. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐞𝐲𝐞-𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧." - Point of View Magazine

Yintah Forcefully Captures the Fight for Witsuwit’en Land - POV Magazine Yintah directors Michael Toledano and Jennifer Wickham discuss their documentary about the fight to preserve Witsuwit’en land.

The Canadian premiere of YINTAH will be at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival!

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗛 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝘁❜𝘀𝘂𝘄𝗲𝘁❜𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵.

🎟️ April 27 / 5:00 PM / TIFF Lightbox Cinema 1
🎟️ April 28 / 9:15 PM / Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

You can purchase tickets here ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/a7ankmhj

Filmmakers will be in attendance with a delegation of Wet'suwet'en guests including Tsakë ze' Howilhkat Freda Huson, Tsakë ze' Sleydo' Molly Wickham, and Dinï ze' Dsta'hyl Adam Gagnon.

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Mila and Bob pitched a new project this morning at in a beautiful room 🐫🐠🦛🐓🪷

“In your life, your experience is your power. It’s your choice to use it.” - Aaju Peter; main character, co-writer, executive producer of

🏆 Ted Rogers Best Documentary Feature Nominee
🏆 Best Original Music in a Feature Length Doc Nominee - composed by and the incredible vocals of .kalluk

Poster reveal for YINTAH!

YINTAH, meaning “land”, is a feature-length documentary on the Wet’suwet’en nation’s fight for sovereignty. Spanning more than a decade, the film follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from several of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth.

More screenings to be announced soon!

www.yintahfilm.com

YINTAH will premiere at True/False 2024!

Spanning more than a decade, YINTAH follows Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from the Canadian government and several of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth.

One week since we gathered at the .eye.honors in NYC celebrating Aaju Peter’s Unforgettable honour for TWICE COLONIZED, and missing our dear friend director Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing whose film MIDWIVES was nominated for the Spotlight Award!

Thank you to the Cinema Eye team for bringing together the documentary community to celebrate the tireless work that goes into making these films a reality and the exceptional craft that elevates our industry. 🙌

Academy voting ends tonight!

For your consideration. Lin Alluna's International Documentary Association shortlisted Sundance Film Festival selection, TWICE COLONIZED, follows renowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter on her "empowering, educating and insightful" (Toronto Globe and Mail) journey fighting for the rights of her people.

Learn more:
https://www.filmmovement.com/twice-colonized

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Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing’s MIDWIVES has been nominated for the coveted Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award ⚡️

Cinema Eye recognizes outstanding artistry and craft in non-fiction filmmaking and we’re honoured to be nominated amongst so many incredible filmmakers and craftspeople.

*VENUE + TIME CHANGE* Dope is Death // November 9 @ Concordia VA-114

We at EyeSteelFilm and Cinema Politica were disappointed by Cinéma du Parc’s recent decision to cancel the Regards Palestiniens’ fundraiser film screening of From the River to the Sea on November 6, 2023. As a result, we have decided to reevaluate our venue for our screening of Dope is Death this coming Thursday November 9, at Cinéma du Parc. We believe moving forward under the current circumstances would be to the legacy of Dr. Mutulu Shakur, who fought tirelessly for the liberation of oppressed people, including Palestinians.

We have moved the screening to the Concordia University Visual Arts building VA-114 (1395 René-Lévesque Ouest). The event will take place November 9 at 7:30 p.m., and as previously announced, all proceeds will be donated to The Palestinian Medical Relief Society.

We support the fight for Palestinian self-determination and are opposed to all forms of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. We do not condone the censorship of documentary films whose purpose is to speak truth to power.

We hope to see you there!

In solidarity,

EyeSteelFilm & Cinema Politica

Heya - we're looking for a furnished 4 1/2 for rent/sublet between September - January for a visiting director. Ideally in Mile End, Plateau, Villeray, Rosemont, Little Italy, Parc Ex. Do you know of anything?

Great to see a win for Big Fight in Little Chinatown !

Montreal's Chinatown core declared Quebec heritage site | CBC News The move will 'highlight the contribution' of Chinese and Asian communities to Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says.

Twice Colonized is now playing in select Canadian theatres! For more info and screening times ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VZtdww