Events Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival in Canada

Film Freeway invites artists from all over the world to an event; Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival. Asinabka Festival is a registered non-profit organization and was first organized by an ad-hoc collective of Indigenous artists and arts professionals who came together in 2012 to launch the first edition of the festival. The mandate of the Asinabka Festival is to hold an annual Indigenous film and media arts festival in Ottawa, Canada, that allows independent artists, national, international, Indigenous, and non-Indigenous, to share, present, and disseminate their work. 

This festival gives the chance to: 

• Pay screening fees for all films presented at the events.
• Support media artists and filmmakers.

To be eligible, you must follow the following criteria: 

1. Make any film or video that tells First Nations, or Inuit stories, or focuses on international Indigenous issues.
2. One of the independent filmmakers
3. Preference is given to films made by Indigenous filmmakers, and to recent films produced within the last two years. 
4. Submissions can be in any genre (documentary, drama, animation, experimental etc.) or any length, and must be finished works. 
5. Multiple submissions from the same filmmaker are permitted. 
6. Submissions must explain very clearly the Indigenous affiliation (First Nation/Tribe) of a Key Creator (Writer/Director/Producer), or explain clearly how the work is eligible.
7. Film and video submissions made through FilmFreeway must be online screeners or an internet link to the works' online location.

Please note: Applicants will be notified of the decisions via email by June 2021.

The Asinabka Festival's goals are to:

• highlight works that examine Indigenous issues and topics.
• support media artists and filmmakers.
• promote Indigenous cultures and languages.
• educate people about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit issues in Canada, and about Indigenous issues internationally.
• provide a space where Indigenous peoples can tell their own stories and see their own cultures reflected back at them.
• entertain, to be innovative, and to present the best in Indigenous film and arts.

About FilmFreeway:

FilmFreeway is the home of the Industry's Top Festivals and Filmmakers. It is the main way to discover, submit to thousands of film festivals, screenplay contests, music contests, and photography contests all over the world. In addition, more than one million filmmakers, screenwriters, and artists use FilmFreeway to submit to over 10,000 of the world’s best film festivals and contests (including 170+ Oscar and BAFTA qualifying festivals).

See more available workshops or trainings on For9a

See more available grants on For9a

See more available job opportunities in Jordan on For9a