lii bufloo aen loo kishkishiw (Buffalo Wolf Memory) 2022
Screenings and Awards
Ācimowin Film Festival, Saskatoon, SK, June 7, 2024
OurToba Film Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 8, 2024
Skoden Indigenous Film Festival, Sea to Sky, SFU School for the Contemporary Arts, Vancouver, BC, April 6, 2024
Asinabka Festival, Ottawa, Ontario, August 8-13, 2023
Regina International Film Festival and Awards, Regina, SK, August 1-10, 2023
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Memory With(out) Home, Vancouver, BC, CAD, May 6, 11, 2023
Images Festival, Whisphers in the Air, curated by Jaclyn Quaresma, Toronto, ON, CAD, April 25, 2023
Dawson City International Film Festival, First Eyes, curated by Charles Atlas Sheppard, Dawson City, Yukon, CAD, April 8, 2023
Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, North Dakota, USA, March 21-25, 2023
Gimme' Some Truth Documentary Film Festival, Winnipeg , MB, December 11, 2022
Saskatchewan International Film Festival, Shellbrook & Saskatoon, SK, Nov. 26 - Dec. 3, 2022
Saskatchewan Independent Film Festival (SIFA), Nov. 26, 2022
Antimatter [media art] Festival, Spirit Emulsion, Oct. 26, 8:00 PM
World Premiere imagineNATIVE Media + Arts Festival, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, ON, Oct. 21, 2022
Awards and Recognition
Nominated for Best Experimental, and Best Indigenous Award, Yorkton International Film Festival, 2023
WINNER Best Short Film, Saskatchewan Independent Film Festival (SIFA), 2022
SILVER Award - Experimental Film, Milan Gold Awards, 2022
Nominated for Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score, Best Short Film, Saskatchewan International Film Festival (SIFF), 2022
Semi-Finalist, Lunenburg, Documentary Film Festival, 2022
Synopsis
lii bufloo aen loo kishkishiw (buffalo wolf memory) honours the memory of the "buffalo wolves," also known as the "prairie wolves," who at one time thrived in the North American grasslands. Wolfers hunted the wolves to extinction by the turn of the 20th century. I reflect on the wolves extinction, distant memories of ancestors, lost language, and the bison who roam the grasslands today.
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Many Indigenous languages were lost with cultural genocide, and as I relearn my Michif language, I reflect on the buffalo making their comeback and how the Wolfers annihilated the "prairie wolves," also known as the "buffalo wolves" in the grasslands.
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Genre: Experimental Documentary
Length: 5 minutes
Format: 4K Digital
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Financial production support from the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, The Trudy Stewart Prize, and SK Arts.
Market & Travel Support from Creative Saskatchewan, and the Canada Council for the Arts
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