Shorts Program 3: Nanâtohk (Ācimowin Film Festival)

Friday, June 20, 2025
4:00 PM / Broadway Theatre

Doors Open at 3:30 PM.  Show Time at 4:00 PM. Runtime is 99 min.

THE FIRST INDIGENOUS FEMALE PORNOGRAPHER

 A mockumentary comedy on the First Indigenous Female Pornographer Audrey Little-breast, a native woman whose life and work defies categorization, she is interviewed about her notorious pornography that exploits settler desire and sexual appetite for “imaginary Indians”.

Fistful of Vodka

A Bannock Western blends First Nation stories, characters, and settings with spaghetti western archetypes, aesthetics, and iconography. A stranger arrives in a rural Yukon town, driven by a mysterious vendetta against the local bootlegger, sparking violent conflict.

The Opening Address

This film is presented by The Akwesasne Freedom School, a sovereign Mohawk immersion institution dedicated to preserving the language and culture that colonization sought to erase. Through the wisdom of elders, they ensure the Mohawk language and identity thrive for future generations.

The Opening Address (Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen) is the central prayer of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). It expresses gratitude for life and the natural world, opening and closing all social and religious gatherings.

Pamunkey Portrait

Using recently uncovered archival family footage, Ethan Brown (Pamunkey) paints a portrait of his great-grandfather Edward Bradby at 85 years old as he tells childhood stories about growing up on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation making a living hunting and fishing.

The Last Grass Seamstress

Rieban - The Fox

Father's Eyes

Gomeroi man Kobie Dee teamed up with Māori New Zealander Stan Walker to create his latest track Father’s Eyes.

Celebrating the strength of Indigenous fathers, Father’s Eyes highlights the resilience of families striving to break cycles and challenge stereotypes by raising their children to be proud and strong in their cultural identity.

Filmed on unceded Bidjigal Land, the clip incorporates home videos and Super 8 footage, alluding to past experiences and revealing candid moments of everyday, family life.