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Acclaimed Indigenous animation and documentary from the NFB. Lisa Jackson’s Wilfred Buck and Amanda Strong’s Inkwo featured in August at the International First Peoples Festival in Montreal.

PRESS RELEASE
16/07/2025

July 16, 2025 – Montreal – National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Two powerful co-productions from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be featured at the Présence autochtone International First Peoples Festival (August 5 to 14) in Montreal: Lisa Jackson’s feature doc Wilfred Buck and Amanda Strong’s stop-motion short Inkwo for When the Starving Return.

Screenings

Wilfred Buck by Toronto-based Anishinaabe filmmaker Lisa Jackson

  • This hybrid, time-travelling road triptakes us into the stellar life of charismatic Cree Elder, star expert and ceremonial leader Wilfred Buck, adapted from Buck’s rollicking memoir I Have Lived Four Lives.
  • Co-produced by Door Number 3 Productionsand the NFB, Wilfred Buck was a Top 5 Audience Favourite at Hot Docs and was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards.

Inkwo for When the Starving Return by Michif/Red River Métis creator Amanda Strong

  • Two lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance. Dove, a young warrior, must use Inkwo (medicine) to fight against the forces of greedand consumption. A stop-motion adaptation of the short story “Wheetago War” by award-winning Tlicho Dene storyteller Richard Van Camp.
  • Co-produced by Spotted Fawn Productions and the NFB, Inkwo has garnered over 10 awards to date and was an Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance.

APTN Award

Four creators of NFB works are eligible for this year’s APTN Award, recognizing Indigenous filmmakers who have distinguished themselves over the past year: Lisa Jackson (Wilfred Buck), Alanis Obomsawin (My Friend the Green Horse), Christopher Auchter (The Stand) and Kim O’Bomsawin (Ninan Auassat: We, the Children).

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