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HOTHOUSE 12

Christopher Gilbert Grant, Meky Ottawa and Kassia Ward
2019 | 3 x 1 min

NFB’s Hothouse 12: Animation Apprenticeship, The Indigenous Way

  • The National Film Board of Canada’s Hothouse program for emerging animators has helped kick-start the careers of a new generation of acclaimed Canadian animators. For its 12th edition, the NFB has teamed up with imagineNATIVE and associate producers Amanda Strong and Amanda Roy to help address underrepresentation of Indigenous creators in film animation.

Three emerging filmmakers from across Turtle Island — Kassia Ward, Meky Ottawa and Christopher Grant — participated in the 22-week paid apprenticeship, an intensive program that combines training with the opportunity to create their own auteur-driven project.

Click on the images below to learn more about each film!

XO RAD MAGICAL by Christopher Gilbert Grant

THE FAKE CALENDAR by Meky Ottawa

COLLECTOR by Kassia Ward

Watch the making of video INSIDE HOTHOUSE, directed by Rose Stiffarm:


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  • About the NFB

    The NFB is Canada’s public producer and distributor of award-winning documentaries, auteur animation, interactive stories, and participatory experiences. Since 1968, the NFB has produced over 300 works by First Nations, Métis and Inuit filmmakers—an unparalleled collection that pushes past dominant narratives and provides Indigenous perspectives to Canadian and global audiences. The NFB is implementing an action plan with commitments that include devoting a minimum of 15 percent of overall production spending to Indigenous-led productions and making these works more accessible via Indigenous Cinema, a destination on NFB.ca.