Filmmakers in Indigenous Leadership & Management Business Affairs

🎥 Our Director of the Indigenous Digital Accelerator & creator of FILMBA, Doreen Manuel, sat down for an interview with APTN to speak about the program and its importance in the broader film & television industry. Thanks to APTN for this opportunity! 🙌 Check out her interview below! 👀

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🙌 Thanks so much to Playback for featuring the announcement of this year’s FILMBA cohort. We’re thrilled to see all the spotlight being shared on this fantastic group of producers! 👏👏👏

📣Another great shout out for FILMBA, this time from the Chilliwack Progress, with a special highlight on Corben Bowen, joining us from Chilliwack, BC!

📣Congratulations/Félicitations to FILMBA participant, Ipeelie Ootoova, who will be heading to this year's imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival with the MÉDIA Missions delegation! Have a great time at the festival, Ipeelie! 🎞️🍿🎥

🎥 This weekend FILMBA kicked off with workshops led by Jessie Anthony, who led our Orientation & Your Producer Compass workshop; our very own Doreen Manuel, who led our Indigenous Film History & Indigenous Film Sovereignty workshop; and FILMBA alum, Tim Riedel, who led our Building a Professional Identity workshop 👏👏👏

It was a weekend full of wonderful knowledge sharing, insightful discussions, and an overall great kickoff to our program. Thank you to these talented producers for starting off our program in such an uplifting way 🙌

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We got a great shout out promoting the FILMBA program over at the AndersonVision blog. 🔗 Link in the comments 👀

📢 It's FILMBA launch day! We're so excited to announce the cohort joining us for our third edition of our Filmmakers in Leadership & Management Business Affairs program. Please welcome the following producers:

🎥 Robert Anderson (Canadian/Métis) – Cypress County, AB
🎥 Jonelle Belcourt (Cree) – Calgary, AB
🎥 Bee Bird (Cree) – Regina, SK
🎥 Corben Bowen (Haisla) – Chilliwack, BC
🎥 Tekanenhorens Brass (Mohawk) – Kahnawake, QC
🎥 Ryan Cunningham (Cree/Métis) – Toronto, ON
🎥 Tito Gomez (Chippewa-Cree & Tohono O’odham) – Calgary, AB
🎥 Mark Herbrand (Ojibwe) – Blind River, ON
🎥 Rosie Johnnie-Mills (Skidegate Haida & Xinipsen Cowichan) – Vancouver, BC
🎥 Tyrel Lougheed (Sto:Lo) – Edmonton, AB
🎥 Dale Maang (Ojibwe) – Toronto, ON
🎥 Julianna Maggrah (Cree) – Prince Albert, SK
🎥 Sean McQuillan (Cree/Métis) – St. Albert, AB
🎥 Renae Morriseau (Cree/Anishinaabe-Saulteaux) – North Vancouver, BC
🎥 Ipeelie Ootoova (Inuk) – Gatineau, QC
🎥 Joshua Settee-Brown (Cree) – North Vancouver, BC
🎥 Tyler J. Sloane (Anishinaabe/Chinese/European) – Toronto, ON
🎥 Shelby Strangling Wolf (Blackfoot/Blood Tribe) – Burnaby, BC
🎥 Quanah Style (Cree) – Vancouver, BC
🎥 Jerome Turner (Gitxsan/Swedish) – Coquitlam, BC
🎥 Brandan Wilson (Anishinaabe) – Copper Cliff, ON
🎥 Tanner Zurkoski (Cree/Métis) – Port Alberni, BC

👏 Thank you to the Indigenous Screen Office & TD Ready for their support of this program!

📣 APPLICATIONS CLOSE TONIGHT @ 11:59pm PST!

🎥 If you haven't yet submitted your application to FILMBA, today is the day! Applications close tonight - space is still available! Get more info and apply through the link on our website here: https://www.capilanou.ca/programs--courses/capu-for-you/indigenous-digital-accelerator/ida-workshops/filmmakers-in-indigenous-leadership--management-business-affairs-filmba/ Indigenous Screen Office

Next up in our FILMBA alumni spotlight, we’re featuring Tim Riedel (Métis), alum of our Emerging Producers cohort in 2024 👏👏👏

If you're an Indigenous filmmaker ready to move into producing your first feature-length project, learn more about FILMBA and apply here 🔗 https://www.capilanou.ca/.../filmmakers-in-indigenous.../