Programme Films Guests Side programme
Skábmagovat 2025
Film
Premiere

istén:’a

Canada 2023

WATER PEOPLES

SiidaFri 24/0116:0010€
OnlineNot Online

Nordic premiere.

Isté’na is a poetic recounting of a visit from the filmmaker’s mother in spirit, this film looks to dreamspace as a meeting place, where we can connect with our loved ones, who we are always tethered to.

Director KJ Edwards (mohawk)
Rating G
Running time 5 min
Language English
Subtitles English
Year 2023
Country Canada
Director

KJ Edwards

KJ Edwards is a Kanien’kehá:ka, mixed-settler filmmaker and media artist born andraised in Treaty 6 Territory, Edmonton, AB, and KJ’s family is from Kahnawa:ké andLongueuil, QC, CA. KJ is trained in narrative, documentary, and experimental filmproduction, using both analogue and digital workflows in their practice.