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Skábmagovat 2025
Film
Premiere

Más Mik’áátùní Tsisgò / Cut Knife Creek

Canada 2023

STRANGE TURNS

SiidaSun 26/0110:0010€
OnlineNot Online

European premiere

Seven Tsuut’ina men refuse to turn back despite three dark omens urging them to. They come upon a Cree camp, which leads to battle and death in a supernatural way. The animation, made for language preservation, is based on a story that has been told by both the Cree Nation and Tsuut’ina Nation, creating peaceful communication between Nations.

Director Beric Dean Manywounds (tsúut’ínà)Ben Pipestem (tsúut’ínà)Alanna Bluebird-OnespotRyan Von Hagen
Rating K12
Running time 8 min
Language Tsúut’ínà, English
Subtitles English
Year 2023
Country Canada
Director

Beric Dean Manywounds

A Two Spirit filmmaker, writer, and performance artist from the Tsuut’ina Nation of Treaty 7. Since graduating from Capilano University’s Indigenous Independent Digital Film making program in 2010, Beric has been creating filmic narratives which reflect an exploration of trauma recovery and spiritual reclamation. Beric is also a recent graduate of the Intermedia CyberArts program ...

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Director

Ben Pipestem

Dadanast’ada, Slzi Gumistiyi At’a (How are all of you? My name is The One Who Tires) also known as Benedict Pipestem, I’m from the Tsuut’ina Nation of Treaty 7. I’ve been working for the Tsuut’ina Gunaha (language) Institute on the Tsuut’ina Nation for 10 years doing a variety of roles like being a language instructor ...

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Director

Alanna Bluebird-Onespot

A transformative artist and the founder of HEAL, Helping Every Artist Live. With a passion for creativity and self-expression, Alanna has pursued a diverse range of artistic endeavours throughout their career. Her photos have been featured in numerous publications and exhibitions, her spoken word poetry has captivated audiences, and her children’s book have all brought ...

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Director

Ryan Von Hagen

Ryan Von Hagen is an animator, as well as an interdisciplinary Artist living in Mohkinstisis also known as Calgary, Alberta. Ryan is the Artistic Director at the Quickdraw Animation Society and has programmed the GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation since 2016. He also teaches animation and storytelling practices at the Alberta University of the Artists. ...

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