Witness 2024 Short Film Series + Training Mentorship Program!
The selected filmmakers and their projects are:
Ashley Qilavaq-Savard and Jennifer Kilabuk (Inuit, Canada)
Project: Intergenerational Climate Activism
Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Neets’aii Gwich’in, United States)
Project: This is a Story About Salmon
Marc Fussing Rosbach (Inuk, Greenland)
Project: Our Ancestors’ Secrets
Johannes Vang (Sámi, Norway)
Project: Red-Shaded Green
Elin Marakatt (Sámi, Sweden) and Sara Beate Eira (Sámi, Norway)
Project: Untitled [Cloudberry]
Eriel Lugt and Carmen Kuptana (Inuvialuit, Canada)
Project: Untitled
These filmmakers were chosen for their compelling proposals and dedication to shedding light on the impacts of climate change within their communities. Witness 2024 will provide them with workshops, training grants, and mentorship from esteemed Canadian Indigenous filmmakers, Darlene Naponse and Jason Ryle.
The films produced during the program will premiere at the Skábmagovat Film Festival in Inari, Finland, in January 2025.
For more information about the Witness 2024 Film Training and Mentorship Program recipients, please Arctic Indigenous Filmmakers Selected for Witness 2024 Training Program – AIFF
