KEY SCREENINGS

Manitoba Premiere Karen is a beautiful young woman with a dark past. Fresh out of prison, she finds herself on the streets with a burning desire to turn her life around but no one to call for help. Eventually she finds a haven at a shelter for Aboriginal women like herself. With the support of her new community of friends, Karen begins the painful journey of reconnecting with her estranged mother and her young daughter, and she is soon propelled to face the most difficult truths of her life. Along with the creative team behind Samson & Delilah (including producer Kath Shelper and cinematographer Warwick Thornton) director Beck Cole...

WAFF is thrilled to announce that renowned filmmaker Chris Eyre is confirmed to attend and participate in WAFF’s 10th Anniversary Festival as a special guest, and will be featured as one of WAFF’s keynote speakers. People magazine has called Chris Eyre, “the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time” and Geoff Gilmore, Director of the Sundance Film Festival has simply called him, “a great American filmmaker”. Chris Eyre’s 1998 Smoke Signals became the unofficial visual anthem of Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples everywhere. Chris went on to create more outstanding and award-winning films including Skins (2002), Edge of...

WAFF 2011 will feature a special evening dedicated to the life and work of Gordon Tootoosis. The evening will be hosted by Tina Keeper. The 10th Anniversary festival will take place on November 16-20th at the University of Winnipeg. Stay tuned for further details. Gordon Tootoosis' Obituary Actor Gordon Tootoosis Dies taken from the CBC website Celebrated actor Gordon Tootoosis has died, a family member has confirmed to CBC News. The cause of death was not immediately available but he was recently hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia. Tootoosis was 69. He was born on the Poundmaker reserve in rural Saskatchewan. In addition...