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The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival will take place November 21 to 25, 2012 at the Garrick Centre in Downtown Winnipeg.  Mark your Calendars!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS JUNE 30th, 2012

Last year,  the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF) celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a spectacular festival!

The festival  featured special 10th Anniversary screenings and events including many great new films plus the Best of WAFF from the past 10 years. Special guests included renowned filmmaker Chris Eyre as Keynote Speaker.

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 America (2003), A Thousand Roads (2005) and Imprint (2007). He has also received the highly prestigious Director’s Guild of America Award for outstanding directorial achievement.

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The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival is the third largest festival in North America dedicated to showcasing the best new indigenous film and video from across Canada, the US and around the world. Both on and off screen, WAFF’s mandate is to celebrate and cultivate indigenous storytelling. WAFF is an opening and welcoming place for everyone!