Ever wonder what inspiration leads to the creation of a dance film? Hear from the 2026 cohort of IndigiDance film artists as they share their truth in this special Talking Truths Circle Conversation, hosted by Sophie Dow and Samantha Sutherland.
FREE online event — all are welcome.
RegisterJoin the IndigiDance co-curators for an in-person film screening and post-screening conversation with co-curators and film artists.
FREE event — all are welcome.
Scotiabank Dance Centre
677 Davie St, Vancouver, BC
The Jarislowsky Studio
Level 3
IndigiDance on Screen returns with five new short dance films from Indigenous women. Witness films from Indigenous creators from around the globe including Bella Waru, Christine Friday, Gabriela Ortiz, Louise Potiki Bryant in collaboration with Dolina Wehipeihana, and Maura García. Connecting to the theme, ‘Returning Home’, each film captures an aspect of the many ways we return to our homelands, our heritage, and communities. Films are available online, on-demand through our festival website all week-long and can also be seen in the Scotiabank Dance Centre foyer during the pre-show of each evening program.
The Land is Alive connects to our responsibility to protect Mother Earth. The ancestors come to those who are listening. Filmed on the ancestral homeland of Timagami Anishinaabek N'daki Menan.
Trama explores the deep significance of hair as a vessel of identity, memory, and transformation. It reflects on the tenderness, beauty, and complexity carried within our strands. What happens to the hair we lose each day? What traces of us remain woven into the world?
An allegory of resistance and liberation woven from Oceania’s past, present and future. The slippage between us, our ancestors and our descendants, the urban and the ancient. An act of reclamation, reverence and connection. We take back what is rightfully ours and honour what is most precious and unwavering in our communities, cultures and stories.
A dance film about the never-ending conversation between our everyday small homes above and our great shared earth home beneath.
In Te Hākari wetlands, a young woman reconnects with her ancestral land. Named for Hine-te-iwaiwa, atua of women's creative arts, HINA weaves contemporary dance with mātauranga Māori and atua wāhine. Created by Dolina Wehipeihana and Louise Pōtiki Bryant, filmed with Dolina's daughters, HINA honours the enduring bond between wāhine and whenua.
