Origins - Festival of First Nations
Wapikoni mobile - (14 May - Ciné Lumière 6.15pm)
Four short films from young First Nations people in Quebec.
- L'Amendment (5 mins) Four generations. Three residential schools. Two cultures. One extinction.
- Mobilisation Generation (11 mins) A young Aboriginal lawyer's fight reveals a conflict dating
back to the founding of Canada.
- Petit prince (7 mins) A little Algonquin prince retells his version of the Saint-Exupéry story.
- Renaissance (9 mins) Sybèle has just given birth in Pikogan, in her Native tradition … for better or for worse.
- Elle et Moi (6 mins) Marie-Pier Ottawa’s film is about a stormy love affair.
Wapikoni mobile films are in French. No subtitles.
Venue 3: Ciné Lumière, 17, Queensberry Place, London SW7 £9 (£7). 020 7073 1350.
www.institut-francais.org.uk
Screening with:
Qallunaat – Why White People Are Funny
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