Tantoo Cardinal – IDLIX

MixedUp

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:13:12 +0000

MixedUp follows Howard J Davis aka Haui in his feature film directing debut, as he navigates being BIPOC and LGTBQ+. Haui’s mixed-up manifesto demands that we celebrate the existence of being “other” on the journey to find inner cohesion.

Stumptown

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:41:55 +0000

Dex Parios is a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, Oregon. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 09:02:56 +0000

For over 100 years, Hollywood cinema has crafted the ultimate “villain”- the Indian, as they were labeled in early Westerns. Confined almost exclusively to this genre, the Western became a vehicle for American racism, obscuring the genocide upon which the United States was built. In this documentary, only Native Americans are given a voice to share their story, one that has been overshadowed by Hollywood’s portrayal. Their narrative, part of the larger American story, highlights how cinema has long been used as a powerful propaganda tool, distorting history and perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

Inkwo for When the Starving Return

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:37:33 +0000

Two lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance. Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting warrior, discovers the gifts and burdens of their Inkwo (medicine) to defend against an army of hungry, ferocious monsters. Dove’s courage, resilience and alliance with the Earth culminates in a battle against these flesh-consuming creatures, who become stronger with each body and soul they devour. Inkwo for When the Starving Return is a call to action to fight and protect against the forces of greed around us.

Godless

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:08:12 +0000

A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.

Falls Around Her

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:51:31 +0000

A world-famous Anishinaabe musician returns to the reserve to rest and recharge — only to discover that fame (and the outside world) are not easily left behind.

Through Black Spruce

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 06:20:16 +0000

The disappearance of a young Cree woman in Toronto traumatizes her Northern Ontario family, and sends her twin sister on a journey south to find her.

The Corruption of Divine Providence

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 05:46:29 +0000

16-year-old Jeanne awakens in a pool of her own blood, her hands and feet marked with stigmata and her forehead bleeding as if from a thorny crown. This creates conflict, greed and of faith in a community sewn with horrifying secrets.

Red Snow

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 01:51:23 +0000

Red Snow is a dramatic adventure that begins when Dylan, a Gwich’in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Panjwayi, Afghanistan. His capture and interrogation by a Taliban Commander releases a cache of memories connected to the love and death of his Inuit cousin, Asana, and binds him closer to a Pashtun family as they escape across treacherous landscapes and through a blizzard that becomes their key to survival.

The Grizzlies

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:20:28 +0000

In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students’ lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.