Early Bird ticketing is on sale NOW for the 26th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, taking place June 2-7, 2026 (Toronto) and June 8-14, 2026 (online)!
Get your Festival access at our lowest rates with Early Bird ticketing, now until May 6, 2026!
imagineNATIVE.org/box-office
🎟️ 🐣 Early Bird tickets launch April 8, 2026! Secure your Festival access at our lowest available rates!
📌 Save the date for the 26th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, taking place June 2-7, 2026 (Toronto) and June 8-14, 2026 (online)!
Congratulations to Pete and Seth Scriver whose film, Endless Cookie received the Toronto Film Critic Rogers Best Canadian Documentary award at this year’s TFCA Awards Gala!
Endless Cookie was our Opening Night Screening feature at the 2025 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
Join the Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum at BANFF, a unique industry-access program dedicated to Indigenous creatives and producers working in TV, film, and digital media!
Apply by January 26, 2026 at iss.PlaybackOnline.ca.
We invite you to contribute to imagineNATIVE's work with a donation that supports our upcoming Festival and year-round programs this Giving Tuesday.
Make an impact and secure your year-end tax receipt. Every gift today helps us support and showcase Indigenous artists: imagineNATIVE.org/donate
Join us and the Toronto Public Library at the Palmerston Branch for a presentation of Damien Eagle Bear’s #skoden.
📅 November 27, 2025 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
📍 Toronto Public Library, Palmerston Branch | 560 Palmerston Ave, Toronto, ON
Stay tuned for more TPL screenings to come! 📚
November 16 is Louis Riel Day ♾️💙
A time to remember, celebrate, and share Métis culture. Check out these Métis-made works and join in wherever you are!
Just two weeks left to receive a FREE imagineNATIVE toque with all orders of $50 or more at our store! 🎉
🎁Shop now: store.imagineNATIVE.org
This promotion is applied automatically at checkout. Offer valid until November 30, 2025.
We're hiring a Digital + Interactive Manager! 🕹️
Join imagineNATIVE in championing Indigenous digital arts, from the iNdigital Space + Arcade to year-round programs like the iNdigital Youth Collective.
To view the full job posting visit imagineNATIVE.org/employment
November 7, 2025, is International Inuit Day!
We're spotlighting Megan Kyak-Monteith’s 2023 imagineNATIVE Festival interview. Megan, an Inuk artist and co-director + animator of Grape Soda in the Parking Lot, shares insights after winning the Animated Short Award and Documentary Short Award.
Want to learn more about the treaties where you live or visit?
Websites such as Whose.Land and Native-Land.ca are excellent resources for learning about local treaties and for helping you craft an authentic land acknowledgment or welcome.
#TreatiesRecognitionWeek #Treaties #ReconciliACTION
🗓️ 4 Nov 2025 6-7.30pm
📽️IMAGINE Jack Manning Bancroft
15yr-old gender-fluid Kim journeys to 5 islands in 24hrs. Facing surreal trials & inner demons — guided by Aboriginal Elders & alien dog Jeff, Kim explores identity, freedom, a world on the brink of collapse
🎟️ imagineanimation.eventbrite.co.uk
Looking for something spooky to dive into this Halloween? 🎃🧡
Check out these Indigenous-made recommendations from the imagineNATIVE staff:
Throwback to our fabulous Drag Bingo costume contest! What’s your Halloween look this year? 👻🎃
Drumroll please... 🥁
Announcing the winner of our 50/50 draw from the 2025 imagineNATIVE Drag Bingo fundraising event! If you had ticket 520423, please reach out to jenna@imagineNATIVE.org for next steps to claim your prize.
#imagineNATIVE #Indigenous #raffle
Unwind from your week this Friday with Drag Bingo, a celebration of Indigenous arts, hosted by the fabulous and funny @chelazonleroux.bsky.social, and enjoy the chance to win incredible prizes from Indigenous brands and local businesses!
🕒 October 24, 2025, 7-10PM
imagineNATIVE.org/drag-bingo
Stunning new media by Katsitsioni Fox now on view at the @metmuseum.org
Next Friday is Drag Bingo! ✨👑
Join us for a night of bingo, snacks, prizes, a 50/50 draw, hosted by the great @chelazonleroux.bsky.social!
🕒 October 24, 2025, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
📍 The Well | Toronto, ON
💸 $50 admission (includes entry, entertainment, and free bingo)
imagineNATIVE.org/drag-bingo
Announcing our #RWMFEST 2025 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, #skoden by Damien Eagle Bear
𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 5PM Reception | 7PM Screening
Tickets and more info at: workmanarts.com/rendezvous-with-madness/schedule/
#WorkmanArts #GETMAD
Submissions are NOW OPEN for the 2026 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival!
Don’t miss this chance to showcase your work at the world’s largest Indigenous film and media arts festival! Accepting submissions of Film + Video, Digital + Interactive, and Audio works.
imagineNATIVE.org/submissions
Two Nights of Drag Bingo with @chelazonleroux.bsky.social!
Bingo, prizes, food & a deadly drag show. Proceeds support Indigenous artists!
📅 Oct 10 + Oct 24
🕒 7:00 PM
📍 The Well, Toronto
View event details and secure your ticket at: imagineNATIVE.org/year-round/events/drag-bingo
Congratulations to Zacharias Kunuk for his prestigious wins at #TIFF50 of the Best Canadian Feature Film Award and the TIFF Special Tribute Award! His legacy continues to inspire generations of artists and we were elated to see his many achievements honoured at @tiffnet.bsky.social.
Miigwetch to everyone who joined us at the imagineNATIVE Indigenous Lounge during TIFF!
The space is now closed. Thank you for stopping by!
Tickets are still available for The TIFF Story in 50 Films, screening June through August and featuring in-person Q&As with the likes of James and Roger Deakins, Atom Egoyan and Arsinée Khanjian, Bruce McDonald, Sarah Polley, and more. tiff.net/tiffstoryin5...
Ahead of #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay, learn about WhereWeStand, a project co-led by Indigenous filmmaker Nicole Lee & @cercmigration.bsky.social Chair @triandafyllidou.bsky.social that explores land, identity & connection. Shown at @imaginenative.org: tinyurl.com/nf8sp5ns
🏆 🏆 Congratulations Amanda Strong, recipient of the Sun Jury and Animated Short awards at @imaginenative.org !
Her stop-motion animated short INKWO FOR WHEN THE STARVING RETURN is an #NFB / Spotted Fawn Productions co-production. 🐸
The Closing Night Screening is ON! No rain delays here!
🕒 June 8, 2025 | Pre-Show: 7:00 PM, Screening: 9:00 PM
📍 Fort York National Historic Site
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
Sinakson Trevor Solway's SIKSIKAKOWAN: THE BLACKFOOT MAN screens June 7 imagineNATIVE in #Toronto!
W/ #NFB, via @calgaryguardian.bsky.social.
✏️ calgaryguardian.com/calgary-arti...
OPEN CALL: Submit Scripts for Nicholl Fellowship Recommendation
The Sámi Film Institute invites emerging Sámi and Indigenous writers to apply for a recommendation to the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
isfi.no/article/open-call-submit-scripts-for-nicholl-fellowship-recommendation/
🎨 Art Crawl Update!
The Art Crawl kicks off at 5:00 PM! Your ticket and email confirmation might say a different time, but arrive at 5:00 PM to make sure you don’t miss out.
For more info visit:
imagineNATIVE.org/events/artcrawl
