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THE EMBARGO PROJECT (EMBARGO)
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Completed - FRENCH-CANADIAN, ENGLISH, INUKTITUT - Animation, Drama, Documentary - 73 minutes

Log Line

Five Indigenous women filmmakers from across Canada challenge one another to make a film under a set of restrictions tailored to each filmmaker.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2016 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2016 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Caroline MONNET, Lisa JACKSON, Zoe HOPKINS, Elle-Máijá TAILFEATHERS , Alethea ARNAQUQ-BARIL
Writer(s) : Caroline MONNET, Jackson LISA, Elle-Máijá TAILFEATHERS , Zoe HOPKINS, Dallas VARCOE
Cast : Marie BRASSARD, Santee SMITH, Miali BUSCEMI, Kevin LORING, Duncan OLLRENSHAW

Producer(s) : Catherine CHAGNON (MICROCLIMAT FILMS), Lori LOZINSKI (VIOLATOR FILMS INC), Alethea ARNAQUQ-BARRIL (UNIKKAAT STUDIOS), Jennifer MILLINGTON (SKYWORLD PRODUCTIONS)

Synopsis

THE EMBARGO PROJECT is an anthology of five short films by Canadian Indigenous women. Participating in a collective process, each director created a film under restrictions imposed on them by their peers, to push each artist into new creative territory.Five Indigenous women filmmakers from across Canada challenge one another to make a film under a set of restrictions tailored to each filmmaker.

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA

Festivals and Awards

DocCorner 2016


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