Indigenous Cinema: Beyond Tribe and Nation
Indigenous Cinema: Beyond Tribe and Nation
- Date
- Feb 13th 2013
- With
- Catherine Fitzgerald, Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, Maryanne Redpath, Jason Ryle, Tainui Stephens
With the launch of the Berlinale's special series devoted to the cinematic storytelling of indigenous peoples worldwide, the Campus invites an array of experts to shed light on indigenous filmmaking with its culturally diverse, and politically, economically and artistically charged history. The session focuses on how indigenous cultures influence storytelling in form and in content, and discusses its relevance in the international arena beyond tribe and nation.
Catherine Fitzgerald
New Zealand producer of films having screened in Berlin, Venice, Cannes and Sun-dance. She produced the Samoan film THE ORATOR, which won three prizes in Venice 2011 and was submitted by New Zealand for the Foreign Language Oscar® 2012. She also received the Spada Nz independent Producer of the Year Award 2011.
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Iñupiaq writer and director from Alaska. After several award-winning short and documentary films, his feature debut ON THE ICE premiered at Sundance and won Best First Feature and the Crystal Bear for Generation 14plus at the Berlinale in 2011. His short science fiction film CHILDREN OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS premiered in 2013.
Maryanne Redpath
New Zealand-born director of the Berlinale Generation section, the official Berlinale delegate for Australia and New Zealand and head curator of the 2013 Berlinale special series NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema.
Jason Ryle
Executive director at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the world's largest Indigenous film festival, based in Toronto. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Vtape, an independent video distributor, and is a script reader for The Harold Greenberg Fund. As an award-winning writer, Jason has written for the Smithsonian Institution and several publications throughout North America.
Tainui Stephens
Maori independent film and television producer, director, writer, presenter, and voice artist. In 2000 he established his company Pito One Productions. His first short film as a director THE HILL was selected for Sundance and the Berlinale in 2002. He has a wide range of television programmes in production, as well as two features and one short in development.