Anishinaabe filmmaker Darlene Naponse’s film Aki, which is set in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, is one of eight Indigenous movies at TIFF this year, thanks to support from the Indigenous Screen Office.

Aki , a new film by Anishinaabe filmmaker Darlene Naponse, is one of a record eight Indigenous films featured at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival—but it likely wouldn’t have gotten made without the support of the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), a national funding program that supports Indigenous filmmakers.

Set in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, Ms. Naponse’s home community, Aki eschews dialogue, speaking instead in seasons: snow loosening its hold, earth breaking to thaw, water carrying light. And, she notes, it shows what the ISO enables: a filmmaker returning home to make work

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