Kayah George, Rueben George, Joe Buffalo, Amy George
Canada
2023
English
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Credits
Executive Producer
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George, Shelby Manton, Geoff Manton, KristoffDuxbury, Sebastien Galina
Producer
Angelica Stirpe, Shelby Manton
Screenwriter
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Kayah George
Cinematography
Farhad Ghaderi
Editor
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos
Original Music
Greg Gianopoulos
Production Design
Charlie Hannah
Directors
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos is a director, producer, and editor. Her projects primarily concern the empowerment of women and social and environmental justice. Jaime Leigh was selected as one of five prominent filmmakers by the Documentary Organization of Canada’s ‘Breakthrough Program’ 2022. Her short film What About Our Future? was distributed through Hollywood Suite and played at film festivals and humanitarian festivals worldwide, receiving ‘The Nigel Moore Youth Programming Award’ at DOXA 2021.
Filmography: Ask The Plantain (2023); Our Grandmother The Inlet (2023); What About Our Future? (2020); The Puma and The Flower (2017)
Kayah George
Kayah George ‘Halth Leah’ (she/they) proudly carries the teachings of her Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and is a young Indigenous environmental leader, activist, poet, and first time filmmaker. She has worked with several environmental organizations, including Indigenous Climate Action (an Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors, and land defenders), to build capacity for an Indigenous-led divestment movement.
Filmography: Our Grandmother The Inlet (2023)
VIFF Short Forum
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Short Forum 1: The Scarier One
The return of scary: fear in all its chilling, suspenseful, and unsettling shades.
Short Forum 2: Anthropomaxx
Dogs, frogs, hogs, and more!
Short Forum 3: Workers of the World
The grind of the working class in a system that betrays its promises.
Short Forum 4: Immanence: A Life
You don’t have to look far; life is beautiful!
Short Forum 5: Somewhere Else
If space and time are pure perception, let’s build them differently.
Short Forum 6: Archive Lives!
Before anything becomes archival, it’s lived.
Short Forum 7: War at Home
Truly, no one is safe until everyone is safe.
Short Forum 8: Queer Magic
Do you believe in magic?
Short Forum 9: Big Time Sensuality
Explorations of desire and intimacy serve both pain and pleasure.
Short Forum 10: Are the Kids Alright?
The future kinda depends on it.

