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Browse 35 movies from Wapikoni Mobile
Siméon Malec, host on Pakueshikan FM radio, receives Marie-Soleil Bellefleur on the air to discuss new regulations concerning salmon nets. To their great dismay, the duo is constantly interrupted by increasingly worrying calls... It seems that a lion has been seen in the community!
Jun 2022
In a continuation of her first film We Are Not Speaking the Same Language, Danika explains what it feels like to be displaced Indigenous urban.
Dec 2022
A woman is about to share a meal with her partner when an unexpected phone call casts doubt on the identity of the man standing before her.
Aug 2024
A healing and poetic essay on our intergenerational relationship with water.
Sep 2023
The journey of a young candidate running in the Pessamit community band council elections.
Charlotte is a young Abenaki artist who makes black ash baskets. She carries on her shoulders the heritage of all the generations that preceded her, which pushes her to surpass herself in her passion for basketry. Abaznoda means "basket" in the Abenaki language.
Nov 2023
As night falls, Karen decides to leave the party where a friend is about to lose herself. A metaphor for life, this battlefield.
Jan 2016
In the form of a poetic love letter to its nation, this short film reveals a strong community and the anchoring of the new generation in this rich culture.
Oct 2023
The testimonies of the Mashteuiatsh Puakuteu women's committee punctuate this intimate short film about mourning and healing. Throughout the doll-making workshops, the women share their doubts and hopes and build a space filled with strength and solidarity.
Jan 2026
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Separated from his Kitcisakik community, a little Algonquin prince discovers the good and the bad in the White people's world, until one day his own child brings him back down to earth.
Jun 2007
Mar 2024
Resilience is dedicated to those whose lives have been fragmented by intergenerational trauma, but who wish to break the cycle.
This short film is inspired by a stormy same-sex relationship in the Manawan community of the Atikamekw Nation, which led to a suicide. Since 2004, Wapikoni Mobile has been giving Indigenous youth the opportunity to speak out using video and music. This short film was made with the guidance of the traveling Wapikoni Mobile studios and is part of the 2007 Selection—Wapikoni Mobile DVD.
Jun 2008
Jan 2020
At the age of eight, José shows us his village, Nutashkuan, and everything he loves there.
Jul 2017
André-Charles is a boxer. Sports changed his life. He hopes his journey will inspire others to regain their pride and hold their heads high when facing life’s adversities.
Feb 2024