Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines
êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Theola Ross and released in 2020.[1] The film documents the experience of Ross, a queer-identified Cree woman, and her partner as they pursue in vitro fertilisation treatment after deciding to raise a child together.[2]
| êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines | |
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| Directed by | Theola Ross |
| Written by | Theola Ross |
| Produced by | Alex Bailey |
| Cinematography | Alexandre Nour Desjardins |
| Edited by | Lucius Dechausay |
Production company | Theola Ross Productions |
| Distributed by | Winnipeg Film Group |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Cree |
The film premiered at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the winner of the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary.[3] It subsequently won the award for Best Short Documentary Work at the 2020 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.[4]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[5] The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[6]
References edit
- ^ Rhiannon Johnson, "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood". CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020.
- ^ Chris Knight, "Chris Knight has 10 suggestions for what to watch at Hot Docs". National Post, May 28, 2020.
- ^ Jeremy Kay, "‘Stray’, ‘Prayer For A Lost Mitten’ among Hot Docs winners". Screen Daily, May 14, 2020.
- ^ Rachel Young, "NSI alumni win big at imagineNATIVE". National Screen Institute, October 26, 2020.
- ^ Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020" 2021-01-04 at the Wayback Machine. Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, . ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
External links edit
- Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines at IMDb
- Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines at Vucavu, provided by the Winnipeg Film Group