Saugeen Takes on Film Community Project

Thunder Rolling Home

by Sharon Isaac and Kelsey Diamond

Tune-In

by Cassidy Ritchie,Tiffany Kewageshig, Adrian Kahgee and Lori Kewaquom The Ancestors’ Gift by Natalka Pucan

This year, the Festival premieres three films made in the Saugeen Takes on Film workshop. By animating archival photographs, artifacts, and traditional knowledge, the filmmakers tap into their vibrant community. Each film comes from a deeply personal place, sensitively navigating past trauma, ancestral presence and
overcoming challenges. Friends and families of several generations are pictured in these films and bear witness to this moment in time. The films were made with hand-processing techniques that use flowers to replace chemicals, resulting in an aesthetic that calls to mind abstract painting and mark-making, from ancient times to contemporary painting. More importantly, the flowers have the potential to carry through teachings and healing properties of these plants into the material and subject matter of the film and onto the viewer. This project is a result of a collaboration of the Saugeen First Nation Employment and Training Centre, Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, the Film Farm, and Archive/Counter Archive. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council.