Kyindoo Wilam Wayalak ba Burnay - Learning Place for Teenagers

Global
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78 mins
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Kyindoo Wilam Wayalak ba Burnay (Learning Place for Teenagers): A selection of animations and short films for teenagers from across the world. This is a place where teenagers and adults can come to watch and learn. Stories that are beautifully expressed with honesty and warmth yet highlighting the negative impact of colonisation and the profound strength through the connection to culture by Indigenous people.

Classification
Unclassified - No age restrictions

Culture Shock

Canada
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2024
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14 mins

Sent off to Culture Camp to face the consequences on her mom's home settlement, an act of rebellion isn’t so cool as Joey struggles to fit in.

Director
Barry Bilinsky (Métis | Cree | Ukrainian)

Gabriela

USA
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2023
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16 mins

A young undocumented Guatemalan woman, Gabriela, dreams of swimming competitively. Her determination is curtailed by her over-protective mother, social propriety and self-judgment.

Director
Evelyn Lorena (Kaqchikel | Maya)

Home

Canada
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2023
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17 mins

Disaster strikes Kikino during the annual baseball extravaganza, forcing those that can to bunker down.

Director
Barry Bilinsky (Metis | Cree | Ukrainian)

Last Summer

Canada
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2024
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21 mins

When Ellie receives the news that their best friend Sam is leaving for art school the next morning, it seems like their entire summer together has been ruined. 

Director
Barry Bilinsky (Métis | Cree | Ukrainian)

Tuia Ngā Here

Aotearoa
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2023
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10 mins

‘Tuia Nga Here’ follows 16-year-old Hiwa who returns to her rural home from boarding school to discover her grandfather is terminally ill and unable to continue his life work of land conservation.

Directors
Kura Turuwhenua (Kāi Tahu | Ngāi Tūhoe | Ngāti Porou)Heriata Rurehe (Ngāti Porou | Ngātu Kahungunu | Ngāti Toarangatira | Ngāti Tukorehe | Ngāti Raukawa)