SEEDS

Directed by Kaniehtiio Horn
2024 | Canada | 82 minutes
Kanien’kéha and English with English subtitles

Official Selection | Indigenous Voices | Regional Premiere

Saturday, April 4, 2026 | 2:30 p.m. | The Hollywood Theatre

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Ziggy, a social media influencer, is hired to promote a seemingly eco-friendly campaign. However, she soon uncovers a dark corporate conspiracy to exploit Indigenous knowledge, erase cultural practices, and patent ancient seeds for profit. Realizing the campaign is a sham, Ziggy finds herself hunted by sinister corporate forces. To protect her heritage, Ziggy must reconnect with her Mohawk community, language, and ancestral lands. She rediscovers her strength, transforming from a brand ambassador into a fierce protector of her culture. The story culminates in Ziggy planting seeds of resistance, resilience, and renewal for the future, safeguarding Indigenous heritage against corporate greed.

OCEANBONE

Directed by Lani Cupchoy
2025 | USA | 9 minutes
Bauan and English with English subtitles

Official Selection | Indigenous Voices | Regional Premiere

Across oceans and centuries, Indigenous ancestors remain trapped in museum vaults—stolen, studied, and silenced. OCEANBONE is a visually haunting and deeply personal journey into the fight for repatriation, where history, poetry, and activism collide. Anchored by a powerful interview with repatriation scholar Dr. Tarisi Vunidilo, the film interweaves the voices of four Native Pacific Island storytellers who channel the spirits of their ancestors, speaking in rhythms of loss, resistance, and homecoming. Through striking imagery of museum corridors, ancestral rituals, and the vast Pacific, OCEANBONE reveals the colonial legacies that displaced these remains—and the urgent movement to return them. As the waves carry their names once more, the film stands as both an elegy and a call to justice: the ancestors must go home.