The 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will present the world premiere of the feature-length documentary WaaPaKe (Tomorrow), directed by Vancouver-based filmmaker Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin.
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) at the BC & Yukon Studio, Koostachin's deeply personal film unravels the tangled threads of silence suffered by residential school Survivors through truth, freedom and power.
VIFF will also feature two BC premieres of NFB short films:
- In the BC & Yukon Studio animated short Two Apples by Coquitlam filmmaker Bahram Javahery, a young woman who leaves her homeland takes a single memento from her past.
- Winnipeg director Karsten Wall's Modern Goose is an exquisitely observed film essay that embeds audiences in the daily life of these iconic animals.
VIFF Signals will be showcasing another BC premiere: Meneath, a unique installation experience created for VIFF, based on Métis creator Terril Calder's installation Meneath: The Mirrors of Ethics, winner of the New Voices Award at New York's Tribeca Festival.
World premiere
WaaPaKe (Tomorrow), directed by Jules Arita Koostachin (80 min)
Insights series + VIFF's Ignite: High School Program
Produced by Teri Snelgrove for the BC & Yukon Studio
