TIFF’s Top 10 Canadian films of 2019 skews young, adventurous and Indigenous

“There’s a huge build of momentum amongst Indigenous filmmakers that is really a global wave that has been a long time in the making, and it’s a beautiful thing to witness,” says Hepburn, whose film with Tailfeathers is already garnering praise in the United States since it’s become available to stream on Netflix. “We don’t know exactly how it’s performing, but we’ve been told its numbers are good,” she adds.

Yet, despite the momentum Indigenous filmmakers have made this year – in addition to making TIFF’s list,was shortlisted this past Sunday for the Toronto Film Critics Association’s $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award – Hepburn and Tailfeathers don’t see it as evidence that the system is necessarily working, but more so proof that there’s a growing desire from audiences for new stories.

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open will screen at TIFF Lightbox starting this Friday, December 13.“As an Indigenous filmmaker, I am proud to belong to such a thriving community. But to be quite frank, I have mixed feelings about the current state of the Canadian film landscape,” Tailfeathers says, citing, which saw the elimination of two executive director positions, including Michelle van Beusekom, a widely recognized champion of Indigenous cinema.

“We are witnessing the ways in which institutions are failing to honour their commitments, which is deeply disappointing. Indigenous people have fought hard for a seat at the table and have offered numerous gestures of respect in hopes that institutions are willing to listen, adapt and grow," Tailfeathers says."However, institutions can often get it wrong, particularly when deeply ingrained paternalistic attitudes toward Indigenous peoples prevail.

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