Category: Film

Film

Wînipêk Gallery Exhibition

A few years back I was walking with my mother through the Winnipeg Art Gallery, looking at the art, excited to be there and be there together…when she stopped, raised her arms up towards the wall and dramatically said- 

“And here it is Jamie…this is where your art will hang!  I know your art will be in this gallery one day!”

Unwavering support, and her genuine smile, even when I would respond “Probably not mom”.

She’s not here anymore…and it’s a moment like this I wish I could share with her…She would be so proud knowing my film work is a part of the current exhibition at the WAG.  

Staycation: The Art of Being Here, featuring the work of Manitoban artists, including my film “Wînipêk”

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WNDX Film Festival

My film Nikâwiy (mother) was selected for a WNDX retrospective program. A personal favourite, I’m so grateful that it was able to be screened at this film fest again!

From the program:

Prairie Retrospective 1: Something is Calling You

…For the WNDX Festival of Moving Image’s 20th anniversary, this program celebrates work by Indigenous filmmakers from the prairies that have screened at some point over the festival’s past twenty years. These films call to us from not so very long ago to revisit what has passed but also to imagine what lies beyond into the future of Indigenous filmmaking.

– Jenny Western

Opening title
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Wînipêk

As fall settles in, I’ve been reflecting on my film Wînipêk, which was selected to be a part of the ImagineNative film fest in the shorts program “Tied To The Land”. The screening was this past June at the Lightbox cinema in Toronto.

This film is very much transitional for me; experimental and narrative forms blending and working seamlessly together

Many thanks to my collaborator Thilo Schaller for your sound recordings and sound direction, it was so instrumental in how this film came together.

And thanks to Keara Barrett for working with me, your performance is amazing.

Wînipêk clip
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Snapshots

Black and white | Winnipeg | Summer

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Reflecting

Natural light is a big part of how I choose to shoot, and sometimes everything lines up better than I can anticipate. I’ve been reflecting a bit on some of my previous work, and this is one of my favourite shots…the light, the reflection, and my favourite city Winnipeg

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Camera Test

Laying down some practice shots. Canon RP mounted on Dji rsc2.

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Winter Drive

Winnipeg on a Sunday afternoon, taking the streets that lead me downtown and back home again…

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Film Shoot

So grateful for this weekend and the team I got to work with, flexing my skills as the director. We spent a full day working together, filming and setting up throughout downtown Winnipeg, capturing some great moments and finding our groove as a film crew. We finished on schedule and we are stoked to see this project come to life.

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Bolex

It is nice to reflect and look back on my earlier work. This was shot in 2011 on Bolex, I remember it was cold, and I remember wanting the clip to look and feel like a painting. Understanding the graininess of the film stock and how flat white backgrounds can create so much texture, I was able to achieve my goal.

The most satisfying part of filmmaking is seeing all these images in my brain, a congestion of unmade compositions, and being able to organize and translate them to this medium.