Amanda Strong Showcase at F1RST: A Celebration of Indigenous Film

Event Description

Amanda Strong Showcase
Directed by Amanda Strong

Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Amanda Strong will share her experience of directing for TV and independent stop motion animation as well as building a stop motion studio centered on collective Indigenous storytelling. Amanda will also bring along some of her mini cast (puppets) to share and see in person.

Amanda Strong is a Canadian Screen Award and Emmy-nominated director, artist, stop motion storyteller and has served as a media-based artist for nearly 20 years. This retrospective will include her films - Flood (2017), Four Faces of the Moon (2016), Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) (2018), and Inkwo for When the Starving Return (2024).

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This screening is part of the Victoria Film Festival's second annual F1RST: A Celebration of Indigenous Film festival, which takes place on June 19-22, 2025. We are honoured and excited to be sharing space on Lekwungen lands, with Indigenous filmmakers, Indigenous funding members, actors, Indigenous workshop coordinators, Elders and Knowledge Keepers. This year is VFF's first time hosting free Indigenous-led and centered workshops, ranging from funding opportunities, grant writing, set decoration, story telling, and many paths in film and stop motion.