Skoden Indigenous Film Festival 2025
byCurated by Akira Iahtail, Kathleen Mullen, and Carr Sappier, the 7th annual Skoden Indigenous Film Festival returns April 11, 2025 with two evening screenings (including a family-friendly program) of films from Indigenous filmmakers and creatives from across Canada.
Skoden Indigenous Film Festival 2025
- Date: Friday, April 11, doors open @ 5:00pm
- Family Friendly Program: 5:30pm-7pm
Feature Program: 7:15pm-9pm
- Family Friendly Program: 5:30pm-7pm
- Location: Leslie & Gordon Diamond Family Auditorium @ SFU’s Burnaby Campus
- Tickets: Free admission, RSVP online
From the organizers: Used by Indigenous communities from coast to coast to coast, Skoden is a unifying word that transcends a single language. Skoden is slang for “let’s go then”. It’s an attitude and a battle cry and we’ve decided to take it to heart.
Held within the heart of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Kwantlen, q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), Qayqayt, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen Nations territories, the festival celebrates the works of Canadian based Indigenous filmmakers and talent, and features indigenous cultural traditions, including a welcome ceremony and witness.
Started in 2019 by two SFU Film students at The School for Contemporary Arts, Carr Sappier (Wolastoqiyik) and Grace Mathisen, the festival was created to showcase Indigenous filmmakers and to Indigenize the SFU community.
Festival-goers are able to attend film programs and Q&As, celebrating Indigenous voices and cultivating more active discussions about reconciliation. The festival welcomes new traditions and invite anyone who is interested in making the community more inclusive to come, learn, and share with us in the spirit of Skoden.
The film festival is presented in conjunction with SFU’s First Nations, Métis & Inuit Student Association’s 3rd Annual “Honouring Indigenous Students” Powwow on April 12, 2025, at SFU Burnaby.
Follow the film festival on Instagram for updates.
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