2018 Dawson City International Short Film Festival Program DCISFF_2018_PROGRAM_web | Page 24

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 9:30 PM
Canoeheads
Keith Robertson, 7m, NWT, mockumentary
A wildlife documentary following the
Canoehead.
rare
Our Language Will Live On –
Nihënjik wëtäde hänji
Lulu Keating, Yukon, 9m, documentary
The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in are a Yukon First Nation
based in Dawson City, Yukon. The ancestral
language, the Hän language, has rapidly declined
since the early 20th century, and intergenerational
language transmission has ceased. It is now a
critically endangered language and there are only
a few fluent speakers left.
The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government has made
it a priority to revitalize the Hän language in the
community and school.
Invading Giants
Melani Wood, NS, 13m, documentary
Every year residents of Newfoundland and
Labrador look to the north with baited breath
hoping the Atlantic Ocean will deliver to them a
parade of ancient icebergs. Each one formed
over 10,000 years ago and traveled thousands
of kilometers before finally drifting into “Iceberg
Alley” where they become accessible to a cast of
characters who’s livelihood depends on them.
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