The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival have announced the shorts program to be featured in the 15th anniversary edition of the festival, including programs focused on activism and Australian Indigenous artists.

The shorts will screen at the TIFF Bell Lightbox from Oct. 22 to Oct. 26. More than 50 films will be screened across the various programs.

The festival’s Youth Shorts program will feature two showcases on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24. The first will include Myesha Collins’ The Divide, the winner of this year’s imagineNATIVE Film+Video Tour’s youth videomaking contest, along with other shorts that are by or are focused on Indigenous youth. The second will include the best shorts by or about youth that offer perspectives from Indigenous artists.

The On Location: Environmental Shorts program will feature four films focused on environmental issues that impact North American Indigenous peoples, while the New Wave: Canadian Shorts will showcase five Canadian short films. The New Wave program will include a screening of the 2013 TIFF best short film Patrick Cederberg and Walter Woodman’s Noah. Finally, The Witch Hour: Late Night Shorts will feature short films with a darker theme, such as Hannah Macpherson #nightslikethese.

The international spotlight for this year’s festival will focus on Australia and the work of Indigenous filmmakers from that country in three Australia: Spotlight programs. The Depth of Field: International Shorts program will feature films from Peru, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. The Available Lights: Shorts Program will include an experimental film from New Brunswick filmmaker Lisa Jodoin.

The final day of the festival will feature the ACTION!: Activist Shorts program, which will include films that tell the stories of Indigenous people pushing for social, political, environmental or economical change.