Aboriginal storytelling has long been about connecting the past and the present, so the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival on Wednesday unveiled plans for an inaugural Storyteller Screenings section to combine live readings and film screenings.

The cinema-meets-storytelling sidebar on Oct. 25 will feature writer Joseph Boyden presenting a new literary work as he is accompanied by animation from artist Terril Calder.

In addition, author and artist Maria Campbell will present a new short story she created as part of a video collaboration with Shane Belcourt, an Indigenous filmmaker.

The Storyteller Screenings initiative at Bell Lightbox was unveiled by festival executive director Jason Ryle.  In all 130 films and video works will screen during the upcoming 15th edition of imagineNATIVE from Oct. 22 to 26.

imagineNATIVE will also present program of short films by Wapikoni, the French language film producer. The program is curated by Caroline Monnet.

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