EXPLORING THE TREATY RELATIONSHIP, co-director, experimental animation, HD, 5 min., 2021

Michelle Sylliboy (Mi’kmaw), Leigh Gillam (settler), Jessica Mensch (settler), and Antoinette Karuna's (settler) collaborative project interprets the Treaty Relationship as a liminal space of creation. Using the L’nuk/Mi’kmaw Komqwejwi’kasikl language, they created a hieroglyphic poem, which they then animated into a short film.

Co-writers/co-directors: Michelle Sylliboy (Mi’kmaw), Leigh Gillam (settler), Jessica Mensch (settler), and

Antoinette Karuna (settler).

A. Karuna additional credits: co-cinematographer, co-editor, co-sound editor, textiles, production manager.

Funding partners: Change Lab Action Research Initiative (CLARI) & Nocturne/RBC

FESTIVAL PRESENTATIONS

• FIN Atlantic International Film Festival & FIN Stream (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 

• Atlantic Arts Symposium (Moncton, New Brunswick)

• CB Nuit (Cornerbrook, Newfoundland and Labrador)  

• Lumière Arts Festival (Sydney, Nova Scotia)

• Art in the Open (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)  

• Nocturne: Art at Night Festival (Halifax,Nova Scotia)

• ImagiNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Toronto, Ontario)

• Antimatter [Media Art] (Vancouver, British Columbia)