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- Set in the late 90s, Rustic Oracle is a dramatic feature about Ivy, an 8-year-old girl trying to understand what happened to her big sister who has vanished from their small Mohawk community. With minimal clues, Ivy and her mother Susan embark on an unwelcome journey to find Heather which will ultimately bring the pair closer together despite challenging circumstances. Behind the story of desperation, told through the eyes of a child, lies one of hope, growth, awakening and love.
- Le dep is a psychological drama about Lydia, a young Innu woman, who routinely works at her father's convenience store in a small First-Nations community in Québec. One night, as she prepares to close up, she is held-up at gunpoint. This traumatic experience becomes even more perplex as she recognizes her assailant. Inadvertently, Lydia will be forced to make a decision that will forever change her life.
- Rose is the story of a sixteen-year-old pregnant, Indigenous teen who is pulled from her community and placed in a church to be overseen in her last months of pregnancy. When she delivers her child, it will be taken from her and put into a Canadian home by decree of an Indian Agent, Mr. Byrne. Rose has a secret and will not tell anyone the identity of the baby's father - not even her family. It is later revealed that the father of her child is a young Mohawk man, named Michael, who wants to keep the child in the community.
- A single Iroquois father brings his daughter on a canoe voyage, as he seeks to unlock the ancient trade routes of his ancestors in this historical journey across Haudenosaunee Confederacy waters.
- Kanen'tó:kon Hemlock of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy has been helping revive tattooing traditions that were lost as a result of colonization. Using cultural and traditional protocols from the past, as well as modern sanitation practices, he is the first in several hundred years to tattoo in this tradition.
- Stephanie Big Eagle is a traditional hand poke tattoo artist. She utilizes both traditional and modern designs on her clients to activate their energy, protect their spirit, and honor their accomplishments and heritage. She often weaves Indigenous activism into her designs to directly support Indigenous rights movements and their efforts to protect the earth.
- After developing an interest in ancestral Naga patterns and symbols while studying fashion design, Mo Naga decided to spend more time researching their meaning. Today, as a traditional tattoo artist based in New Delhi, India, he helps preserve and revive part of his culture by tattooing these ancient designs on his fellow Naga people and sharing his Neo-Naga creations with foreigners.
- Paiwan artist Cudjuy Patjidres comes from Sapulju, located in Taimali Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. When he was 25 years old, he came across an old photograph of a Paiwan warrior with tattoos all over on his body. Inspired by the picture, he picked up the art of traditional hand-tapping tattoos.
- Audie Murray is a multidisciplinary Michif artist from treaty 4 territory. She is currently learning and creating on the unseeded territories of the Coast Salish peoples. Audie works closely with traditional Cree tattoos and Michif visual culture, often drawing from familial patterns and designs such as floral beadwork. She uses both hand poke and skin stitching methods, but prioritizes skin stitching in her practice.
- Isaac Murdoch is a well-respected storyteller and traditional knowledge holder from the fish clan, Serpent River First Nation. He spent many years in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba learning from Elders. He is always keen to transfer knowledge to youth by leading workshops and cultural camps. His areas of expertise include traditional Ojibway paint, imagery and symbolism, harvesting, medicine walks, ceremonial knowledge, Anishinaabe oral history and birch bark canoe and scroll making.
- Julie has been involved with ta moko since the 1980s as a pioneer of the moko revival and the first woman involved in these traditions. She tattooed full peha or puhoro (covering the lower back, hips and thighs to the knee) on two women, challenging the entitlement of women to wear this moko. In 2012, Julie opened a studio in Mount Maunganui where she uses eco-friendly products and vegan inks. She has also begun reviving traditional Maori hand-tap processes.
- Pip Hartley's devotion to ta moko is evident in her work. She has an innate ability to translate stories and flow with the contours of the body using both traditional and contemporary tools. Pip is the mastermind behind Indigenous tattoo studio Karanga Ink in Auckland. Sharing knowledge of ancient symbology through contemporary Indigenous markings is one of the ways Pip serves her community and empowers the next generation of artists to carry the art form forward while respecting its roots.
- Ippiksaut Friesen is an Inuk multimedia artist from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. She has a bachelor's degree in Media Arts from Emily Carr University and attended the Earthline Tattoo training residency where she learned the art of Inuit tattooing with hand poke and skin stitch. She currently resides in Iqaluit and has been helping women reclaim their culture through intricate tattoo designs.
- Joe Patty-Sabandar from the Patasiwa Allane clan is a master tattooist. He practices ancient spiritual skin work from the islands of Molo'uku. Joe is one of the last practitioners in the world of this ancient tattoo culture. His family is a pillar in the revival of traditional Pa'atei.
- Kwiaahwah Jones is an important figure in Haida contemporary art. Born on the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the northwestern coast of British Columbia, Kwi won the 2005 Vancouver International Airport Art Foundation Scholarship for young Northwest Coast artists. Her interest for Haida art and culture fueled her desire to revive the knowledge of her community and incited her to work as an artist, curator and traditional Haida hand poke tattoo artist.
- Manel Mahdouani is an internationally renowned Tunisian tattoo artist located in Tunis. She studied Psychology and Fine Arts at university before starting a 6-month apprenticeship in 2013. She began tattooing professionally in 2014. Manel specializes in Amazigh tattoos, Arabic calligraphy, geometric and small tattoos.
- Two Ravens is an Opata tattoo artist based in California. He was born, raised and resides in occupied Tongva territory in Los Angeles and works out of Sacred Art tattoo studio in downtown L.A. Following an incident while protecting water at Standing Rock, he lost the vision in his right eye and has been working only with his left eye ever since. Two Ravens only tattoos in grey scale and prefers Indigenous and realistic designs and source material.