The Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival is an annual film festival in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which programs a lineup of films related to First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other international indigenous peoples.Todd Lamirande, "Ottawa Indigenous film festival set to kick off new season". APTN National News, August 6, 2019. Named for the traditional Algonquin language name of Victoria Island in the city's Chaudière Falls,Olivia Blackmore, "Telling Their Stories; Five-day festival of Indigenous film, art, music begins Aug. 9". Ottawa Citizen, August 5, 2017. the event was launched in 2012 by Howard Adler"Two Carleton Alumnus Bring Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival to Ottawa for Second Year". Carleton Newsroom, July 11, 2013. and Christopher Wong after they attended a Bollywood film event at Library and Archives Canada and began to wonder why the city had no similar events devoted to indigenous film.Laura Beeston, "Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival". The Globe and Mail, August 19, 2015.
Staged at the Ottawa Art Gallery, the event also includes art exhibitions, musical performances and panel discussions as well as films.Sandra Abma, "Festivals offer something for everyone this weekend". CBC News Ottawa, August 9, 2019.
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