-Many Bloodlines is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Theola Ross and released in 2020.Rhiannon Johnson, "Documentary by two-spirit Cree filmmaker shares journey through IVF to parenthood". CBC News Indigenous, August 3, 2020. The film documents the experience of Ross, a queer-identified Cree woman, and her partner as they pursue in vitro fertilisation treatment after deciding to raise a child together.Chris Knight, "Chris Knight has 10 suggestions for what to watch at Hot Docs". National Post, May 28, 2020.
The film premiered at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the winner of the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary.Jeremy Kay, "‘Stray’, ‘Prayer For A Lost Mitten’ among Hot Docs winners". Screen Daily, May 14, 2020. It subsequently won the award for Best Short Documentary Work at the 2020 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.Rachel Young, "NSI alumni win big at imagineNATIVE". National Screen Institute, October 26, 2020.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020" . Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
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Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines at Vucavu, provided by the Winnipeg Film Group