Querencia is a Canadian web series, which premiered in June 2021 on APTN Lumi.Craig Takeuchi, "APTN series Querencia follows romance between two Indigiqueer women". Now, May 31, 2021. The first original web series ever created for the service,Kelly Townsend, "APTN’s first lumi original is a milestone for Indigiqueer representation". Playback, June 1, 2021. the series centres on the romance between Daka (Kaitlyn Yott) and Abe (Mary Galloway), two young First Nations women living in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The series was written and directed by Mary Galloway, and is produced by Jessie Anthony.
It premiered June 1, 2021 on Lumi. The first two episodes were also screened as part of the 2021 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, followed by a panel discussion featuring Galloway, Anthony and Yott.Justin Gray, "12 movies to watch from home at the 2021 Inside Out Film Festival" . Yohomo, May 31, 2021.
The series received two Canadian Screen Award nominations, for the Audience Choice AwardJamie Samhan, "The 2022 Canadian Screen Awards’ Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award Nominees Announced". ET Canada, February 1, 2022. and Best Web Program or Series, Fiction,Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022. at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.
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