Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival Opening Night Gala Come witness our Inaugural Event and Award presentation, Potlatch styles! Network with West Coast Indigenous Media Artists, Community and Industry Members. Join in on creating something absolutely memorable! Our Feature Presentation of the evening is 'Grab' Directed by Billy Luther. "Grab is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Luther's film follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives leading up to this day." 7:00 pm RECEPTION Includes hors d'oeuvres View Photo Exhibition by renowned Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Panicciolli 8:00 pm Anirniq 5min Directed by RJ Sauer Shi-Shi-Etko 10min Directed by Kate Kroll Grab 60min Directed by Billy Luther Four Tiered Ticket System: $100 Sponsorship Ticket $40 Industry Support $20 Community Price Volunteer Hours: Please Contact Sponsored by ALIVE, Cariboo Brewing, Salt Spring Coffee Co., and W2 Media Cafe. VIMAF would like to Thank Squamish Nation for letting us live and play on their Territory! Huy chexw a! Mah'si Cho! Programs from Fri Aft-Sun Eve. Programs $10

Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival Opening Night Gala Thank you for supporting VIMAF 2011 by purchasing a Film and Media Industry Priced Ticket Come witness our Inaugural Event and Award presentation, Potlatch styles! Network with West Coast Indigenous Media Artists, Community and Industry Members. Join in on creating something absolutely memorable! Our Feature Presentation of the evening is 'Grab' Directed by Billy Luther. "Grab is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Luther's film follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives leading up to this day." 7:00 pm RECEPTION Includes hors d'oeuvres View Photo Exhibition by renowned Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Panicciolli 8:00 pm Anirniq 5min Directed by RJ Sauer Shi-Shi-Etko 10min Directed by Kate Kroll Grab 60min Directed by Billy Luther Four Tiered Ticket System: $100 Sponsorship Ticket $40 Industry Support $20 Community Price Volunteer Hours: Please Contact Sponsored by ALIVE, Cariboo Brewing, Salt Spring Coffee Co., and W2 Media Cafe. VIMAF would like to Thank Squamish Nation for letting us live and play on their Territory! Huy chexw a! Mah'si Cho! Programs from Fri Aft-Sun Eve. Programs $10

Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival Opening Night Gala Thank you for your sponsorship of VIMAF 2011 - your support is greatly appreciated. Come witness our Inaugural Event and Award presentation, Potlatch styles! Network with West Coast Indigenous Media Artists, Community and Industry Members. Join in on creating something absolutely memorable! Our Feature Presentation of the evening is 'Grab' Directed by Billy Luther. "Grab is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures. Luther's film follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives leading up to this day." 7:00 pm RECEPTION Includes hors d'oeuvres View Photo Exhibition by renowned Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Panicciolli 8:00 pm Anirniq 5min Directed by RJ Sauer Shi-Shi-Etko 10min Directed by Kate Kroll Grab 60min Directed by Billy Luther Four Tiered Ticket System: $100 Sponsorship Ticket $40 Industry Support $20 Community Price Volunteer Hours: Please Contact Sponsored by ALIVE, Cariboo Brewing, Salt Spring Coffee Co., and W2 Media Cafe. VIMAF would like to Thank Squamish Nation for letting us live and play on their Territory! Huy chexw a! Mah'si Cho! Programs from Fri Aft-Sun Eve. Programs $10

Vancouver Media Arts Festival 2011 Festival Pass This Festival Pass gives you access to the VIMAF Opening Gala, Thursday, Nov 10th, 2011 at 7pm located at W2 Media Cafe, 111 W Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC. This pass also grants you access to any VIMAF 2011 screening from November 10-13th at W2 Media Cafe, NFB Pacific Region, and SFU Woodward's. For a full program description, please visit Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival at creativetechnology.org/page/vimaf-2011.

Vancouver Media Arts Festival 2011 Festival Pass This Festival Pass gives you access to the VIMAF Opening Gala, Thursday, Nov 10th, 2011 at 7pm located at W2 Media Cafe, 111 W Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC. This pass also grants you access to any VIMAF 2011 screening from November 10-13th at W2 Media Cafe, NFB Pacific Region, and SFU Woodward's. For a full program description, please visit Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival at creativetechnology.org/page/vimaf-2011.

Saturday November 12th 4pm W2 Media Cafe - 111 W Hastings Maiden Indian | 2011 Canada | Director The Ephemerals Woodcarver | 2010 | Director Thomas Makowski Naqs Asil Katlis | 2011 Canada | Director Bracken Hanuse Corlett Savage | 2009 Canada | Director Lisa Jackson Music Is The Medicine | 2011 Canada | Director Lindsay Rusheleau

Friday, November 11th 8:30pm W2 Media Cafe - 111 W Hastings 2007 | Director Dion Michael Ashman The Other Side of Hip-Hop tells Ernie Paniccioli’s story of Hip-Hop. He was one of the first photographers to venture into the impoverished New York City neighborhoods where people were creating their own form of artisitic expression despite being an ignored and disenfranchised demographic.For over three decades Ernie has documented the artform of Hip-Hop in its entirety. From the graphic representations that filled the subways and handball courts to the physical manifestation of the artform in dance movement on to the musical descriptions and artists. As rappers became the reporters of the travails of ghetto life, Ernie represented their images through his photography and put a face to the words we listened to. http://hiphopotherside.com/welcome-to-hip-hop.php Followed by: Indigenous Music Culture Visions (music videos) + Music from DJ Deano w/ Csetkwe + Installations from Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Adrienne Greyeyes, Jennifer Chong. And Performance by Ostwelve.

Saturday November 12th 2pm W2 Media Cafe - 111 W Hastings Keeping Quiet | 2010 Canada | Director Shane Belcourt A Good Indian | 2010 Canada | Director Andrew George Ikwé | 2009 Canada | Director Caroline Monnet Jesus Coyote TeeVee | 2011 Canada | Director Chris Bose

6pm | Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema SFU Woodwards 2010 USA | Director Erica Scharf In the brilliantly vast and stark landscape of New Mexico, three Native American teenagers, Thomas, Tamara and Gabby, are at the crossroads of life as seniors in their Navajo Reservation high school. Thomas has a bright future as an athlete, Tamara as a natural leader and Gabby as an emotional role model. But as graduation nears, they must decide whether to stay in their community – a place inextricably woven into the fibre of their beings – or leave in pursuit of opportunities elsewhere. With a per capita income under $4,600, the town has few prospects. Thomas, Tamara and Gabby’s inner struggles and outward attitudes from adolescence into adulthood shape their identities as contemporary Native American youth. With stunning and sensitive cinematography, filmmaker Erica Sharf’s intimate documentary profile is a raw and inspiring film reflecting the challenges of young life on the reserve in the USA.

Saturday November 12th 9:15pm Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema SFU Woodwards 2008 USA | Director Andrew Okpeaha Mclean On the Ice is the story of Apuna (Brad Weyiouanna), an Inuit hunter, who drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean in search of seals and inadvertently becomes a witness to murder. In the microscopic communities of Arctic Alaska there is no anonymity, thus the hunter knows both the victim and the murderer. The murderer, Miqu (tony Bryant), claims self-defense and desperate to avoid punishment, tries to persuade his friend to forget what he has seen, and help dispose of the body and memory of one friend and destroying the life of another.

Sunday November 13th 2pm | NFB Pacific Region Theatre 111 W Hastings CHILDREN GET IN FREE Wapos Bay: Long Good Byes | Canada 2011 | Director Dennis and Melanie Jackson Tansi Nehiyawetan: Pow Wow Episode Brocket Zombie | 2011 Canada | Director Cowboy Smithx Cryrock | 2010 Canada | Director Banchi Hanuse

Sunday November 13th 2pm NFB Pacific Region Theatre Six Miles Deep, Red Ochre, Crossing the Line, Inukshop, Dancers of the Grass, Totem: Return and Renewal W2 Installation: Installation: Kanehsatake, Cesar’s Bark Canoe, Bill Reid

Sunday November 13th 7pm W2 Media Cafe - 111 W Hastings St Slay Dogs | Director :z:kwakwee baker: Higher Ground Two Indians Talking | 2009 Canada | Sara McIntyre

Up Heartbreak Hill by Erica Scharf - Barking Water by Sterlin Harjo - On The Ice by Andrew Okpeaha Mclean