The trailer for Can You Feel It Now? is here!
In a speculative future, a First Nations Welcomer and an Arrivant from the African Diaspora reshape first contact, weaving solidarity and healing through poetic exchange.
We’re also excited to share that the film has been officially selected to screen at @insideoutfestival in Toronto as part of Shorts: Stories We Tell! ⭐️
Join us for the screening on Saturday, May 30 at 11:45 AM at TIFF Bell Lightbox (Cinema 2) with a virtual viewing option also available.
Get your tickets: /3kbs3bp3 (link also in @isakvail bio)
Trailer edited by Adrian Parker
Huge shoutout and gratitude to the incredible team behind this film 💗🫶🏽
as Black Futures Month comes to a close, i’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of joy and solidarity work in our efforts toward liberation and anti-racism.
it brought me back to a moment in the @crshortdoc , where the iconic Shanese (@mrs.gifyounasty ) an Afro-Indigenous activist and educator, reminds us that despite systemic violence and harm, we will protect our joy and create happiness in spaces that we claim as ours, and that we, Black, Indigenous, and racialized kin, deserve to feel emotions not rooted in our oppression, but grounded in our own ways of knowing.
the world feels heavy, but we hold on! 🫶🏽
World Premiere Announcement 💫
We’re thrilled to share that Can You Feel It Now? will have its world premiere at Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival on September 16 at 4:00 PM!
Here’s your first look at the film with a few exclusive stills and we can’t wait to share this story with you on the big screen.
A special shoutout to the incredible team that made this project possible. This short was created with so much love, care, and intention, and we’re grateful to finally share it with BIPOC kin and the world 💗💗💗
🎟️ Get your tickets now at the link in the film accounts bio!
annual photo drop 👺🦋
photos by the talented @elliottjames.photo !! edits by me!
and while I have your attention you should totally follow @cyfin_film for some forthcoming updates on my next film project eek 👀🔮❣️
my film @crshortdoc will be having its Northern Ontario premiere at Junction North International Documentary Film Festival on April 21, 2024 😻✨🫶🏽
to read the full interview— which is very sweet and kind, and to buy your @junctionnorthff festival passes — visit the links in my bio!!
a picture of me?? on my main feed?? kinda groundbreaking
thank u to @sambbarry_18 for snapping my new headshot :-)
also @crshortdoc has a bunch of screenings coming up! be sure to check that account for more info 🫶🏽 truly so honoured that it’s reaching so many Black and Indigenous folks across Turtle Island!!
stay tuned for a northern ontario premiere which may be coming soonish.,.,.
Collective Resistance will be having its world premiere at @insideoutfestival on June 1, 2023, in person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto Ontario and online! (link in bio!)
much love to everyone who made this possible 🫶🏽💖🌟
Director and Producer
Isak Vaillancourt
Cast
Ravyn Ariah Wngz (@ravynwngz )
Shanese Indoowaaboo Steele (@shaneseanne )
Producer
Ra'anaa Yaminah Ekundayo (@raanaa_yaminah )
Cinematographer, Audio-Engineer & Editor
Shawn Kosmerly / Here Here Kitty Productions (@shawnkosmo )
Production Manager
Riley McEwen (@rols_m )
Executive Producer
Incapture Media (@incapture )
Community Partners
Roxanne Langermann (@papaya.pops ) & Beth Mairs (@sudburyindiecinema )
Filmed on location
Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism (@wildseedcentre )
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (@buddiesto )
Supported by
Rising Youth Grant & Toronto Metropolitan University (@rtamediaproduction_tmu
very excited to share that I have been awarded a grant from the Ontario Arts Council ❣️
looking forward to collaborating with @connorrandy9 , @raanaa_yaminah and many more on a short film about Black and Indigenous futurities
we are looking for a variety of creative folks to work on this project in the following roles:
⭐️ DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (1)
⭐️ PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS (2)
⭐️ EDITOR & COLOURIST (1)
⭐️ MUA (1)
***preference for BIPOC folks who are based in Sudbury or have connections to Northern Ontario
If you are interested and would like more details, please send an email to [email protected] by April 18th
