Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun | |
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Directed by | Banchi Hanuse |
Written by | Banchi Hanuse Tanya Maryniak |
Produced by | Carey Newman, Izzy Pullen (executive producers) Mike Wavrecan (producer) |
Starring | Logan Red Crow |
Cinematography | Luke Connor Ben Giesbrecht |
Edited by | Tanya Maryniak |
Music by | Jason and Nadia Burnstick |
Production company | Taxam Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | English Siksika |
Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun is a 2023 Canadian documentary film, directed by Banchi Hanuse. [1] The film profiles Logan Red Crow, a young Siksika woman who is preparing to compete in the male-dominated Indian Relay horse race. [2]
The film premiered on February 25, 2023 at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Montana, [3] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April. [2]
At Big Sky, the film won the Big Sky Award for films honouring "the character, history, tradition and imagination of the American West". [4]
It won five Leo Awards in 2023, for Best Feature Length Documentary (Carey Newman, Izzy Pullen, Mike Wavrecan), Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Documentary (Hanuse, Tanya Maryniak), Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary (Luke Connor, Ben Giesbrecht), Best Picture Editing in a Feature Length Documentary (Maryniak) and Best Sound in a Feature Length Documentary (David Parfit, Brenda Sevilla, Ariana Brophy, Tyler Devon Gillis, Jayme Langen, Zak Cohen). [5]
The film was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award. [6]
At the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the film won the Cinema Indigenized award for Best Indigenous Feathre Fulm. [7] At the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival, it won the Audience Choice award for Generation Next. [8]
Connor and Giesbrecht received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [9]