Streaming Canada-wide: Wednesday, August 16, 6:00PM – Saturday, August 26, 11:59PM (ET)

In recognition of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9, the Japan Foundation, Toronto is delighted to present a selection of rare short films that explore the Ainu language, history, canoe-making, sake, and modern life. 

These documentary shorts were made by filmmakers from the Ainu community of Hokkaido in northern Japan, also known as Ainumosir (アイヌモシㇼ), meaning “the land of the Ainu” or “the quiet earth where humans dwell.” While the films present contrasting perspectives of the historic and the contemporary, to show important traditions as well as modern Ainu lives, there are themes of ethnography, preservation, and survival that bind all of them.

All films are presented in Japanese and Ainu with English subtitles. Free admission. Register here: https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/ainu-shorts/