Acknowledgments

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival would like to thank our public and foundation partners for their ongoing support:

Guy Charbonneau, Noël Habel, Koba Johnson Kelly Langgard, Laura Jeanne Lefave, Ian Reid, Michèle Stanley, (Canada Council for the Arts); Karla Hartl, Sylvie Lacroix (Canadian Heritage); John Brotman, Pat Bradley, Mark Haslam, Sara Roque, Carolyn Vesely, Lisa Wöhrle (Ontario Arts Council); Mima Casola (Ontario Ministry of Culture); Enza Chiapetta, Chris Rosati, Robert Sweeting, (Ontario Ministry of Tourism); Anne Marie Beneteau (Ontario Trillium Foundation); Claire Hopkinson, William Huffman (Toronto Arts Council); Nancy Martin, Eileen Meawasige (Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment & Training); Genevieve Brown, Alejandra Sosa (Telefilm Canada);

We would also like to send a special thank you to our corporate partners and individual donors:

Jani Lauzon (ACTRA); Jean LaRose, Bonnie Rockthunder, Desiree Single (APTN); John Galway, Andrea Langford, Darlene Lim (Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund); Rob Braide (Astral Media Radio); Jamie Hill (AVR Radio Network); Laura Milliken, James Kinistino, Nyla Innuksuk, Emma Givera, Luke Sargent and the entire team at Big Soul Productions; Susan Alexander, Karen Clout, Stephen Finney (Canwest); Sherry Lawson (Casino Rama); Valerie Creighton, Betsy Chaly, Ahpy Bokpe (Canadian Television Fund); Du-Yi Li, Emily Bellavy (CTV); Nancy Boyle, Alison Gee-Liphardt, Alden Habacon, Shelagh O’Donnell (CBC); Andrew Johnson (CBC Newsworld); Stan Ford, Mark Branch, Mark Tureski (Deluxe); Justin Lovell (Frame Discreet); Moira Keigher, Cecelia Ramirez, Leslie Stafford (National Film Board of Canada); Sylvie Maclean (National Post); Wanda Bradley, Angie Lee, Ron Suter, (NBC Universal); Jason Hughes, Meghan Thurston (NOW Magazine); Sebastjan Henrickson (Niagara Custom Lab); Marc Glassman (POV Magazine); Kaleb Pratt (SAY Magazine); Sarah Arjoon, Alan Corvery, Marl Colt, Eunice Chen (TD Canada Trust); Jeff Bear (Urban Rez Productions); Dan St. Amour (William F. White); Kim Haladay, Sadia Zaman, (Women in Film and Television – Toronto); and our individual donors Elizabeth Anne Meek, Robert Meek, Shannon Meek, Peter White, Lindsay Knight, Don Felstead, Jacquie P. Carpenter and Anonymous Donors. Special thanks to major donor Michael Adams.

And a BIG thanks to our indispensable colleagues and community partners:

Chief Brian Laforme, Elder Rose Logan, Ingrid Hamilton (GAT Publicity); Terry Lau (Beehive Design); Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Rebecca McGowan (A Space Gallery); Lisa Steele, Kim Tomczak, Wanda Vanderstoop, Deirdre Logue, Erik Martinson (Vtape); Candice Hopkins, Steve Loft and Greg Hill (National Gallery of Canada); Sara Diamond, Bonnie Devine (OCAD); Marc Chalifoux (The Dominion Institute); Kelvin Browne (Royal Ontario Museum); Francisco Alvarez (Institute for Contemporary Culture, ROM); Melanie Wilmink (Calgary Society of Independent Film); Ben Donoghue and the team at LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto); Larry Frost, Nancy Jocko, Lana Morissette (Native Canadian Centre of Toronto); Shane Smith (Spafax Canada); Rachel Fulford (E1 Entertainment); Greg Woodbury, Ross Turnbull (Charles Street Video); Robin Smith (Kinosmith); Penny McCann (SAW Video); Sally Riley (Australian Film Commission); Bird Runningwater (Sundance Film Festival); Liisa Holmberg (Skábmagovat Film Festival); Paul Rickard, Fred Rickard (Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival); Andre Dudemaine (Terres En Vues); Elizabeth Weatherford, Michelle Svenson (NMAI); Norman Cohn, Zach Kunuk (Isuma); Scott Berry, Pablo de Ocampo, Rebecca Gimmi (Images Festival); Michael Barry, Rose Bellosillo, Lynne Fernie, Brett Hendrie, (Hot Docs); Sonia Sakamoto-Jog, Heather Keung, Chris Chin (Reel Asian Film Festival); Sandra Laronde (Red Sky Performance); Roberta Jamieson, André Morriseau (NAAF); Everyone at the Urban Shaman Gallery and Winnipeg Cinematheque; Angie Stillitano, Rob Gibbons, Jessica Thistle and Deanna DiLello (Miles Nadal JCC); Graziano Marchese (The Annex Live); Marlo Aquilina (The Century Room); Jorge Dias (The Mod Club Theatre); Stacey Donen (Royal Cinema); Victoria Dobbs (Bloor Cinema) Crystal Watts (Hard Rock Café); Chris Jones; Eddy Robinson; Eva Tabobondung; Marie Gauclet; Karen Walton, Deborah Day; Millie Knapp; Rita Deverell; Alexis Despierres; Benna Brown, Mike Moody (401 Richmond); Trudy Mascher (Clarke-Way Travel); Sonia Waite (Holiday Inn Midtown) Frank Campo and Anna La (Sutton Place Hotel); Janet Murdoc (Pauper’s Pub); Amir (By the Way Café); Laura Bonfigli and Kathryn Westoll (Royal Canadian Academy of Arts ); Annika (Ten Thousand Villages); Michael Crawford, Shane Belcourt, 2009 Festival jury members, and all of our incredible volunteers. And a heartfelt thank you to Aaron Sykes.

Special thanks to festival founder Cynthia Lickers-Sage and co-founder Vtape.