Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

Bihttoš is an unconventional documentary that explores the complex relationship between a father and daughter. Through animation, re-enactments, and archival photos, writer/director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers delves into the dissolution of her parents' mythic love story and how it has colored her perception of love in her adult life.

Production :
Violator Films
Distribution :
Violator Films
Contact :
Camera :
Oliver Millar
Screenplay :
Elle-Maija Tailfeathers
Editing :
Bridget Durnford

Direction
  • Elle-Maija Tailfeathers

    Emerging filmmaker, actor, and writer. Her films have screened at numerous international festivals including imagineNATIVE. In 2012, her short film A Red Girl’s Reasoning won the Best Canadian Short Drama at imagineNATIVE. In 2013, she was selected for the Indigenous Film Fellowship by the International Sámi Film Centre in Norway to develop her first feature-length screenplay.