Dreamspeakers Film Festival wraps successful run in downtown Edmonton – The Albertan
May 14, 2026
(ANNews) – This year’s Dreamspeakers Festival brought screenings, workshops, teachings, and community gatherings to several downtown spaces, including Landmark Cinemas at Edmonton City Centre, Kakio Studio Café, Co*Lab Performance Hall, and Amiskwaciw Waskayhkan Ihtawin, also known as Beaver Hills House Park.
For Jessica Daniels, acting executive director of Dreamspeakers, the move downtown was about visibility. “One of our goals is to see Indigenous art, Indigenous people reflected in the landscape and to be reflected in the spaces that we occupy,” she said. Dreamspeakers is still gathering formal feedback, but the response Daniels heard during and after the event was positive, some audience members told her it was the strongest festival in many years, and attendance was the highest it’s been in a long time.
