How Do I Represent Myself?’: Young Tsilhqot’in Filmmaker Gets Noticed – The Tyee

Twenty-five-year-old Trevor Mack’s latest short to debut at 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Meet Trevor Mack, award-winning Tsilhqot’in filmmaker from Tl’etinqox reserve. His films are raw, intense and poetic and challenge stereotypes of Indigenous people on screen.

Most known for his first two works, The Blanketing and Clouds of Autumn, Mack’s back in the spotlight with his latest film, which debuts at coming international film festivals.

Etsu (Grandmother) premieres at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sept. 7 and the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) on Sept. 28. Another recent project, Anna Marina, debuts at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the biggest Indigenous film festival in the world, on Oct. 18.