FIFEQ: Opening night and screening of Finding Dawn
Free Activity | Space is limited, Reservation required
The McCord Stewart Museum and the Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Québec (FIFEQ)/ Montréal invite you to the opening of the Festival’s 21st edition, whose theme is the duality of the visible and the invisible. A tribute to the Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing in Quebec and Canada, this inaugural evening will encourage reflection on the social, cultural and political issues surrounding these disappearances while celebrating the resilience and cultural richness of Indigenous peoples.
Come and discover the work of choreographers Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo (Kanien’kehá:ka nation, Kahnawà:ke) and Daniela Carmona Sánchez (Mexico-Tenochtitlán) via three performances that highlight the struggles, joys and strength of the women of Turtle Island and at the same time honour those who are no longer with us. These will be followed by a screening of Finding Dawn (in French only), by Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh, which takes a journey into the heart of Indigenous women’s experience in Canada.
After the screening, there will be a round table discussion moderated by Celina Yellowbird.
The evening will begin with a cocktail reception.
Program
6 p.m.: Doors open for cocktail reception
6:30 p.m.: Performances by Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo and Daniela Carmona Sánchez
7:15 p.m.: Start of the film screening
8:30 p.m.: Round table
Finding Dawn
Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh brings us a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy – the epidemic of missing or murdered women in Canada. Dawn Crey, Ramona Wilson and Daleen Kay Bosse are just three of the estimated five hundred Indigenous women who have disappeared over the past thirty years.
Panel Discussion
Moderator and curator of the activity: Celina Yellowbird. Guests to be announced.
Celina Yellowbird is Nehiyawak and French. She belongs to the Alexander First Nation, located forty minutes outside Edmonton. She studied at the University of Alberta, graduating with a B.A. in Native Studies in 2023. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Native Studies. Her master’s project focuses on missing or murdered Indigenous and two-spirit women and girls in the Prairies.
Information
- Paid activity, in French only, presented on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Duration: 4 hours
- Location: J. Armand Bombardier Theatre at the McCord Stewart Museum
Admission fees
General admission: $15
FIFEQ-Montréal
The International Festival of Ethnographic Films of Quebec, City of Montreal (FIFEQ-Montréal) was founded in 2003 by visual anthropology students at Université de Montréal. A free and unique festival, it is one of the rare platforms to screen and promote ethnographic cinema in Canada.
Thanks to the generous involvement of hundreds of students from Concordia University, McGill University and Université de Montréal and of non-student professionals, the Festival has brought together thousands of viewers, all passionate about cinema and visual anthropology or simply curious about discovering hidden gems of the ethnographic repertoire.
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