Official Selection Montreal Independent Film Festival

Winter2024 seasonal winners of the Montreal Film Festival (MIFF ) are honored to announce the winners and Honorable Mentions of the Winter/2024 in various sections of the competition. It is our pleasure to announce the latest winners of the fest.

Winter2024 seasonal winner of MIFF:

Best Short Documentary

People & Wolves

Director: Rachel Tilseth

With thousands of entries every year, the programming team nominates about a hundred projects for each seasonal competition, and the winners are forwarded to the annual programming team for the annual screenings of the festival at the Cinema du Parc of Montreal and through MIFF magazine/Channel. The finalists are screened in the cinema every year. All the seasonal nominees are also invited to screen their projects through the MIFF platform. Arsalan Baraheni, the artistic director of the Montreal Independent Film Festival, brings together various distributors, critics, filmmakers, and artists from various countries to join the festival, and the festival team consists of artists from all over the globe.

People & Wolves Official Trailer

A story of coexistence. For centuries, the Ojibwe have lived alongside their brother Ma’iingan, who we know in English to be the wolf. In February 2021, a Brutal assault, a hunt on their wolf relative, stirs emotion and grief for Ma’iingan as they know what happens to him will happen to them. A Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Film by Rachel Tilseth and edited by Justin Koehler. Cast: Edith Leoso, Peter David, Marvin DeFoe, Michael Waasegiizhig Price, Patrick Durkin, Sandy Gokee, John Johnson Sr., and Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace. Directed and Produced by Rachel Tilseth, co-producer Manish Bhatt, co-producer Michael Waasegiizhig Price, Writer Rachel Tilseth, and cameraman Tyler Grape.

People & Wolves Official Trailer

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