The latest documentary film from acclaimed Anishinaabe filmmaker Darlene Naponse is set to screen at Cinefest on Tuesday, Sept. 16, offering audiences a powerful and immersive experience that stands out for its unique storytelling.

Told without dialogue or narration, Aki is a sensory portrait of life on a northern reserve. Through striking visuals and soundscapes, Naponse captures the rhythms of the land and subtle movements of daily life as the seasons shift. The natural world becomes the storyteller, making the film’s title, Aki (meaning ‘land’), all the more fitting.

Naponse filmed Aki in her community of Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, formerly known as Whitefish Lake First Nation, near Sudbury. Through film, including previous works Falls Around Her and Stellar, Naponse explores themes

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