Êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines

êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Theola Ross and released in 2020.[1] The film documents the experience of Ross, a queer-identified Cree woman, and her partner as they pursue in vitro fertilisation treatment after deciding to raise a child together.[2]

êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines
Directed byTheola Ross
Written byTheola Ross
Produced byAlex Bailey
CinematographyAlexandre Nour Desjardins
Edited byLucius Dechausay
Production
company
Theola Ross Productions
Distributed byWinnipeg Film Group
Release date
Running time
11 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Cree

The film premiered at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the winner of the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary.[3] It subsequently won the award for Best Short Documentary Work at the 2020 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.[4]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[5] The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[6]

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