The Cave (Tsilhqot'in: ?E?anx) is a Canadian short science fiction film, directed by Helen Haig-Brown and released in 2009.[1] The first science fiction film shot in an Indigenous Canadian language, the film adapts a Tsilhqot'in tale about a man who discovers a portal to the spirit world while hunting a bear.[2]

The Cave
Chilcotin?E?anx
Directed byHelen Haig-Brown
Written byHelen Haig-Brown
Produced byLeena Minifie
Adrian Cox
Natalia Tudge
StarringEdmund Lulua
Kelly William
CinematographyRandy Che
Edited byAlec MacNeill Richardson
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Rugged Media
Release date
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageTsilhqot'in

The film stars Edmund Lulua as the hunter, and Kelly William as his spirit world guide. Narration is provided by the original tape recording of the story, which was first recorded by Haig-Brown's great uncle.[2]

The film was produced as part of the Embargo Collective, a project spearheaded by the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival to commission the creation of short films in indigenous languages.[1] It was shot in summer 2009 in the Nemaiah Valley near Williams Lake, British Columbia,[2] and premiered at ImagineNATIVE in October 2009.[2]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2009.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Monica Lamb-Yorski, "Aboriginal director to shoot sci-fi movie in Tsilhqot'in language". Canadian Press, July 24, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "The Cave director talks about her work". Williams Lake Tribune, December 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Dolan, Nadda films among Canada's best of the year". Waterloo Region Record, December 26, 2009.
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