Bronfree Films

02/08/2024

🎥✨ Tiny is screening at the Pathways Indigenous Arts Festival! Happening August 16-18, 2024, at the Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino in Pojoaque, New Mexico. 🦬

This 3-day festival is packed with vibrant Indigenous performances, stunning films, and delicious food from vendors, including Manko: Native American Fusion and Good As Feast. 🍲

Enjoy live performances from artists like Gary Farmer & The Troublemakers, Levi Platero, and Def-I, plus Indigenous films showcasing powerful storytelling and cultural richness. 🎶🎬

Catch Tiny as part of the film lineup, supported by the Sundance Indigenous Program:
📅 August 18th at 1PM
📍 Barranca Room
🎨 Cultural Animations Program

Don’t miss this unforgettable celebration of Indigenous art and culture! ❤️

For more information, visit: poehcenter.org/pathways

Poeh Cultural Center

31/07/2024

📖 AVAILABLE NOW ON GOOD DOCS 📖

Exciting news! 🎉 Tiny is now accessible to educators, libraries, and community groups for streaming or purchase through GOOD DOCS!

After such an impactful experience bringing Tiny to classrooms in Missoula during Big Sky Documentary Film Festival's "Filmmakers in the Schools" program, we are absolutely thrilled about this offering. 🙌

Visit https://gooddocs.net/products/tiny to bring this award-winning film to your classroom, campus, and community. 🌟

29/07/2024

🎬✨ Tiny is hitting the big screen at the Smithsonian’s 2024 Native Cinema Showcase! 🌟🎥

🌊 In Tiny, 'Nakwaxda'xw Elder Colleen Hemphill tells the story of her life as a youth growing up on a float house, brought to life through stopmotion animation. 🌊

Catch Tiny in the Belonging Shorts block on Saturday, August 17th at 3 PM at the New Mexico History Museum — free of charge! Don’t miss this chance to watch incredible stories and celebrate Native cinema. 🎉

For more info 👉 https://americanindian.si.edu/native-cinema-showcase-santa-fe-2024/belonging-shorts-program.cshtml

26/07/2024

Tiny is screening for free at the Montréal Présence autochtone / First Peoples Festival in August!

📍August 10th at 2PM @ Grande Bibliothèque (Viewing Room 4th Floor)
🎥 Part of the Short Films Session 1 Program
🏆Tiny has been nominated for the APTN Award!

Many many thanks to Chloé Biocca for creating the French subtitles of Tiny for this special screening 💙

For more info👉🎟️ https://presenceautochtone.ca/programmation/seance-de-courts-metrages/

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12/06/2024

Watch How A People Live at Yukon Film Society this Indigenous Peoples' Day!

12/06/2024

Tiny is the recipient of the Best Short Film Award at The Portland EcoFilm Festival! 🎉

Tiny will be one of five shorts screening in this year's New Indigenous Short Films program this Saturday June 15th, 2024 at 3PM at The Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon.

Our team is incredibly honoured to receive this award, especially through this festival that supports and creates community around environmental advocacy in film.

Thank you to the Portland EcoFilm Festival!! 💚

Tickets ▶️ https://www.portlandecofilmfest.org/2024/2024/6/15/new-indigenous-short-films

02/05/2024

✨We are going to NYC!✨

Our stopmotion short Tiny will be screening in New York City this month at the American Museum of Natural History as a part of the Margaret Mead Film Festival!

🎥 All Day May 11th and 12th
📍American Museum of Natural History in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life
🌊 Earth in Focus Shorts Program
🎟️ FREE with Museum Admission: https://www.amnh.org/explore/margaret-mead-festival

**Filmmaker Ritchie Hemphill and Film's subject Colleen Hemphill will be in attendance for a portion of the screenings. More info to come!

About the program:
“Through these five family-friendly shorts, which will play on loop throughout the day, we celebrate the intricate relationship between humanity and the natural world and remember our duty to cherish, protect, and preserve the Earth for generations to come.”

20/04/2024

Mid-island pals — you can watch 🌊Tiny🌊 on the big screen May 4th 3:30PM at the Comox Valley International Film Festival!

Tickets ➡️ https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cviff-2024-short-film-program-4-community/

20/04/2024

Victoria friends — catch 🌿Mǝca🌿May 4th 6:30PM at The Vic Theatre, as a part of CineVic Pacific Rim Film Festival!

The story of Mǝca (Mink) is told in Kwakʼwala by the late 'Nakwaxda'xw Elder Ida Smith.

Tickets➡️ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/short-circuit-pacific-rim-film-festival-tickets-881572365677

Thank you to the First Peoples' Cultural Council for supporting this project!

09/04/2024

🌊 Tiny is screening virtually for FREE from now until April 19th
through the Latino and Native American Film Festival,! 🌊

👀▶ https://thelatinonativeamericanfilmfestivallanaff.ottchannel.com/media/tiny-542524

The festival promotes Latino and Native American cultures through the exhibition of feature films, documentaries, shorts, and animations, as well as through other artistic manifestations.

✨The wonderful lineup of films from around the globe are accessible online. ✨

25/03/2024

🌊 NOW STREAMING ON CBC Gem 🌊

We are so excited to announce that our award-winning claymation short Tiny is available to stream nation-wide in Canada on CBC Gem!

STREAM HERE👉💻 https://linktr.ee/bronfreefilms

ABOUT 👉 Tiny is a stop motion film which tells the story of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill’s childhood. The film portrays modern day Colleen as she reflects on her past, and re-enacts the stories she tells of her youth, as a young girl growing up on a float-house in the wild and unpredictable Pacific Northwest and its waters. The film aims to celebrate the life and identity of Colleen by sharing the gift of her presence and stories with audiences.

THANK YOU 🫶We want to give a huge thank you to all of our film festival audience members and to all of our supporters! We are so grateful to have had the chance to meet and speak with you at the festival Q&As. 💙

✨ And a very special thank you to Canada Council for the Arts for supporting this project! ✨

PLUS 🎟 Get tickets to watch Tiny on the big screen at a Film Festival near you! 👉 https://linktr.ee/bronfreefilms

25/03/2024

🌊 NOW STREAMING ON CBC Gem 🌊

We are so excited to announce that our award-winning claymation short Tiny, directed by Ritchie Hemphill and Ryan Haché, is available to stream nation-wide in Canada on CBC GEM!

ABOUT 👉 Tiny is a stop motion film which tells the story of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill’s childhood. The film portrays modern day Colleen as she reflects on her past, and re-enacts the stories she tells of her youth, as a young girl growing up on a float-house in the wild and unpredictable Pacific Northwest and its waters. The film aims to celebrate the life and identity of Colleen by sharing the gift of her presence and stories with audiences.

THANK YOU 🫶We want to give a huge thank you to all of our film festival audience members and to all of our supporters! We are so grateful to have had the chance to meet and speak with you at the festival Q&As. 💙

✨ And a very special thank you to Canada Council for the Arts for supporting this project! ✨

STREAM 👉💻 https://gem.cbc.ca/canadian-reflections/s01e3015

PLUS 🎟 Get tickets to watch Tiny on the big screen at a Film Festival near you! Head to the 👉 https://linktr.ee/bronfreefilms

02/02/2024

We're thrilled that two filmmakers, whose work is featured in the 33rd annual World Community Film Festival, will be in attendance! Ritchie Hemphill, along with his mother Colleen Hemphill (the film's narrator) will be at the opening night screening of "Tiny". "Tiny" is a richly detailed stop motion film in which Colleen Hemphill tells the story of life growing up on a float house near Alert Bay.
Filmmaker Ali Grant and producer Cari Green will attend the screening of their film "Not Quite That". Not Quite That Documentary is an intimate and insightful exploration of how we are seen and how we see ourselves, especially people who identify as LGBTQ+. Watch the trailers at https://worldcommunity.ca/tiny/ https://worldcommunity.ca/not-quite-that/

11/01/2024

Tiny is an Official Selection at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2024 - the largest nonfiction film festival in the American West!

Director Ritchie attended Big Sky last year with Nia Tero's 4th World Lab, so we are absolutely thrilled to share this news and are looking forward to the festival 🎉 Screening dates/time TBA.

30/12/2023

We're so excited about this screening of Tiny in Courtney, BC with the World Community Film Fest!

📍Friday February 2nd at the Sid Williams Theatre.

Tickets 👉 https://worldcommunity.ca/film-festival/?fbclid=IwAR2BVjURKMabGGrsDYeT1mYqMphlmBq_abqGlmTlAD5msMk_gVFQPRsKQPI

Information about our upcoming opening night films! On Friday, February 2nd 2024 7:30pm at the Sid Williams theatre, the 33rd Annual World Community Film Festival commences with two films--one short (15 min) and the other feature length. The first film, "Tiny", is a stop-motion animation on the life of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill and her experiences growing up on a float house near Alert Bay. Colleen is featured telling stories about her relationships with family, community, and nature. Watch trailer: https://worldcommunity.ca/tiny/ *Please note that these evening films will not be available in the online festival https://worldcommunity.ca/film-festival/

15/12/2023

27/11/2023

Tiny’s screening in London! ✨

Catch Tiny at the London International Animation Festival tomorrow!

📍November 28th at 8:45PM at Puppet Theatre Barge and online
🎥Screening in the Stop Motion Panorama Program

🎟Tickets👉https://liaf.org.uk/schedule/liaf-2023-stop-motion-panorama?wcs_timestamp=1701204300

21/11/2023

We're honoured to announce TINY has been awarded the ✨Best Canadian Short ✨ award at Shorts Not Pants film festival in Toronto!

Special thanks to the jury for their statement of support, and to all who have seen or engaged with our work. We're so grateful!

Full film awards list here: https://shortsnotpants.com/2023/11/21/bestfilms2023/

20/11/2023

Toronto friends! Our film, Tiny, is an official selection at the Regent Park Film Festival, running from November 23-26th! We're thrilled to invite you to the free screening on Saturday, November 25th.

📍November 25th at 4PM at Ada Slaight Hall
🎥 Part of the shorts program 'How We Used to Live'.

Your support means the world to us as we showcase our film to a diverse and engaged audience.

Free tickets 🎟️ 👉 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/regentparkfilmfestival/1047970 #

19/11/2023

Watch our award-winning short Meca, presented by Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, as a part of the 2023 Native Cinema Showcase for free on-demand from now until November 24th 🎉

🎥 Watch it here: https://americanindian.si.edu/native-cinema-showcase-2023/future-focused-shorts-program.cshtml (time stamp 43:50)

🌿 Məca is a stop motion representation of the late Elder Ida Smith telling her grandson the 'Nakwax'daxw legend of the Mink. In this film Ida tells the story in the Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala language. Mink, or "Məca", is an impatient son of the Sun who is trying to force himself into being someone other than he is, so that he can impress love interests. Throughout his journey Məca will learn what it means to have humility, patience, and to be better at self acceptance.

15/11/2023

Thank you American Indian Film Institute!! ✨

14/11/2023

We were honoured to screen our film Tiny at the American Indian Film Festival last week, and proud to share that the film won the 🏆Best Animated Short Award🏆 at the festival!

We are so grateful to the AIFF for believing in our film and recognizing it in this way. To anyone who's seen Tiny, or engaged with our work, we thank you ❤

Special congrats to the directors of Tiny, Ritchie Hemphill and Ryan Haché, and to narrator Colleen Hemphill!

Watch the trailer for Tiny here: https://youtu.be/gt5j8Uv_Z1I?si=jfWHUb2YV6zvGYZs

Future screening information: https://linktr.ee/bronfreefilms

10/11/2023

TINY will be screening at the Guelph Film Festival this weekend! 🌊

📍Tomorrow November 11th at 2:30PM at ArtBar by Guelph Arts Council.

🎥 Part of the Indigenous-Made Docs Short Series.

Tickets 🎟️👉 https://www.showpass.com/short-series-indigenous-made-docs/

Co-presented by Guelph Arts CouncilVenue: artBar by GAC 37 Quebec St Upper Level, Guelph, ON N1H 2T1Tickets: $12/PWYW A collection of short docs made by Indigenous filmmakers. Tiny Ritchie Hemphill & Ryan Haché ⋅ CANADA ⋅ 16 min Short Description: Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill, reflects ...

10/11/2023

Our short film TINY will be making its✨Los Angeles Premiere✨at Red Nation International Film Festival!

📍TODAY November 10th at 3PM at Fine Arts Theatre Beverly Hills.

🏆Nominated for Best Animated Short🏆

Tickets 🎟✨https://rednationff.com/tiny/

03/11/2023

Tiny will be screening tomorrow at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco!

📍Screening November 4th at 1PM as a part of the Animated Shorts Program.

🌊Tiny has also been nominated for ✨Best Animated Short✨

🎟️👉FREE but RSVP here: https://aiff48.eventive.org/schedule/64fcc3277a184c0058b2f42c

02/11/2023

Catch Tiny at the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival TONIGHT at 7PM at ByTowne Cinema!

Tickets 🎟️👉https://ocanfilmfest.ca/

17/10/2023

Tiny will be screening at the Santa Fe International Film Festival this weekend! ✨

🎥 10am on Sunday October 22nd at New Mexico History Museum as a part of the Indigenous Shorts Program 1

🌊 Tiny is a contemplative stop motion film which tells the story of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill’s childhood, as a young girl growing up on a float-house in the Pacific Northwest and its waters.

Tickets 🎟️👉 https://boxoffice.santafe.film/events/indigenousshorts1/

13/10/2023

Toronto! TINY is screening as a part of the Planet In Focus film festival!

Screenings:
🎥Oct 13th at 7PM at Paradise proceeding S-YÉWYÁW / AWAKEN.
🎥Oct 21st at 3PM at Paradise as a part of the shorts program Land, Legend and Legacies.

🎟Tickets👉https://www.goelevent.com/planetinfocus/e/s-ywywAwaken

13/10/2023

Tiny is screening today and tomorrow at BendFilm Festival!!

Tickets here: https://bendfilm.org/2023-bendfilm-festival/

27/09/2023

Watch Tiny at the Ottawa Canadian Film Festival this fall!

Tickets : https://ocanfilmfest.ca

The fourth film we are featuring is Tiny, directed by Ritchie Hemphill and Ryan Haché.

Tiny is a contemplative stop motion film which tells the story of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill’s childhood. The film aims to celebrate the life and identity of Colleen by sharing the gift of her presence and stories with audiences.

Stay tuned to learn more about this film and the director!

🎥Buy your tickets now at: ocanfilmfest.ca