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Howah Productions Inc.

An Indigenous-owned production company

01/29/2025

We are thrilled to be invited to the European Film Market as a part of their Fiction Toolbox Programme alongside so many other talented filmmakers from around the world. We’ve been attending workshops over the past couple months to help prepare for the market and are so happy to be able to bring an Anishinaabe sci-fi, drama, romance feature narrative to international markets. There will be more to come!

If you’re going to be in Berlin for EFM or the Berlinale and want to meet up or say hi, let us know. 🙋🏽

01/28/2025

Meet the writer and director behind Oshki-aya’aa. 👋🏽

Fun fact: this is his directorial debut.

Jordan Wanakamik is an emerging Anishinaabe, Cree and Vietnamese filmmaker and photographer based in Toronto, Ontario. Starting out with photography as a hobby in 2018, he found a passion in cinematography and writing stories and decided to pursue a career in film. He is a member of Whitesand First Nation and the Cree Nation of Mistissini and son of a Vietnamese immigrant. Jordan was also selected for the LIFT and imagineNATIVE mentorship program and wrote and directed a short film named “Burned” which premiered at the 2023 imagineNATIVE film festival. Jordan was the Program Facilitator at POV Film for the Production Assistant Training Program. Jordan is also a guest mentor for the Toronto District School Board’s Arts Co-op Program with the Urban Indigenous Education Centre.

Follow along to learn more about our cast and crew, get behind the scenes and see more of the making of. 🧐

Music by https://www.bensound.com
License code: 5DE40AKWJAEDATQJ

01/25/2025

The official trailer for Oshki-aya’aa. 👀

A short film written and directed by Jordan Wanakamik. Produced by Victoria Anderson-Gardner.

Starring Jordan Fiddler, Thurston Kwissiwa, Crystal Harrison Collin, Birdie Cantin and Sean Morriseau.

Original music by Birdsong Records.

DP’d and edited by Gianni Arrigo.

Production designed by Savina Monopoli.

01/24/2025

The official poster for our short film called OSHKI-AYA’AA (which roughly translates into “Something New” in Anishinaabemowin).

Daniel, a 17 year-old Anishinaabe teen bearing the weight of his unstable childhood, seeks reconnection to himself and to his culture.

Struggling with lack of food security due to his mother’s addictions, he gets caught stealing food from a local convenience store. Thankfully the store manager knows his family and calls his uncle Bernie to come pick him up. Bernie brings Daniel over for a home-cooked meal, where Daniel learns that his uncle dances traditionally. Inspired by his uncle, Daniel decides to take it upon himself to learn how to grass dance and in the process learns about his own family’s history. Through the power of traditional dance, he is able to bring his disconnected family back together and provide some much needed healing for all of them.

We’re currently on our festival run, and will continue to post updates about the film and it’s happenings here. So follow us to stay tuned for upcoming screenings and information in regard to the film! 👋🏽

05/29/2024

We are beyond thrilled to finally announce the WORLD PREMIERE of OSHKI-AYA’AA 🗣️

Our film will have its world premiere at the inaugural Ācimowin Film Festival in Saskatoon on SATURDAY, JUNE 8th at 1:00PM at the Magic Lantern Roxy Theatre during the Revitalize, Retain, Reclaim program. Writer & director, Jordan Wanakamik, will be in attendance for the screening, so be sure to come by the screening and say hi afterwards.

Link to tickets below:
https://acimowinfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule/661d85253da74e007e9056b0

Starring: Jordan Z. Dorian, Birdie Cantin, Crystal Harrison Collin, Thurston Kwissiwa, Sean Morriseau

Writer & Director: Jordan Wanakamik
Producer: Victoria Anderson-Gardner
DOP & Editor: Gianni Arrigo
Production Designer: Savina Monopoli
Original Music: Birdsong Records, Nathan Pakka, Johnny Longfeather
Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Zoe Gordon
AD: Sean Morriseau
Set Decorator: Emma Wostyn
1st AC & Grip: Noles Dennhardt
Gaffer: Niklas Metcalfe
Grip & PA: Morgan Finlay
BTS & Hair: Morningstar Desrosiers
MUA: Casha Adams
Regalia Makers: Tammy Deperry-Robinson & Michael Robinson
PA: Kieran Wanakamik
Colourist: Yuri Cabrera
Colour Producer: Melody Chan
Elder: Audrey Deroy

Special thanks to the Creative Sovereignty Lab, Co.Lab Gallery, The City of Thunder Bay, Fort William First Nation and THP Variety and Gas Bar

With support from Indigenous Screen Office

03/18/2024

Mino-gizhigeb, good morning to all of our new followers! 🔆

If you’ve shared our previous post announcing the start of Howah’s journey, you may have received a warning saying the post went against Facebook’s guidelines. We believe this has to do with our website going against Meta’s new guidelines in regards to sharing news content. I’ve asked them to re-review the post in the meantime.

Miigwetch for all the love so far! During this time, we are still getting things sorted operationally, so we won’t be producing anything anytime soon. However, we will be sharing updates as they come through all of our social media channels. So be sure to follow along for updates. 👋🏽

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Toronto, ON
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Telephone

+14373455873

Website

https://linktr.ee/howahproductions

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