Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is grateful to provide its services in support of independent filmmakers on the unceded and ancestral territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Acknowledging the harmful effects of colonization in its numerous forms helps us to move through cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competency towards cultural humility as a foundation for creating cultural safety. In alignment with United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) and Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act of British Columbia (2019), Cineworks commits to supporting the maintenance, control, protection, and development by Indigenous peoples of their cultural heritage and traditional knowledge through independent filmmaking as a visual art.

We are pleased to provide an annual Cineworks Indigenous Independent Filmmakers Bursary for a local independent filmmaker of Indigenous Ancestry. The bursary has an in-kind value of $1135 in equipment credit that can be used to purchase a one-year production membership (valued at $145) and $1,000 worth of rental of film gear and facilities (for pre-production, production and post-production) through Cineworks. One Cineworks Indigenous Filmmakers Bursary will be awarded each year to support independent Indigenous filmmaking. Interested independent filmmakers of Indigenous ancestry are encouraged to inquire about the bursary by contacting the Cineworks Executive Director at: director@cineworks.ca.