Artist

Danis Goulet

Danis Goulet is an award-winning writer and director whose work has screened at numerous festivals including TIFF, Sundance, Berlin, Aspen Shortsfest, and imagineNATIVE. In early 2014, her film Wakening had its U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, following its screening at the 2013 TIFF opening night gala at the Elgin Theatre. In 2013, her short film Barefoot was recognized with a Special Mention from the Berlin International Film Festival Generation 14plus international jury. Her work has been broadcast on ARTE, CBC, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Air Canada, and Movieola – The Short Film Channel. She is an alumnus of the National Screen Institute’s Drama Prize Program and the TIFF Talent lab. She is also a former director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto. Danis was born in La Ronge, Saskatchewan and now resides in Toronto.

Artist Code: 705

Videography

Wakening

2013, 08:51 minutes, colour, Cree with English or French subtitles, also available Close Captioned EN

Barefoot

2012, 11:00 minutes, colour, English, also available Closed Captioned

Wapawekka

2010, 16:10 minutes, colour, English w/ Cree Subtitles, Cree w/ English Subtitles, also available w/ Closed Captions

Divided by Zero

2006, 16:17 minutes, colour, English

Spin

2003, 07:00 minutes, B&W, English

Critical Writing

Night Raiders director Danis Goulet on why setting Indigenious...
by Radheyan Simonpillai. Night Raiders director Danis Goulet on why setting Indigenious stories in the future is activism, Mar 2, 2021. Now Toronto, 2021.