5 winners of Jeff Barnaby grants for Indigenous filmmakers announced – CBC

May 10, 2023

Netflix, imagineNATIVE partnered to award $25,000 grants for horror projects

The five Indigenous filmmakers who will each receive $25,000 grants in honour of the late Mi’kmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby were announced Wednesday.

Netflix and imagineNATIVE partnered to provide the grants to Indigenous filmmakers working in the horror, thriller or futurism genres.

One of the recipients is Inuk filmmaker Bronwyn Szabo, who said she couldn’t hold back her emotions when she heard she got a grant.

“I started crying right away. I was truly overwhelmed and it was absolutely incredible,” said Szabo.

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