| Cree: êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines | |
| Director: | Theola Ross |
| Producer: | Alex Bailey |
| Cinematography: | Alexandre Nour Desjardins |
| Editing: | Lucius Dechausay |
| Studio: | Theola Ross Productions |
| Distributor: | Winnipeg Film Group |
| Runtime: | 11 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English Cree |
Cree: êmîcêtôsêt-Many Bloodlines is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Theola Ross and released in 2020.[1] The film documents the experience of Ross, a queer-identified Cree woman, and her partner as they pursue in vitro fertilisation treatment after deciding to raise a child together.[2]
The film premiered at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the winner of the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary.[3] It subsequently won the award for Best Short Documentary Work at the 2020 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival.[4]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[5] The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[6]