2026 · 84 mins · Documentary · English · Nuxalk
Director + Producer
Banchi Hanuse
When the ooligan vanishes from Bella Coola, its absence remains like a scar. From ramshackled Nuxalk Radio, voices rise through crackling airwaves to trace a truth no one was meant to uncover. Through testimony, watercolour animation and rare archival, what begins as a local broadcast becomes an awakening.
SMAYAYKILA FILMS presents “CEREMONY”
composer JESSE ZUBOT cinematographer LUKE CONNOR and JEAN-PHILIPPE MARQUIS animator JAY WHITE
director & producer BANCHI HANUSE editors ERIN CUMMING and SARAH TAYLOR sound designer JOE WATTS
CANADA PREMIERE
5:30pm April 30, 2026
11:30am May 1, 2026
HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
April 29 & May 3, 2023
DOCLANDS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
May 11, 2023
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF)
May 18 & 20, 2023
CINÉFEST SUDBURY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Sept 20, 2023
PORT TOWNSEND FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 22 & 23, 2023
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (CIFF)
Sept 23 & Sep 30, 2023
EVANS THEATRE
Sept 29-30, Oct 1, 2023
Streaming
Streaming (Blackfoot language version)
Streaming
Telus Optik channel 8
Big Sky Award (2023)
Best Documentary Feature (2023)
Special Jury Award Documentary Feature (2023)
Audience Award – Northern Lights (2023)
“Generation Next” Audience Choice Award (2023)
Best Canadian Documentary: Audience Choice Award + Best Canadian Feature Film: Made in the North Awards (2024)
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