2025 Canadian Screen Awards.

NOMINEE
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

WHERE TO WATCH

S-yéwyáw: Awaken

Synopsis:

Calling the audience’s attention to the filmmaking process of narrative collaboration between an Indigenous and settler team, this character-driven documentary connects the transformative stories of three Indigenous multimedia changemakers and their four Elders. Infused by Indigenous ceremony, s-yéwyáw: Awaken walks alongside the process of intergenerational healing.

Nominees:

Ecko Aleck, Liz Marshall, Alfonso Salinas, Charlene SanJenko

Channel:

TELUS Optik TV

Broadcaster:

TELUS

Production Company:

Elders' Film Inc.


S-yéwyáw: Awaken

Synopsis:

Calling the audience’s attention to the filmmaking process of narrative collaboration between an Indigenous and settler team, this character-driven documentary connects the transformative stories of three Indigenous multimedia changemakers and their four Elders. Infused by Indigenous ceremony, s-yéwyáw: Awaken walks alongside the process of intergenerational healing.

Nominees:

Ecko Aleck, Liz Marshall, Alfonso Salinas, Charlene SanJenko

Channel:

TELUS Optik TV

Broadcaster:

TELUS

Production Company:

Elders' Film Inc.

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