Evelyn Pakinewatik

b. 1996, Toronto, Ontario.

Professional Experience (selection)

2025
Consultant, Archives of Care, York University, virtual
Speaker, Crips x Catastrophe(s), Open Access Foundation, virtual

2022-Present
Founder, executive director, Rot Wood Media Inc, Nipissing FN

2021
Speaker, The Future of Film, ImagineNATIVE, virtual

2020-Present    
Artist, lead administrator, Pakinewatik Collective, Nipissing FN

2019
Speaker, Ivy Native Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca
Speaker, Celebrating Indigenous Youth Artists, OCADU, Toronto

2006-Present
Multimedia artist, co-administrator, Chinimiwin Collective, Nipissing FN

Fellowships (selection)

2023
ImagineNative Feature Story Editing Lab, virtual

2021
Berlinale European Film Market Doc Salon, virtual

2020
HotDocs Doc Accelerator Emerging Filmmaker Lab, virtual
ImagineNative Short Script Lab, virtual

2019
4th World Media Lab, CIFF, Camden
4th World Media Lab, SIFF, Seattle
Big Sky Native Filmmaker Initiative, Missoula

2018
Reelworld Emerging 20 Program, Telefilm Canada, Toronto

Filmography (selection)

2025
ABINOOJIIKAASMIN (We Act Like Children)

2024
ANYWHERE (Nooj Goji)
On and On and On

2023
Giigdowin (Two Channel)

2020        
As Many Worlds

2019       
Mooz Miikan
Sweet Water

2018
WAASEYAA
Emerge: Stone Braids
No Place for Bad Memories

Screenings & Exhibitions (selection)

2025
On and On and On, Images Festival
On and On and On, Festival REGARD
On and On and On, ReelOut Queer Film Festival
ANYWHERE (Nooj Goji), Gender Equity in Media Festival

2024
ANYWHERE (Nooj Goji) LA SKINS FEST
A Dream About Water, North Bay Film Festival
In a Good Way, Curated Shorts Programme, North Bay Film Festival
ANYWHERE (Nooj Goji), St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
ANYWHERE (Nooj Goji), Cinéfest Sudbury
A Dream About Water, Good Atlas.

2023
Giigdowin (Two Channel), Miikaan: A Leland Bell Exhibit, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation

2021
Mooz Miikan, imagineNATIVE and imagineNATIVE National Tour

2020
Sweet Water, Colour Theory
As Many Worlds, Toronto Queer Film Festival

2019
WAASEYAA, Doors Open: Toronto City Hall
WAASEYAA, Festival Présence Autochtone
Emerge: Stone Braids, Cornell University, Native American and Indigenous Voices In Fashion
WAASEYAA, Maoriland Film Festival
Izhininjiiniwag – They Move in a Certain Way, the Bentway at Fort York

2018
Emerge: Stone Braids, Toronto Queer Film Festival
No Place for Bad Memories, Toronto Queer Film Festival
Emerge: Stone Braids, ImagineNATIVE
WAASEYAA, ImagineNATIVE