Wapos Bay movie to premiere

Wapos Bay movie to premiere at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE TO TUNE IN THROUGH LIVE STREAMING

Oct. 20, 2011 – Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes, based on the Gemini award-winning TV series, will have its
world premiere at the prestigious imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto at its Closing
Night Gala presented by Global Toronto. Produced by Wapos Bay Productions Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, the movie was selected for the closing night of the Festival’s 12th edition and will screen on Sunday, Oct. 23 at
7:00 p.m. ET at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St W).

Fans from around the world will also have the opportunity to be part of the premiere via the Closing Night
Technical Partner IsumaTV and a free live streaming at www.isuma.tv/nfb. Creator / producers Dennis &
Melanie Jackson, actors Andrea Menard (The Velvet Devil, Moccasin Flats) and Eric Jackson will be
available for the Q & A following the screening, moderated by imagineNATIVE executive director Jason
Ryle who will be taking questions from the floor and via Skype for the online viewers.

“It is humbling to have our Wapos Bay finale movie screened at imagineNATIVE because it is one of the
premiere indigenous film festivals in the world,” said Dennis Jackson. “It is always an honour to be
recognized by your peers whether those are other indigenous people, animators, filmmakers or friends. This
screening will be a unique experience because fans can log in online and they don’t necessarily have to
be here in Toronto to watch the premiere.”

The night will feature a special tribute to Wapos Bay cast member, the late Gordon Tootoosis (North of 60,
Legends of the Fall). Announcements of the future of Wapos Bay will also be made on the night, including
the launch of several online exclusive: a Mario kart racer – style video game, eBooks and episode downloads.

Tickets for the world premiere / imagineNATIVE are available in-person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox or
Phoenix Concert Theatre, by calling the TIFF Box Office at 416-599-8433, or online at
www.imaginenative.org.

The national broadcast premiere for Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes is Saturday, Dec. 3 on APTN (8 p.m. ET
on APTN HD and APTN East, 8 p.m. MT on APTN West, 8 p.m. CT on APTN North).

The movie has also been selected to screen at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (Oct.
29), American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco (Nov. 5), LA Skins Festival in Los Angeles (Nov. 16-
20) and Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival in Sydney, Australia.