INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, CA, USA – US Premiere
2023 Pune International Film Festival, India
2023 Birrarangga Film Festival, Australia – Opening Film
2023 Māoriland Film Festival, New Zealand
2023 Milwaukee Film Festival, IL, USA
2023 Cascadia International Women's Film Festival, WA, USA
2023 Big Apple Festival and Screenplay Competition, NY, USA
2023 Cine Las Americas, Austin, TX, USA
2023 Art of Brooklyn Film Film Festival, NY, USA
2023 Galaxy Gig Harbor Festival, Gig Harbor, WA, USA
2023 South Dakota Film Festival, Aberdeen, SD, USA
CANADIAN FILM FESTIVALS
2022 Toronto International Film Festival, ON
2022 Vancouver International Film Festival, BC – Opening Film
2022 Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax, NS
2022 Cinéfest Sudbury, ON
2022 Edmonton International Film Festival, AB
2022 Calgary International Film Festival, AB
2022 ImagineNative Film & Media Arts Festival, Toronto, ON
2023 Snakebite Film Festival, Penticton BC
2023 Victoria Film Festival, BC
2023 Available Light Film Festival, Whitehorse, YT
2023 Kingston Canadian Film Festival, ON
2023 International Film Festival of Ottawa, ON
2023 Grand River Film Festival, Waterloo, ON
2023 Blue Mountain Film Festival, ON
2023 International Festival Présence Autochtone, Montreal, QC
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
2022 Cinéfest Sudbury / Winner / Audience Choice Award - Best Feature Film
2022 Cinéfest Sudbury / Runner-Up / Cinema Indigenized Outstanding Talent
2023 Victoria Film Festival / Winner / Cultural Currents Award
2023 Available Light Film Festival / Winner / Audience Choice Award Best Canadian Feature – Fiction
2023 Canadian Screen Awards / 5 Nominations
Best Original Screenplay - Marie Clements
Achievement in Music - Original Song - Marie Clements, Wayne Lavallee, Jesse Zubot
Achievement in Visual Effects - Eric Gambini, Sarah Krusch Flanagan, Louis Mackall, Virginie Strub, Andrew Joe, Gabriel, Chiang, Linus Burghardt
Achievement in Hair - Charlene Dunn
Achievement in Makeup - Darci Jackson, Elizabeth McLeod
2023 CAFTCAD Awards / Winner / Costume Design in Film – Period / Carmen Thompson & Jessica Kalan
2023 WGC Screenwriting Awards / Finalist / Feature Film / Written by Marie Clements
2023 CSC Award / Nominee / Theatrical Feature Cinematography – Vince Arvidson csc
2023 Big Apple Festival and Screenplay Competition / Winner / Best Feature Film
2023 Leo Awards / 13 Nominations / 10 Winners
Best Feature Film
Winner
Best Director - Winner - Marie Clements
Best Screenwriting - Winner - Marie Clements
Best Cinematography - Winner -Vince Arvidson csc
Best Sound - Winner
Gregor Phillips, Craig Berkey, Ryan Thommpson, Miguel Nunes, Andrea Velarde Mosquera, Alex Macia,
Devon Quelch, Matias Gibbs
Best Musical Score - Winner - Jesse Zubot, Wayne Lavallee
Best Production Design - Winner - James Philpott, Stephanie Ajmeria
Best Costume Design - Winner - Carmen Thompson, Jessica Kalan
Best Casting - Winner - Judy Lee
Best Supporting Performance Male - Jonathan Whitesell
Best Supporting Performance Female - Alyssa Wapanatâhk
Best Lead Performance Male - Phillip Forest Lewitski
Best Lead Performance Female - Winner - Grace Dove
2023 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival / Winner / Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
2023 Festival International Présences Autochtones / Winner / APTN Award / Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Aboriginal Cinema / Marie Clements for Bones of Crows
2023 Festival International Présences Autochtones / First Prize / Air Canada - Matera Award / Bones of Crows, Marie Clements / Matera International Film Festival Screening (Oct 4-8)
2023 South Dakota International Film Festival / Winner / Best Narrative Feature Film / Bones of Crows
2023 South Dakota International Film Festival / Winner / Best Actress / Bones of Crows