WORLD PREMIERE
ANIMATION | CANADA | 4 MINUTES | English
pîķîwî
Director Olivia Marie Golosky
Memories intertwine with stark reality, pîķîwî explores the haunting impacts of sexual assault as a Two-Spirit Metis person navigates a fragmented landscape of memories towards healing and resilience.
CAST & CREDITS
Director
Olivia Marie Golosky
Producer
Olivia Marie Golosky
Screenwriter
Olivia Marie Golosky
Key Cast
Olivia Marie Golosky
Directors Bio
Olivia Marie Golosky (Michif)
Hailing from nistawâyâw, Olivia is a Two-Spirit Michif Screenwriter, Director, Production Coordinator and Producer.
Olivia’s passion is to empower Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans Indigenous voices through a lens of radical self-love and joy. In their solo work, they anchor their voice around displacement and rebuilding their world as a Survivor.
Their work includes; Kimmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (Producing/Directing Mentee), homecoming (Director), The Runner (Line Producer), Nite Ride (Co-Director/Writer/Co-Producer), The Bears’ Lair (Season 1, Production Coordinator), Bones of Crows (2nd Ast Production Coordinator), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Season 1, Producing Directors’ Assistant), Yellowjackets (Season 1, Producer’s Assistant), and The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open (Producing Mentee).
Olivia’s award-winning Podcast, Through the Kaleidoscope, can be found through CJSW 90.9 FM’s website.
Their writings have appeared in Red Rising Magazine and the Canadian Theatre Review. Their play, Wihtiko, can be found in the Alberta Playwrights Network’s catalogue.
Olivia is a member of the McMurray Métis Local 1935 and the Métis Nation of Alberta.
Directors Statement
I directed this film, pîķîwî, after spending lots of time healing around the wounds I have as a Survivor of Sexual Assault. I hail from nistawâyâw (Fort McMurray, AB, Treaty 8), and my passion is to empower Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans Indigenous voices through a lens of radical self-love and joy. In my solo-work, I anchor my voice around displacement and rebuilding my world as a Survivor. pîķîwî means home / they are returning in Northern Michif, one of my ancestral languages. Returning home for me is not just a physical practice, it is a spiritual one. For me, this film offers a way to return to home, and a return to self. pîķîwî is a meditation on survivance and resurgence of Two-Spirit and Indigi-Queer people. It is a love letter to my fellow Survivors. It is a prayer for compassion, tenderness and moving my identity beyond these wounds
Program Five
Showtimes
Friday, November 15
IN-PERSON
Screening: 4:45pm
Once Purchased
your name will be at ‘Will Call’
AMC The Grove 14
189 The Grove Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Parking
At The Theatre
