CONFLUENCE

Charlene Moore:
Winnipeg filmmaker and member of York Factory First Nation, Charlene Raven Moore is an award winning writer, director, producer living in Treaty One Territory. As a queer Cree, Saulteaux, and Welsh woman, Charlene creates films that focus on identity, connection, and resilience.
Charlene has written, directed, and produced several short films that have been nationally broadcasted on APTN, APTN Lumi, CBC, CBC Gem, and Bell Media, and have played internationally at film festivals like Slamdance, Vancouver International Film Festival, American Indian Film Festival, ImagineNative Film Festival, LA Skins Film Festival, and BIRRARANGGA Film Festival. Her super 8 film CHOCOLATE was nominated for “Standout Producer, Standout Director, Standout Writer”, Kristiane Church nominated for “Standout Cinematographer”, Rhayne Vermette nominated for “Standout Actress”, and Jayden Moore nominated for “Standout Actor” at the 2021 Reelworld International Film Festival. CHOCOLATE also won the “IFA Warner Brother Discovery Access Canada” award at the 2022 Gimli Film Festival. Her last short documentary WHEN THE CHILDREN LEFT was nominated for “Best Short Documentary” at the 2021 Best of NFMLA Awards, “Best Film: Audience Choice Award” at the 2021 FLICKFAIR online festival, and the “Manitoba Shorts Audience Choice Award” and the “Indigenous Spirit Award” at the 2019 Gimli Film Festival.
Charlene has her Masters in Indigenous Governance and has volunteered as a board member of the Indigenous Filmmakers Association since its inception and was a co-organizer of the Winnipeg Indigenous Filmmakers Collective from 2014 – 2022. Through this time she organized collective meetings, screenings, and co-founded/co-organized the Indigenous Film Summit (2017-2019). She is currently in post-production on a short documentary “Graduation Day” (co-directed with Tasha Hubbard) for CBC, as well as co-producing “LEVERS”, Rhayne Vermette’s next futurist feature film, and producing “Taming the Fat Black Wolf”, a dark-comedy series by Olly King.

ODMK'S:

Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Oliver Darrius Merrick King (ODMK) - formally Ken Burns, is proudly from James Smith Cree Nation. From his very early upbringing it was clear Olly was a storyteller. From working on YouTube videos as a teen, blogging and navigating new media to learning how to use industry standard tools and techniques, Olly has done a wide range of media projects. In 2014 Olly took the next steps and went to film program after film program (2014- Nu Meida, 2015- The Adam Beach Film Instit & 2016-NSI’s New Voices programs). Olly is always learning taking on workshops, incubators and labs with the most recent being the Toronto Queer Film Festivals ‘Queer Animation Workshop’ where Olly made his first fully animated short film ‘E P H E M E R A’. From being a student to being a facilitator and mentor Olly has also taught his methods for the WIFC’s Skodoodisden ‘Switch-A-Roo’ and ‘Artist Fusion’. The latter, Olly produced his second animated work, an Indigenous language short titled ‘A Cree Love Story’. Olly’s work has been screened at Gilmli International Film Fest, Way Out Film Fest in Albuquerque, NM and the LA Skins Fest, TQFF, WNDX, ReelPride and Here N’ Queer to name a few.
Currently, Olly is producing a feature with Rhayne Vermette and Charlene Moore titled ‘LEVERS’ which Rhayne is directing. Olly has also starred as a fictional version of himself in the upcoming feature film ‘8th Street Menace’ co-written and directed by Gavin Baird and Jacob Farrell. In addition fo all phases of media production, Olly has also dabbled in the world of curation, selecting, hosting and screening shorts for N.I.M.A.C’s (National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition) movie night.
Being two-spirit and Cree has always been an important part of who he is and his approach to storytelling. Utilizing his innate abilities to teach himself and push the barriers of what is possible Olly continues to move forward in life with curious eyes and a creative mind.