The Indigenous Screen Office Supports Nine Interactive and Immersive Projects Through the Interactive and Immersive Program

Toronto (Tkaronto), July 3, 2025 – The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) announces a $725,000 investment in Indigenous interactive and immersive projects through the Interactive and Immersive Program in partnership with the Canada Media Fund (CMF). The program funded five projects from British Columbia and four projects from Ontario, with 10 unique Indigenous languages included in the final product of these projects.

The ISO Interactive and Immersive program provides funding support to Indigenous screen-based creators for the development and production of Interactive and/or Immersive projects. The participants to the program undertake project work in the development and production of high-calibre video​​games, AR/VR/MR works, apps, and immersive and/or interactive projects that include audiovisual content.

The following projects have been supported by the Interactive and Immersive Program.

Project: Ectopia
Company: Tooth & Nail Pictures LTD.
Key Creative: Eva Grant, Interior Salish
Type: Immersive, Digitally-Interactive Art Exhibition
Region: British Columbia
Indigenous Language: St’at’imcets
*Project funded in partnership with CMF

Project: Home – Piikaniksaahko (Piikani Land)
Company: Piikani Syilx Okanagan Blackfoot Nation Films Inc. – 1479865 B.C. LTD.
Key Creative: Colin Lyttle (Van Loon), Blackfoot – Piikani / Dutch
Type: Virtual Reality Documentary
Region: British Columbia
Indigenous Language: Blackfoot
*Project funded in partnership with CMF

Project: Mekwâc: “now is good”
Company: James Monkman Studio Inc.
Key Creative: James Monkman, Cree
Type: Immersive Art Installation
Region: Ontario
Indigenous Language: Cree (music)
*Project funded in partnership with CMF

Project: Otekhnótshera
Company: 2RO MEDIA
Key Creative: Jackson Twobears, Kanien’kehà:ka / Mohawk, January Rogers, Kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk) and Tahskaró:ren (Tuscarora)
Type: Site-specific Extended Reality with integrated Artificial Intelligence
Region: Ontario
Indigenous Language: Kanien’kéha (the Mohawk language)

Project: stxałq (huckleberry)
Company: Of the Land Productions Inc.
Key Creative: Tracey Bonneau, syilx
Type: Interactive and Immersive Mixed Media
Region: British Columbia
Indigenous Language: nsyilxcn

Project: Sunalimat
Company: Tiger Mister Productions Inc.
Key Creative: Jason Ryle, Anishnaabe
Type: VR Series
Region: Ontario
Indigenous Language: Inuktitut, Anishinaabemowin, Michif
*Project funded in partnership with CMF

Project: The Drop (Working Title)
Company: Spotted Fawn Productions Inc.
Key Creative: Amanda Strong, Michif
Type: Video Game
Region: British Columbia
Indigenous Language: Wuikila language
*Project funded in partnership with CMF

Project: The Seedling
Company: Blue Raven Designs Inc.
Key Creative: Carey Newman, Kwakwakaʼwakw/Stolo
Type: Interactive/Immersive AV project
Region: British Columbia
Indigenous Language: N/A

Project: UNTITLED EVIL WITHIN
Company: First Nation Creations Productions Inc.
Key Creative: Bruce Miller, Anishnaabe
Type: Extended Reality, Virtual Reality
Region: Ontario
Indigenous Language: N/A
*Project funded in partnership with CMF

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For more information or to book an interview:
Jean-François D. O’Bomsawin
Director of Communications and Francophone Initiatives, ISO
jfobomsawin@iso-bea.ca

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