Speaker Tim Riedel
Tim Riedel is a Métis filmmaker from the Red River region in Manitoba, who has developed powerful storytelling such as 2019’s award-winning, Jackstones and the upcoming psychological horror, Ancestral Beasts, which was selected as part of the Frontières platform at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival’s, Marché du Film.
His belief in ethical story-excavation practices to improve the representation of marginalized groups has led him to collaborate with people, their families, and communities to document a variety of sensitive and challenging topics including rehabilitating child soldiers in Northern Uganda, gang violence in El Salvador, child exploitation in East Asia, infant mortality in Myanmar, the war in Afghanistan, and the plight of displaced Syrians in the Middle East.
Tim now focuses on his homeland where he has remained to develop and share Indigenous stories, uncovering lost histories, reconnecting fractured heritages, healing from trauma, and supporting the growth of the next generation of Indigenous storytellers. He is a recent student in the Filmmakers in Indigenous Leadership and Management Business Affairs (FILMBA) at Capilano University, a participant in the ‘Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship’ at the 2024 Whistler Film Festival, and he is one of 2025’s ‘Producers Without Borders’ at the European Film Market in Berlin.
Speaking on: Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #3 Scripted Drama
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