Banchi Hanuse

Banchi Hanuse is an award winning Canadian indigenous filmmaker.

Banchi Hanuse
EducationSchool of Art
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Known forDocumentary Film

Early life and education

Hanuse holds a Bachelor of Arts in First Nations Studies from the University of British Columbia. She currently resides in Bella Coola.[1]

Hanuse has worked at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as a production assistant and project coordinator. Her most well known projects at the NFB include the Finding Dawn, directed by Christine Welsh and Our World, a digital storytelling workshop for remote Indigenous communities.[2]

Haunse also helped found Nuxalk Radio, a radio station based out of the Nuxalk village of Q'umk'uts' (Bella Coola).[3]

Career

Work

Cry Rock, Hanuse' most well known cinematic work, premiered at the National Geographic All Roads Film Festival. Cry Rock is a film documenting the life of Hanuse's grandmother, one of the few remaining speakers of the Nuxalk language in Canada.[4]

Awards and nominations

  • Canada Council for the Arts grant (2011)
  • Best Documentary Short Subject for Cry Rock, Yorkton Film Festival's Golden Sheaf Award (2011)
  • Best Documentary Short for Cry Rock, Vancouver Women in Film Festival (2011)
  • Nominated, Best Documentary Short, American Indian Film Festival (2010)[5]
  • Best Documentary Short, Vancouver Women in Film Festival (2010)[6]

References

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