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This film is an unconventional documentary that explores the complex relationship between a father and daughter. Through animation, re-enactments, and archival photos, writer/director E. Tailfeathers (Blackfoot & Saami) delves into the dissolution of her parents' mythic love story.

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An unexpected phone call sends two sisters out into the inner city streets as they try to escape another stint in foster care. Over the course of the night, their journey reveals the community of their gritty neighbourhood, and how easily innocence can be lost.

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Working in the frigid and desolate North has its challenges so when an invitation for drinks with new friends is presented, the Lady readily accepts. Unknowingly becoming the pawn in a game, the Lady finds herself treading the  line between defiance and disappearance.

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When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her.

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It has been consciously curated to travel one of the most exciting roads in B.C that leaves Victoria and ends in the Cowichan Valley. While traversing the stunning forests, mountains, and oceanside route, the rider will pause at four intentionally chosen locations of natural beauty called refugios.

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Inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, Barry Lyndon, Intemperance skims the controversial persona of Canada’s first literary celebrity to the United States, George Copway that includes a vexed re-enacment from his 1850 best-selling book, The Traditional History of the Ojibway Nation.

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Sugar Daddy follows the story of Darren - a wickedly talented and unconventional young musician who dreams of making music like nobody has ever heard before. But she’s broke,  and has no time to create. Desperate for cash, she signs up to a sugar daddy paid-dating website.

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The Embargo Project is an anthology of five short films by Canadian Indigenous women. The titles and artists include: Roberta by Caroline Monnet, Skyworld by Zoe Hopkins, Bihttoš (REBEL) by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Intemperance by Lisa Jackson and Aviliaq (ENTWINED) by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril.

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Three teenagers form an unlikely bond on a road trip to nowhere in a wide open field behind a women's shelter. In a broken-down 1970's VW bus, upper-class-sixteen-year-old Josephine Nash, wise-beyond-her-years Kendra and urban-poet Cal invent their own private Utopia.

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Retake follows the journey of co-directors Gwaai Edenshaw (Haida) and Helen Haig-Brown (Tsilhqot'in) as they work to produce The Edge of the Knife, a feature-length film told entirely in the critically-endangered Haida language. The film tells the story of a traditional Haida legend, showcasing the Haida culture in many ways.

Violator Films seeks to disrupt stereotypical and constructed female narratives to prompt conversations that enact cultural shifts.

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Once There Was A Winter

Once There Was A Winter

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The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open

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At Violator Films, the story comes first. Collaborating with a team of talented storytellers where we all believe wholeheartedly in the story we are serving is essential. 

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Films centers maverick female characters in front and behind the camera.

about us

lozinski is recognized across Canada for her leadership in capacity building within underserved communities, her role as a trusted ally to Indigenous artists, and her reputation as a producer who is both creatively visionary and financially exacting. She brings a rare combination of artistic sensitivity, rigorous production discipline, and an inclusive, collaborative ethic that strengthens every project she leads. An alumna of the Canadian Film Centre, Women in the Director’s Chair, Rotterdam Lab, and Trans Atlantic Partners, lori has cultivated deep international networks and a sophisticated understanding of co-production financing. Her experience with premium dramas that centre cultural specificity, community consultation, and powerful female-led narratives makes her an exceptional partner.

Recognized for producing socially conscious stories, Violator is owned and operated by lori lozinski.  

AND entire futures waiting to be imagined.

The world is shaped by stories, and those left untold leave entire lives unseen

Violator Films Inc is a Vancouver based  independent film and television production company that has been telling maverick stories since 2007.