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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.

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AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER and president of violator films

LORI LOZINSKI

IS AN AWARD-WINNING FILMAKER

LORI LOZINSKI

Based in Vancouver, BC, Violator Films Inc. is an independent production company that has been telling maverick stories since 2007. lori, award-winning filmmaker and president of Violator Films is recognized for producing socially conscious character-driven stories with female creatives. 

lozinski is recognized for her leadership 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.

Recently, lori produced the 6 x 1 hour limited series, Little Bird (13 Canadian Screen Award wins, 19 nominations) and the 6 x 30 mins series, Don’t Even for Crave & APTN (nominated for 4 CSA awards); and the US feature film Winner, (Sundance Premiere 2024). lori wrote and directed the short documentaries, A Motorcycle Saved My Life for the NFB that premiered at Vancouver International Film Festival and The Pilgrimage that premiered on CBC Gem. She also Executive Produced the feature film With Love & Major Organ (SXSW premiere 2023).

Notable collaborations include the BC/ON feature film, The Eden Express (post-production) with Scythia Films; the Canada/Norway Co-Produced feature film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (Berlinale 2019 World Premiere, Rogers Award for Best Canadian Film, CSA winner in Cinematography, Direction, and Original Screenplay); the feature film Sugar Daddy (CSA Winner - Best Original Song, Best Supporting Actor 2021, ACTRA Outstanding Performance for Kelly McCormack, DGC Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature for Wendy Morgan); the feature documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy (World Premiere Hot Docs 2021, CSA Winner Best Feature Length Documentary 2022); the immersive 6000sq ft installation Transmissions with acclaimed artist, Lisa Jackson; and the documentary RETAKE for CBC Digital. In 2017, she Executive Produced the feature film Never Steady, Never Still (TIFF premiere, 8 CSA nominations including Best Film). lori also Produced the feature film Once There Was a Winter (VIFF Premiere). 

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Past productions include the CSA nominated CBC Kids series Scout & The Gumboot Kids that is a combination of stop motion, illustration and live action; the 26-episode animated series, Packages from Planet X for DHX Media, Disney XD and Teletoon; the 13-part lifestyle series Eat St. for The Food Network; the live action feature film Sheltered Life and the 13-part animated series PUCCA for Studio B Productions and Jetix UK. She Associate Produced the TV Movie LUNA: Spirit of the Whale for CTV, APTN and Peace Arch Entertainment and the feature length drama The Score, a musical adaptation of the award-winning play by Vancouver's Electric Company Theatre for CBC’s Opening Night.

lori is an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre, the 2016 Trans-Atlantic Co-Production Program, the 2012 Women In The Director’s Chair, the 2009 Rotterdam Lab and was a 2019 & 2020 CMPA Indie Screen Award nominee for Established Producer. She was also a co-creator for the NSI Art of Business Management Program-Indigenous Edition, an Executive Producer of the 2022 NSI IndigiDocs, and is an ongoing guest lecturer for the Canadian Film Centre. lori continues to support emerging filmmakers as an Executive Producer on their projects and through several mentoring programs. 

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