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Coming fall 2010. Ancient Echoes. Lillooet, B.C.
A video documenting a dance collaborative between First Nation elders, youth, adults and 3 core directors, Mariko Kage, Irene Rossgerg-Gempton and Laura John, St’at’imc descent. Funding from Canada council for the arts grant: artist and community collaboration program in dance.
Cry Wolf (2009) 3:10min Music Video - 16mm to Video. Writer/Director/Cameraperson
Cry Wolf is the single from Sarah MacDougall's album Across the Atlantic. www.sarahmacdougall.com
Sharing and listening in Lytton (2009) 12min Video - Mini DV. Teacher/Producer/Editor
Hired by Nlakapamux Health and Healing Society of Lytton, B.C. to teach youth filmmaking and editing. The Video produced is about traditional First Nations medicines.
CO2 or you? (2007) 1 min 16mm to HD video. Writer/Director
With climate change becoming a reality, humanity’s faith in technology to solve our climate problems is challenged by our inability to give up on harmful technologies. Filmed on Earth Day 2007 CO2 or you? Asks the question we will soon all need to answer.
Festivals:
Official selections:
Cine'Eco 13th International Environmental Film and Video Festival of Serra da Estrela - Seia, Portugal 2007
Cine'Eco encore screening January 24th and 25th 2008 - Seia, Portugal
The 2008 Green Reel Environmental Festival - Vaughan, Canada
INFO/RAC-MAP United Nations Environment Programme 4th edition Mediterranean Environmental Award 2008. Almeria, Spain
New Cineworks February 12th 2008- Vancouver, Canada
EarthDance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival 2008. Oakland, California USA
ECOFILMS Rodos International Film and Visual Arts festival - The island of Rodos, Greece 2008
Monacology Festival 2008, - Principality of Monaco. Sponsored by Prince Albert II of Monaco
Expo Zaragoza 2008 WATER AND FILM showcase the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) - Zaragoza, Spain
Voices from the Waters. The 3rd International Film Festival on Water 2008 Aquascope Screenings - Karnataka, India
One World Film festival on Ohradni 2008 - Czech Republic
Ecological And Nature Film Festival Of The Canary Islands 14th Edition - Puerto de la Cruz, Spain 2009
In the Palace International Short Film Festival 2009 - Balchik, Bulgaria
Environmental Film Evening for World Environment Day 2009, presented by the New Zealand Department of Conservation
How to Stay Healthy in Klemtu (2006) 6 min30 sec Mini DV/16mm Teacher/Producer
In the summer of 2006, the Kitasoo Xaixais Band and Health Canada invited Tama to teach the youth (ages 5 to 18) of Klemtu, British Columbia about film and video production. What resulted was a short film about staying healthy in a small, remote community.
Vowel Play (2004) 35mm 1 min Writer/Director 
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Exploring visual displacement within an aural and visual medium, this one minute film can be used as a teaching aid to open discussion about differences in learning.
Festivals:
Official selections:
35th World Film Festival - Le Festival des Films du Monde 2004. Panorama Canada, Montréal, Québec Canada
5th International Young Film and Video Festival – Imago 2004, International Competitive Section. Fundão, Portugal
Picture This… Festival 2005 Calgary, Canada
9e REGARD sur le court métrage au Saguenay 2005, Chicoutimi, Québec Canada
LA International Short Film Festival 2005, Hollywood, California USA
Educational facility:
Copy available at the Special Education Department University of Thessaly in Greece 2008
Poncho Dog (2004) 16mm to video 1 min Writer/Director
This Mocu-mercial was made to poke fun at the TV commercial industry and the consumer’s need to buy anything put in front of them.
Student Films
Daniele Lahlee (2003) 16mm 6min 40sec Writer/Director View Poster
This narrative film is for children of all ages and is Tama’s Simon Fraser University graduation film. The story is set to Dr. Suess style poetry as well as unique live action visuals that actually show how life can be for a person with a learning disability.
Festivals:
Official selection:
34th World Film Festival - Le Festival des Films du Monde(Montreal, PQ)
Screening Club:
17th International Children’s Film and Television Festival Cinekid (Amsterdam, NL)
Festival Library:
Picture this…2004. (Calgary, Canada)
A Man Boggled (2001) 16mm 7min Co-writer, Camera Operator and Picture Editor.
A comedy film made with fellow students about religion, consumerism, and the game of Boggle.
Festival:
Official selection:
Vancouver Comedy Festival Reels of Student Laughter 2001
Words (2000) Video Beta SP/Super 8 film 3min 23sec Writer/Director
A surreal look at learning disabilities and how letter reversals can affect a student who is trying to read and learn.
The Test (2000) Mini DV 1min 30sec Writer/Director
Don’t like math? Well, nether does Tama. The student is studying so hard that he vomits all over his math book. The student is shocked to see that he threw up cartoon numbers, not his lunch.
Verbs (2000) 16mm 2min 35sec Writer/Director
Tama’s first 16mm film shows a girl reading from a book and removing all the verbs from the sentence. The sentence she is reading in the book also describes what is happing to her as she reads it.
