Indigenous Cinema Alliance Announces New Members, Markets, and Fellowship Selections 2026

Indigenous Cinema Alliance Announces New Members, Markets, and Fellowship Selections 2026

ISFI continues its close partnership in the Indigenous Cinema Alliance (ICA), a global network of Indigenous screen organisations. Through this collaboration, ISFI strengthens access to leading international film markets and professional opportunities for Sámi filmmakers and producers. Below are the first key announcements for 2026.

The Indigenous Cinema Alliance (ICA) is proud to announce its refreshed 2026 membership network, market strategy, and ninth Fellowship cohort as it enters a new phase of global industry engagement supporting Indigenous filmmakers and producers. Read more here.

Two New ICA members

For 2026, the Alliance welcomes two new organisations from Aotearoa, Māoriland Film Festival and Ngā Aho Whakaari / Māori in Screen, joining the members imagineNATIVE, 4th World Media, and Film.gl, MULLU, Winda, PIC, and ISFI.

The markets in 2026

The ICA will shift its primary industry presence from the European Film Market to the inaugural TIFF: The Market in Toronto. The Alliance will continue its engagement with the European Film Market (EFM) and expand into the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, creating new opportunities for emerging Indigenous filmmakers to highlight their new film projects.

Sámi producers join the 2026 ICA Fellowship program

In 2026, the ICA Fellows will engage with one or more ICA market programs—Clermont-Ferrand, EFM, or TIFF: The Market— depending on individual project needs and goals. Additional Fellows will be announced ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival 2026 Market.

ISFI is proud to share the first two Sámi producers selected for the 2026 ICA Fellowship program:

• Johannes Vang (ISFI)
• Sara Beate Eira (ISFI/Arctic Indigenous Film Fund)

Confirmed ICA Fellows to date include Brooke Collard (Ballardong Whadjuk Noongar, Winda Film Festival), Jacqueline Olivé (Tongan, 4th World Media), Johannes Vang (Sámi, ISFI), Katsitsionni Fox (Mohawk Nation from Akwesasne, 4th World Media / Indigenous Screen Office), Libby Hakaraia (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kapu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Māoriland), Marc Fussing Rosbach (Inuk, Film.gl / Arctic Indigenous Film Fund), Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Neets’aii Gwich’in, 4th World Media / Arctic Indigenous Film Fund), Sadetło Scott (Tłı̨chǫ Dene, imagineNATIVE / Arctic Indigenous Film Fund), and Sara Beate Eira (Sámi, ISFI / Arctic Indigenous Film Fund).

About the Indigenous Cinema Alliance (ICA)

ICA is a global partnership connecting Indigenous screen organisations across Canada, Sápmi, Ecuador, Aotearoa, Australia, the USA, and Greenland. The ICA works collectively to advance Indigenous film through shared market strategies, co-production pathways, and culturally grounded professional spaces. The ICA continues to receive support from the Canada Media Fund (CMF), the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), and Telefilm Canada, and will collaborate closely with all three funders leading up to TIFF: The Market. The ICA members are

• ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (Canada) – ICA project lead
• International Sámi Film Institute (ISFI) (Sápmi/Norway) –
• 4th World Media (Turtle Island)
• MULLU (Abya Yala)
• Winda Film Festival (Australia)
• Film.gl (Greenland)
• Pacific Islanders in Communications (Hawai‘i)
• Māoriland Film Festival (Ōtaki, Aotearoa New Zealand)
• Ngā Aho Whakaari / Māori in Screen (Aotearoa New Zealand)

 

Read more here.