Banchi Hanuse
Canadian indigenous filmmaker
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Banchi Hanuse is a Nuxalk filmmaker.
EducationSchool of Art
AlmamaterUniversity of British Columbia
KnownforDocumentary Film
Banchi Hanuse | |
|---|---|
| Education | School of Art |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Known for | Documentary 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]
Filmography
- Cry Rock - 2010[4]
- Uulx: The Scratcher - 2015[5]
- Nuxalk Radio - 2020[6]
- Behind the Facade - 2021[7]
- Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun - 2023[8]
Awards and nominations
- Nominated, Best Documentary Short, American Indian Film Festival (2010)[9]
- Best Documentary Short, Vancouver Women in Film Festival (2010)[10]
- 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)
- Sea to Sky Award for Nuxalk Radio, 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival[6]
- Big Sky Award for Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun, 2023 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival[11]