Banff Festival adds Indigenous screen industry summit to virtual conference

TORONTO — The Banff World Media Festival today announced a new initiative, the International Indigenous Screen Industry Summit, which will take place Monday, June 21 via the festival’s virtual conference platform. Timed to coincide with Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Indigenous summit aims to facilitate conversation, and highlight and empower Indigenous media industry professionals from around the world. The day-long virtual event will include panels, roundtable discussions, curated networking events and two sessions with ground-breaking Indigenous creators. The program was created with the guidance of a dedicated advisory board including: Monika Ille, CEO of APTN; Melanie Hadley, program director...