Banchi Hanuse is a Nuxalk filmmaker.

Early life and education

Hanuse holds a

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

in First Nations Studies from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

. She currently resides in Bella Coola. Hanuse has worked at the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

(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. Haunse also helped found Nuxalk Radio, a radio station based out of the Nuxalk village of Q'umk'uts' (Bella Coola).

Filmography

*''Cry Rock'' - 2010 *''Uulx: The Scratcher'' - 2015 *'' Nuxalk Radio'' - 2020Caitlin Thompson
"Nuxalk Radio film wins big at Vancouver International Film Festival"
''Coast Mountain News'', September 29, 2020. *''Behind the Facade'' - 2021 *'' Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun'' - 2023

Awards and nominations

* Nominated, Best Documentary Short, American Indian Film Festival (2010) * Best Documentary Short, Vancouver Women in Film Festival (2010) * 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 The 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 41st event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 29 to October 9, 2022.Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is an annual non-fiction film festival held in Missoula, Montana each February. The event showcases documentary films from around the world. The festival first began in 2003 as a seven-day event. It is now a ten- ...

Melanie Goodfellow
"‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Wins Berlinale Europa Cinemas Prize; EFM Attendance Figures & First Nation Doc Scoops Montana’s Big Sky Award – Global Briefs"
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'', February 24, 2023.

References

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