Bihttoš (2014)

Name: Bihttoš
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-10-26

15m

Running Time

Plot.

Bihttoš is an unconventional documentary that explores the complex relationship between a father and daughter. Through animation, re-enactments, and archival photos, writer/director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers delves into the dissolution of her parents’ mythic love story and how it has colored her perception of love in her adult life.

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Cast & Crew.

Duncan Ollerenshaw

Father

Mariel Belanger

Mother

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Director / Writer

Laura Wilson

Teen Elle-Mij

Máret Áile Gaup Beaska

voice of Elle-Mij as a child

Bridget Durnford

Editor

Caitlin Byrnes

Production Design

Oliver Millar

Cinematography

Details.

Release Date
October 26, 2014

Status
Released

Running Time
15m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This Movie Is About.

woman director

Wiki.

Bihttoš (Rebel) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and released in 2014. Blending live action and animation, the film depicts the relationship between her Sami father, Bjarne Store-Jakobsen, and her Blackfoot mother, Esther Tailfeathers, focusing in particular on the way her father's childhood experiences in Norway's residential school system contributed to their breakup.

The film premiered at the ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2014, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's Canada's Top Ten. It was shortlisted for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.