Darlene Naponse
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Darlene Naponse is an Anishinaabe from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek - Northern Ontario Canada.
She is a writer, film director, and video artist. Her film work has been viewed nationally and internationally. She owns Baswewe Films Inc., located in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.
Darlene has created 4 feature films and various short films. Some films have played at the Sundance Film Festival, TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), imagineNATIVE Film Festival and have been televised.
Darlene has a Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and a Hon. BA 2001 from Laurentian University.
Darlene was a 2017 Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Finalist for "She Is Water" published in The Malahat Review.
Her feature film "Falls Around Her" world premiered at TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2018 and screened the Opening Night at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival 2018 (Air Canada Audience Choice Award 2018 Winner).
"Stellar" her fourth film premiered at TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2022 and screened Opening Night at imagineNATIVE film festival 2022.
Darlene's work is placed within community and the Natural World.
As a storyteller, Darlene is in search of imaginative images giving truth through word, film, and art.
She is a writer, film director, and video artist. Her film work has been viewed nationally and internationally. She owns Baswewe Films Inc., located in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.
Darlene has created 4 feature films and various short films. Some films have played at the Sundance Film Festival, TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), imagineNATIVE Film Festival and have been televised.
Darlene has a Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and a Hon. BA 2001 from Laurentian University.
Darlene was a 2017 Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Finalist for "She Is Water" published in The Malahat Review.
Her feature film "Falls Around Her" world premiered at TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2018 and screened the Opening Night at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival 2018 (Air Canada Audience Choice Award 2018 Winner).
"Stellar" her fourth film premiered at TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2022 and screened Opening Night at imagineNATIVE film festival 2022.
Darlene's work is placed within community and the Natural World.
As a storyteller, Darlene is in search of imaginative images giving truth through word, film, and art.
