We Are Storytellers - Orenda Films

CINEMA ROOTED IN INDIGENOUS IDENTITY

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Orenda Films honours the lands, waters, and peoples across Turtle Island. Based on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən peoples now known as the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations,
our work extends across the ancestral homelands of Indigenous Nations coast to coast to coast.

ORENDA

ORENDA (oren-da)

A sacred life force that resides in each and every person. It grows with time and experience, by living in a good way.

A person with strong Orenda empowers themselves and those around them: toward peace, harmony, and unity.

A HAUDENOSAUNEE CONCEPT - CONNECTED TO THE TREE OF PEACE

WHO WE ARE - THE SYNOPSIS

Métis and 2-Spirit owned. Rooted in Victoria, BC.

Cinema made with precision, from perspectives forged in the sacred in-between. The full story - why we exist, the gift of duality, and the founder behind the lens - is on the Synopsis page.

READ THE SYNOPSIS

HOW WE WORK

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We meet you where you are.

Some clients come to us with an idea. Others come with footage already shot. We start wherever the project actually is, and take on as much of it as you need.

Development

Every film begins as a question. We sit with the story - its purpose, its people, its stakes - and shape it into something built to last. Research first. Vision second. Nothing on set that wasn't earned in the room.

Pre-Production

This is where chaos becomes a plan. Scheduling, location, crew, kit, logistics - we lock every detail so the shoot runs clean. Show up prepared, or don't show up.

Production

Cameras roll and instinct takes over. World-class tools, world-class glass - but the frame is everything. We catch the moment others walk past.

Post-Production

The story is found in the edit. Colour, sound, rhythm, restraint - we shape raw footage into something that moves. This is where it becomes a film.