Sarah Carrier - ImagineNative/CSV Resident

This residency was developed to offer a mid-career or established Indigenous artist the opportunity to expand their practice and to experiment with the latest video technologies in the creation of a new short video work. This program offers the opportunity to enhance a current project create a short film (5-10min) using in-kind resources of the partnering artist-run centre (up to $3500 value), monetary support and mentorship.

Sara Carrier is the 2020 imagineNATIVE/CSV 2022 Commission recipient for the creation of the short film Next Year.


Sarah Carrier is an emerging Cree filmmaker from Regina, Saskatchewan and is a registered member of Piapot First Nation. She has a diploma in film production from the Recording Arts Institute of Saskatoon and most recently completed the CBC New Indigenous Voices internship at the National Screen Institute. Sarah has worked on various large and small scale film productions as a production assistant, 3rd assistant director, and as a film editor’s assistant. Sarah has a keen interest in writing and directing, as well as in post-production as a film editor. Sarah currently works at POV Film as a project lead for Indigenous programming and facilitates a program that teaches Indigenous youth how to be production assistants in TV and Film. Sarah currently resides in Toronto.

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