Indigenous Liaison for Film, Festivals & Productions

Bridging Ceremony, Community & Industry with Integrity

My name is Anita Weimann. I am a woman of Chipewyan Dene ancestry (Heart Lake and Cold Lake First Nations in northern Alberta) and Italian descent (Cosenza, Calabria). As a Sixties Scoop survivor, I was taken from my mother as an infant and adopted at two. Since 2014, I have been walking the Red Road —reconnecting with my ancestral roots, healing intergenerational trauma, and carrying forward the teachings of the Elders and ceremonial communities who have held me.

Today, I work as an Indigenous Liaison — offering cultural guidance, grounded leadership, and relationship-building support to film productions, festivals, and institutions seeking to work respectfully with Indigenous communities and territories.

I’ve been a film liaison for film productions since 2018 mainly for BC Parks, Metro Vancouver and North Shore Municipalities. My standards to create a working relationship between productions and the city is at the highest standards in the industry. I’ve worked in management for a well developed festival in Kootenays since 2014 where the position held liaising with several departments, and outside organizations for the development for strong logistical planning.

Let’s Work Together

If you're seeking an Indigenous Liaison to support respectful and meaningful collaboration with First Nations communities — whether in film, festivals, or institutional projects — I’d be honoured to speak with you.

Please get in touch to begin the conversation:

▪ Based in British Columbia & Alberta

▪ Email: anita@chipewyandene.me

  • I hold long-term ceremonial and relational ties with Indigenous communities across Western Canada, including:

    • Chipewyan Dene – my own ancestral roots
    • St’át’imc (Stl’atl’imx) – Worked for Chief & Council
    • Ktunaxa – through Elder Hillary (Radium Hot Springs)
    • Chipewyan Dene – through Elder Brian Granbois (artist, activist, band relations of my grandmother)
    • Blood Tribe (Kainai) – through Betty Ann & Morris Littlewolf (Women’s Buffalo Ceremony)
    • Tsleil-Waututh / Coast Salish – through relationship with Rueben George (descendant of Chief Dan George)
    • Squamish Nation – long-term residency and cultural presence
    • Syilx / Okanagan – through Elder Sheila Nyman (Moon Lodge carrier), who granted me permission to share Moon Lodge teachings

  • I bring together decades of personal healing, industry experience, and ceremonial leadership to help productions and organizations move forward with awareness, efficiency, and respect.

    • Grounded cultural protocol guidance, specific to the local territory
    • Production fluency — I can speak to directors, producers, actors, and department heads
    • Ceremony knowledge — when and how to invite Elders and open space appropriately
    • Trauma-informed communication and conflict navigation
    • Deep listening, cultural sensitivity, and clarity of voice
    • Balanced leadership — strong, intuitive, clear, and spiritually rooted

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  • • Respectful, not reactive – I lead with questions and listen deeply before offering solutions
    • Compassionate yet grounded – I understand trauma, but hold my center
    • Efficient with sacred space – I work within production timelines while honoring ceremony
    • Bridge-builder – I translate between cultures, institutions, and spirit
    • Honouring sovereignty – I guide teams to build relationships that recognize Indigenous Nationhood and protocol