Banchi Hanuse
Banchi Hanuse is a Nuxalk filmmaker.
Early life and education
Hanuse holds a Bachelor of Arts in First Nations Studies from the University of British Columbia. She currently resides in Bella Coola.Hanuse has worked at the National Film Board of Canada as a production assistant and project coordinator. Her most well known projects at the NFB include the Finding Dawn, directed by Christine Welsh and Our World, a digital storytelling workshop for remote Indigenous communities.
Haunse also helped found Nuxalk Radio, a radio station based out of the Nuxalk village of Q'umk'uts'.
Filmography
- Cry Rock - 2010
- Uulx: The Scratcher - 2015
- Nuxalk Radio - 2020
- Behind the Facade - 2021
- Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun - 2023
Awards and nominations
- Nominated, Best Documentary Short, American Indian Film Festival
- Best Documentary Short, Vancouver Women in Film Festival
- Best Yorkton [Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Short Subject|Documentary Short Subject] for Cry Rock, Yorkton Film Festival's Golden Sheaf Award
- Best Documentary Short for Cry Rock, Vancouver Women in Film Festival
- Sea to Sky Award for Nuxalk Radio, 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival
- Big Sky Award for Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun, 2023 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival