COUSIN is a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. COUSIN creates and supports work that is personal, proudly provocative and driven by strong, artistic voices. We celebrate this work and get it made, seen and shared.

Founded in 2018 by Sky Hopinka, Adam Khalil, Alexandra Lazarowich and Adam Piron, COUSIN was created to provide support for Indigenous artists expanding traditional definitions and understandings of the moving image by experimenting with form and genre.

With the generous support of Cinereach, Ford Foundation JustFilms, and Nia Tero, COUSIN has been able to grant artists support via new commissions and general practice support. Work supported ranges from features, short films, installation, and hybrid projects, and these artists make up a diverse international group of emerging and established artists poised to take the next important step in their practice.

Works supported by COUSIN have since been screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, Visions du Réel, New York Film Festival, Jeonju International Film Festival, imagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, the Criterion Channel, and the Whitney Biennial among many other festivals, platforms, and screening venues.

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General inquiries:
info (at) cousincollective (dot) org

COUSIN is supported by Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, The MacArthur Foundation, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, Nia Tero, and Cinereach.

Board of Directors

Maya Solis-Austin

Melanie Nepinak Hadley

Colleen Thurston

Eve-Lauryn LaFountain

COUSIN is a registered 501c3 nonprofit. Our EIN is 13-4148824.