ENDLESS COOKIE

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Through a series of vignettes – some tragic, some funny, all a little bizarre – this animated feature documentary explores the complex bond between two half brothers, one Indigenous, one white, spanning bustling 1980s Toronto to the present day isolated First Nations community of Shamattawa.

ENDLESS COOKIE is an imaginatively animated family portrait of the contrasting upbringings between two white and Indigenous half-brothers, in a humorous oral history. As they reminisce into the recording microphone, the threads of their stories are punctuated, interrupted, or else hijacked by charismatic (and humorously animated) members of the extended family, including nine kids and ten dogs, who add to the narrative by indulging in their own reveries. The result is an exploration of identity, race, and Indigenous resistance to colonization within a First Nations community; an impressionistic and often surreal depiction of family; and a lived-in documentary of the creative process.

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Sundance Film Festival 2025
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DIRECTOR'S BIO
Seth Scriver is a Toronto-based filmmaker and visual artist. His feature animation ASPHALT WATCHES (CUFF 2014 Selection) won Best Canadian First Feature at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Scriver is captivated by compelling characters and real-life tales, especially those exploring stories that exist on the margins of capitalist culture.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Peter Scriver is a storyteller, carver, and writer. Born in Shamattawa First Nations, he is a known skilled hunter and trapper. He has served as both chief of Shamattawa First Nations and magistrate. He is currently a Canadian Ranger and the father of many brilliant, rambunctious kids.