Darlene Naponse is an Anishinaabe writer, director and video artist from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, Northern Ontario. She completed a Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts and was the 2017 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Finalist. Her feature film Falls Around Her had its world premiere at TIFF 2018. She is currently in post-production on her latest feature, Stellar.