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The imagineNATIVE Institute is a department of imagineNATIVE that provides year-round professional development opportunities for Indigenous screen creatives. It was launched October 2017 at the 18th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Activated through the realization of a new, public facility for the organization in the historic 401 Richmond Building, the iNstitute incorporates the imagineNATIVE’s Festival Industry Days, year round Key Creative Labs, special projects including the NATIVe: Indigenous Cinema Stand at the European Film Market, advocacy research and publications, and build capacity for existing and new programs for which there is currently a gap in the industry , and open up select programs for international intake.