Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2018.

[1] Based on the writings of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, the film centres on Biidaaban, a young shapeshifter on a secret mission to revive the traditional First Nations ritual of harvesting sap from maple trees to make maple sugar, despite living in a contemporary urban area.

[2] It was subsequently screened at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, where it won the award for Best Script and received an honourable mention from the Best Canadian Animation jury,[3] and at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best British Columbia Short Film.

[4] The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2018.

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