Siku Allooloo is an Inuk/Haitian/Taíno filmmaker as well as an interdisciplinary artist, writer, decolonial advocate, and community builder from Yellowknife, NT, Canada (by way of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, and Haiti). A unique and innovative voice of her generation known for working with subject matter in a deeply layered and sensory way, Siku artistically reimagines conventional forms as imbued by her cultural traditions, oral histories, and land-based practice. Siku’s film an artwork have been featured at prominent international film festivals and art galleries, including Whitney Museum of American Art, BlackStar, DOXA, The Flaherty, Canada’s National Arts Centre, Anthology Film Archives, Qaumajuq-Winnipeg Art Gallery, and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. Siku’s debut short film, SPIRIT EMULSION (2022), won Best Canadian Short at Gimli International Film Festival, Prix de la Relève (Emerging Talent Award) at Festival International Présence Autochtone, two Filmmaker Awards at YKIFF 2022, and Honourable Mention, DOXA Documentary Short Award. Her independent journalism, poetry, and creative writing have also been widely published (in The Guardian, Canadian Art Magazine, Truthout, Chatelaine, and The Capilano Review).

As the founder and owner of Akia Films, Siku is currently leading the production of her first feature documentary film, INDÍGENA, as the writer, director and co-producer.