Red Nation International Film Festival & Awards

Red Nation International Film Festival™ (RNIFF) The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema™ is dedicated to breaking the barrier of racism by successfully replacing American Indian stereotype with recognition, new vision, arts, culture and economic prosperity by placing American Indian Filmmakers at the forefront of the entertainment industry and to introduce American Indian Filmmakers to larger, global mainstream audiences while championing Native Women in Film & Television and giving voice and inspiring native youth with our dedicated program Native Youth Matter™ – If I Can See It I Can Be It.™

RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival (RNIFF) – the Authentic Voice of American Indian and Indigenous Cinema – is the largest Native film festival in the country and was the first Native film festival in Los Angeles. RNIFF routinely secures top Native films and is dedicated to increasing the visibility of American Indian and Indigenous storytellers and artists in the entertainment landscape.

RNIFF screens films and events for more consecutive days than any other film festival, including Tribeca, Sundance, TIFF, AFI or Cannes. The festival is hybrid and held for 30 days in the month of November and showcases features, documentaries, short films, student films with a spotlight on Indigenous films directed by Women, and that are either produced/directed/written by or star Native talent or the subject is related to the American Indian and Indigenous experience.

Founded by Humanitarian, Award Winner filmmaker, actor and member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Joanelle Romero.

The Los Angeles Hybrid 29th RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival runs November 1-30, 2024, Festival includes film screenings * Star-Studded On the Red is Green Carpet Interviews, *Native FILM Market™ * Masterclasses with Industry Professionals * Retrospectives, *The Conversation Series™ * Native Women in Film & Television in All Media™ * Environmental Social Justice Films * Native Film Labs * November 17, 2024 RNCI Red Nation Awards™ broadcast LIVE on Red Nation Television Network™ from the Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Hills Los Angeles Native is Here (reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries) The Festival features the only film competition in the world that offers guaranteed distribution of American Indian & Indigenous Award winning independent films, as well as films that screen at the festival to include a broadcast television release in partnership with Red Nation Television Network™, a global provider of streaming movies and TV series and soon to be announced Festival’s native films televised on a Cable server provider. The Festival is a showcase for new work by American Indian & Indigenous international independent filmmakers, bringing together decision makers and content creators with the goal of ensuring media representation of American Indian & Indigenous content to the world at large.

The Festival comprises competitive sections for American Indian and Indigenous (international) dramatic and documentary films, both feature-length films and short films, group of out-of-competition sections and a special presentation of student film awards.