RNCI RED NATION AWARD  WINNERS 2020: SEE THE FULL LIST

BY. JOANELLE ROMERO/RNCI MEDIA

“Thank you to everyone who joined us at this year’s 25th RNCI Red Nation Awards presented by Red Nation Television Network and Red Nation Celebration Institute. With attendees and filmmakers across the United States and around the world, we came to you virtually, from everywhere, we reached Indigenous nations globally.   The success of the festival this year was beyond anything we’ve experienced in previous years. The challenge now is making the impossible possible, in hiring Native talent in front of and behind the camera and financially investing in Natives in charge of their narrative. Native and Indigenous rights are human rights and human rights are linked to the power of film, we are visible.” – Joanelle Romero, Red Nation Celebration Institute, founder, producer, curator.  

It’s time that RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival become an Oscar Qualifying Film Festival. Each year, Red Nation International Film Festival sets up the Awards season with American Indian & Indigenous Films to watch out for and be considered for OSCARS!

The RNCI RED NATION AWARDS 2020 concluded Sunday night, November 29, 2020 with a live broadcast on Red Nation Television Network, Red Nation International Film Festival, and on Facebook Live.

Take a look at RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival nominees 2020 and find out who took home the most coveted prize in film and television and WINNER is …

“Hollywood & Indian Country’s Biggest Night for American Indian & Indigenous Voices” Cementing Native image at the forefront of the industry, highlighting the very best American Indian & Indigenous contributions in film, television, comedy, music and the arts.

Read below full list RNCI Red Nation Award 2020 Winners, List of Honorees, List of Presenters and Hosts!  If you’re looking to get your RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival and Awards fix you can find full coverage here Facebook Live with highlights from the ceremony, acceptance speeches, and even VIP Experience Zoom Room with all the Festival’s official selections of Filmmaker sand movie lovers. 

WATCH 25th RNCI Red Nation Awards of Red Nation International Film Festival the largest Native film festival in the world.

RNCI RED NATION AWARD

WINNERS 2020: SEE THE FULL LIST

BY. JOANELLE ROMERO/RNCI MEDIA

FOR GATHER

Director Sanjay Rawal 

and

UMA: A WATER CRISIS IN BOLIVIA

Director Ana Llacer

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

FOR BLACKWATER

Director Boise Esquerra

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

WITHOUT A WHISPER –– KONNO’N:KWE

Director Katsitsionni Fox

BEST ANIMATED  SHORT

MAII

Director Bayete Chinwendu

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

FOR MONKEY BEACH

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

FOR MONKEY BEACH

RED NATION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

GRAHAM GREENE 

THE BRANDO AWARD

FOR FBI” MOST WANTED 

THE BRANDO AWARD

FOR TRICKSTER 

THE BRANDO AWARD

FOR THE LIBERATOR

CHIEF DAN GEORGE AWARD

FOR KISS THE GROUND

Directors (s) Josh & Rebecca Tickell

BEST STUDENT FILM 

FULL LIST OF PRESENTERS 

Rebecca Brando Marlon Brando daughter 

Joanne Shenandoah singer 

Kimberly Guerrero actress

Jeff Gomez President & CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment

Michelle Shenandoah Member of the Oneida Wolf Clan/ CEO/Founder/Editor in Chief of Rematriation Magazine

Alba Garcia-Rivas producer director

Michael Horse actor

Alma Martinez actress 

Shari Belafonte actress

HOSTS

A Martinez actor

Joanelle Romero actress producer director

Chance Lee Rush actor