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Los Angeles PREMIERE Documentary | USA | 1h 40 Min | English Nine Little Indians Director: Shannon Kring NINE LITTLE INDIANS is Shannon Kring’s wrenching, vital documentary about a family’s decades-long fight for acknowledgement, justice, and healing after the abuses they suffered in the American Indian boarding school system. CAST & CREDITS Director Shannon Kring […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Animation | USA | English Fry Bread Power Director: Peter James Sam Fry Bread Power is a superhero mystery rooted in Diné culture, identity, and contemporary Native life. It follows a young Diné girl who moves closer to her grandmother, helps with medical outreach across the Navajo Nation, and while searching for a […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Live Action | USA | 15 Min | English Into the Book Director: Sarah Chang Tadayon In this gothic fantasy musical, when her broken home becomes too much to bear, a lonely child is transported into the magical world of her fairy tale book. CAST & CREDITS Director Sarah Chang Tadayon Writer Sarah […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Doc Short | USA | 10 Min 43 Sec | English A Handful of Dirt Director: Stephen Rivera, John Calfa III Featuring Ojibwe painter John Potter, A Handful of Dirt is an exploration of our primordial connection to the natural world. Rooted in the Ojibwe story of the bond between humans and Ma’iingan—the […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Documentary | USA | 8 MIN | English How Are We Hemish Strong? Director: Kailan G. Hemish Language Immersion students interview Hemish elders to learn about their childhood and life, to compare how the Hemish values have remained or changed. CAST & CREDITS Director Kailan G.
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Documentary | USA | 5 MIN 46 Sec | English Losing Language Director: Liam Lujan A few young Native Americans talk about losing Native languages with an Elder and language teacher from Taos Pueblo. CAST & CREDITS Director Liam Lujan
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Documentary | USA | 14 MIN 4 Sec | English Hozho Director: Lukera Joe This documentary film shares the beauty of the Di’ne(Navajo) culture. This includes the beauty of the language, art, traditional foods and music. This film is Indigenous forward. CAST & CREDITS Director Lukera Joe
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Sci-fi | USA | 8 MIN 30 Sec | English StarShot Director: Cillian Monongye A crew of astronauts are tasked with a mission to go to the Alpha Centauri system because all the stars are going out except for that one and if the crew does not make it there in time […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Documentary | USA | 4 MIN 51 Sec | English Torino Director: Matias Martinez Jr. High school student battles the pressures of graduation and a changing world as he fights to keep his family’s weathered 1973 Gran Torino on the road, honoring a mechanical inheritance passed down through generations of men who […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Comedy | USA | 7 MIN 38 Sec | English Hozho Busters Director: Frankie Bull A ghost adventure type movie where a group of Navajos help a shimasani clear her house from different ghost that are ruining her home. CAST & CREDITS Director Frankie Bull
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Documentary | Australia | 58 MIN 31 Sec | English Emily: I Am Kam Director: Danielle MacLean Celebrating the legacy of Australia’s most significant female artist – Emily Kam Kngwarray. We travel with her descendants as they revive awely ceremonies and collaborate on a major retrospective exhibition, reaffirming her connection to Country. CAST […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Documentary, Feature | USA | 1 H 31 MIN 58 Sec | English She Cried That Day Director: Amanda Erickson SHE CRIED THAT DAY exposes a crisis hiding in plain sight through the eyes of those on the frontlines. Christine Means and her family have spent years questioning the circumstances surrounding her sister’s […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Documentary | USA | 1 H 26 MIN 54 Sec | English, Tlingit Dear Alaska Director: Moriah Hayes Sharks are tuned in to the natural rhythms of the world, sensing emotions, events, and energies from thousands of miles away. They are the messengers of the vast oceans that connect us all. The director’s […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Doc Short | USA | 1 MIN 16 Sec | Spanish leche Director: ZsaZsa K. a tea time ritual gone awry CAST & CREDITS Director ZsaZsa K. Writer ZsaZsa K. Producer Aaron Kahn Key Cast Mila Molinari DIRECTORS STATEMENT “You can’t always get what you wantBut if you try sometimeYou’ll findYou get what […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Feature | Canada | 1 H 20 MIN | English, French Qaqsoss naka Wahantuhsis (Fox & the Tiny Demon) Director: Tara Audibert Qaqsoss naka Wahantuhsis is an animated allegory about Qaqsoss, a fox who is haunted by Wahantuhsis, a tiny demon. Set in an enchanted forest, the film explores themes of mental illness, […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Live Action | USA | 11 MIN 22 Sec | English Forever After Director: Miles Smith Jr Ricardo “Matthew” suffers from Isa “Crystal” reminders playing back in his memories and the guilt from Crystal’s suicide. Can Matthew overcome his guilt with Izzy “Heather” support, or continue to blame himself for Crystal’s fate? CAST […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Documentary Short | USA | 4 MIN 20 Sec| Gwich’in Their Warming Heart Director: Nanieezh Peter My uncle passed away and this film is how I decided to explore grief. I wish I had been able to sing for my uncle before he passed away so I created this song for him. […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Student, Documentary Short | USA | 6 MIN 55 Sec | English Mimic Director: Abby Milsap Malia is a teenage girl who is tormented not only by a Wendigo on the other side of her door, but also by her fear of letting others in. CAST & CREDITS Director Abby Milsap Writer Abby […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Animation | Canada | 3 MIN | English Louisa and the Fox Director: Rae Corston Louisa, an indigenous hunter in the fur trade era encounters a spirit animal in the form of a fox. The fox (Makeshew) has come to warn her of human overconsumption, destroying the very land they both rely on. […]
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE Doc Short | USA | 11 MIN 49 Sec | English Standing Tall in Wrangell Director: Quinton Edward Davies Experience a historic Alaskan cultural revival through the eyes of carver Aak’wtaatseen Mike Hoyt. This film follows Mike as he takes the lead on carving the Killer Whale Grave Marker, a Kayaashkeiditaan tribute raised […]
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