Thank you Joanelle Romero and the Red Nation Film Festival ! You were a big part of us in getting selected at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and for the Sesame Street Workshop Summit for Native American Writers.!

This was a wonderful festuval to be a part of and attend they were very helpful and had a great venue. The team is top notch and overall a great experience and opportunity for which i am grateful. Thanks red nation #wearethenewhollywood

It was outstanding! The best experience I had so far on a festival of this caliber. A festival I felt at home at, with our indigenous sisters and brothers from the film industry. RNCI thank you!

WOW So much fun and beauty! So very impressed!!! gratitude !!

Thank you for selecting Needs Must Film’s MY BLOOD IS RED in your splendid festival! And grateful to your for helping a shoestring-budget music documentary spread the message of what is happening in Brazil today

A wonderful festival deeply rooted in Native American film and artists. So grateful for the opportunity to premier our film at this festival.

Real honour being included in the 25th RNCI Red Nation Film Festival. Fantastic communication with festival organizers, great media presence/marketing, discussion panel, awards, etc. One of the best few festivals I’ve ever been involved with.

It’s a virtual year. That changes how we share music, film, painting: the arts. I am a skeptic of virtual events personally. The incredible access skillfully created by Red Nation International Film Festival staff was impressive. Very smooth. It was an wonderful month to be part of RNIFF. Thanks so much! fogata films

I enjoyed being back at RNIFF with my new film Without A Whisper and the premier of new series -Rematriation. The festival was virtual this year and provided many opportunities for the filmmakers to share about their films. It is a unique and exciting festival for Indigenous filmmakers!

This was a well organized festival and represented filmmakers well. I admire the dedication to advancing work from native filmmakers. The only downside was out of their control: the lockdown. I was looking forward to going to Los Angeles to network with folks. Even so, they did a good job regarding online communication. I would highly recommend this festival to all indigenous filmmakers.

So honoured to be part of the RNIFF and such a rich selection of films. The organisers were great at reaching out, and promoting the participating films and film makers through interesting and well curated side events. The world really needs festivals that promote native-/indigenous storytelling and for my film this was a great platform to reach a wide audience. Thank you so much to everyone at RNCI for the opportunity. You have my highest recommendations and kudos for pulling everything off with such passion during the pandemic. Lots of love. Qujanaq (thank you)

An honor for “Becoming: ORLANDO DUGI” to be included in this event, the largest Indigenous film festival in the US. I especially enjoyed our Q&A with the founder and president, Joanelle Romero, who clearly has a genuine and passionate appreciation for film and filmmakers, and has a lot of dedication to make this event happen year after year, Covid or no.

Thank you for the beauty and the hope you bring into the world! So honored to have my film included!

It was a significant honor for the cast, crew, and executive producers of ANGELS LADDER to have been selected as part of the 25th Red Nation International Film Festival. While this was an online event for 2020, it was exceptional. Communication with the festival team was excellent, and the presentation of our work online was handled securely and professionally. In addition, there was also opportunity to speak about our work in an online Q&A plus the added benefit of viewing the films of our colleagues.

An honor to have Cowgirls and Indians included in the festival. It was based on an experience I had many years ago but was highly fictionalized. Working with Native American actors was amazing. Each one brought great ideas and energy to the film. I plan to use them again in other films just to see them again. Thanks for including us.

Thank you Joanelle Romero! You were a big part of us in getting selected at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and for Sesame Street!

“Had a wonderful experience at Red Nation. The Awards Ceremony was beautiful and the entertainment was amazing. I met many directors, writers, producers, musicians and Native actors. So many quality films this year!”

“Professional setting. Great vibes and communication. Very memorable experience at the film festival! Great job RNCI staff.”

“I was so disappointed that I couldn’t make it to the festival. Life is like that sometimes. My film Just One Word was nominated for an award. The support and communication was stellar. The pics posted from friends that went proved my suspicions that this is a festival to submit to and attend!”

“To be fair, I did not attend the film festival, so my ratings is purely on communication and photos/videos I saw on their website and their social media.”

“It was a great honor to have my documentary film Taino Daka (I Am) represented along with the many other prestigious films. They made the process easy and ensured that my film was at it’s highest quality and presented in the best venue. Looking forward in continuing our partnership. Ha’hom.”

“I actually didn’t make it to go down but I would have loved to. I am very honored they choose to screen my film.”

“Honored to have our film selected. Great communication with the festival and look forward to future additions.”

“My experiences at the RNFF were excellent! Joanelle Romero and her staff worked tirelessly to make the screening event for our film The Women In The Sand and the entire festival an extrordanary success. Thank you!”

“An amazing film festival and platform for Indigenous voices. Many thanks to Joanelle Romero and A. Martinez for being an advocate for those voices. Looking forward to next year’s event. Thank you so much for the award for Best Environmental Documentary for our film I Stand: The Guardians of the Water.”

"Thank you RNCI for selecting my film for the 2021 film festival. This is one of my favorite festivals. Truly honored to have been selected. Thank you."

"Excellent festival! So honored to be a part of it for our film Home From School: The Children of Carlisle. Thank you!"

"We were honoured that our VeRONAka film by The Aunties Dandelion was featured at RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival and Awards. We loved the online gathering of women Indigenous filmmakers and the hospitality was evident from the fact that none of us who were presenting wanted to get off the call! Nya:wenkò:wa for all of your hard work and generosity."

"We had an amazing experience premiering our documentary Mariposas del Campo at the 26th Red Nation International Film Festival. The festival was hybrid — first half in a theater, followed by two weeks online. In this ongoing pandemic climate, we were thrilled to be able to show our film to a sizeable but distanced in-person audience, with a Q&A. Festival Director Joanelle Romero and her RNCI team were so welcoming. We were nominated for Best Documentary Feature and attended the well-produced Awards show in a gorgeous theater. Winning that golden statuette was the icing on the cake. Thank you for the memories!"

"I am so pleased with the RNIFF awards and then the conversation we as filmmakers had the next day over zoom. It was eye opening to hear the stories from the other filmmakers about their challenges and triumphs! FilmFreeway has made it possible for many films to be watched. I am most grateful to both organizations and I look forward to producing more native stories!"

"It has been an honor to share our documentary "The Keepers of Corn" at this highly important Film festival that showcases Indigenous voices. The organizers of the festival created an unforgettable awards ceremony. An event with a lot of heart."