FESTIVAL PREMIERE

DOC SHORT | USA | 10 MINUTES | English

When Girls Go Missing

Director: Jeanette DeDios

Jeanette DeDios is an award winning Indigenous journalist from the Jicarilla Apache and Diné Nations. She works as a radio journalist for Albuquerque’s local radio station KUNM-FM. She graduated in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from the University of New Mexico and holds two prior bachelors in film and english. She won best cinematography as one of the cinematographers for the short film “Drifteen” directed by Matthew McDuffie.

CAST & CREDITS

Director

Jeanette DeDios

Producer

Nina Revels

Writer

Jeanette DeDios

Key Cast

Christen McGrath, Saun' Rae Nez, Richie Kotwica, Albert Leonard Haskie, Monte Deer, Sam Archambault

DIRECTORS BIO

Loren Waters is an award-winning Cherokee and Kiowa filmmaker whose creative work spans Directing, Producing, and Casting. Named to the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Loren is also the Executive Director of the Lindy Waters III Foundation, where she is dedicated to serving Native youth and uplifting Indigenous communities. Her short documentary film, Tiger, received the Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

DIRECTORS STATEMENT

Dana Tiger is one of the happiest people you will ever meet. Our souls vibrantly crossed paths a few years ago, but it also could have been lifetimes ago. I saw myself in her paintings and was drawn to her caring energy. This film beautifully unfolded like how light travels. Quickly, intentionally, brightly, and shockingly. Dana’s story leaves you hanging on to every word. She takes you through deep loss and tragedy, but also great joy of her family’s history. There is nobody like the Tiger family and what they have done for the art world. It’s an immense honor for me to bring this story to life.

 

SHOWTIMES

Thursday, November 13
Screening: Time TBA

 

Program Seven

Wasteland 

When Girls Go Missing

Good Daze  

The Woman Who Married a Bear 

Braids 

 

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