https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/festivee_template https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/sigo-siendo-kachkaniraqmi https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/giant-bear https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/trouble-in-the-camp https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/a-new-beginning https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/aboriginal-country https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/ainu---indigenous-people-of-japan Ainu — Indigenous People of Japan - *CATCH UP — WATCH PANEL RECORDING HEREDISCUSSION PANEL 15th October (13:00-14:00 GMT) in collaboration with Japan House London  about the making of Ainu — Indigenous People of Japan. CLICK HERE FOR PANEL DETAILS  Convenor: Programme Director Simon Wright. Intro with Dr Stephanie Pratt. Guests: Director Naomi Mizoguchi, Kenji Sekine: Ainu/Japanese translator for the film. Kenji has been teaching Ainu language classes for children and public schools for many years. Maki Sekine: Mukkuri (mouth harp) player for the film, is an excellent hand crafter, working in embroidery. Maya Sekine: Maya is the daughter of Kenji and Maki. Naomi (filmmaker) has known Sekine family since 2009, when Maya was 9 years old. Maya is now 21 years old and has been active in promoting Ainu language and culture with her own YouTube Channel しとちゃんねる https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/69/69_source_L3.mp4 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/airstrip https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/aitun https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/aljana-moons Aljana Moons - ALEXIS PESKINE — FIRE FIGURES 2 October - 14 November 2020October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL Tel: + 44 (0)20 7242 7367Visit October Gallery's exhibition of new works by Alexis Peskine. This follows the success of his debut solo show Power Figures at October Gallery in 2017.Alexis Peskine’s signature works are large-scale mixed media ‘portraits’ of the African diaspora, which are rendered by hammering nails of different gauge, with pin-point accuracy, into wood stained with natural materials such as coffee, mud and hibiscus. By applying gold leaf to the nails, he creates breath-taking composite images. He depicts figures that portray strength and perseverance, with energy reminiscent of the spiritually charged Minkisi ‘power figures’ of the Congo Basin. The nails Peskine uses speak about the Black Experience, transcendence and pain.Fire Figures is a continuation and expansion of the key concepts in the series Power Figures. The striking new works explore the frustration of the African Diaspora which continues to face systems of violence, racism and displacement. Peskine has ‘always felt the fire of injustice’ throughout his life, a fire which fuels his works. For him, fire also represents an opportunity for change, a change his subjects are striving for but which has yet to come.view exhibition pageview artist's page https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/528/528_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-26T22:00:15+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 1.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/amaqqut-nunaat-the-country-of-wolves https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/arapaho-truths Arapaho Truths - Director Bio George Giglio has worked in film and theater as a director, actor, writer, teacher, editor and lighting designer. This is his third film done in collaboration with St. Stephens Indian School. Director Statement The objectives of this project were to educate the Northern Arapaho Students, through the process of filmmaking, about the history and content of their traditional stories, to enlist them, through art and performance to illustrate the stories and to use the film as a vehicle for showcasing the students work. It was also our goal to educate audiences about the importance and fragility of these stories, with the hope that this film might, in a small way, help to keep these stories alive. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/255/255_source_L3.mp4 2020-11-02T23:26:59+00:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/arctic-programme https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/army-manimation https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/as-the-smoke-rises As The Smoke Rises - American Museum & Gardens — curator's choice celebrating Native American Heritage Month in UKDirector BioSharon Heigl worked in the non-profit sector for over 25 years and, at age 50, made a career change. She decided to nurture her art skills and went to a specialized arts program in Alberta where she learned to tan hides, do leatherwork, paint, sculpt wood and soapstone, weld and more.She did some acting on the set of 'Jamestown' for last three seasons and, after returning to BC, was accepted into film boot camp at ACCESS where she was part of a team that created and shot two short films that were shown at the International Indigenous Film Festival in Vancouver.Sharon has a passion for cinema and is creating and directing her own documentaries and films. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/397/397_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:50:52+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/attla Attla - British Museum Arctic Culture and Climate — Peter Loovers curator's choiceDirector BioCatharine Axley is a documentary filmmaker and editor who seeks stories of empowerment through subjects that defy expectations. She is currently directing ATTLA, a feature documentary co-produced by ITVS and Vision Maker Media. Her films have played at festivals including the San Francisco International Film Festival, DOC NYC, Harlem International Film Festival, and the United Nations Association Film Festival. She was a Regional Finalist for the 2014 Student Academy Awards and an official nominee for the David L. Wolper Award at the 2015 International Documentary Association Awards. She holds an M.F.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. in History and Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University.Director StatementI first learned about George Attla while reading an Alaskan newspaper, and was immediately intrigued. Here was this 80-year-old who had dominated his sport for decades, was considered a rockstar-like, living Alaskan legend, and yet, was just beginning a new chapter of life. After years in the spotlight, Attla had returned to his village of Huslia, Alaska, and had founded a program in his late son’s name to introduce a new generation to dog mushing. This was a unique form of cultural revitalization and I wanted to know more. What I found out soon after was a filmmaker’s dream: That very year, George would be training his young grandnephew, Joe Bifelt, to compete in the same race where George’s career had begun. Their time together over the next few months was touching - it was an honor to document such a unique intergenerational relationship. When George passed away, Joe, George’s partner, Kathy, George’s family, and the entire team supporting George and Joe’s dream of racing came together to ensure that Joe would make it to the championship race. And he did! Though the film touches on loss and hardship, ultimately ATTLA is about finding one’s identity; from a young George, returning to his village in 1951 as a TB survivor and discovering dogsled racing as a way to realize his ambitions; to a young Joe in contemporary Alaska, exploring the same sport as a means to forge a closer relationship with his elders and their shared cultural traditions. Throughout, I’ve been struck with how the economic and cultural forces of colonization in Alaska that have occurred in the span of George’s life are reflected in every stage of his career. Working with state archives, launching a community campaign for archival footage, and conducting extensive interviews with family members and colleagues has been central to exploring these themes in a way only film can.  https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/220/220_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:51:08+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/awaskinawason https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/blackwater https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/bringing-home-the-blubber https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/brown-bodies-in-a-far-sea https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/bury-it https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/connection https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/death-chill https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/decolonising-cultural-spaces https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/decolonising-time--space https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/deep-end https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/digital-body-painting-with-indigenous-karapot-plaki-- https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/douk https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/earthquake-of-time Earthquake of Time +PANEL - Decolonising Space & Time programme31 Oct 7pm GMT — Blue Moon Discussion PanelGian Marcos Godoy #MexicoMarcelo Zaiduni #Aymara BoliviaMaria Isabel Lara MillapanJacqueline Caniguan #Mapuche ChileDirector Bio Gian Marcos Godoy is a Mexican filmmaker and architect, co-founder of Trenhorne Films with Esther Anderson, and founder of Cinema Imaginaire. His recent work investigates the narratives of coloniality, memory and time and his documentary essay EARTHQUAKE OF TIME was awarded the Audiovisual Essay Prize at the 12th Human Rights Film Festival of Valparaíso (Chile, 2018). Trenhorne Films is a production and distribution company specialising in films about artists of African descent of high cultural significance. With Trenhorne Films Gian Marcos directed THE THREE DUMAS (Official Selection Portobello Film Festival) and premiered BOB MARLEY: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND (Official Selection at Edinburgh International Film Festival and at Jamaica Film Festival). Cinema Imaginaire was founded to further his work producing social and cultural narratives. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/164/164_source_L3.mp4 2020-10-07T02:27:24+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/empire-state https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/empire-state-2 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/fainting-spells https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/all-access https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/terry-jones-archive https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/full-circle https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/future-ancestor https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/future-generations https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gikskwod-how-i-lost-my-indian-name https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gikskwod-how-i-lost-my-indian-name-2 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/give-and-take https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-creation-of-the-world Hant Quij Cöipaxi Hac (The Creation of The World) Seri Indigenous non-tangible heritage ventures into animation - AWARDSBest Animated Short Film at the 8th Festival do Filme Insurgente Cinecipó, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. December, 2019.Award to the Best Animation, Miradas Nacionales category, at the International Film Festival of Suacha FicXue, Soacha, Colombia. December, 2019.Special Prize for the Best Ethnic Film at KinoDUEL International Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus. November, 2019.Kent Monkman Award to the Best Experimental Work at the 20th ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada. October, 2019.Award to the best Jr. School Short Film at New Mexico Route 66 Film Festival, Moriarty, U.S.A. September, 2019.Award to the best animation at Kinomorphia Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria. May, 2019.Award to the best Direction at the Competition of Short Films from Sonora and the Border, Festival Internacional de Cine Álamos Mágico, Álamos, México. March, 2019.Award to the best animated short from the category “America” at the 2da Muestra de Cortometraje Solidario y Sensibilización MUICORTOS 2019, Ciudad Real, Spain, February, 2019.Honorable and Special Mentions:Highly Commended, First Nations Category, Canberra Short Film Festival, Canberra, Australia. September, 2019.Special Mention of the Jury, Category “Short Films Made by Children”, IV Film Festival of Animation from Latin America  Ánima Latina 2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Julio, 2019.Honorable Jury Mention at the 8th Bangalore Short Film Festival, Bangalore, India. June, 2019. Honorable Jury Mention at the 3rd Indian World Film Festival, Hyderabad, India. March. 2019.Nominations: Best Animated Short Award at the 24th Red Nation International Film Festival & Awards - The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema, Woodland Hills, E.U.A. November, 2019.Nominado al Premio Shawash Ilihi a la mejor película indígena  9º McMinnville Short Film Festival, McMinnville, U.S.A. February, 2020.Ariel Award for Best Animated Short, 62nd Ariel Awards AMACC (Mexican Academy of Cinematic Arts and Ciences). August, 2020.Nuuk International Film Festival Jury Award to the Best Short Film, Nuuk, Greenland. August, 2020.Director Bio:Antonio Coello studied film in Mexico, Spain, and Cuba. His work is dedicated to the exploration of cultural diversity through anthropological observation and a sense of humour.He has received several grants supporting his creative work as well as awards to his short films. He is currently working on 'Seven Edges', his first full-length feature film. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/64/64_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:50:50+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 9.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/happiness-scares-me-no-more https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/he-hekenga-tuhura He Hekenga Tūhura - Director BioAllan is an Auckland based writer/director/filmmaker, who has previously been a 5 time Tropfest New Zealand finalist, won the Academy Award-Accredited LA Shorts Fest 'Best Screenplay' award and has been a finalist in some of the world's most prestigious screenwriting competitions, including: Screencraft, Hollywood Screenplay Contest, Canada International Film Festival, HollyShorts and more. Allan has also worked on television shows such as, 'The Crowd Goes Wild' (Director/On Air Producer/Editor), 'Shortland Street' (Writer) and 'Only in Aotearoa' (Director).Director StatementKia Ora, This documentary has been an emotional journey for all involved - it took quite a turn for us when our key talent Sir Hector Busby passed away during filming, we were very lucky to get his last ever interview. Sir Hector is also our director Allan's uncle and they shared quite a close relationship. What we are trying to convey is an emotional piece that really sets the stakes of this man's legacy and (and the affect he had on Indigenous Peoples world wide) where he sees waka building and celestial navigation going in the future. Our main driving question is/was “what does the future of traditional pacific navigation look like”. An important question for today’s technological world. Sir Hec has become well known around the world. Recently with his ‘nearly doomed’ waka school receiving new funding, now it is time for us to look to the future to see who will be continuing his work in revitalising waka traditions in the years to come, right here, in Aotearoa.We are very proud to say that this documentary is literally one of a kind and is going to be in 100% Te Reo Maori. We have been working closely with Moehau Hodges-Tai who is currently the Video Producer and Māori Issues Specialist for NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment). Moehau graduated from the University of Waikato with a First Class Honours in Digital Cinema. He also completed his Bachelor of Media and Creative Technology double majoring in Te Reo Māori and Screen Media. Moehau is passionate about increasing visibility of Te Ao Māori and normalising Māori content in the media which is an approach which we have taken in creating this documentry. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/14/14_source_L3.mp4 2020-10-25T04:13:16+00:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/heads-up https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/hedtoft https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/hey-cuzzin https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/hinekura https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/how-nivi-got-her-names https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/i-am-me https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/i-am-me-2 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/in-my-blood-in-runs-panel https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/in-my-blood-it-runs In My Blood It Runs +Panel In My Blood It Runs is a film and campaign for change https://inmyblooditruns.com/takeaction - In My Blood It Runs is not just a film, it’s also a campaign for change*WATCH DISCUSSION PANEL WITH THIS FILM — ALSO LINK HERE www.nativespiritfoundation.org see 28 Oct In My Blood It Runs listingModeratorDr William 'Lez' Henry (Professor of Criminology and Sociology)GuestsMaya Newell (Director/Producer)William Tilmouth (Arrernte) (film advisor and founder of partner of Children’s Ground)Larissa Behrendt (Eualeyai/Kamillaroi) (Producer, Academic, Indigenous Rights Advocate, and first Indigenous Australian to graduate from Harvard Law School)   Panel #NSFF14 #ReclaimTheFrame collab.Director BioMaya has directed award-winning short documentaries, Two (AFI Docs, Slamdance, Winner AIDC emerging talent) and Growing Up Gayby (ABC TV) and her feature documentary Gayby Baby (2015). Gayby Baby was selected for GoodPitch² Australia 2014, premiered at Hot Docs, screened at London BFI, Doc Leipzig, Doc NYC, is on Netflix US and reached No. 1 on iTunes doc charts during it’s UK release. In Australia, the film famously caused a national stir when it was banned by the Australian State Government and is acknowledged as significant in the fight for Marriage Equality and Adoption Equality in Australia. In My Blood It Runs was selected for Good Pitch Australia 2016, the Sundance Documentary Fund and Sundance Skywalker Music and Sound Design Labs and is due for release in 2020. Director StatementOver the last decade, I have had the privilege to be repeatedly invited to make films with two Arrernte-led organisations in Alice Springs, Akeyulerre and Children’s Ground. These films showcased the empowering work families are doing to educate their children and keep their language and culture strong. Over these years, I have sat with Elders as they recorded songlines for their grandchildren for fear they may be lost, seen kids visit their country for the first time and heard children speaking confidently and fluently in their first, second or third language. I was shocked to learn that our mainstream education system perceives these same children as failures at school. And it’s no surprise, when Australia and in many Western countries, First Nations children are only taught in English and their successes are measured by western values. Rarely do we see into the inner lives of First Nations children growing up as they navigate the rich and complex bicultural society they are born into. In My Blood It Runs is a film to dispel the conventional myths of failure, trauma and dysfunction of First Nations families and instead amplify the resilience, strength and love that is often exempt from our screens. When I made my first feature documentary Gayby Baby, I learnt that children are rarely given the agency to tell their own stories. But when they do, people stop and listen. When Gayby Baby was banned in Australian schools by the government, the film spurred a national debate about the welfare of Gayby children. IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS takes on another heated national debate; about how Australia treats Indigenous children; and presents a missing voice – the voice of the kids themselves. It has been a privilege to have had the opportunity to learn from Dujuan over these years. I have often been inspired by Dujuan’s courage to speak his truth to the camera. Along the way, I have been struck by his innate moral code and his heartbreaking wisdom. He is so resilient yet also so vulnerable. He is growing up to be a strong young man and I believe his truth-telling has much to teach Australia and the World. Over these years filming In My Blood It Runs, it is clear to me that the systems that are meant to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families are often what are doing so much damage. We need systematic and radical change. Consistently, it was the solutions offered by Dujuan’s own family that were what ensured his safety. I have no doubt that it is the solutions created by First Nations peoples and communities that will be what leads to real change. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/949/949_source_L3.mp4 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 10.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/baila-peru https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/sharing-our-films-with-the-world https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/indigenous-women-rematriate https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/iniskim https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/intercept-signals Intercept Signals - Director Bio:Kenneth Marez Jr. (Ken Fury) is an artist working in multiple mediums including, painting, jewelry, music, dance, photography, and filmmaking. He is from Pueblo, Colorado, with origins descending from Native American and Hispano bloodlines from New Mexico. His art explores the duality of nature such as creation and destruction with an emphasis on multi-dimensional figurations, abstractions, and spaces, eroticism, spirituality, and transformation. “My art is part of one expanding environment that focuses on stimulating all the senses while relying on intuition to create spontaneous works that attempt to pierce the core of emotion and spirit.” Director Statement Ken Fury’s art represents the driving force of the dual polarities of existence - creation and destruction and how they work together as mirror images of themselves. His work expands on multi-dimensional figurations, abstractions, and spaces that derive from the exploration of his inner and outer worlds. Life, love, pain, transformation, eroticism, spirituality, and colonialism are some of the subjects that permeate Fury’s body of work, which is conveyed through a multi-sensory output of channels including painting, jewelry, music, dance, and filmmaking. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/481/481_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-24T21:16:43+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 1.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/iskwews-light https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/its-me-landon https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/juliana--the-medicine-fish https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/kanata--canada https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/stand-up https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/kayamenta-sharing-truths-about-menopause https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/kii-nche-ndutsa-time-and-the-seashell https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/life-is-a-two-way-dream Life is a two-way dream — Eallin lea guovttesuorat niehku "Eallin lea guovtte suorat niehku — Life is a two-way dream" - British Museum Arctic Culture and Climate — Peter Loovers curator's choiceDirector BioThe force of nature are at the heart of Gjert Rognli`s award- winning practice, where references to everyday life and the surreal meet, he expresses himself through film, performance, photography and sculpture. Rognli's indigenous background from the Sami people in Norway have strongly influenced his art, and his interpretation of reality. Rognli has received numerous international awards for his work with photography and film, and had many exhibitions at home and abroad, among others Louvre museum in Paris. He has worked at many of Norway's most important cultural institutions such as Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), and The National Theater. He also worked as a scenography-assistant at The Olympic Games in Lillehammer/Norway https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/39/39_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:51:14+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/listuguj-migmak-legends https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/little-chief https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/manasie-akpaliapik https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/manasie-akpaliapik-2 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/marks-of-mana Marks of Mana - Director Bio Lisa Taouma is a producer and director of content from the Pacific region. Her production company Tikilounge Productions makes a raft of TV, film and digital content with a special passion and focus on Oceania.Director StatementMarks of Mana is a special project for me, and having the responsibility of bringing these unique and personal stories of the female tikanga of tatau to life has been an honour. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/230/230_source_L3.mp4 2020-10-27T20:45:28+00:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/media-resistance https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/i-remember https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/messages-from-the-earth https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/microindigenous microINDIGENOUS - https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/457/457_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:50:35+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/midang-midang https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/missing-indigenous https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/moose-hunting https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/more-than-a-word https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/my-dear-mother https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/my-life My Life - Director BioIndigenous filmmaker from Sarawak (Borneo), Malaysia https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/270/270_source_L3.mp4 2020-10-07T03:25:26+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 1.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/my-mother-my-rock https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/native-american-heritage-month---november https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/native-realities https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/niish-manidoowag https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/nin-e-tepueian---my-cry Nin E Tepueian (My Cry) NIN E TEPUEIAN - MY CRY - follows the journey of Innu poet, actress and activist, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine. - Director BioSantiago Bertolino is an independent director/scriptwriter. “NIN E TEPUEIAN (My Cry)” is his third full-length documentary film. In 2016, he directed “Un journalist au front” (A reporter on the front lines). Produced by the NFB, this film follows a freelance reporter in a Middle-East war zone. Filming took him to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Israel/Palestine, Egypt and Turkey. In 2013, along with Hugo Samson, he co-produced a first full-length feature film on Québec students’ protest against rising tuition fees during the famous “Printemps étudiant” (Student spring). First aired on Télé-Québec, “Carré rouge sur fond noir” (red square on a black background) earned two Gémeaux awards: one for best documentary on social issues and another for best screenplay. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/205/205_source_L3.mp4 2020-10-27T20:45:33+00:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 4.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/nolan-here-nor-there Nolan: Here Nor There A coming of age story for a new generation - Director BioWilfred Dieter is a Cree Filmmaker, Musician and Songwriter based in Dakota. Over the past 12 years Wilfred has dedicated his life to utilizing his creativity in the workforce. He received a diploma in Graphic Communications from Saskatchewan Polytechnic in June 2015. He sat on the executive council of the Students Association as VP of Programs and received the Spirit Award for his contributions in the classroom as a student willing to help other students in the class. He also sat on the RIFFA board as the Art Director. Presently he is on the board for the Regina Artistic Initiative. He has 25 years experience as a musician and songwriter, writing the music for the play 'Bush Party'. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/180/180_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:51:16+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 1.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/not-just-numbers https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/ode-to-the-nine https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/ode-to-the-nine-2 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/older-than-the-crown https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/one-in-one-out https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/one-word-sawalmem https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/our-land https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/our-law Our Law - Director Bio Cornel is an Indigenous man from the Kimberley region of Western Australia who started his career as a video editor at his local TV station Goolarri in Broome. After seeing and editing many of other people’s stories he felt he needed to tell his. 2007 saw Cornel direct his first short film entitled Bollywood Dreaming which had a successful run on the film festival circuit here in Australia, North America and Canada. 2008 saw him pick up an international award for Jarlmadangah dreams: Our dream Our reality at the Cherokee Film Festival in America for Best Documentary. Once more he had an itch to try a new direction in film making when he decided to pick up the camera and become a cinematographer. Cornel worked in his family owned production house Wawili Pitjas telling many unique stories from his Kimberley region for ABC, SBS and NITV. In 2011 Cornel enrolled at Australian Film Television Radio School to do his Graduate Diploma in Cinematography to hone his skills as a cinematographer. Since completing his Diploma Cornel has now gone Freelance and has worked on a variety of projects which includes an Indigenous cooking series “Kriol Kitchen” for NITV, a comedy show Woollo for ABC, camera attachments on Three feature films Thor-Ragnarok, The Sapphires and The Great Gatsby, a Documentary about the Black Panther movement in Australia and Move It Mob Style an Indigenous Hip Hop dance and health program for NITV and ABC. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/260/260_source_L3.mp4 2020-10-06T04:05:14+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/parallel-minds https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/pow-wow-xperience Pow Wow Xperience - American Museum & Gardens — curator's choice celebrating Native American Heritage Month in UKDirector BioAretha Greatrix is a storyteller and entrepreneur. She is co-owner of Miyo Pimatisiwin Productions Inc and owner of Simplistique Media Inc, where she works as a producer, writer, and filmmaker. Aretha is a leader that inspires others to follow their passions and encourages them to use every opportunity to grow their skills. In 2016, Aretha was recognized as Cultural Ambassador for the Women of Inspiration Award from the Canadian Business Chicks for her work in mentoring youth in filmmaking.Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse is of Cree and Mohawk descent from the Michel First Nation. She uses film, radio, and other media to tell stories and break down social barriers between Indigenous people and the broader community. Through her work with the Edmonton Shift Lab, the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge at the University of Alberta and many other projects, she brings Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing to questions of institutional change and social transformation. Jodi is the founder and co-owner of Miyo-Pimatisiwin Productions and is also the producer and broadcaster of an award-winning Indigenous radio program called Acimowin. Jodi’s interests are Indigenous media, Indigenous legal traditions, Indigenous feminism, social innovation and Indigenous futurisms. Her work is dedicated to uplifting Indigenous peoples, stories, traditions and laws. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/417/417_source_L3.mp4 2020-11-02T23:25:30+00:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/pride-land https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/5-pass-bundle https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/promised-goods https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/puktew-muin-fire-bear https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/ramo-mokuy-2-the-frakkers https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/reservation-dogs https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/river River - Director Bio:LaRonn Katchia is a 27 year-old tribal member of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and is currently pursuing a passionate fillmaking career in Portland, OR. LaRonn grew up on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and has lived there for 18 years of his life transitioning to the city of Portland for film school. His love and passion for film resides from the influence of the commonly mistreated portrayal of Native Americans in Hollywood films today."My mission is to change the Native stereotypes of film and get it right this time. The Native American perspective is what's missing in Hollywood today and needs to be brought to light. There are too many untouched original stories waiting to be filmed, and that being filmed by a Native American director." https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/558/558_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-24T21:16:44+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 1.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/shadow-dancer https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/shipu https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/sisters-rising Sisters Rising - Director BioWillow O'Feral (Director/Producer/Cinematographer) is the award-winning director, producer and cinematographer of two feature documentary films Break the Silence: Reproductive & Sexual Health Stories and Sisters Rising. Break the Silence was awarded the 2018 Choice Champion Award from Planned Parenthood of New England, and the 2019 Best Documentary Feature Award at La Frontera Queer Film Festival. Willow was a Fledgling Fellow at the 2018 DX Investigative Film Festival in Washington DC. She is a member of New Day Films, the longest running distribution cooperative for independent documentary filmmakers in the US, and a co-founder of Haptic Pictures, a production company producing beautiful original content around pressing issues of social justice.Brad Heck (Director/Producer/Cinematographer) is a filmmaker, cinematographer, and educator. Sisters Rising is Brad’s directorial debut. He also recently co-produced Willow O’Feral’s feature documentary Break the Silence: Reproductive & Sexual Health Stories. Previously in his career he worked as a cinematographer on commercial and independent projects, including documentaries featuring diverse visionaries such as Barack Obama, Howard Zinn, Miranda July and Guy Maddin, and was awarded a regional Emmy for his cinematography work for BRIC Media in NY. Brad currently teaches Film & Video Studies at Marlboro College and holds an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where he was honored with the Emerging Filmmaker Scholarship. Most recently Brad was awarded a Community Engagement Lab Grant to develop a virtual reality project chronicling the impact of climate change in Vermont. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/225/225_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:51:44+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/sixties-scoop-more-than-sorry https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/smoking-pipe-village https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/soup-for-my-brother https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/statistics https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/tall-man https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/tawaw https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-choice https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-city https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-good-deed https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-long-ride-home https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-old-man-next-door The Old Man Next Door - Director BioAidan Dickens is a Wellington-based film director of Maori and pakeha descent. He has numerous short films and music videos to his credit which have featured in film festivals both locally and internationally. He completed an MA in Screen Production at Auckland University in 2017 and works as a film tutor at Yoobee Colleges. His script ‘The Old Man Next Door’ was a finalist in the 2018 Fresh Shorts funding round through the New Zealand Film Commission.Director StatementThe idea for this film came to me a few months after my wife was discharged from Te Whare Ahuru, the psychiatric unit at Hutt Hospital, and we were both picking up the pieces of our life together. Among other things, the stress of preparing to move from Auckland to Wellington, and my absence, had led to her experiencing a severe depressive episode which included catatonia and psychosis. It was her second such hospitalization and both episodes had left her severely anxious and agoraphobic on returning home (once the sedating effects of the benzodiazepines, administered only in hospital, wore off). Even the most limited of outings - literally down the road -for her meant overcoming a daily internal “battle” in those first weeks and months.Drawing on my own struggles in the role of support person during this time - often experiencing disempowerment, frustration and sadness - I felt compelled to tell a story which allowed me to explore my thoughts and feelings about mental health in a way that I was familiar and most comfortable with. ‘The Old Man Next Door’ is a compelling, character-driven drama set in Wellington, New Zealand. Matiu, an elderly Māori war veteran and widower suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and agoraphobia, unable to leave the safety of his home. When he witnesses the downward spiral of his neighbour Yvonne, however, he finds the strength within to “do battle” with the internal forces that have imprisoned him, in order to save her from herself.My vision of the journey of Matiu, from broken war veteran to hero who saves the life of the girl next door, is reflected in the cinematography and art direction. In particular, an emphasis on closeups and tight shots evokes a feeling of claustrophobia. Most of the film is shot in small, enclosed spaces, and much of it is shot at night, which really helped to give the feeling of being trapped. Matiu’s house looks worn and devoid of any warmth, more like a cave than a home; used to his dark prison, he avoids sunlight like a nocturnal creature.The actors’ performances were key to capturing the emotional depth of the characters, and I worked extensively with them to this end. The editing really pulled everything together, capturing those moments of tension and drama between the characters. In terms of music and sound, I sought to let the drama speak for itself, employing a minimalist soundtrack. Silences were particularly important to build tension.Through the filming process I have seen my initial vision come to life in a very organic way. I was fortunate to work with a richly talented and experienced cast and crew, without whom the success of this project would not have been possible. Aidan Otene Dickens https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/382/382_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:51:24+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 1.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-owl-and-the-lemming https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-sheriff-alguacer https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-solemn-commitment-to-palakuwan https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-spider https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-three-sisters-community-garden https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/the-tongues https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/this-ink-runs-deep https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/this-is-our-country-too This is Our Country Too *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this documentary may contain images, voices and videos of deceased persons. - Director BioIshmahil Blagrove is a writer and film-maker and works for Rice N Peas, a social justice advocacy. He is the author of Carnival — A Photographic and Testimonial History of the Notting Hill Carnival https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/818/818_source_L3.mp4 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/in-times-of-rain https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/tomena https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/toxcatl Toxcatl 2020 marks the 500 year Anniversary of Yohualltepanahualiztli - Reference Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 12, Chapter 20 (Mexicah) https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/863/863_source_L3.mp4 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 1.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/tunniit TUNNIIT:RETRACING THE LINES OF INUIT TATTOOS - Director StatementTunniit is an intensely personal film. It is about my journey to learn about traditional Inuit women’s face tattoos before getting tattooed myself. However, I think (I hope) it also speaks to a universal desire to feel part of a community.  A sense of identity is a necessary foundation for life that is often taken for granted by those who have never had their identity challenged or attacked.This story takes place in the context of modern Inuit communities that are utterly confused by the staggering cultural changes wrought by the Canadian government, the Christian Church, and the reality of present day globalization. Today, evangelical Christianity is a shockingly strong force in arctic Inuit communities, causing tension around discussing anything that remotely touches on the old spiritual beliefs. The Inuit that attended residential schools, the generation that had their culture beaten out of them, and had their mouths washed out with soap when they spoke their native language – these people are hurting and confused. In some cases, the mere mention of traditional tattoos is enough to send a person into a spitting rage.In this context, the dignity and bravery of the dozens of Inuit elders who were willing to go on camera to speak about the tradition of tattooing is awe-inspiring.My personal struggle with these issues is laid out for the world to see in this film. I have felt touched and reassured to hear back from my fellow Inuit about what this film has meant to them. And though the process certainly upset and challenged my family at times, in the end we’ve come out stronger and closer for it. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/947/941_source_L3.mp4 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 3.00 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/ukaliq-and-kalla-go-fishing https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/ulu https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/ https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/wapikoni-mobile-cinema-on-wheels https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/warrior-women Warrior Women +Recorded Panel - American Museum & Gardens — curator's choice celebrating Native American Heritage Month in UKMadonna Thunder Hawk is a veteran of every modern Native occupation from Alcatraz, to Wounded Knee in 1973, and more recently the NODAPL protest at Standing Rock. Born and raised across the Oceti Sakowin homelands, she first became active in the late 1960s as a member and leader in the American Indian Movement and co-founded Women of All Red Nations and the Black Hills Alliance. An eloquent voice for Native resistance and sovereignty, Thunder Hawk has spoken around the world and served as a delegate to the United Nations in Geneva. She currently works as the tribal liaison for the Lakota People's Law Project. She established the Wasagiya Najin "Grandmothers' Group" on Cheyenne River Reservation to assist in rebuilding kinship networks.  She has partnered to develop the Simply Smiles Children's Village, a first of its kind intentional community of Native foster families.   Madonna is a principal in The Warrior Women Project, a collective for the development of scholarship, media, and activism.Marcella Gilbert is a Lakota and Dakota community organizer with a focus on health education, food sovereignty, and cultural revitalization. Gilbert was raised in the American Indian Movement as part of the We Will Remember Survival School and at seventeen was a delegate of the International Indian Treaty Council to the United Nations in 1977. With a Master’s in Nutrition, she works to reintroduce sustainable traditional foods and organic farming to Cheyenne River Reservation where she currently manages a garden project with the non-profitSimply Smiles and is directing community media and leadership initiatives with the Warrior Women Project.Christina D. King is a Peabody Award Nominated producer, director and writer whose work spans documentary, film, and television with a focus on human rights issues, civic engagement through storytelling, and democratizing filmmaking opportunities. King produced the narrative feature film We The Animals at Sundance 2018, awarded the NEXT Innovator Award and nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards. King’s other producing credits include This May Be The Last Time (Sundance 2014), which explores the origins of Native Mvskogee worship songs in Oklahoma, as well as the POV documentary Up Heartbreak Hill. Her work has been supported by Firelight Films, Sundance Documentary Fund, and the National Geographic All Roads Program. King is an enrolled member of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma.Dr. Elizabeth “Beth” Castle works at the intersection of media, scholarship, and activism as a Shawnee-descended anti-racist educator committed to liberating and sharing unknown histories of resistance. She started the Warrior Women Project (WWP) to preserve the oral histories of Indigenous activists and disrupt the dominant historical narrative through her book Women were the Backbone, Men were the Jawbone: Native Women’s Activism in the Red Power Movement. While completing her Ph.D. at Cambridge University, she worked at the White House for President Clinton’s Initiative on Race. She co-directed the Peabody Award Nominated film, Warrior Women (2018), and continues the collective work of the WWP in decolonizing curricula, activist archiving, and community media work. https://media.festivee.com/nativespiritfestival/item/407/407_source_L3.mp4 2020-09-19T00:51:45+01:00 https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/gallery 4.99 no https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/water-dreams https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/wearing-my-culture https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/whats-my-superpower https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/where-the-river-widens https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/whiteface https://nativespiritfestival.festivee.com/you-the-choice-of-my-parents You, the Choice of My Parents - Director BioMeli Tuqota Jr is a filmmaker based in Suva, Fiji. Meli works as a graphic designer and animator in a local NGO. He has been animating on and off over the past 10 years or so, and has worked on several of his friends short film projects. 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