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All Roads Film Festival
1145 17th Street, Suite M2106
Washington, DC 20036
Director:
Francene Blythe
Phone:
202-857-7660
allroads@ngs.org
www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads

American Indian Film Festival
333 Valencia Street, Suite 322
San Francisco, CA 94103
Director: Michael Smith
Phone: 415-554-0525
filmfestival@aifisf.com
www.aifisf.com

American Indian Film Festival
at Bellevue Community College
Carlson Theatre, Building E
3000 Landerholm Circle S.E.
Bellevue, WA 98007
Contact: Bob Adams
Phone: 425-564-3081
badams@bcc.ctc.edu
http://bellevuecollege.edu/aiff/

Augsburg College Native American Film Series
CB 115, Augsburg College
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Contact: M. Elise Marubbio
Phone: 612-423-9556 or 612-330-1523
marubbio@augsburg.edu
www.augsburg.edu/ais/filmseries/

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Cine Las Americas
P.O. Box 1626
Austin, TX 78767
Executive Director: Eugenio del Bosque
Phone: 512-841-5930
festival@cinelasamericas.org
www.cinelasamericas.org

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DerHumALC International Human Rights Film Festival
Callao 441
10º C Second Building
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone: 54-011-43282978
infofestival@derhumalc.org.ar
www.derhumalc.org.ar

Dreamspeakers Film Festival
8726 112 Avenue
Edmondton, Alberta T5B 0G6, Canada
President: Murray Jurak
Executive Director: Helen Calahasen
Phone: 780-378-9609
info@dreamspeakers.org
www.dreamspeakers.org

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Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Video Documental Independiente: Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces
(All Voices Against Silence Independent Documentary Festival)
Carrasco #74, Col. Toriello Guerra, Tlalpan
C. P. 14050, México, D. F., México
General Director: Cristian Calónico
Phone: (52) (55) 55-28-07-97 or (52) (55) 56-06-73-76
festival@contraelsilencio.org
www.contraelsilencio.org

Environmental Film Festival at Eckerd College
Eckerd College
4200 54th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33711
Coordinator: Catherine Griggs
Phone: 727-864-7979
griggscm@eckerd.edu
www.eckerd.edu/film

Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
1228 ½ 31st Street NW
Washington, DC, 20007
Executive Director: Annie Kaempfer
Founder and Creative Director: Flo Stone
Managing Director: Peter O'Brien
Phone: 202-342-2564
envirofilmfest@igc.org
www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org

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Fargo Film Festival
Fargo Theatre
314 Broadway
Fargo, ND 58102
Executive Director: Margie Bailly
Operations Manager: Prairie Rose
Phone: 701-239-8385
Fax: 701-235-0893
margie@fargotheatre.org
www.fargofilmfestival.org
* Native American Voices section and prizes

Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia/Morelia International Film Festival
Melchor Ocampo #35, Col. Centro
C.P. 58000, Morelia, Michoacán, México
Director: Daniela Michel
Morelia phone: (52) (443) 317-7801 or (52) (443) 317-7802
Mexico City phone: (52) (55) 1054-6797 or (52) (55) 5511-5150
moreliafilmfest@prodigy.net.mx
www.moreliafilmfest.com (English and Spanish)
*First Nations Forum

Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indígenas (International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples)
Organized by CLACPI (Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indígenas)
Director (2006-8): Alberto Muenala
General Information:
CEFREC CAIB, Calle Otero de la Vega 812, 2do Piso,
zona San Pedro, La Paz, Bolivia
Phone/Fax:
(5912) 249-0094 (Orlando Antezana, Edgar Suxo)
Phone/Fax:
(5912) 249-2398 (Abel Ticona)
cefrec@gmail.com
www.clacpi.org (Spanish)
For information in English, contact NMAI at FVC@si.edu.
For a report on the 2006 Festival, enter here.

Festival of Native Film & Culture
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
471 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Festival Coordinator: Sharon May
Phone: 760-778-1079, Ext. 101
smay@accmuseum.org
www.accmuseum.org

First Americans in the Arts Film/TV/Theatrical Awards
FAITA
P.O. Box 17780
Beverly Hills, CA 90109-3780
Founders: Bob Hicks and Dawn Jackson
Phone: 310-270-5388
admin@firstamericans.org
www.firstamericans.org/call4entries.htm

First Peoples' Festival Film & Video Showcase/Présence authoctone
Terres en vues/LandInSights
6865 Christophe-Colomb, Suite 102
Montreal, QC, H2S 2H3 Canada
Cultural Director: André Dudemaine
Coordinator: Mary Ellen Davis
Phone: 514-278-4040
Fax: 514-278-4224
tev@nativelynx.qc.ca
www.nativelynx.qc.ca (English and French)

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Hawaii International Film Festival
680 Iwilei Road, Suite 100
Honolulu, HI 96817
Programming Director: Anderson Le
Phone: 808-697-2463
Fax: 808-697-2464
info@hiff.org
www.hiff.org
*includes works by indigenous Pacific Islanders

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imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
401 Richmond St. West, Suite 349
Toronto, ON M5V 3A8 Canada
Director: Rebeka Tabobondung
Phone: 416-585-2333
Fax: 416-585-2313
info@imagineNATIVE.org
www.imaginenative.org

Indianer Inuit: North American Native Film Festival
Stuttgart, Germany
Artistic Director: Gunter Lange
General Film Manager (in Canada): Claudia Kleint-Steinke
136-252 Stone Road West
Guelph, ON, N1G 2V7 Canada
cks@nordamerika-filmfestival.com
www.nordamerika-filmfestival.com/en/index.html

Indigenous Film and Arts Festival
International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management
444 South Emerson Street
Denver, CO 80209-2216
Director: Jeanne Rubin
Phone: 303-744-9686
jeannerubin@iiirm.org
www.iiirm.org

Indigenous World Film Festival
(formerly Native Film Festival)
Alaska Native Heritage Center
8800 Heritage Center Drive
Anchorage, AK 99506
Director: Steven Alvarez
Phone: 907-330-8091
salvarez@alaskanative.net
www.alaskanative.net

International Cherokee Film Festival
PO Box 1767
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Director: Linda Turnbull-Lewis
Phone: 918-931-9322
director@internationalcherokeefilmfestival.com
www.internationalcherokeefilmfestival.com

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Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th St.
New York, NY 10024-5192
Director: Elaine Charnov
Phone: 212-769-5305
meadfest@amnh.org
www.amnh.org/mead

Message Sticks Film Festival
Sydney Opera House, GPO Box R239
Royal Exchange, Sydney NSW 1225 Australia
Curators: Darren Dale and Rachel Perkins
Phone: +61 2 9250 7111
infodesk@sydneyoperahouse.com
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/about/programs_Message_Sticks.aspx
Curated program

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Native American Film + Video Festival
Film and Video Center
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
Directors: Elizabeth Weatherford and Emelia Seubert
Festival Producer: Michelle Svenson
Latin American Program Coordinator: Amalia Cordova
Phone: 212-514-3737
Fax: 212-514-3725
FVC@si.edu
Festival 2000; Festival 2003; Festival 2006; Festival 2009

Native American Film Series
Columbia Film Society
937 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Contact: Andy Smith
Phone: 803-254-8234
andy@nickelodeon.org
www.nickelodeon.org

Native American Film Festival
Friends of the Oglala Lakota (FOL)
PO Box 497
Dublin, NH 03444
Founding Director (FOL): Nancy Cayford
Phone: 603-563-8021
lakotafriends@lakotafriends.org
www.lakotafriends.org

Native Cinema Showcase
Organized by NMAI Film and Video Center and Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA)
Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Contact: Michelle Svenson
Phone: 212-514-3731
FVC@si.edu
For current listings, enter here.

Native Eyes Film Showcase
University of Arizona
Hanson Film Institute, Department of Media Arts
845 N. Park Ave
Marshall Building Rm. 220
Tucson, AZ 85721-0158
Director: Vicky Westover
Phone: 520-626-9825
vwestove@email.arizona.edu
www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/native_eyes

Native Voices Film Festival
University of Washington, Center for Indigenous Media
Seattle, WA 98195
Directors: Luana K. Ross and Daniel Hart
Phone: 206-616-7498
Fax: 206-616-3122
nvoices@u.washington.edu
www.com.washington.edu/nativevoices/

NMAI At the Movies Series/New York
Film and Video Center
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
Contact: Reaghan Tarbell
Phone: 212-514-3734
FVC@si.edu
For current listings, enter here.

NMAI Daily Screening Series/New York
Especially for Kids and Daily Screenings
Film and Video Center
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
Contact: Millie Seubert
Phone: 212-514-3737
FVC@si.edu
For current listings, enter here.
Two daily programs of independent Native media, one for youth and one for general audiences (multiple screenings). Programming changes monthly.

NMAI Screening Series/Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
Contact: Melissa Bisagni, Media Initiatives
Phone: 202-633-6694
bisagnim@si.edu
Regular screenings include thematic programs and special film programs with speakers.

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Premio Anaconda
CLACPI-Bolivia
Calle Otero de la Vega #812- 2do. Piso
La Paz, Bolivia, Casilla 9368
Coordinator: Nila Ruiz
Phone: (591) (2) 249-0094
comaru@entelnet.bo
www.praia-amazonia.org/anaconda

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Red Fork Native American Film Festival
Tulsa Community College - West Campus
7505 W. 41st St.
Tulsa, OK 74107
Attn: Red Fork
Co-Directors: Steven Woods and Gerald Wofford
Phone: 918-595-8078
keverett@tulsacc.edu
www.myspace.com/redforknaff

Reel2Real International Film Festival for Youth
P.O. Box 45006
4326 Dunbar St.
Vancouver, BC V652G3 Canada
Executive Director: Venay Felton
Phone: 604-224-6162
info@r2rfestival.org
www.r2rfestival.org

S

Sámi Film Festival
Director: Sara Beate Eira
Phone: (47) 92025682
sbeira82@hotmail.com
www.samifilmfestival.no

Santa Fe Film Festival
The Film Center at Cinemacafe
60 W, San Francisco St., Suite 307
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Executive Director: Jon Bowman
Phone: 505-988-7414
info@santafefilmfestival.com
www.santafefilmfestival.com
*Award for Best Indigenous Film

Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute
8530 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Native American Program: Bird Runningwater
Phone: 310-360-1981 Ext.124
native@sundance.org
www.sundance.org

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Tribeca Film Festival
375 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
Executive Director: Peter Scarlet
Phone: 212-941-2400
entries@tribecalfilmfestival.org
www.tribecafilmfestival.org

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Wairoa Maori Film Festival
P.O. Box 85
Nuhaka Wairoa District, Aotoroa, New Zealand
Director: Leo Koziol
Phone: (64) (6) 8378854
maorimovies@gmail.com
www.manawairoa.com

Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival
P.O. Box 388
Moose Factory, ON, P0L 1W0 Canada
Artistic Director: Fred Rickard, Jr.
Co-Director: Paul Rickard
Phone: 705-658-6987
weeneebeg@gmail.com


Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival
(formerly Winnipeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival)
101-478 River Ave., Suite 909
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L0B3 Canada
Artistic Directors: Coleen Rajotte and Rick Harp
Phone:
204-774-1375 or 204-880-5381
info@aboriginalfilmfest.org
www.aboriginalfilmfest.org

Other festivals interested in Native
and indigenous work

African Diaspora Film Festival
New York, NY
www.nyadff.org/

Available Light Film Festival
Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, Canada
www.yukonfilmsociety.com/alff/alff.html

Berlinale/Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
www.berlinale.de/en/

Cannes Film Festival/Festival de Cannes
Cannes, France
www.festival-cannes.fr/en

CineFest Petrobras Brasil
New York, NY
www.festivalfocus.org/festival_view.php?uid=804

Cinefestival en San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
www.cinefestivalsa.org

Festival International Jean Rouch
Paris, France
www.comite-film-ethno.net

Filmfest DC/DC International Film Festival
Washington, D.C.
www.filmfestdc.org

First Circle Film Festival
Tulsa, OK
www.circlecinema.com

forumdoc.bh
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
www.filmesdequintal.com.br

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Durham, North Carolina
www.fullframefest.org

HatchFest
Bozeman, MT
www.hatchfest.org

Hot Docs
Toronto, ON, Canada
www.hotdocs.ca

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
London, England and New York, NY
www.hrw.org/iff

Indian Summer Festival
Milwaukee, WI
www.indiansummer.org

International Latino Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
www.latinofilmfestival.org

Latin American Environmental Media Festival
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/EFF

Maui Film Festival
Kahului, HI
www.mauifilmfestival.com

Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au

Mill Valley Film Festival
Mill Valley, CA
www.mvff.com

Mount Shasta International Film Festival
Mount Shasta, CA
www.shastafilmfest.com

New Directors/New Films
New York, NY
www.filmlinc.com/ndnf

Northwest Indigenous Film Festival
www.nativevue.org

Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario
www.planetinfocus.org

Rotterdam International Film Festival
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com

Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Santa Barbara, CA
www.sbfilmfestival.org

Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle, WA
www.siff.net

Silverdocs
Silver Springs, MD
http://silverdocs.com/

Sin Fronteras Film Festival
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
www.unm.edu/~lasunm/solas.html

Sydney Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
www.sydneyfilmfestival.org

Tamejavi Cultural Festival
Fresno, CA
www.tamejavi.org

Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto, ON, Canada
www.tiffg.ca

Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.viff.org

Victoria Film Festival
Victoria, BC, Canada
http://victoriafilmfestival.com

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI

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