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09/11/2025
🎉 10 Year Anniversary 🎊 Standing Rock $ Beyond
STANDING ROCK started with Native YOUTH when they were invited to lead the First Indigenous Women RISE March held Red Nation International Film Festival in Los Angeles – November 2015 and went on to organize the run to Washington DC to speak out against the Dakota Access pipeline. Native Youth Woke the World to Standing Rock & Beyond. Supported by our WOMEN, backed by our ELDERS & ANCESTORS.
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🏆 'QOTZUÑI: PEOPLE OF THE LAKE' - Academy Award Qualifying Film
‘Qotzuñi: People of the Lake’ is an independent documentary short about the Uru-Murato indigenous communities of Lake Poopó, Bolivia. In 2016, Lake Poopó, the second largest lake in Bolivia at 3,000 square kilometers, dried up entirely due to diversion of its headwaters and climate change-related drought. Through interviews with community members, the film explores the drought’s impact on Uru livelihoods and culture, and their methods of community adaptation.
RNIFF proudly showcases the largest number of films directed by women of any film festival, continuing its legacy of championing female voices in cinema.
On this day, RNIFF calls upon all friends and supporters of the festival who are ready to activate their support to create direct impact. This day will create space for producers, buyers to connect with women directors towards supporting their artistry via network or asset support.
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Under the Arbor is a vibrant vérité documentary that follows a cast of Indigenous performers through a summer on the Powwow trail in Alberta. From dancers and singers to MCs and drum groups, the film offers an intimate look at the joy, struggle, and community that defines life under the arbor.
Directed by Nehiyaw filmmaker Hayley Morin of the Enoch Cree Nation, the film brings audiences behind the scenes, from dressing rooms to dance competitions to family campgrounds, capturing the living culture of Powwow with humour, heart, and cinematic beauty. A celebration of resilience and identity, Under the Arbor is both a love letter to tradition and a testament to its ongoing evolution.
POWWOW HIGHWAY – The groundbreaking Native feature film that revolutionized the film industry, reshaped the Native narrative and paved the way for Indigenous storytelling in cinema.
Join us to celebrate and spotlight Native and Indigenous Independent film by looking back at the past 10 films that took home the coveted RNIFF “RNCI Red Nation Award”.
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10 Films to Watch – Native & Indigenous Stories Shaping Our World One Film At A Time 🎥 https://bit.ly/493NCt2
06/11/2025
🎬 The First Streamer — Before Anyone Even Imagined Watching Movies Online.�
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WATCH 200+ Native & Indigenous Films, Documentaries, Live Action, Doc Shorts, Animation, Podcasts and so much more ..,
PLUS 30th Edition Red Nation International Film Festival 2025 selected films, RNCI Red Nation Awards and more ,,,
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Starting January 1st 2026 - 2 to 3 NEW film titles a week
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We are to Native and Indigenous Cinema what Rolling Stone is to music - iconic, influential, and unstoppable.
Calling All Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) Members to Join Us for the 30th Edition Red Nation International Film Festival in supporting FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Three Academy- Qualified Films
From Native and Indigenous Voices to Global Audiences take action protecting the Amazon Rainforest & ancestral lands in the U.S. and its guardians.
This week, world leaders will gather in Bélem, Brazil for COP30, the first global climate summit held in the rainforest. Brazil is home to 60% of the Amazon - the lungs of the Earth, and one of our planet’s most vital life-support systems. Yet is in peril.
In the last four decades, animal agriculture (pasture and feed crops) has driven 95% of its deforestation in Brazil. Globally animal agriculture and extractive industries like mining and oil have caused the destruction of hundreds of millions of acres of irreplaceable ecosystems.
Our Native and Indigenous Peoples have long been—and continue to be—the true guardians of our ancestral lands, showing the world that protecting nature is our most powerful solution to the crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and human well-being.
For three decades, Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI) has showcased powerful environmental films through and Native Women in Film & Television, in collaboration with our partners, to share knowledge, elevate Indigenous voices, and inspire action toward a more sustainable future.
Our Mission is a powerful media coalition initiative aimed at raising global awareness about the glaring lack of inclusion of Native Women in Film & Television in all media. This issue is directly intertwined with the devastating epidemic of Missing and Murdered Native and Indigenous Women, Girls, and People.
As a young Vietnam War soldier, a gr***de blast robbed Michael Naranjo of his eyesight. But he didn’t lose sight of his integrity and ambition. He fought past critics and social stereotypes to harness the life of his dreams.
Dream Touch Believe is a timeless biographical documentary about a man who succeeded in doing what he was told he couldn’t do.
Although Naranjo has no eyes and the use of just one hand, the Indigenous artist creates sculptures coveted by collectors worldwide. The shadow-like bronzes treasured for their haunting beauty are displayed prominently in homes, museums, and grand institutions like the White House and Vatican.
But it’s Naranjo’s life story that continues to spark hope within people of all walks of life. Dream Touch Believe is a film that will inspire audiences of all ages.
📍 30th Red Nation International Film Festival�🏛️ AMC The Grove�🗓️ Tuesday, November 11�⏰ Screening: 5:50 PM | In Person�🎤 Post-Screening Guests: Jenna Narranjo Winters, Michael Naranjo and Laurie Narranjo
05/11/2025
🎊 30th RNIFF
🎥 55 Films Directed By Women
Over the course of the last eight years, we have wholeheartedly championed the screening of impressive 272 films directed by women.
This laudable initiative serves as a resounding testament to our unwavering commitment to promoting inclusivity within the film industry. In a remarkable feat, we have even surpassed prominent film festivals like Toronto, Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, & the Oscars in terms of the sheer numbers of women-directed films featured.
05/11/2025
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