• AIFF48 • November 3 -11 • San Francisco
• AIFF48 • November 3 -11 • San Francisco
2022 Poster Art will be available for sale during AIFF47: Nov. 4-12, 2022
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2022 Poster Art will be available for sale during AIFF47: Nov. 4-12, 2022
Presented by LucasFilm x Industrial Light & Magic
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A girl and her community prepare for her Ihuk, the once-dormant coming of age ceremony of the Karuk tribe of Northern California.
Program 1 (S47 P1) Opening Night includes: Unlord the Land, Long Line of Ladies, IndianLand
"The Trails Before Us" follows 17-year-old Nigel James, a Diné mountain biker as he hosts the first Enduro race in the Navajo Nation.
This short emphasizes the history of the Rapid City Boarding School and the Remember the Children community’s efforts to find and protect the children's graves.
Program 3 (S47 P2) includes, Restoring Néške'emāne; Remember the Children; My Indian Name
Presented by American Indian Cultural District & Magic Theatre
The sudden death of Mathieu's father forces him to return home to Anishinaabe territory, a place he has tried to avoid since his youth. Mathieu's pilgrimage quickly becomes an unimaginable nightmare that will change him forever. Like it or not, our vices always catch up with us eventually.
As the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key figure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residential school system.
Program 5 (S47 P5) includes, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, Interwoven, Imalirijit
This is the story of Royce Manuel and his dedication to the Kia-ha (burden basket). Follow this emotional story where his students and loved ones share how they will continue his legacy for future generations to learn.
A stop motion representation of the late elder Ida Smith telling her grandson the legend of the Mink.
A WINTER LOVE is modern day, inter-tribal, love story that shows true love is found in the season you love yourself.
“Right Here is a song about being there for the people that you love and care about – and also having those people that you love and care about being there for you, too,” - Adrian Sutherland
Presented by Consulate General of Canada San Francisco/Silicon Valley
After moving to a new town, a teenager must navigate peer pressure when her next-door neighbour convinces her to explore a nearby island in search of a legendary lake monster.
Program 10 (S47 P10) includes: N'xaxaitkw, MisTik, The Faraway Place, The Golden Age
A young Navajo woman investigates displacement of Indigenous people in several countries, and devastation of the environment, caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born.
Program 11 (S47 P11) includes: Kanatenhs - When the Pine Needles Fall, Powerlands
And so it began, with the Papal Bull of 1493. Pope Alexander VI’s apocalyptic declaration established a free-for-all in the European conquest of Tribal lands and souls. It was their “Doctrine of Discovery.” To us, the First People of this land, it was a death song we had never heard, but soon enough, we would all sing.
Program 12 (S47 P12) includes, Stolen Spirits, The Doctrine of Recovery
Without parents to guide them, Loretta and Raven reflect on the love their parents modeled and the grief of their loss. While one finds catharsis in their mother’s old VHS camera the other struggles with a potential pregnancy.
ANGEL, mother to TANIS, escapes into the night from her abusive partner EARL to a women’s shelter on the reservation. As the prospect of a new beginning comes to light, he tracks her down and she is forced to flee or fight.
Program 14 (S47 P14) includes: We Are Still Here, Broken Angel
In the Northern Alberta community of Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation, a father teaches his child how to create a caribou drum.
Program 15 (S47 P15) includes Heartbeat of a Nation, Nightcap, Tssiyééł (Hair Bun)
"Without Water" documents the ongoing dispute between the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and various stakeholders in Long Valley, California.
Presented by American Indian Cultural District & Magic Theatre
After her husband is brutally murdered, a young and newly pregnant homesteader and her Native American mother in law must fight for survival after being kidnapped by a gang of violent outlaws.
Program 17 (S47 P17) includes, Ts'oostsitsi (Years Ago), Dues, The Redeemer
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