Am Indian Film Festival Nominees Announced
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) and Title Sponsor the Seminole Tribe of Florida has announced the nominees for the 35th annual American Indian Film Festival. The awards will be presented at the annual American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show on Saturday Nov. 13 at 6:00p.m at the historic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
The American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show (AIMPA), (established in 1978), has recognized excellence in American Indian cinematic achievement, making the annual awards show one of the most prominent Indian Country and Native Cinema showcases. Over 100 films have been screened and judged by a jury panel designated by the American Indian Film Institute (AIFI). Fourteen prestigious awards will be recognized to those with outstanding cinematic accomplishments, including: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Best Live Action Short, Best Animated Short, Best Public Service, Best Music Video, Best Industrial, and Eagle Spirit Awards. BEST FILM Of Mice and Men, Kyle Hudlin-Whelan, Director Two Indians Talking, Sara McIntyre, Director A Windigo Tale, Armand Garnet Ruffo, Director BEST DIRECTOR Kyle Hudlin-Whelan, Of Mice and Men Sara McIntyre, Two Indians Talking Rodrick Pocowatchit, The Dead Can’t Dance Jeremy Torrie, A Flesh Offering BEST ACTOR Nathaniel Arcand, Two Indians Talking John Cook, Of Mice and Men Rodrick Pocowatchit, The Dead Can’t Dance Gary Farmer, A Windigo Tale BEST ACTRESS Andrea Menard, A Windigo Tale Kaniehtiio Horn, A Flesh Offering BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Justin Rain, Two Indians Talking Winter Fox Frank, Behind the Door of a Secret Girl Stanley Wood, Of Mice and Men BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jani Lauzon, A Windigo Tale Casey Camp-Horinek, Behind the Door of a Secret Girl BEST DOCUMENTAR Y FEATURE A Good Day To Die, Lynn Salt & David Mueller, Directors Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths, Ole Gjerstad & Joelie Sanguya, Directors Hearing Radmilla, Angela Webb, Director Reel Injun, Neil Diamond, Director BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family, Bryan Beasley, Director Cry Rock, Banchi Hanuse, Director The Return of the Goosedance, Abhish S. Birla, Director Potlatch: To Give, Barbara Cranmer, Director BEST LIVE SHORT SUBJECT Liminality, James Lujan, Director File Under Miscellaneous, Jeff Barnaby, Director Shimasani, Blackhorse Lowe, Director The Cave, Helen Haig-Brown, Director BEST ANIMATION Lumaajuuq, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Director Qalupalik, Ame Papatsie, Director Wapos Bay Episode 20: The Hardest Lesson, Trevor Cameron, Director Legend of Secret Pass, Steve Trenbirth, Director BEST MUSIC VIDEO I Ain't Learned Nothing Yet, Laura Milliken, Director The Road Forward, Marie Clements, Director Dirty Sexy Kill Kill, Yellow Thunder Woman, Good Eagle Woman, & Robin Davey, Directors Evergreen, Tony Hrynchuk, Director BEST PUBLIC SERVICE Don't Get Sick After June: American Indian Healthcare, Chip Richie, Director Skeletons in Closets: Blood in Labs, Brian Broadrose, Director The Healing Lens, Michelle Derosier, Director
