Who Tells The Story Matters
14th NWIFTV Native Women in Film Festival
The Week Leading to The Academy Awards®
The Matriarchs of Cinema™ / Women of Influence
Decolonizing The Entertainment Industry
32 Films Directed by Women from a Native Perspective
NWIFTV is a program of Red Nation Celebration Institute
“NWIFTV Festival has 32 films directed by women this year, marking the largest number of films by Native women directors. We’ve surpassed all of them in numbers — Toronto Film Festival, Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca and the Oscars. It’s been quite extraordinary. We are in our 14th year with NWIFTV film festival and the past six years our numbers are reflecting that we are leading the way for women directors from a native perspective.” – Founder / Director Joanelle Romero
RNCI designed this program to connect people with deeply moving stories of those within our community to lead the entertainment industry to become more inclusive of our storytellers. In 2018, NWIFTV launched a media campaign WHY WE WEAR RED bringing a global awareness to the lack of inclusion of Native Women in Film & Television, which is directly linked to the epidemic of Murdered and Missing Native Women & Girls.
Native Women in Film & Television in All Media – Film Festival. The first and largest representation of Native and Indigenous Women Filmmakers. NWIFTV is a program of Red Nation Celebration Institute. NWIFTV serves under its fiscal partner Red Nation Celebration Institute The Creative Enterprise by Natives delivering to all people the stories that shape our world. RNCI the longest standing Native Women-Led Indigenous Media, Arts & Cultural nonprofit in the history of the Entertainment Industry.
Empowering Native and Indigenous Storytellers.
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