NWIFTV Brunch

The Matriarchs of Cinema / Women of Influence

15th NWIFTV Native Women in Film Festival | March 1-8

15th Edition Native Women in Film Festival

The Matriarchs of Cinema™

Women of Influence Decolonizing The Entertainment Industry

Celebrating

45 Films Directed by Women

Joanelle Romero
Rebecca Brando
Rena Owen
Susan Masten

Cordially Invites You to Attend

Pre-Oscar Industry Brunch

Women in Entertainment, Native and Indigenous women filmmakers and creatives come together to ignite a new narrative.

Friday, March 8th | 11:00 to 3:00pm

Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles Beverly Hills

300 South Doheny Drive, Los Angeles, California, 90048

VIP Table

(2 available)

For more information on VIP Table and Benefits email: Liz Kramer at partnerships@rednation.com or call 818.665.5753.

VIP Seating (8 seats per ticket): $5,000
Four Seasons

Native Women in Media Impact Reward

The NWIFTV Brunch promises to be a powerful celebration of women’s influence and impact in the entertainment industry.

Native Women in Media Impact Reward

Bonnie Abaunza, whose life has been dedicated to humanitarian work, human rights, and social justice advocacy.

Talei Fernandez, a young woman of Indigenous Guatemalan descent who is serving as the first U.S. Youth Ambassador for Pope Francis’ foundation, Scholas USA, and its Pelota de Trapo program, which brings diverse youth together around civic engagement and service.

Presented by Red Nation Celebration Institute

Joanelle Romero

NWIFTV Founder Filmmaker Actor

Mayfair Witches

Marie Clements

Bones of Crows 

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Tonantzin Carmelo

La Brea 

Kali Reis

True Detective 

Killers of the Flower Moon

Giselle Fernández

LA Stories 

Rena Owen

Once Were Warriors 

Mary McDonnell

Battlestar Galactica 

Bonnie Abaunza

Abaunza Group

Lindsey P. Horvath

Chair, LA County Board of Supervisors, 3rd District.

Daria Overby

Starz Network 

Allison Whitmer

Film Commissioner / MONTANA FILM OFFICE

Cody Martinez

Chairman Cody Martinez, Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation

RNCI Board Member 

Rebecca Brando

RNCI Board Member

Zion White

RNCI Board Member 

Red Nation Television Network
National Endowment For The Arts
Apple TV
STARZ #Take The Lead
AMC Networks
Red Nation Films
abaunza group
Sycuan

Native Women in Film & Television in All Media FILM FESTIVAL (NWIFF) is the first and largest representation of Native and Indigenous women filmmakers held in Los Angeles in the week leading to the Academy Awards. This year’s Native Women in FILM Festival, held March 2-8. 2024, will include 56 films directed by women, surpassing TIFF, Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes Film Festival, and the Academy Awards. NWIFTV started in 2003 out of a need to keep the Native image at the forefront of the entertainment industry. In the last seven years, NWIFTV has screened 162 films directed by women.

Presented annually by the Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI), The Creative Enterprise by Natives delivering to all people the stories that shape our world is the longest-running Native Women-Led Indigenous Media Arts and Cultural non-profit enterprise in the history of the entertainment industry. Serving Indian Country & Entertainment Industry. Representing over 570+ Native Nations, amplifying more than 5000+ Native and Indigenous content creators through its streaming company Red Nation Television Network, supporting 2700+ Native Indigenous filmmakers through its Red Nation International Film Festival, including films directed by women through its Native Women in Film & Television in All Media, since 1995.

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