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
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.
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.
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
NWIFTV Founder Filmmaker Actor
Mayfair Witches
Bones of Crows
Avatar: The Last Airbender
La Brea
True Detective
Killers of the Flower Moon
LA Stories
Once Were Warriors
Battlestar Galactica
Abaunza Group
Chair, LA County Board of Supervisors, 3rd District.
Starz Network
Film Commissioner / MONTANA FILM OFFICE
Chairman Cody Martinez, Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation
RNCI Board Member
RNCI Board Member
RNCI Board Member
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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