American Indian Film Festival

American Indian Film Festival
Location	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Founded	1975
Festival date	November
Website	http://www.aifisf.com/

The American Indian Film Festival is an annual non-profit film festival in San Francisco, California, United States. It is the world's oldest venue dedicated solely to Native American/First Nations films and prepared the way for the 1979 formation of the American Indian Film Institute.

According to the Institute,^[1] the Festival was first presented in Seattle, Washington in 1975 and moved in 1977 to San Francisco, where it remains today. In 1979, the Festival was incorporated.

Over 3,100 films have been screened from Native American/First Nations communities in the U.S. and Canada, and the festival includes events such as film screenings, panel discussions, an awards ceremony and networking events.^[2]

This festival is not to be confused by the Native American Film and Video Festival, which was founded in 1979.

Winners[]

Recent festival winners include:^[3]

films and documentaries: Barking Water, , Le jour avant le lendemain, Imprint, Expiration Date, Johnny Tootall, Dreamkeeper, The Doe Boy, Unbowed, Smoke Signals, , , Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Maïna
directors and filmmakers: Chris Eyre, , Randy Redroad, Steve Barron, , Shirley Cheechoo, Aaron James Sorensen, Rick Stevenson, Sterlin Harjo, Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu, Georgina Lightning, Kevin Willmott
documentarians: Mel Lawrence, Peter von Puttkamer,
actors: Adam Beach, Jay Tavare, James Duval, , Judy Herrera, , Cody Lightning, Tonantzin Carmelo, , , , Wes Studi, Misty Upham, Casey Camp-Horinek, , Roseanne Supernault, Michelle Thrush,

Best Films[]

1980s[]

Year	Film	Producer(s)
1987	Loyalties	and
1988	Journey to Spirit Island	and
1989	Powwow Highway

1990s[]

Year	Film	Producer(s)
1990	Dances With Wolves	Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner
1992	Incident at Oglala
1993	Medicine River	, and
1994	Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1995	Dance Me Outside
1996	Grand Avenue	Tony To
1998	Smoke Signals	Larry Estes
1999	Unbowed	and

2000s[]

Year	Film	Producer(s)
2000	Backroads	Shirley Cheechoo, Phyllis Ellis and
2001	The Doe Boy	Chris Eyre and
2002	Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner	Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk and
2003	Dreamkeeper	Ron McLeod and
2004	Edge of America	Chris Eyre and Willy Holtzman
2005	Johnny Tootall	and
2006	Expiration Date	John Forsen and Rick Stevenson
2007	Imprint	Chris Eyre and Michael Linn
2008	Before Tomorrow
2009	Barking Water

2010s[]

Year	Film	Producer(s)
2010	A Windigo Tale	Armand Garnet Ruffo
2011	Shouting Secrets	and
2012	Mesnak
2013	Maïna	and
2014	Drunktown's Finest	and Mateo Frazier
2015	Mekko	and
2016	Before the Streets
2017	Wind River	, Peter Berg, Matthew George, Basil Iwanyk and
2018	Angelique's Isle	, Dave Clement, and
2019	Edge of the Knife

2020s[]

Year	Film	Producer(s)
2020	Monkey Beach	Loretta Todd, Patti Poskitt, Carla Robinson, Fred Fuchs, Matthew O'Connor, Lisa Richardson

References[]

^ "American Indian Film Institute Overview and History webpage". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
^ "What We Do". American Indian Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
^ AIFI at IMDB

External links[]

American Indian Film Institute homepage

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[1] "American Indian Film Institute Overview and History webpage". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-07-03.

[2] "What We Do". American Indian Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

[3] AIFI at IMDB

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