The Red Nation Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2020 Red Nation Film Festival Awards, and Loretta Todd’s “Monkey Beach” swept with Best Picture, Lead Actress, Lead Actor and Best Director.
The festival, which pivoted to virtual this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, also handed out prizes to “Gather” in the Best Documentary race and “Blackwater” in the animated short race.
Festival director and curator Joanelle Romero said, “Thank you to everyone who joined us at this year’s 25th Rnci Red Nation Awards presented by Red Nation Television Network and Red Nation Celebration Institute. With attendees and filmmakers across the United States and around the world, we came to you virtually, from everywhere, we reached Indigenous nations globally. The success of the festival this year was beyond anything we’ve experienced in previous years. The challenge now is making the impossible possible, in hiring Native talent...
The festival, which pivoted to virtual this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, also handed out prizes to “Gather” in the Best Documentary race and “Blackwater” in the animated short race.
Festival director and curator Joanelle Romero said, “Thank you to everyone who joined us at this year’s 25th Rnci Red Nation Awards presented by Red Nation Television Network and Red Nation Celebration Institute. With attendees and filmmakers across the United States and around the world, we came to you virtually, from everywhere, we reached Indigenous nations globally. The success of the festival this year was beyond anything we’ve experienced in previous years. The challenge now is making the impossible possible, in hiring Native talent...
- 12/2/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Now in its 25th year, the Red Nation Film Festival looks to shine a light on the voices, stories, contributions and assets of contemporary Native peoples in replacing dangerous stereotypes that Native peoples face in media and academia.
Festival curator Joanelle Romero says, “I have created a 25-year history of cohesive research-informed strategies, ground-breaking initiatives, though cinematic excellence, media and strong focus on partnerships.”
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the festival will be held virtually through the month of November, tying into Native American Heritage Month.
The festival will screen 105 films, 73 documentaries, 35 films directed by women, 12 student films and 10 experimental films.
Romero says, “I love Indigenous independent films, it’s a lens into life stories that we the people don’t usually do not get to experience. Their courage and insight to tell their perspective is of utmost importance in creating systemic change through film.”
She adds, “As a curator...
Festival curator Joanelle Romero says, “I have created a 25-year history of cohesive research-informed strategies, ground-breaking initiatives, though cinematic excellence, media and strong focus on partnerships.”
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the festival will be held virtually through the month of November, tying into Native American Heritage Month.
The festival will screen 105 films, 73 documentaries, 35 films directed by women, 12 student films and 10 experimental films.
Romero says, “I love Indigenous independent films, it’s a lens into life stories that we the people don’t usually do not get to experience. Their courage and insight to tell their perspective is of utmost importance in creating systemic change through film.”
She adds, “As a curator...
- 11/13/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
At the Primetime Emmys telecast on September 17 we weren’t expecting “Game of Thrones” to win any of its five categories, but it surprised us twice, and they were pretty big surprises: it claimed Best Drama Series for the third time and also Best Drama Supporting Actor for Peter Dinklage for the third time. That brings the show’s total awards for the year to 9 and its all-time total to 47, which is by far the most awards for a primetime drama or comedy in a single year.
It’s hard to imagine a behemoth like “Game of Thrones” being considered an underdog anywhere, especially at the Emmys where it earned the most nominations of any program this year (22), but most of our users thought last year’s winner, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” would carry its momentum for another year. However, “Handmaid’s” ended up shut out entirely at the telecast,...
It’s hard to imagine a behemoth like “Game of Thrones” being considered an underdog anywhere, especially at the Emmys where it earned the most nominations of any program this year (22), but most of our users thought last year’s winner, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” would carry its momentum for another year. However, “Handmaid’s” ended up shut out entirely at the telecast,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Game of Thrones” tied “Saturday Night Live” as the biggest winner at the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys over the weekend. Both shows won seven prizes, extending their respective records. “SNL” is the most awarded show of all time, now with 71 wins. And “Game of Thrones” continues to be the most awarded primetime drama or comedy of all time, now with 45 total prizes. How many more do you think it will win when the final awards are handed out at the primetime telecast on Monday?
“Thrones” is up for five more awards at the upcoming telecast: Best Drama Series, Best Drama Supporting Actor (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peter Dinklage), Best Drama Supporting Actress (Lena Headey), Best Drama Writing (“The Dragon and the Wolf”) and Best Drama Directing (“Beyond the Wall” and “The Dragon and the Wolf”). If it wins all of them that will bring it to 12 awards for the year, tying its...
“Thrones” is up for five more awards at the upcoming telecast: Best Drama Series, Best Drama Supporting Actor (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peter Dinklage), Best Drama Supporting Actress (Lena Headey), Best Drama Writing (“The Dragon and the Wolf”) and Best Drama Directing (“Beyond the Wall” and “The Dragon and the Wolf”). If it wins all of them that will bring it to 12 awards for the year, tying its...
- 9/12/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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