Festival

Festival presentation: 

One Nation Film Festival will be an annual event held in Colorado Springs, CO starting in 2016. The festival will focus on Native American and Indigenous Americas Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature Films and Narrative, Documentary and Student Short Films.

One Nation Film Festival(ONFF), will showcase the work of independent filmmakers amidst the mountainous backdrop of Colorado Springs, Colorado and is about filmmakers, audiences, and film professionals establishing a relationship and supporting independent film.

ONFF will feature Native American and Indigenous Americas films covering a variety of subjects and genres. The festival will highlight attending filmmaker at screenings Q & A sessions, with filmmaker panels, parties, receptions and special events held throughout the festival.

ONFF will presents category-specific awards, as well as Audience Choice and Director’s choice awards.

The 2016 One Nation Film Festival will take place April 1st and 2nd, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado

One Nation Film Festival through its fiscal sponsor, One Nation Walking Together, helps ONWT provide gifts of hope to Native Americans in urban areas and on Reservations throughout the West. One Nation Film Festival hopes to educate the public through films that display strong storytelling, both written and visually, about the culture and history of Native People, the many positive aspects of their heritage and culture and draw attention to their current plight and existence in urban areas and on Reservations..

Edition: 

1

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

American Films

Animation

Comedy

Documentary

Environnement/Nature

Historical

Independent

Music

Student films

Category/Format: 

Documentaries

Fiction Features

Independant

Short films

Student film

Accepting Films in the following categories. Native American Narrative Feature Films Any narrative work of fiction of U.S. origin about, by or featuring Native Americans with a running time of 50 minutes or More or must be a work featuring Native Americans as members of the cast or crew. Native American Documentary Feature Films Any non-fiction film of U.S. origin about, by or featuring Native Americans with a running time of 50 minutes or more. If documentary contains some dramatization of actual events, you may submit in this category, but we will ultimately decide which program is best suited for your project, if accepted. Indigenous Americas Narrative Feature Films Any narrative work of fiction that originates from North, Central or South America excluding the U.S. with a running time of 50 minutes or more. Works made by AND/OR about indigenous groups of the Americas. Must include English subtitles. Indigenous Americas Documentary Feature Films Any non-fiction film by AND/OR about indigenous groups of the Americas that originates from North, Central or South America excluding the U.S. with a running time of 50 minutes or more, If your documentary contains some dramatization of actual events, you may submit in this category, but we will ultimately decide which program is best suited for your project, if accepted. Must include English subtitles. Native American Short Films Any narrative fiction OR documentary film of U.S. origin about, by or featuring Native Americans with a running time of less than 20 minutes, including credits. Indigenous Americas Short Films Any narrative fiction or documentary film with a running time of less than 20 minutes, including credits, that originates from North, Central, South America excluding the U.S. with a running time of less than 20 minutes. Works made by AND/OR about indigenous groups of the Americas. Must include English subtitles. Student Shorts Films Any narrative fiction OR documentary that originates from North, Central, South America and the U.S. Works made by, about or features Native Americans or Indigenous groups of the Americas. Music Video’s Any music video from the U.S. Only by a Native American group or Individual. Submissions for music video’s are only accepted on FilmFreeway.