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Native Spirit Festival
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🎬 Indigenous Cinematic Arts
Call for entries 20th Festival Oct-Dec 2026 🌍 UK 🌏 Taiwan
https://filmfreeway.com/NativeSpirit
Pinned
call for entries
deadline 20 March 2026
#springequinox

#nativespiritfestival #Indigenouscinema
call for entries
deadline 20 March 2026
#springequinox

#nativespiritfestival #Indigenouscinema
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
📽️ Live now at Sploj Mach #Machynlleth #Wales
❄️ Lleisiau Cynhenid ​​Arctig four short documentary films from Inuit, Inupiat, Sámi and Gwich’in filmmakers

artwork by Cornish artist SineadHayward.com
#indigenouscinema #nativespiritfestival #cymru #wales #arctig #arctic
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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📣Alongside 49 signatories worldwide, we condemn the attack on the life of Misael Socarrás Ipuana - a Wayúu Indigenous defender of the Arroyo Bruno in La Guajira, Colombia.

Read our statement:
londonminingnetwork.org/2025/12/inte...

@terrajusta.bsky.social
International statement in solidarity with Misael Socarrás Ipuana and defenders of land, the environment and human rights in La Guajira, Colombia - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
londonminingnetwork.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Lleisiau Cynhenid ​​Arctig four short documentary films from Inuit, Inupiat, Sámi and Gwich’in filmmakers
tonight at Sploj Mach #Machynlleth ancient capital of #Wales
artwork by Cornish artist SineadHayward.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Produced through the Witness program by AIFF and Telefilm #Canada with support from UArctic, Curating #Indigenous Circumpolar Cultural Sovereignty, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), York University #Arctic #Circumpolar #film
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/3/...
December 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
📽️ ARCTIC INDIGENOUS VOICES : four premiere Shorts by Inuit, Inupiat, Sámi, Gwich’in filmmakers travel to #Wales
#Machynlleth 🗣️ muh·kuhnth·leth

📅 Thu 18 Dec 7pm
📍 Sploj Mach, Unit 2, Bank Lane — Machynlleth's new space for culture & community
💷 £5 on door

Croeso i pawb / A warm welcome to all
1/5
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wed 26 Nov 6-7.30pm 📍Cambridge Uni ISDG #nativespiritfestival & Haiti Support Group
TWICE INTO OBLIVION Pierre Michel Jean 2023 100'
In 1937 Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20,000 Haitian...

watch ▶️ youtu.be/oUURp_Lpq6o
🎫 twiceintooblivion.eventbrite.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
ALL FREE 🌟 Sat 22 Nov 12-8pm #nativespiritfestival #bloomsbury 📍17 Russell Square, London
🐥 🚸 12-1pm family friendly animation
2️⃣0️⃣ films 🎞️ themes Matrilineal, Food Sovereignty, docs, features, supernatural, comedy... #indigenouscinema

▶️ youtu.be/p__h_49Lhck
🎫 niimissaksistersinfilm.eventbrite.co.uk
Native Spirit Festival : SISTERS IN FILM & WORLD INDIGENOUS CINEMA DAY
20 International Indigenous films: Children's hour 12-1pm—Matriarchal leadership—Kin Relations— Land Language Life & Spirituality
niimissaksistersinfilm.eventbrite.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
FREE Fri 21 Nov 6-9pm #nativespiritfestival #bloomsbury

STORIES WE HAVE EARNED: THE STONEY NAKODA FILM PROJECT by Cody Lefthand reveals the exploitation of Stoney Nakoda people’s culture & customs for entertainment purposes #Hollywood
youtu.be/XfNy-SgG1FE
thestoneynakodafilmproject.eventbrite.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
all welcome Sun 23 Nov
World Indigenous Cinema: Experimental Shorts

📍The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, WC1N 1JD 🚆 Russell Sq

📽️Matinee (2-4pm) www.thehorsehospital.com/events/nsf20...

📽️Dusk (5-7pm) www.thehorsehospital.com/events/nsf20...

#IndigenousCinema #narrativesovereignty #nativespiritfestival
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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NATIVE SPIRIT FESTIVAL — FREE in London!
20 hrs of global Indigenous-produced film this weekend

starts 6pm Fri 21 Nov 📍IALS, 17 Russell Sq WC1B 5DR
Sat 22nd 12-8pm, opens with 60' family-friendly animations, matrilineal SISTERS IN FILM...
ℹ️ www.eventbrite.com/cc/native-sp...

youtu.be/9ZEWXxAG7Po
2025 Native Spirit Festival — Trailer
YouTube video by Native Spirit UK
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
NATIVE SPIRIT FESTIVAL — FREE in London!
20 hrs of global Indigenous-produced film this weekend

starts 6pm Fri 21 Nov 📍IALS, 17 Russell Sq WC1B 5DR
Sat 22nd 12-8pm, opens with 60' family-friendly animations, matrilineal SISTERS IN FILM...
ℹ️ www.eventbrite.com/cc/native-sp...

youtu.be/9ZEWXxAG7Po
2025 Native Spirit Festival — Trailer
YouTube video by Native Spirit UK
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🎧 New podcast episode featuring Willi Lempert and Karrmen Crey on Indigenous filmmaking and futures. share.transistor.fm/s/952dd9d3
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sun 16 Nov
📽️ HUNTER BROTHERS Su Hung-EN #taiwan
#Truku tradition & modernity clash in this poignant tale depicting Indigenous brothers with contrasting attitudes towards their cultural heritage.
📌 Camden Chinese Community Centre 甘頓華人社區中心 free tea 🫖 £5 🎟️ hunterbrothers.eventbrite.co.uk
HUNTER BROTHERS — TAROKO, TAIWAN. PREMIERE & TALK
Truku tradition & modernity clash in this poignant tale depicting two Indigenous brothers with contrasting attitudes towards their culture
hunterbrothers.eventbrite.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
📽️ Tue 11 Nov 6pm Film & Director conversation
📌 Trinity Hall Theatre #cambridgeuniversity
Ian Jonker's film explores the vital role of Koi San languages in continuing Griqua cultural heritage in South Africa

FREE 🎫 thefirstman.eventbrite.co.uk #indigenous
#nativespiritfestival & #ISDG #indigenous
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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🗓️ 4 Nov 2025 6-7.30pm

📽️IMAGINE Jack Manning Bancroft

15yr-old gender-fluid Kim journeys to 5 islands in 24hrs. Facing surreal trials & inner demons — guided by Aboriginal Elders & alien dog Jeff, Kim explores identity, freedom, a world on the brink of collapse

🎟️ imagineanimation.eventbrite.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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What a cool way to start Native American Heritage Month! Pow qualified for The Academy Awards in the "Best Animated Short" category! Thank you to @animag.bsky.social for including us in their Oscar Watch and for everyone who continues to boost this film. Tell your @theacademyusa.bsky.social friends!
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🎬 Mārama: debut feature of #London-based Kiwi Taratoa Stappard. A Māori #Gothic Revenge #Horror set in #Victorian #England 1859. Themes: colonisation, #Māori oppression, spiritual realms. Confronting, bloody & unique
▶️ youtu.be/qRQrXmHW8p4?... via @YouTube #IndigenousCinema #aotearoa #newzealand
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
📽️IMAGINE 4 Nov 6pm Trinity Hall Theatre #Cambridge Free 🎟️https://ImagineAnimation.eventbrite.co.uk

Unlocking the Power of #Indigenous Knowledge with Dr Tyson Yunkaporta (Producer 🎞️ IMAGINE) youtu.be/3Kb7EWX80Fo?... via @YouTube
#cambridgeevents
Unlocking the Power of Indigenous Knowledge with Tyson Yunkaporta
YouTube video by Deakin University
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October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🗓️ Thu 20 Nov 6pm
📍 Cambridge Uni

📽️ TWICE INTO OBLIVION (L'OUBLI TUE DEUX FOIS) Premiere & Haiti Support Group Talk

Haitian Pierre Michel Jean’s latest film offers a powerful exploration of how silence & forgetting continue to shape perceptions of history

🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/twice-into...
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Skulls 19” drum

Update: many coats of white, a litre more black and I can start the final clean up.

#nool #drum #skull #skulls #formline #formlineart #nwcart #mikedangeli #mikedangeliart #mikedangelidesigns #mikedangelistudio
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Another mesmerizing piece by Abie Loy Kemarre, an Anmatyerre artist from Utopia (Central Desert, Australia). She is celebrated for her intricate linear compositions that echo the rhythm of ceremonial body painting and the movement of Country.
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM