Indigenous Film Festival Calls for Applications



  • Entries are open for the 2020 Indigenous Arts Exchange Festival.
  • Inviting documentary or performance proposals that demonstrate indigenous culture and facilitate cultural exchange.
  • Last date for submission is April 1st. The festival will take place in the Fall of 2020.

October 22, 2019: Indigenous Bridges has issued a call for entries to the first annual Indigenous Arts Exchange Festival, taking place during the summer of 2020. Indigenous Bridges is the name of the series of programs organized by the ATAYAL organization, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization committed to preserving indigenous cultures and empowering aboriginal peoples around the globe. At the festival, there will be fundraising efforts to support the mission of the organization, and opportunities to allow new ideas and unheard voices to shine through.

The festival will be open to filmmakers, live performers and lecturers who want to share their work with participants in an environment that will encourage cooperation and mutual understanding.

“Exchanging short films from different participating indigenous groups creates a great opportunity for a dialogue to promote understanding of each other’s shared struggles and shared growth over adversity,” says Gerald A. Santos, Director of Indigenous Media Exchange for Indigenous Bridges since summer, 2019. “I would like to ask for participants to join the inter-tribal exchange of dialogue to build strong bridges of communication and unity in these shared struggles, and in the fight for preserving a way of life.”

Future events organized by Santos will include an arts and photo exhibition, a movie night, and an indigenous nonprofit exchange celebration.

“The exchange of media and the arts is a great tool in uniting different communities that have a strong artistic heritage,” says Santos. “I hope we can make these events annual, as part of a bigger coalition effort for indigenous cultural exchange.”

Categories:

  • Documentary films
  • Short cultural videos
  • Instructional videos of indigenous language, songs, or poems from different tribes

Selection Process and Deadline:

Applications are due by April 1st. Please download the application form, found on the IB (Indigenous Bridges) website, and submit them to the portal for consideration.

If you wish to apply for membership in the Indigenous Bridges Network (IBN) as a Indigenous Tribal Representative, please fill out the application form, found on the IB website. IBN members are committed to sharing opportunities, resources and solutions, uniting under the philosophy that by staying connected and informed, the global indigenous community may become cohesively stronger. For more information about the IBN, please visit our website at https://www.indigenousbridges.org.

About the Organizer:

The Indigenous Arts Exchange Festival is a project of the Indigenous Bridges, a series of programs of the ATAYAL organization, a non-profit organization founded in 2001. The organization is committed to preserving indigenous cultures and empowering indigenous peoples by building bridges (or cooperation opportunities) that connect indigenous communities around the world. Gerald A. Santos, Director of Indigenous Media Exchange, is the main contact in the organization of this event.




For more information, Please contact:

Gerald A. Santos
Director of Indigenous Media Exchange, Indigenous Bridges
Phone: 925-529-0257 Email: east3bay5@gmail.com

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