NATIVE SPIRIT FESTIVAL PROMOTES NATIVE DIRECTORS AND MEDIA ARTISTS
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15th Native Spirit Festival Digital Edition 12th October — November 2021 exact dates tbc

#NSFF15 submissions invited for following programmes:

—HORROR
—EXPERIMENTAL
—FUTURE GENERATIONS (age under 20yrs)
—MUSIC
—DANCE
—microINDIGENOUS (5 minutes and under —includes options to stream on our 2021 microIndigenous showcase channel and receive entry Waiver Code for MicroManiaFF.
Delivery: HD video .mov or .mp4 not exceeding 5GB. 1920 x 1080
Film still / poster in horizontal format 1920 x 1080
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Native Spirit Festival is the UK's first and only annual Independent festival to promote Native Filmmakers, Media and Artists, with increasing focus on Narrative and Visual Sovereignty. The festival is part of Native Spirit Foundation, founded in 2005 by Mapuche leader Freddy Trequil to promote knowledge and awareness of Indigenous cultures and longer term projects supporting Community-run education in Native Schools. Freddy states "All the [activists] have come to the conclusion that one objective of making video, radio and television is for the other culture to know us. It is necessary to create a bridge to share our culture in an educational form, without losing our identity."

Native Spirit Taiwan was established in 2019.
Previous Native Spirit programmes https://issuu.com/nativespirituk

Awards & Prizes

Native Spirit is a non-competitive festival

[People's Choice award under consideration]

Rules & Terms

PLEASE RESPECTFULLY TAKE NOTE: Native Spirit's priority is to present Native Directors and Media Artists.

IMPORTANT: To be eligible for submission, a Native person must have a designated key creative role as director; or producer and screenwriter. This must be clearly stated in the Custom Form and Synopsis.

Non-English language films must have English subtitles hardcoded to your video file to be eligible.

All media submitted to Native Spirit Festival will be considered by the Festival’s selection team. Films are selected on the basis that the values presented align with that of Native Spirit Foundation’s work. Native Spirit Festival is a charitable project and therefore a non-commercial festival run by dedicated volunteers.

Submitted Films may also be invited to screen at Native Spirit Taiwan and/or at year-round Outreach events in UK.
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  • steve haining

    Grateful to be part of this festival with our controversial indigenous film. Such a perfect fit

    November 2020
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  • Joy Haskell

    I loved the diversity of this film festival. The communication was on point and had all my questions answered. I don't think I've ever attended such a diverse film festival and the content was amazing.

    October 2020
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  • Jennifer Ille

    Great Film Festival! Very good communication.

    October 2020
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  • Inuk Jørgensen

    For my film, #NSFF was one of the best things to happen in 2020. The dedicated people behind the festival worked around the clock to secure it the perfect platform for screening. Communication and friendliness was top notch and it certainly won’t be my last time submitting to Native Spirit, just as it wasn’t my first (the first time was equally positive). Lots of love and admiration from me

    October 2020
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  • Gary Medina Cook

    NSFF brought together Indigenous filmmakers from around the globe. The communication and implementation was clear and professional with a friendly disposition. Enjoyed being part of this fest and would recommend to all Indigenous filmmakers. I was hoping to meet folks in person, but networking suffers with all festivals because of COVID.

    October 2020
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