2012 Winners
Native American Film Festival

Submissions

2012 AWARDS


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Lisa D. Olken & Larry Pourier
Urban REZ


BEST DOCUMENTRAY FEATURE

Steven Lewis Simpson
A Thunder-Being Nation
(Lakota of Pine Ridge Ind. Res.)


BEST ACTOR

Michael Spears
“Broken Wing”
YELLOW ROCK


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Joe Billingiere
“Chief White Eagle Feather”
YELLOW ROCK


BEST ACTRESS

Lenore Andriel
“Dr. Sarah Taylor”
YELLOW ROCK


BEST EMERGING ACTOR

White Winter Fox
BEHIND DOOR OF SECRET GIRL


BEST FILM

“YELLOW ROCK”
Nick Vallelonga


BEST MUSIC VIDEO

“Same Ole Feelin”
Jesse Robbins


BEST ART VIDEO

“I Lost my Shadow”
Laura Ortman


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Choir Boy Lucky
Ruth DeGraves


BEST REGIONAL FILM

Voices of the Amazon and Beyond
Antara Brandner


BEST FEATURED DOCUMENTARY

Water Flowing Together
Gwendolen Cates


BEST ANIMATED Music Video

“Starlight”
KoliKohler


BEST INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS

“Blood”

Ryan White


BEST PUBLIC SERVICE

Video or Film
“Keep it Sacred”


BEST DRAMATIC SHORT

Cosplay
Amanda Dunn


BEST STUDENT FILM

“Mascots”
Scott Aaron Hartmann


BEST Sci-Fi (Science Fiction Dramatic Short)

The 6th World
Nanobah Becker


BEST ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY SHORT

“Spirit if the Blue Bird”
Xstine Cook


BEST EMERGING FILMMAKER

“HOW CHIPMUNCK GOT IT’s STRIPS”
Tracy Rector & Tulalip Heritage School Students


BEST STUDENT FEATURE

“Behind the Door of a Secret Girl”
Janessa Starkey & Jack Kohler