Native Spirit Festival

About

Native Spirit Festival is the UK's first and only annual Independent festival promoting Native Filmmakers, Media and Artists, celebrating Indigenous Languages and Narrative Sovereignty.

Annual film festival October/November, and year-round events.

The festival is part of Native Spirit Foundation, founded in 2005 by Mapuche leader Freddy Trequil to promote knowledge and awareness of Indigenous cultures.

Native Spirit Taiwan runs autonomously on Paiwan land, November/December.

Awards

non-competitive

Rules

IMPORTANT — PLEASE RESPECTFULLY NOTE: To be eligible for submission, a Native person must have a designated and genuine key creative role as Director. This must be clearly stated in the Custom Form and Synopsis.

*we ask that your film is not already available Online, or contact us before submitting

*Indigenous / non-English language films must have English subtitles hardcoded to the video file to be eligible (except for films in cinematic language that speak to everyone)

*It is the responsibility of all filmmakers submitting titles to NSFF to ensure they have received clearance from Rights holders of all archive film, stills and music used in the film. NSFF will not be responsible for any Rights not cleared in films that are screened as part of NSFF Film Festival, or Outreach events.

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.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement