American Indian Film Festival San Francisco

The American Indian Film Festival is an annual non-profit film festival held in San Francisco, California, United States. It is held at the world's most seasoned venue the 1979 formation of the American Indian Film company/Institute committed exclusively to Native American/First Nations films. AIFF incorporates events like film screenings, board conversations, an honours and networking programs.

American Indian Film Festival (AIFI) is the world's longest-running film fair that showcases autonomous film creations committed to Native Americans and First Nations individuals in Canada. 

Since past 45 years, AIFI has served and admired the age of Native American producers, showcasing Hollywood's big names, performing artists, industry experts, filmmakers, crafters and audiences. Festival-goers and newcomers have opportunity to travel to San Francisco  from near and far. 

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Having commended its 45 years, the San Francisco based AIFF has become a confided in manual for contemporary Native American life. A reliable, celebratory and engaging occasion, the Festival's variety of projects – films, workshops, gatherings, entertainment pageant – work to supplant generalisations with bonafide portrayals of Native conventions, history and present-day life. 

AIFF45 exhibits highlight films, shorts, narratives, activity, music recordings and open assistance works of Native American/American Indians by movie producers all around the globe. 

Featured by Indian Country Today's as "Seven Events Worth Experiencing" and Voted as one of the "Best Native American Experience" by USA Today, the American Indian Film Festival is an occasion not to miss. Come and go along with us this year for the 45th Annual American Indian Film Festival, November 3 - 7, 2020 at the Brava Theatre in San Francisco.

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Awards & Prizes

BEST FILM

BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

BEST LIVE SHORT

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

BEST PUBLIC SERVICE

Rules & Terms

Submission Eligibility:

AIFI accepts films that are made of and about USA American Indian and First Nation Peoples of Canada. Film Submissions for the 45th Annual American Indian Film Festival® must be delivered in 2019 - 2020. Kindly don't send unique film prints, ace tapes, or different firsts. 

Contestants affirm and warrants required legitimate position to present the passage into the Festival and to utilize all music, pictures, and substance in the section. By entering your work, you consent to this and the duties in question. 

The American Indian Film Institute, and the American Indian Film Festival® accepts no accountability for infringement of copyright law. 

You may submit more than one passage, yet every section must be joined by its own finished accommodation structure and passage charge. 

Accommodation Formats:

AIFI acknowledges secure Dropbox/Vimeo/Youtube video's connection. We don't acknowledge tapes (DVD's, and so on). 

Fees

There are a few degrees of section charges (Student, Early Bird, Regular, and Extended) contingent upon when your film is submitted. Cutoff time data remembered for film-freeway accommodation. 

Each film section must be went with a USD passage charge. AIFI doesn't pay rental expenses. Rather, we put our assets in creating the most ideal feature for your work and advancing as generally as possible.

Please note that accommodation expenses won't be refunded.

Student Fee: If submitting as an understudy charge sum, kindly incorporate evidence of understudy status. 

Press Kit

Film Entrants are needed to submit Press Materials for each submission.
Materials incorporate 3-5 high goal stills of movie for promoting purposes (jpg or altercation), Synopsis (short - 50 words) and long - 100 - 150 words), Tag Line ( 1 - 2 sentences).
To expand presentation for your movie, if it's not too much trouble give a URL to your trailer, movie banners and Director's photograph, per accessibility. 

Determination and Notification

Submissions are explored by the American Indian Film Institute Selection Committee under the accompanying criteria.

-Quality of account and creation values.

-Independent nature of the production.

Chosen movies will be informed by means of email. If you don't mind ensure your data is right and exceptional. 

Celebration Presentation Format:

AIFF45 has the ability to screen mpeg , .mov and mp4
Recommended codecs: Apple ProRes. H264 (high bitrate if conceivable: least 2MBit/s
-1920 x 1080, 48 kHz 24-piece audio

All designs must be in NTSC.

• Our office doesn't uphold 16mm, Digibeta or HD Cam. No special cases. 

All film substance ought to be submitted to FilmFreeway, be that as it may in the event that you have to mail to our office, if it's not too much trouble send to: 

American Indian Film Institute 

1446 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94102
AIFF45 Festival Submissions 

Celebration Screening and Scheduling:

AIFI maintains whatever authority is needed to roll out any improvements to the publicised timetable whenever under any circumstances and won't acknowledge risk for any expenses caused because of change.

No film might be pulled back from the celebration program after its selection.

Travel/Accommodations for Filmmakers:

All movie producers are urged to go to the celebration. We wish we could cover everybody's flight and inn, yet we simply don't have the assets to give facilities to everybody. 

AIFI delegates will convey data to movie producers. 

Passes/Tickets for Filmmakers:

Complimentary Festival Passes are accessible to going to producers. Amounts are subject to film length, class and dependent on accessibility. AIFI delegates will impart this data to movie endless supply of film/s.

Submissions for the American Indian Film Festival 2020 are now closed. To all participant  filmmakers, producers and representatives, the acceptance letters will be sent no later than September 18, 2020.