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QIIFF

Quetzalcoatl
Indigenous
International
Film
Festival

Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival

All Genres are welcome !

We will give priority to films that include our main theme.

Film and World Indigenous cultures exhibition for them Promotion, Education, Respect and Conservation of World Native, Aboriginal and Indigenous Cultures.

Directors and Producers are encourage to Submit all type of Films related to our Festival promotion of Native, Aboriginal and Indigenous Cultures.
The Realization of these Films with the best input of Art and Talent in their Creation will be taking into account also.

The Quetzalcoalt Indigenous International Film Festival encourage Fiction Films, Documentary Films, Anthropology Films, Research Films, Human Rights with focus on Native, Aboriginal and Indigenous Exploration, Sustainability, Pride and Conservation of Heritage works of Cinema.

All Genres are Welcome and encourage to submit

Quetzalcoatl IFF
Film and World Indigenous cultures exhibition for the Promotion, Education,Respect and Conservation of World Native, Aboriginal and Indigenous Cultures.

ORGANIZATION

The Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival is an independent and private organization, uninfluenced, unbiased, and non affiliated with a political or religious entity.

Arts
The mission of the Festival is to promote, propagate and explore the understanding of all forms of expression relevant to the cinema with the main priority of Indigenous and Native World Culture that Describes, promotes and documents it .Arts and sound image in motion (experimental audiovisual, short film, feature film, documentaries, public meetings, educational meetings) throughout the year and on the event dates.

Human
The aim of the Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival is to organize the Festival each year.
This while promoting the arts, the Festival brings human communion between different cultures and societies for the growth and improvement of the human condition.

Winner Feature Film

Mamody, the last baobab digger

Dir. Cyrille Cornu

Madagascar / France

In the southwest of Madagascar, the Mahafaly plateau is an extremely arid land. Here, the rains fall only a few times a year. In these very difficult living conditions, the inhabitants of the small village of Ampotaka found a unique solution to store water.

Natives

Dir.Ulisses Rocha

Brazil

The documentary film Natives (Eu Nativo) shows aspects of the indigenous lives of the Kayapó, Potiguara, Tabajara, Fulni-ô and Pankararu tribes, located in the north and northeast of Brazil. The film, released in January 2022, features stunning images of the natural beauty that surrounds the villages where the ethnic groups live, and surprising testimonials about how natives suffer from racial prejudice and discrimination by non-indigenous society. It is a sensitive reflection on native individuals, who rarely have the opportunity to talk about their emotions and sadness

Maya Land : Listening to the Bees

Dir. Kata Beilin

Dir. Avi Weinstein

United States

Maya Land: Listening to the Bees tells the story of the conflict that erupted between Maya beekeepers and the Mexican government in 2011, fomented by the planting of genetically modified soy in the Yucatan peninsula. The film focuses on the role that Mayas’ pre-colonial and ongoing relationship with the bees and the bees themselves had in this conflict and how in the end the struggle has transformed thinking about development in the region.

Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes

Dir. Elisabeth Mohlmann

Dir. Bettina Ehrhardt

United States

Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes, is the story of a remarkable 84 year old Shaman (Healer) from Peru who draws upon indigenous knowledge and traditions in danger of being lost forever. This film is not only a vital document of endangered wisdom; it is also a story about Women empowerment and a testament to living harmoniously with Mother Earth.

The River of sounds

Dir. Juan Carlos Oñate Chirot

Mexico

A view through the Mexican Hotland's traditional music and different teaching initiatives. Experts and apprentices of the hotlander "son" in Michoacán open the colorful scene that flows along with the pallet dancing, the verses and emotions that bring to the present the echoes of its distant past.

MATA

Dir. Fabio Nascimento

Dir. Ingrid Fadnes

Brazil

Towards the expansion of the eucalyptus plantations, a farmer and an indigenous leader stand as resistance and reveal the impact of monoculture on the environment and traditional ways of life. The enemy can also be green.

Pacific

Dir. Jean-Pierre Duval

France

We are living in a crucial moment in human history. A fundamental change in our relationship with nature is the only way out. In Costa Rica, this is already a reality, after the suppression of its army in 1948, the parks or natural reserves shelter 6% of the world's biodiversity, for a surface area of 0.03%

Winner Short Film

Grandma's Memories

Dir. Miriam Martinez, Israel Barrios, Afra Mejia, Fernanda Lattuada, Vilma Hernandez, Cristal Castillo, Paula Pedrero

Mexico

It is the year 2060 in an Indigenous community in Oaxaca called Jaltepec, Erick plays in his room when he accidentally discovers a chest that belongs to his grandmother, he takes them to know more about those strange objects and she begins to awaken the memories of her childhood when the pollution of the river was not present in her community. She relives the memories and shows her grandson what life was like before big industries polluted the river.

JA' ( Agua )

Dir. Christian Cavazos

Mexico

Nuestros Muertos

Dir. Theo Hogben

Dir. Eric Ebner

Sweden

Ajia ( Water )

Dir. Dennis Noel Lopez Sosa

Mexico

The Hands of an Elder

Dir. Dinah Sam

Canada

We are not speaking the same language

Dir. Danika St-Laurent

Canada

TAIN RVPV

Dir. Escuela de Cine y

Comunicacion Mapuce del Ayja Rewe Budi Chile

Canada

Our Way

Dir. Laura Fontaine

Dir. Yasmine Fontaine

Canada

Theecx Khubx and the recovery of land

Dir. Alan Santamaria

Colombia

FEYENTUAFIYIN ( The value of ancestral knowledge )

Dir. Escuela de Cine y

Comunicacion Mapuce del Ayja Rewe Budi Chile

Chile

The World we live in , is not the real world

Dir. Efi Amanatidou

Greece

Jungle Dreams

Dir. Mariana Azcarate

Mexico

Mëj Wintsën Konk/ Father Konk

Dir. Mariana Saldaña, Victoria Carvajal Cuellar, Amalia Toribio Castro, Lisseth Vásquez

Mexico

Still Here

Dir. Alvaro Hernandez Blanco

Spain

Cumbia's Day

Dir. Teo Belton

Peru

" Nizhoni Baa nijigha - Beautifully Doing "

Dir. Shawna Shandiin Sunrise

United States

Derbent City of Stories

Dir. Eugene Moon

Russian Federation

I am Denilson

Dir. Christopher Sprinkle

United States

Prayer Run for the Santa Ritas

Dir. Leslie Ann Epperson

United States

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Titration : Radioactive Waste, Princeton, and the Navajo Nation

Dir. Michael Q Ceballos

United States

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The Pilgrimage to Magdalena

Dir. Sara Martin

United States

Saging the World

Dir. Rose Ramirez

Dir. Deborah Small

Dir. David Bryant

United States

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We are still dancing

Dir. Demian Guzman

United States

Mama Chiapas

Dir. Andrea Villanueva

Canada

A Century After Nanook - Short Cut

Dir. Kirk French

United States

Frozen in Fear

Dir. Mattias Low,

Dir. Oinam Doren

India

Eastern Khanty. Residents of the Forest

Dir. Anna Koryakovtseva

Russian Federation

Izhemtsy. It's good where you are

Dir. Alexey Propistsov

Russian Federation

Prairie Flowers

Dir. Mariana Xochiquetzal Rivera

Mexico

Miessemannu - A Calf born in winter

Dir. Jolanda Magga

Finland

Nameless Natives

Dir. Utsav Mukherjee

India

All Eyez on Me !

Dir. Robert Weijs

Netherlands

Los Migrantes

Dir. Louise Marie Beauchamp

Canada

STEM’d From My Ancestors

Dir. Maliaq Kairaiuak

United States

Human Rights

Every Human has the right to be heard

Rose

Dir. Roxann Whitebean

Canada

Can Archaeology Repair its past with Indigenous America ?

Dir. Victoria Sutton

United States

I am still here

Dir. Corbin Meier

Dir. Jaime McClelland

United States

KOK'ETI : Walking with Caribou

Dir. Chad Galloway

Canada

Brave Woman

Dir. Flor Garcia Isamaat Agustin

Dir. Giovana Garcia Soto

Peru

A Man in Chain

Dir. Alireza Mirasadollah

United Kingdom

Pinjawuli : The Poison has reached me

Dir. Bih Kezo

Brazil

Xawara Hegemonies

Dir. Andrea Calabrese

Italy

Jury’s Award &

Honorable Mention

Feature Films

Winner

Tenochtlan la semilla del sol

Dir. Uriel Izaguirre Gonzalez

Mexico

Winner

For Tomorrow

Dir. An Tran

Canada

Winner

Aware - Glimpses of Consciousness

Dir. Frauke Sandig,

Dir. Eric Black

Germany

Winner

On Sacred Ground

Dir. Rebbecca Tickell

Dir. Josh Tickell

United States

Winner

The Trust Game

Dir. Aaron Dykes

Dir. Melissa Dykes

United States

Winner

A Cedar is Life

Dir. Leslie D. Bland

Dir. Harold C. Joe

Canada

Yxayotl : Music of Ancient Mexico

Dir. Alberto A. Cuauhtlequiezqui

Me

Akwaaba the Awakening

Dir. Sybil D. Jatta

United States

1986 December Chronicles. A Glimmer of the Truth

Dir. Assiya Baigozhina

Kazakhstan

Be Water - Andes to Amazonia

Dir. Julia Blagny

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

The Village Resists

Dir. David Bert Joris Dhert

Belgium

My Language is my Identity

Dir. Suleyman Ozdemir

Belgium

Shepherds of the Earth

Dir. Iris Harma

Finland

Alaska Long Hunters

Dir. Mark Rose

United States

Life and death in Xikun

Dir. Jiandong Huang

China

The Mountains Sing

Dir. Xiao Yang

China

Albertina and the dead

Dir. Cesar Borie

Chile

Changer a Handtelling

Dir. Howie Seago

United States

Chinese Weave

Dir. Regine Steenbock

Germany

Short Films

Winner

Grydscaen : Scout eve - " Light Codes"

Episode 4

Dir. Natsuya Uesugi DuBois

United States

Winner

P'urhepecha Uekani (P'urhepecha Querida)

Dir. Eugene Rodrigez

Mexico

Winner

Budhan Podcast : Telling our COVID stories

Dir. Dakxinkumar Bajrange

India

Inuktitut languages in the 21st century

Dir. Ulivia Uviluk

Canada

Kick and Tell

Dir. Rukmini Sen

India

Circassians. Lips that taste honey

Dir. Yaroslav Kurilenko

Russian Federation

Runs through their blood : A Life Impacted

Dir. Helen DJ Pyette

Canada

YWY - Our Land !

Dir. David Straub

Brazil

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How much for the Exam ?

Dir. Ivica Valentic

Croatia

AMERICAS

Winner

Feature Film

La Gente de la Tierra ( The People of the Earth )

Dir. Mitchell Tijerina

Dir. Benjamin Keller

United States

“We are the people of the Earth - we are not simply on the earth, we come from the land itself.” -Maria Mamani Reyes

La Gente de la Tierra (The People of the Earth) is a documentary feature of vignettes from six indigenous communities across Peru, with intimate first-hand accounts about their connection with the Earth and the effects of climate change and globalization witnessed in their remote communities.

Cantos de Jaguar

Dir. Yeimy Araque Contreras

Colombia

Cult of the Natural History of Mexico

Dir. Miguel Angel Sicilia

Dir. Monserrat Armenta

Mexico

Powerlands

Dir. Ivey - Camille Manybeads Tso

United States

Expedicion Tribuga

Dir. Luis Villegas

Dir. Felipe Mesa

Dir. Francisco Acosta

Colombia

Winner

Short Film

Thunder without Rain

Dir. Bruno Bini

Brazil

Before Brazil. Deep center of the southern continent. During a hunt, a Boe warrior makes a discovery that will change everything.

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Bili Kat ( In my Own Language )

Dir. John Scott Wood

Hondura

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Walking two worlds

Dir. Maia Wikler

United States

Kallawayas

Dir. Alvaro Mercado

United States

Cuidantsiqmi : Love and Care for the land

Dir. Teo Belton

Peru

Ne Notoca Kiauitzin (My Name is little Rain)

Dir. Eden Sabolboro

United States

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Food as Resistance

Dir. Keitlyn Alcantara

Mexico

Huni

Dir. Dani

Brazil

The Music of the Wiwa People

Dir. Michael Brims

Dir Jaime Bofill

Colombia

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Voices of the Grand Canyon

Dir. Deidra Peaches

Unites States

Equinox

Dir. Elisa Gimenez Valdes Fernandez Posada

United States

Ayni ( Reciprocity )

Dir. Rita Panahi

United States

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Shetsey Hwedek ( The Story of my Grandpa )

Dir. Annie Marie Procee

Canada

Epicentro

Dir. Luis Angel Saavedra

Dir. Guillermo Leon Galeano

Colombia

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Rechonchos

Dir. Karen Lizbeth Castillo Gonzalez

Mexico

Returning Fire to the Land

Dir. Lara Tomov

United States

Nunkui's story

Dir. Suanua Maiche

Dir. Patricio Catani

Dir. Verenice Benitez

Ecuador

Tibi

Dir. Twoyoungmen Jarret

Canada

Part of Maya

Dir. Federica Cue

United States

Victims of Fun

Dir. Dan Schwert

United States

The Last Wind

Dir. Dario Duarte Hernandez

Dir. David Marcelino Cayetano

Mexico

Sukujula Tei ( Stories of my Mother )

Dir. David Hernandez Palmar

United States

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Spirit Emulsion

Dir. Siku Allooloo

Canada

Mapu Kutran

Dir. Roberto Urzua

Chile

The Leaf

Dir. Leonardo Queiroz de Sa

Canada

UnOrdinary Love

Dir. Amanda Rosario Glass

Dir. Curtis Brown

United States

When I see you

Dir. Neli Mombelli

Dir. Denise Copetti

Brazil

Asia

Winner

Feature Film

Mentawai - Souls of the Forest

Dir. Joo Peter

Indonesia

The last indigenous people of the archipelagos of Sumatra:

a culture on the verge of extinction - with the latest geopolitical developments, the destruction of their habitat reaches the point of no return. Smashing the hopes of thirty years of democratization in Indonesia, Jakarta in relapse to authoritarian rule is enforcing deforestation in Mentawai.

Be' Jam Be the never ending song

Dir. Caroline Parietti

Dir. Cyprien Ponson

France

Winner

Short Film

Bright Like The Sun

Dir. Thida Nathalie

United Kingdom

Kaung Myat Htun (gong mee-at tuun) is a superhero that lives in stealth. A traditionally obedient Burmese child in a family of tailors, he goes about his day exploring golden pagodas of which Myanmar is famous for, whilst gradually revealing that he is no ordinary human child.

Miru

Dir. Shyama Sundar Majhi

India

No Friends but the Mountains

Dir. Lea Steding

Dir. Richard Wilde

Germany

OrHoDa

Dir. Tigris alt sakda

Canada

Birani

Dir. Ashique Mostafa

Bangladesh

Borih, The Bidayuh Paddy Priestess

Dir. Will Kok

Malaysia

The Captured

Dir. Rongqi Huang

China

The Flight of Banog

Dir. Elvert Bañares

Philippines

The Pillar of Strength

Dir. Ayie ibrahim

Malaysia

Europe

Winner

Feature Film

Women and Roads. The Way to Yourself.

Baikal

Dir. Anna Kameneva

Dir. Kristina Kretova

Russian Federation

4 friends from St. Petersburg, each successful in their field, go on a road trip along the beautiful Baikal, the deepest lake in the world, in search of inspiration. Along the way, they talk to local women of various professions and religions, from a shaman to the Minister of Culture, asking important life questions and receiving sincere answers

A Greenland Story

Dir. Vincent Monahan

Dir. Marieke Lexmond

Ireland

Winner

Short Film

Wheel of Dreams

Dir. Toma McCullim

Ireland

9 young girls from the West Cork Travelling Community set out to elaborate their hopes and dreams in a process of mutual witness, professional mentorship and collective support. As they collaborate with artivist Toma McCullim, and a team of mentors, behind and in front of the camera, the film-making process becomes a means of self reflection and empowerment through arts, political advocacy and beyond

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Vegetative

Dir. Hannah Papacek Harper

France

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Moon

Dir. Marja Viitahuhta

Finland

Flames

Dir. Marja Viitahuhta

Finland

Djurdjevdan is yet to come

Dir. Predrag Todorovic

Serbia

Children of the Arctic

Dir. Oxana Aleksandrova

Russian Federation

The Caring Women of Udora

Dir. Anna Koryakovtseva

Russian Federation

Africa

Winner

Feature Film

A Fire in Africa

Dir. Gerhard Uys

South Africa

The OvaHimba of the Namib Desert are descendants of the Ancient Egyptians from the era of Queen Nefertiti, and was once the richest nomadic tribe in Africa. Now, however, they find themselves on the brink of extinction. Trapped in the 1904 Herero-Nama war, they settled in the godforsaken wastes of Kaokoland after fleeing genocide at the hands of the German army and marauding Nama gangs. Having grown weary of the name 'OvaHimba', which means 'beggars', reigning Chief Nguzu believes their only hope for survival lies in the hands of his grandson, Omusuverua [the protagonist].

The Voice Behind the Wall

Dir. Gideon Breytenbach

Dir. Riku Latti

France

Winner

Short Film

Dajla : Cinema and Oblivion

Dir. Arturo Dueñas Herrero

Spain

Life is going on in Dakhla, one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in southern Algeria, forgotten for 45 years. The celebration of a film festival, the Fisahara, breaks the monotony. The event ends, life (and oblivion) continues.

The Pyramid

Dir. Mohamed Ghazala

Egypt

Assaman

Dir. Katrina Brook Flores

United States

Emi Laara : Little Stories to dream

Dir. Hebert Poll Guitierrez

Dir. Rodolfo Ortega Arnaiz

Canada

Same Different

Dir. Nesindano "Ques" Namises

Dir. Maria Cecilia Reyes

Namibia

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Seeing is Believing

Dir. Matthew Judge

Dir. Randall Mabwa

Tanzania, United Republic of

Tobo. Four Wodaabe girls at Niamey

Dir. Francesco Sincich

Italy

Bortier Okoe - Ga Mei Documentary and Music Video

Dir. Bortier Okoe

Ghana

OCEANIA

Winner

Feature Film

NAMARALI

Dir. Tim Mummery

Australia

NAMARALI is a 50min documentary charting artist Donny (Yorna) Woolagoodja's quest to rekindle deep connections with his traditional ancestral culture. Yorna's spiritual beliefs revolve around the wandjina - creator beings whose images adorn the caves and rock ledges throughout the Kimberley in Western Australia. Refreshed with new ochre each year by his ancestors the wandjinas are now fading away with the absence of Yorna's people.

Whetu Marama - Bright Star

Dir. Toby Mills

Dir. Aileen O'Sullivan

New Zealand

The Rare Earth Directors Cut

Dir. Aaron Stevenson

Australia

Winner Short Film

52 meters later

Dir. Frederic Rabaud

Dir. Clotilde Gourdon

New Caledonia

New Caledonia. Puré Kwé, 12 years old, has finally found the old pig trap. Nûnûû, his grandfather, often talks about that. Although no one has seen pigs since The Event, Puré Kwé tries to fix the trap when he is interrupted by Anyââ, his grandmother..

The Patience Project

Dir. Benjamin Charles Wheeler

Fiji

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Moho

Dir. Michael q Ceballos

Dir. Cliff Kapono

United States

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