Indigenous Perspectives The North America Film Festival (January 19 – 22, 2012 in Stuttgart) There should have been something for everybody interested in Native American and First Nations cultures at the adult education center located at the Rotebühlplatz in Stuttgart: Between Tradition and Multimedia Life was the topic of this year’s Nordamerika Film Festival. More than 50 films, all recent releases, were projected onto the screen at Robert-Bosch hall in Stuttgart from January 19th to the 22nd, 2012. No less than twelve indigenous directors, producers, screenwriters, musicians, and actors were invited and traveled across the Atlantic to talk to the audiences about issues that move and interest First Nations and Native American people today in the films they make. The interactions of a highly interested and passionate public with professional and engaged film makers, actors, musicians and directors from abroad – all this as part of an exceptional film program

INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival You may check out the program of the film festival (only German) Here some short Infos about the Film Festival 2012 > Short_Description_NORDAMERIKA FILMFESTIVAL_2012 (PDF) > Invitation Card Film Festival 2012 (PDF) Report of NAAog-member Ulrich Wick about the Best of the American Indian Film Festival San Francisco, Feb. 2011, in Stuttgart

Best of the American Indian Film Festival San Francisco at the Linden-Museum Stuttgart/Germany February 19th and 20th 2011 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Report of NAAog-member Ulrich Wick about the Best of the American Indian Film Festival San Francisco, Feb. 2011, in Stuttgart – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Program schedule 2011 Download prgramm 2011 (doc) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Saturday, February 19th, 2011 15.00 FILM BLOCK I: Music, Art and Fantasy Best Music Video: The Road Forward Director: Marie Clements, Canada, 10 min. A live sculptured

Deadline September 30, 2011 SUBMITTING FILMS: The following films can be submitted to the festival (no form necessary): Feature films, live short subjects, documentary films (long and short), music videos, and animated films. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Please send two DVDs and two stills accompanied by information on the film to: Media Arts Cultural Events Gunter Lange, Artistic Director Goethestrasse 35 D-78467 Konstanz Germany – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - SELECTION OF FILMS All films to be screened at INDIANER INUIT: Das Nordamerika Film Festival 2012 are selected by a festival committee consisting of German film

INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival Dear Friends of The North American Native Films: Since INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival (3) was a big success last December (One of Germany’s major television stations (ZDF) reported on it within the context of its Olympic coverage from Vancouver), in the future we want to inform you regularly about film festival news and upcoming events. At this time we also want to take the opportunity to once again thank all partners and supporters who helped to make this very unusual festival a success. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - View the ZDF television program INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival 2009 The festival team and I want to wish all of you a good year 2010.

INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival Final report by Dr. Sonja Schierle as PDF (2 MB) Film at youtube – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Feedback of our indigenous guests: To Sonja, Gunter + Staff, The experience here in Stuttgart has been rich & inspiring,. It’s a pleasure to share my work with the receptive audiences here. I am enriched by the culture of this beautiful, old world city. Many thanks with an open heart! Greg Coyes – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Gunter + all the fine folks I have met through him – I am touched, I am blessed, I am nourished by this gathering of

INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival Press Review / Presse Rückblick taz – die tageszeitung, 7. März 2007 Oft sind sie Opfer von klischeehaften Rollenzuschreibungen im Film: Indianer und Inuit treten im Mainstreamkino vielfach als Trunkenbolde oder Underdogs auf. Das indianer inuit Film Festival in Stuttgart hingegen zeigt eigene Produktionen der Ureinwohner Nordamerikas als Regisseure, Drehbuchautoren und Schauspieler… Accents magazine – The English Language Journal for Baden-Württemberg, May / June 2007 After three hundred years of violent dislocation, the North American Indian and Inuit populations fell from between 12-19 million to 250,000. By the middle of the 20th Century many indigenous peoples had been either written of as “savages” or romanticized as nobles. Cultural icons were reduced to the level of fancy dress for kids. Hollywood images had placed Native Americans into a nostalgic past with neither a present for future. “Most so-called indian movies are based on

INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival in Europe November 18 – 28, 2004 in Stuttgart (Germany) and Zurich (Switzerland) Gunter Lange, is the artistic director of the Indianer Inuit: The North American Native Film Festival 2004 in Europe. For the very first time in Europe the Indianer Inuit: The North American Native Film Festival 2004 will show the remarkable repertoire of Native American films to the public in Stuttgart (Germany) and Zurich (Switzerland). Supported by the UNESCO and the American Indian Film Institute & Festival in San Francisco the event is scheduled for November 18 – 28, 2004. For over 28 years filmmakers and actors who are of Native American descent have developed the American Indian film into an independent medium of expression. Todays film productions exel in originality and professional quality. The Indianer Inuit: The North American Native Film Festival 2004 in Stuttgart and Zurich picks up

INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival Commends of our Native guests referring to North American Native Film Festival in Stuttgart and Zurich Michael Smith, President of American Indian Film Institute & Festival, San Francisco I wish to commend you for the good work and your integrity in bringing forth the media offerings presented, and the good people participating, Indian, German, and Swiss. All of us, in our own ways, benefited from all the screenings, discussions, presentations, and kinship… My personal best wishes and sincere thanks for your good work and kindness afforded us all. Jennifer Podemski, actress, producer, redcloud studios, Toronto, Canada I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for allowing me to be a part of your wonderful festival. It was truly an incredible experience and I would very much like to continue our relationship and work together on the many festivals to come.

INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival Interview with the director of the American Indian Film Institute & Festival in San Francisco and the Canadian Mohawk actress Alex Rice on the occasion of the film festival Indianer und Inuit – The North American Native Film Festival. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - Zürcher Tagesanzeiger, culture section, 27.11. 2004 Documented by Florian Keller: Michael Smith, promoter of American Indian film I grew up in a time when portrayals of Native Americans in a positive light in the cinema and on television were few and far between. Admittedly, every so often there were Native Americans to be seen in Westerns but they mostly symbolised obstacles standing in the way of the western world’s