[List] INDIANER INUIT: 3rd NORTH AMERICA NATIVE FILM FESTIVAL Dec. 10-13, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany

Bartl, Renate bartl at american-indian-workshop.org
Fri Nov 13 18:44:52 CET 2009


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDIANER INUIT: 3rd NORTH AMERICA NATIVE FILM FESTIVAL Dec. 10-13,  
2009 in Stuttgart, Germany

TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz will serve as venue for films from the  
perspective of American Indians and Inuit. Visual productions of  
indigenous filmmakers, directors, actors and screenwriters highlight  
the diversity of Native cultures and lifestyles. They add a new,  
unusual and assertive dimension.

With the theme “Generation Pow Wow” the festival 2009 displays films  
that discuss the intergenerational dialogue. In this process of  
transmitting knowledge and traditional values elders are of crucial  
importance. Emphasizing this focus the festival covers a wide range of  
topics and filmmakers such as the highly respected elderly Inuit  
Madeline Ivalu, who addresses the challenges of survival in the Arctic  
– both as director and as actress - or the 16 years old director  
Anthony Johnson, Navajo, who in his film is dealing with the fears of  
a Native child.

Thus the documentaries, The North American Native Film Festival is  
unique in Europe. Stuttgart’s feature films, short films and video  
clips represent the multilayered reality of the indigenous population  
in North America. Out of 150 films submitted to the festival, the 40  
most striking productions have been chosen to be shown to the public  
in Stuttgart.

The film festival is a result of the cooperation between professional  
and experienced partners: Volkshochschule Stuttgart (adult education  
center), Linden-Museum Stuttgart (State Museum of Ethnology),  
German-American Center/James-F.-Byrnes Institute, and, as  
transatlantic partners, the renowned San Francisco American Indian  
Film Institute and Festival as well as the Dreamspeakers International  
Indigenous Film Festival in Edmonton, Canada.

For many years the film festival’s artistic director Gunter Lange  
(Media Arts Cultural Events) has been accepted as the first non-Native  
member of the festival team of the San Francisco American Indian Film  
Institute. Owing to his long standing and trustful relations with  
aboriginal filmmakers, numerous award winning films and premieres can  
be presented, next to a number of rare productions hardly ever shown  
in Europe.

Award-winning singer, actress and UNICEF Representative Andrea Menard,  
Métis, is going to be the guest of honor during the festival. She will  
be involved in the workshop for teachers “Native Peoples – Past and  
Present” on December 9th., and, in addition she will give two concerts  
with the well known guitarist Robert Walsh. The first one, “Northern  
Lights and Winter Songs” as prelude to the festival will be at the  
Linden-Museum Stuttgart on Dec. 9th; the second one, “Sparkle”, is  
going to take place at Stadthalle Sindelfingen on Dec. 11th. The  
award-winning one-woman music-film “The Velvet Devil” testifies to  
Andrea Menard’s enormous talent as a singer. Festival visitors will  
have the opportunity to see this film and to meet the actress.

The widespread stereotype of American Indians is still persistent and  
conceals an authentic view of the people. Thus, the personal encounter  
with indigenous guests, who accompany the events as competent dialogue  
partners, is a major goal of the film festival in Stuttgart, to serve  
as a forum of intercultural exchange. That way, visitors will have the  
chance to learn more about the lives and cultures of aboriginal  
minorities in the U.S. and Canada at first hand. An integral part of  
the film festival are special school events, cultural and educational  
programs.

For further information, please visit: www.nordamerika-filmfestival.com

Thank you.


Gunter Lange
Artistic Director
INDIANER INUIT: Das Nordamerika Film Festival


www.nordamerika-filmfestival.com


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