16th Annual LASF Film Guide

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• Adventures to Green Space ADVENTURES TO GREEN SPACE’ was conceived as a creative short film project to highlight the accessibility of green space in an urban setting for Native youth, by way of public transportation. This project was a part of the Seattle Department of Transporation’s (SDOT) initiatives around... See Details

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• Call Me Snake On a rainy night, Claire discovers why her high school crush Tony’s nickname is The Snake. See Details
• Call’s Whisper A young half Cree, Half Korean girl learning about her Indigenous half has to fend off the Trickster spirit through the power of smudging or lose her father forever. See Details
• Chris With his family kidnapped, a man is forced to commit criminal acts to save them. See Details
• Closet Nightmares A 1970’s inspired horror film about 3 friends haunted by the past. See Details
• Commodity Commodity is a Modern Native American folktale about one man’s trials and tribulation to get an indian taco. See Details
• Cotanka Calling A would be couple have an instant connection and live out their love story in two different time lines or two different life times. The environment around them will play a factor in their ability to connecT. See Details

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• Dene Drum Songs in Gahnı̨hthah A short documentary on the Dene Drum in Gahnı̨hthah (Rabbitkettle). See Details
• Dues Bobbie Willson aka “DUES” is Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota before the journey of Creating the hit T.V. Show “FX Reservation Dogs”, & a founding member of the 1491s Indian Sketch Comedy Group he still stays connected to his original passion for Graffiti street art. Michael R.L. Begay’s... See Details

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• Ellay A short about how expensive it is to be poor. See Details
• Extraordinary Protection A modern – day horror comedy about the protection of Wakan Tanka (creator; Hunkpapa lakota) on the life of a humble spirited Indigenous woman who stumbles into battle with a dangerous, psycho serial killer. Set on location in Houston Texas, this film explores the idea... See Details

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• The Feathered Girl “A rage-revenge story” Months after the teenage girls of a Native American Tribe begin growing predatory, bird-like features following an uptick of violence against women in the area, a young woman’s sister is assaulted by a stranger. How far will she go down to hunt... See Details
• Feeling the Blanks A young native boy frees a helpless eagle trapped in a snare, also freeing his mind with wonders, nightmares and dreams… See Details
• The Fire Colin & Marie are mourning the loss of their father/husband Bruce, but tonight he comes to visit  Colin in a dream with an important message. See Details

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• House After House After is an Indigenous story that takes place in the 1940s in the middle of the second world war in a cabin on the west coast of Canada. We follow a grieving widow and her child as they experience the duality of living an... See Details
• A Hundred Years Thinking of You An elderly widow decides to look for the love of her life whom she left at the alter many years ago. See Details

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• The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo (Standing Pine Women) Choctaw stickball or kapotcha toli is known as “The Little Brother of War” because it was used to settle disputes between Southeastern Tribes. Earliest recordings of the game took place in 1729 making it the oldest sport in America. It is the ancient game of the Choctaw... See Details

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• Ladies & Gentleman After a devastating breakup with his husband, Mike’s life seems like it’s over. But after an awkward olive branch from his ride-share driver, Mike decides to take a leap and enter a new world of insanity. See Details
• Lakota Nation vs. United States Lakota Nation vs. the United States chronicles the Lakota Indians’ quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty agreements. A searing, timely portrait of resistance, the film explores the ways America has ignored its debt to Indigenous communities,... See Details
• Landback, Waterback Hawk, a Tongva youth in his native Los Angeles, is on a quest to get water from a special spring. But first, he must get his unknowing auntie to help. See Details
• Little Shots of Horror In a follow-up of sorts to his award-winning short film “Unboxed: The Art of Action Figure Photography”, Native American indie filmmaker and action figure photographer Mike J. Marin showcases and discusses some of his most iconic horror action figure photography shots in this unique short... See Details
• Longhouse The spirit is awaken as a Chinookan longhouse becomes the vehicle for spiritual healing. See Details

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• The Mainland The Mainland follows aspiring actor, Ikaika, struggling with the trendy facade of diversity spreading through Hollywood when his small town cousin, Kekoa, unexpectedly visits from Hawai’i, bringing him a much needed dose of ohana and aloha. See Details
• MisTik MisTik follows Cree twins who carry the last of the healthy trees on their backs in hopes of saving the world they once knew. See Details

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• Nightcap Nightcap was first conceived by Talia Kallappa in her screenwriting class at South Puget Sound Community College.  A Makah Native, Talia often heard Bigfoot stories as a regular part of living in the Pacific Northwest.  She wanted to bring the Coast Salish lore together in... See Details

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• The Original Shareholder Experience THE ORIGINAL SHAREHOLDER EXPERIENCE is a short satire-thriller set in the high-elevation boardrooms of corporate conglomerate THE FREEDOM COMPANY, following true-believer REBECCA, an Indigenous telepresenter nearing the top of her class through selling “authentic” Native memorabilia to her audience on her show, a mix between... See Details
• Our Quiyo: Maria Martinez Maria “Povika” Martinez left behind an exceptional legacy built through her artistic application and reintroduction of “black-on-black” pottery, still practiced today by her tribal community of San Ildefonso Pueblo located in northern New Mexico. Her influence on the art world left a lasting impression across... See Details
• Outta Control From ESSJ to NYC, the SBC travel across the country, representing dope lyrics and hyphy Bay Area Chicano swagger that pays homage to the birthplace and Mecca of Hip-Hop. See Details

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• Remember the Children The federal government created boarding schools throughout the nation to assimilate Native American children. This film is about the Rapid City Indian Boarding School (1898-1933). Today, many of Rapid City Native American community are descendants of the children who survived the Rapid City Indian Boarding... See Details
• Rose Rose is the story of a sixteen-year-old pregnant Indigenous girl, pulled from her community and placed in a church to be overseen in her last weeks of pregnancy. When she delivers her child, it will be taken from her and put into a Canadian home... See Details
• Rude Girl Set in current day Albuquerque, OAKLYNN journeys on a magical realism rollercoaster ride through the harsh realities of the city and an Indian reservation. She is broken from internal doubts and self-identity as a teenager born into a Native American and Caucasian world. Her GRANDPA... See Details
• The Runner The Runner short is a proof of concept, based on a feature film written by Simon Balderas, a Native American Filmmaker based in Ventura, California. Muri Rara is a reclusive runner who is past his prime. His quiet and solitary life has become a reflection... See Details

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• Savage / Future Editing to the soundscape of shaking Iroquois white corn and tapping, Seneca filmmaker Terry Jones uses personal and historic still images to link his family and the American Indian Boarding School experience. See Details
• Seeds Without parents to guide them, Loretta and Raven reflect on the love their parents modeled and the grief of their loss. While one finds catharsis in their mother’s old VHS camera the other struggles with a potential pregnancy.Morningstar Angeline See Details
• Serving Shaid A satire about the Indigenous shopping experience (based on true events). See Details
• She Still Walks Among Us Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member and retired firefighter Royce Manuel (Akimel Aw-thum) revitalized the lost art of the Kia-ha (burden basket). A once necessary tool woven by men and carried by the women to transfer materials and goods for trade. With this revitalization, he... See Details
• Shiwi-verse When most people think of Native Americans they usually think of the stereotypes that Hollywood has created from a Colonial perspective. Fortunately there’s an alternate universe where Native Americans have not only retained control of our lands but where a pair of Zuni film makers... See Details
• Sixteen Eighty: Youth in Revolt Pueblo Action Alliance are the descendants of Pueblo revolutionaries. Today, they are at the forefront of a new form of colonization, Resource Extraction. See Details
• Speak Again Three generations of Potawatomi share knowledge across time and space, redefining what it means to truly speak again. In “Braiding Sweetgrass,” Robin Wall Kimmerrer reflects on the loss of the Potawatomi language, and an experience at the Potawatomi Language Conference, when there were nine first-language... See Details
• Stripper When 13-year-old Cricket walks past the local strip club with his friends, nothing can prepare him for who they see walking into work: his mom. With rumors starting to spread, Cricket must take matters into his own hands to clear his mom’s name and prove... See Details
• Strong Hearts An Indigenous Love Letter To My Sons ’Strong Hearts’, a short film by actor, writer and director Gary “Litefoot” Davis, is filled with a father’s wisdom and indigenous world view, poetically expressed as a letter to his three sons. The title of the film is inspired by the legendary Oglala Lakota Chief,... See Details

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• There’s Something Outside A man doing his best to provide a good life for his daughter and wife until one night everything is taken from him. In desperation, he take matters into his own hands confronting both the suspect in question for kidnapping his family and the repressed... See Details
• There’s Something Outside | Trailer A man doing his best to provide a good life for his daughter and wife until one night everything is taken from him. In desperation, he take matters into his own hands confronting both the suspect in question for kidnapping his family and the repressed... See Details
• Things You Know But Cannot Explain In this stop-motion animation short, using as its basis the artwork of Rick Bartow, we follow experimentally as one goes into reclaiming their identity and culture that long fell asleep within them, waiting for the moment to wake itself back up. See Details
• Times 2 In this sci-fi office comedy, gossipy scientists discover time travel but are tangled in their own petty desires and a vicious chihuahua. See Details
• Tough Love Sonny (Anthony Hernandez) is a middle aged karate sensei struggling to maintain a healthy lifestyle. His two star pupils, Malaki and Monty have been learning from him since they were 8 years old. The now teenage boys are loyal to Sonny but beginning to wonder... See Details
• Traci Sorell: Stories for Our Children Cherokee Nation citizen and author Traci Sorell shapes new narratives for Native children and families to see themselves on the page. See Details
• Trap Door In The Sun A horror film about colonization. See Details
• Ts’oostsitsi (Years Ago) Ts’oostsitsi is a Blackfoot word used to describe the past. The film profiles Ike Solway and his responsibility to continue storytelling in his family. Ike recounts a powerful experience had by his grandfather. What follows is a story that echoes through generations. See Details

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• Wasteland Connor’s suicide attempt is temporarily prevented by the arrival of his co-star from the regional theatre. Starring all Indigenous talent, this short film tackles the issue of Native American youth suicide contagions. See Details
• Water Baby 2 A young relative is burdened by recurring dreams. She gets advice and is started on a path which revisits old legends and frightening truths. See Details
• When the Earth Began: The Way of the Skydwellers Narrated completely in Kanien’kéha (Mohawk), Tsi Tiotonhontsatáhsawe is an animated version of the first part of the epic Haudenosaunee Creation Story, in which we learn the origins of Skywoman, and the forces at play leading up to her fall to earth. Based on a well-researched... See Details
• Why Do Navajo Men Have Long Hair? One significant way that Navajo men and women celebrate our culture is by the way we wear and take care of our hair. To tribal individuals, hair is considered a core part of who we are as people and how our hair represents us and... See Details
• Wind River Full Court Peace The Wind River Reservation is home to 27,000 Native Americans. The reservation is filled with a passion for basketball. In an effort to learn, create shared experiences and work on the basketball court restoration on the reservation, Mike Evans and his FCP team travel to... See Details

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• Yiskaagoo Josh, a fresh Navajo graduate from Highschool is unsure with his life at the moment. He feels as if his existence was pointless. So Josh is set to find out if there is an answer to why he is feeling the big sad. See Details